Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
5 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Koji Tanabe has 5 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. Each matter is associated with a different examiner, while the portfolio spans 4 art units, indicating broad examination coverage with some art-unit overlap.
PYLA, EVELYN Y is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. The prosecution record calls for separate examiner assessments, supported by an art-unit review to identify where related subject matter may receive differing treatment.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (20%) |
| §102 only | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (60%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
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.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| PYLA, EVELYN Y | 1 | 55.8% | +47.1% |
| BOECKELMAN, JACOB A | 1 | 34.9% | +46.5% |
| GONZALES, JOSEPHINE MARIA | 1 | 28.8% | +34.6% |
| RIGA, MICHAEL ANGELO | 1 | 56.2% | +63.0% |
| O'NEILL, MARISOL ANN | 1 | 54.5% | +68.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18258778 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING OLIGODENDROCYTES | RIGA, MICHAEL ANGELO | 72d overdue |
| 17759308 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS | O'NEILL, MARISOL ANN | 20d |
| 18868650 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING STEM CELLS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING GAMMA DELTA T CELLS | PYLA, EVELYN Y | — |
| 18792073 | METHOD OF PRODUCING AN IMMUNE CELL THAT RESPONDS TO A CANCER-ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN | GONZALES, JOSEPHINE MARIA | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18258778 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING OLIGODENDROCYTES | RIGA, MICHAEL ANGELO | 72d overdue |
| 17759308 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS | O'NEILL, MARISOL ANN | 20d |
| 18868650 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING STEM CELLS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING GAMMA DELTA T CELLS | PYLA, EVELYN Y | — |
| 18847168 | PHARMACEUTICAL AND COSMETIC AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SAME | BOECKELMAN, JACOB A | — |
| 18792073 | METHOD OF PRODUCING AN IMMUNE CELL THAT RESPONDS TO A CANCER-ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN | GONZALES, JOSEPHINE MARIA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1633 | 2 |
| 1655 | 1 |
| 1638 | 1 |
| 1634 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18868650 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING STEM CELLS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING GAMMA DELTA T CELLS | PYLA, EVELYN Y | 1633 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 |
| 18847168 | PHARMACEUTICAL AND COSMETIC AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SAME | BOECKELMAN, JACOB A | 1655 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 18792073 | METHOD OF PRODUCING AN IMMUNE CELL THAT RESPONDS TO A CANCER-ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN | GONZALES, JOSEPHINE MARIA | 1638 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 01, 2024 |
| 18258778 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING OLIGODENDROCYTES | RIGA, MICHAEL ANGELO | 1634 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 72d overdue | Pending | Jun 21, 2023 |
| 17759308 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS | O'NEILL, MARISOL ANN | 1633 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 20d | Pending | Jul 22, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialKoji Tanabe has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 5 examiners.
Evelyn Y Pyla has the most, with 1 of Koji Tanabe's pending office actions.
Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
