Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd.

Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

7 pending office actions • 7 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. has 7 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. The matters are distributed across 7 examiners and 7 art units, so the portfolio presents a broad set of prosecution interfaces rather than a single recurring examination relationship.

KOSACK, JOSEPH R is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Because the pending matters are spread across the same number of examiners and art units, no examiner or art unit carries a larger visible share of the workload. Counsel should maintain matter-specific strategies while tracking recurring pharmaceutical claim, written-description, and prior-art themes across the separate assignments.

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

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
2
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
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 (14%)
3
Medium (43%)
3
Easy (43%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (14%)
§102 only1 (14%)
§112 only3 (43%)
Double-patenting + other1 (14%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (14%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
86% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
14% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KOSACK, JOSEPH R 1 74.8% -6.1%
RICCI, CRAIG D 1 53.7% +52.6%
CHEN, PO-CHIH 1 74.3% +14.7%
SAMALA, JAGADISHWAR RAO 1 67.9% +55.7%
TCHERKASSKAYA, OLGA V 1 55.5% +46.4%
DEKARSKE, MADELINE MCGUIRE 1 20.0% +50.0%
HADDAD, MAHER M 1 50.6% +53.8%

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
18546071 SMTP-7 DERIVATIVE AND USE THEREOF DEKARSKE, MADELINE MCGUIRE 46d
18287244 CAPSULE FOR SPECIFIC DRUG DELIVERY AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR TCHERKASSKAYA, OLGA V —

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18546071 SMTP-7 DERIVATIVE AND USE THEREOF DEKARSKE, MADELINE MCGUIRE 46d
18728162 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING NEUROKININ-1 ANTAGONIST PRODRUG COMPOUND RICCI, CRAIG D —
18707429 SUBSTITUTED PHENYLPROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE AND USE THEREOF CHEN, PO-CHIH —
18687804 INHIBITOR OF PROSTATE SPECIFIC MEMBRANE ANTIGEN AND PHARMACEUTICAL USE THEREOF SAMALA, JAGADISHWAR RAO —
18287244 CAPSULE FOR SPECIFIC DRUG DELIVERY AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR TCHERKASSKAYA, OLGA V —
18265217 MULTISPECIFIC ANTIGEN BINDING PROTEIN HADDAD, MAHER M —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3991 1
1611 1
1621 1
1618 1
1615 1
1622 1
1641 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18867628 CRYSTAL FORMS OF TRIAZINE DIONE DERIVATIVE AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR KOSACK, JOSEPH R 3991 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 20, 2024
18728162 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING NEUROKININ-1 ANTAGONIST PRODRUG COMPOUND RICCI, CRAIG D 1611 §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 11, 2024
18707429 SUBSTITUTED PHENYLPROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE AND USE THEREOF CHEN, PO-CHIH 1621 §112 Final Rejection — Pending May 03, 2024
18687804 INHIBITOR OF PROSTATE SPECIFIC MEMBRANE ANTIGEN AND PHARMACEUTICAL USE THEREOF SAMALA, JAGADISHWAR RAO 1618 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 28, 2024
18287244 CAPSULE FOR SPECIFIC DRUG DELIVERY AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR TCHERKASSKAYA, OLGA V 1615 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 17, 2023
18546071 SMTP-7 DERIVATIVE AND USE THEREOF DEKARSKE, MADELINE MCGUIRE 1622 §103 Non-Final OA 46d Pending Aug 10, 2023
18265217 MULTISPECIFIC ANTIGEN BINDING PROTEIN HADDAD, MAHER M 1641 §102 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 02, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. have?

Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. has 7 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 7 art units and 7 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. applications?

Joseph R Kosack has the most, with 1 of Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd.'s patent applications in?

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

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