Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Invitros Co. Ltd.

Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Invitros Co. Ltd. is active in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area with 1 pending office action currently on record. The prosecution landscape for this portfolio is very narrow, involving 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. Such a concentrated profile suggests that the current legal efforts are focused on a specific subset of biotechnology or pharmaceutical innovation handled by a single administrative unit. This focus allows for a direct engagement with the patent office's technical experts in this field.

The busiest examiner for Invitros Co. Ltd. is YOUNG J KIM, who is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This figure matches the total of 1 pending office action for the entire portfolio. With only 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, the company's interactions with the patent office are currently limited to a single point of review, providing a clear and direct channel for addressing the pending action. Practitioners can focus their efforts on the specific requirements and examination style of this individual examiner to move the application forward.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

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

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 (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
100% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KIM, YOUNG J 1 64.8% +18.1%

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
18294628 COMPOSITION FOR CELL LYSIS AND NUCLEIC ACID EXTRACTION, NUCLEIC ACID EXTRACTION METHOD USING SAME, AND MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC METHOD USING SAME KIM, YOUNG J —

Interview Candidates (1)

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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18294628 COMPOSITION FOR CELL LYSIS AND NUCLEIC ACID EXTRACTION, NUCLEIC ACID EXTRACTION METHOD USING SAME, AND MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC METHOD USING SAME KIM, YOUNG J —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1681 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18294628 COMPOSITION FOR CELL LYSIS AND NUCLEIC ACID EXTRACTION, NUCLEIC ACID EXTRACTION METHOD USING SAME, AND MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC METHOD USING SAME KIM, YOUNG J 1681 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 02, 2024

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