Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Lifestyles Healthcare Pte. Ltd. currently manages 1 pending office action within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. This prosecution is handled by 1 distinct examiner and is located in 1 distinct art unit. The focus on 1 pending action suggests a specific technical objective within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals sector, likely involving a particular healthcare product or material that requires a targeted response to the patent office.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is HOFFMAN, SUSAN COE, who is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. As the only examiner involved in the 1 pending office action, HOFFMAN, SUSAN COE'S review will determine the immediate trajectory of the company's patent application. The use of 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit provides a clear point of contact for the 1 pending action. Practitioners must provide a precise response to the findings of HOFFMAN, SUSAN COE to successfully advance the portfolio in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals field.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOFFMAN, SUSAN COE | 1 | 54.2% | +25.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18578064 | LONG-LASTING LUBRICATION COMPOSITION | HOFFMAN, SUSAN COE | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18578064 | LONG-LASTING LUBRICATION COMPOSITION | HOFFMAN, SUSAN COE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1655 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18578064 | LONG-LASTING LUBRICATION COMPOSITION | HOFFMAN, SUSAN COE | 1655 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialLifestyles Healthcare Pte. Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Susan Coe Hoffman has the most, with 1 of Lifestyles Healthcare Pte. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
