Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Kolmar Bnh 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

Kolmar Bnh Co. Ltd. maintains 1 pending office action in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. The prosecution is localized to 1 distinct art unit and involves a distinct examiner, reflecting a concentrated effort in a highly specialized field. This arrangement suggests that the company's current patent activity is focused on a specific biotechnological innovation that falls under the jurisdiction of a single specialized group at the patent office. The use of an examiner for the pending workload ensures consistency in the examination of the company's pharmaceutical claims.

SPAINE, ROBERT FRANKLIN is the busiest examiner on record for the company, with the pending office action currently under review. As the only examiner listed, this individual's interpretation of the prior art and patentability requirements will be decisive for the company's current application. The 1 pending office action represents the entirety of the company's active prosecution docket in this data set, highlighting the importance of this specific matter. Practitioners should consider the nuances of the biotechnology sector when responding to the examiner, as the focused nature of the portfolio leaves little room for varied outcomes across different art units. This streamlined prosecution profile simplifies administrative tracking while placing a high premium on the successful resolution of the single pending action.

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

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
0
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
§101 + other1 (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
SPAINE, ROBERT FRANKLIN 1 75.0% +0.0%

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
19110271 COMPOSITION FOR ENHANCING IMMUNITY SPAINE, ROBERT FRANKLIN —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1655 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19110271 COMPOSITION FOR ENHANCING IMMUNITY SPAINE, ROBERT FRANKLIN 1655 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 10, 2025

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