Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
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.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPAINE, ROBERT FRANKLIN | 1 | 75.0% | +0.0% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19110271 | COMPOSITION FOR ENHANCING IMMUNITY | SPAINE, ROBERT FRANKLIN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1655 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19110271 | COMPOSITION FOR ENHANCING IMMUNITY | SPAINE, ROBERT FRANKLIN | 1655 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 10, 2025 |
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