Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Jazz Pharmaceuticals Research UK Limited

Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

8 pending office actions • 7 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Jazz Pharmaceuticals Research UK Limited has 8 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. The matters are distributed among 8 examiners and 7 art units, and BAGNAL, CINDY LILIANA is the busiest examiner with 1 pending action.

Each action has a distinct examiner, while one art unit handles more than one matter. The profile supports centralized portfolio oversight for recurring technical themes, combined with application-specific responses. Examiner-level precedent is unlikely to transfer broadly across the docket.

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

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 days (1)

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.

5
Hard (62%)
2
Medium (25%)
1
Easy (12%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (25%)
§112 only1 (12%)
Double-patenting + other2 (25%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (38%)

Industry Mix

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

8
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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BAGNAL, CINDY LILIANA 1 — —
MCKOY, QUINCY ANDRE 1 68.4% +39.8%
CHANG, KYUNG SOOK 1 60.5% +40.8%
FOWLER, ALAN JEROME 1 100.0% +0.0%
HAVLIN, ROBERT H 1 51.3% +28.3%
BAUER, BRIANNA LEE 1 66.7% +0.0%
ABDALHAMEED, MANAHIL MIRGHANI ALI 1 50.3% +39.1%
MATTISON, LORI K 1 15.2% +27.8%

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17786949 ORAL CANNABINOID FORMULATIONS ABDALHAMEED, MANAHIL MIRGHANI ALI 22d overdue
18560316 6-HYDROXY-CANNABIDIOL-C4 HAVLIN, ROBERT H 8d overdue
18546254 USE OF CANNABIDIVARIN IN THE TREATMENT OF SEIZURES ASSOCIATED WITH CANINE EPILEPSY BAUER, BRIANNA LEE 20d
18912442 USE OF CANNABINOIDS IN THE TREATMENT OF EPILEPSY MCKOY, QUINCY ANDRE —
18560337 DERIVATIVES OF CANNABIDIOL-C4 FOR THE TREATMENT OF EPILEPSY FOWLER, ALAN JEROME —
15640033 CANNABINOID FORMULATIONS MATTISON, LORI K —

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18597717 ORAL SOLID DOSAGE FORMS COMPRISING CANNABINOIDS CHANG, KYUNG SOOK 43d overdue
17786949 ORAL CANNABINOID FORMULATIONS ABDALHAMEED, MANAHIL MIRGHANI ALI 22d overdue
18560316 6-HYDROXY-CANNABIDIOL-C4 HAVLIN, ROBERT H 8d overdue
18912442 USE OF CANNABINOIDS IN THE TREATMENT OF EPILEPSY MCKOY, QUINCY ANDRE —
15640033 CANNABINOID FORMULATIONS MATTISON, LORI K —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1626 2
1621 1
1613 1
1691 1
1623 1
1622 1
1619 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18874175 CRYSTALINE FORMS OF A SYNTHETIC CANNABINOID BAGNAL, CINDY LILIANA 1621 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 12, 2024
18912442 USE OF CANNABINOIDS IN THE TREATMENT OF EPILEPSY MCKOY, QUINCY ANDRE 1626 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 10, 2024
18597717 ORAL SOLID DOSAGE FORMS COMPRISING CANNABINOIDS CHANG, KYUNG SOOK 1613 §103DP Final Rejection 43d overdue Pending Mar 06, 2024
18560337 DERIVATIVES OF CANNABIDIOL-C4 FOR THE TREATMENT OF EPILEPSY FOWLER, ALAN JEROME 1691 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 10, 2023
18560316 6-HYDROXY-CANNABIDIOL-C4 HAVLIN, ROBERT H 1626 §101§102§103Other Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Nov 10, 2023
18546254 USE OF CANNABIDIVARIN IN THE TREATMENT OF SEIZURES ASSOCIATED WITH CANINE EPILEPSY BAUER, BRIANNA LEE 1623 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA 20d Pending Aug 11, 2023
17786949 ORAL CANNABINOID FORMULATIONS ABDALHAMEED, MANAHIL MIRGHANI ALI 1622 §101§103Other Final Rejection 22d overdue Pending Jun 17, 2022
15640033 CANNABINOID FORMULATIONS MATTISON, LORI K 1619 §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 30, 2017

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Jazz Pharmaceuticals Research UK Limited have?

Jazz Pharmaceuticals Research UK Limited has 8 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 7 art units and 8 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Jazz Pharmaceuticals Research UK Limited applications?

Cindy Liliana Bagnal has the most, with 1 of Jazz Pharmaceuticals Research UK Limited's pending office actions.

What technology area are Jazz Pharmaceuticals Research UK Limited's patent applications in?

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

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