Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Institute Of Microbiology Chinese Academy Of Sciences

Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

3
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Case Difficulty Mix

Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.

1
Hard (33%)
1
Medium (33%)
1
Easy (33%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (33%)
§103 only1 (33%)
Double-patenting only1 (33%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

1
Life Sciences
33% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
2
Business / Other
67% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.

30 h
Manual time on pending OAs
6 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
10 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MEAH, MOHAMMAD Y 1 70.8% +42.7%
DABKOWSKI, ERINNE R 1 55.9% +69.0%
DURYEE, ALEXANDER MARSH 1 33.3% +41.6%

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18441563 POLYPEPTIDE FOR RESISTING NOVEL CORONAVIRUS AND APPLICATION THEREOF DABKOWSKI, ERINNE R —

Interview Candidates (3)

Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17611992 METHOD FOR IMPROVING PRODUCTION OF STREPTOMYCES POLYKETIDE COMPOUNDS DURYEE, ALEXANDER MARSH 47d
18841611 ENGINEERING BACTERIA EXPRESSING ASPARTATE DEHYDROGENASE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING VITAMIN B5 BY FERMENTATION MEAH, MOHAMMAD Y —
18441563 POLYPEPTIDE FOR RESISTING NOVEL CORONAVIRUS AND APPLICATION THEREOF DABKOWSKI, ERINNE R —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1657 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18841611 ENGINEERING BACTERIA EXPRESSING ASPARTATE DEHYDROGENASE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING VITAMIN B5 BY FERMENTATION MEAH, MOHAMMAD Y — DP Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 26, 2024
18441563 POLYPEPTIDE FOR RESISTING NOVEL CORONAVIRUS AND APPLICATION THEREOF DABKOWSKI, ERINNE R — §101§102§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 14, 2024
17611992 METHOD FOR IMPROVING PRODUCTION OF STREPTOMYCES POLYKETIDE COMPOUNDS DURYEE, ALEXANDER MARSH 1657 §103 Final Rejection 47d Pending Nov 17, 2021

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