Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Lavanya Kundurthy

Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Lavanya Kundurthy currently has 1 pending office action in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. This action is being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner, KLINKEL, KORTNEY L, within a distinct art unit. KLINKEL, KORTNEY L is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, managing 1 pending action.

This indicates that the current prosecution is entirely centralized. Practitioners can focus their strategy for the pending office action on the individual review style of KLINKEL, KORTNEY L. The presence of a single art unit suggests a narrow technical focus within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals field. This streamlined arrangement simplifies the management of the 1 pending office action. The alignment of the busiest examiner's workload with the total pending actions ensures a clear point of contact within the patent office. This concentration allows for a highly targeted approach to the pending office action. The lack of multiple examiners or art units minimizes the complexity of managing the company's current patent interests. By focusing on the individual review style of the assigned examiner, the company can better anticipate procedural hurdles.

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.

0
Hard (0%)
1
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (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
KLINKEL, KORTNEY L 1 39.7% +43.1%

Interview Candidates (1)

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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18658098 COMBINATION FORMULATIONS OF NALOXONE AND ATIPAMEZOLE KLINKEL, KORTNEY L —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1627 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18658098 COMBINATION FORMULATIONS OF NALOXONE AND ATIPAMEZOLE KLINKEL, KORTNEY L 1627 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 08, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Lavanya Kundurthy have?

Lavanya Kundurthy has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Lavanya Kundurthy applications?

Kortney L Klinkel has the most, with 1 of Lavanya Kundurthy's pending office actions.

What technology area are Lavanya Kundurthy's patent applications in?

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

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