Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Istituto Nazionale Tumori Irccs - Fondazione G Pascale

Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Istituto Nazionale Tumori Irccs - Fondazione G Pascale currently manages 3 pending office actions within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. This portfolio is distributed across distinct art units, indicating a specialized but multi-disciplinary approach to its medical research patenting. The presence of distinct examiners suggests that each pending matter is being handled by a different individual, which may lead to varied prosecution timelines and examination styles across the portfolio.

STEPHENS, AMELIA CAROLE is identified as the busiest examiner for this entity, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. Because this examiner holds 1 of the 3 total pending actions, the portfolio does not show a high concentration of risk or dependency on an examiner's discretion. Practitioners should prepare for individualized negotiations given that the workload is spread across the distinct examiners and distinct art units. This distribution requires a strategy that accounts for the specific tendencies of the art units involved in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals sector.

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

Portfolio Summary

3
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
1
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
1
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
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.

2
Hard (67%)
1
Medium (33%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (33%)
§103 only1 (33%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

3
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.

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
STEPHENS, AMELIA CAROLE 1 75.0% +50.0%
WHITE, DAWANNA SHAR-DAY 1 62.4% +24.3%
JONES, DAMERON LEVEST 1 67.8% +31.0%

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18854096 MICROBIOTA ANALOGS OF TUMOR ASSOCIATED ANTIGENS AND USES THEREOF STEPHENS, AMELIA CAROLE —
18853315 COMBINATION OF HDAC INHIBITORS AND STATINS FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF PANCREATIC CANCER WHITE, DAWANNA SHAR-DAY —

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
17789398 RADIOLABELED PEPTIDES FOR NON-INVASIVE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF CXCR4 EXPRESSING TUMORS JONES, DAMERON LEVEST 5d
18854096 MICROBIOTA ANALOGS OF TUMOR ASSOCIATED ANTIGENS AND USES THEREOF STEPHENS, AMELIA CAROLE —
18853315 COMBINATION OF HDAC INHIBITORS AND STATINS FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF PANCREATIC CANCER WHITE, DAWANNA SHAR-DAY —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1645 1
1627 1
1618 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18854096 MICROBIOTA ANALOGS OF TUMOR ASSOCIATED ANTIGENS AND USES THEREOF STEPHENS, AMELIA CAROLE 1645 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 04, 2024
18853315 COMBINATION OF HDAC INHIBITORS AND STATINS FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF PANCREATIC CANCER WHITE, DAWANNA SHAR-DAY 1627 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 01, 2024
17789398 RADIOLABELED PEPTIDES FOR NON-INVASIVE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF CXCR4 EXPRESSING TUMORS JONES, DAMERON LEVEST 1618 §103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Jun 27, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Istituto Nazionale Tumori Irccs - Fondazione G Pascale have?

Istituto Nazionale Tumori Irccs - Fondazione G Pascale has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Istituto Nazionale Tumori Irccs - Fondazione G Pascale applications?

Amelia Carole Stephens has the most, with 1 of Istituto Nazionale Tumori Irccs - Fondazione G Pascale's pending office actions.

What technology area are Istituto Nazionale Tumori Irccs - Fondazione G Pascale's patent applications in?

Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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