Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 07, 2026

Lung Biotechnology Pbc

7 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (2)

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.

4
Hard (57%)
3
Medium (43%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (14%)
§103 only3 (43%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (43%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

7
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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CHIDIAC, NICHOLAS J 2 53.3% +33.1%
ZHU, JIANJIAN 2 61.0% +83.7%
CANDELARIA, JULIANA IRENE 2 0.0% +0.0%
STAVROU, CONSTANTINA E 1 44.2% +36.3%

Hard Cases (4)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18354210 Methods for Differentiating Epithelial or Basal Cells ZHU, JIANJIAN 9d
18354205 Methods for Differentiating Stromal Cells or Pericytes CANDELARIA, JULIANA IRENE 35d
18354201 Methods for Differentiating AT2 Cells CANDELARIA, JULIANA IRENE 60d
18354212 Methods for Differentiating Endothelial Cells STAVROU, CONSTANTINA E

Interview Candidates (5)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18734286 HIGH RESOLUTION PRINTING SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF ALIGNING PIXELATED TILES CHIDIAC, NICHOLAS J 49d overdue
17410159 APPARATUS AND METHOD IN 3D PRINTING CHIDIAC, NICHOLAS J 15d overdue
18354210 Methods for Differentiating Epithelial or Basal Cells ZHU, JIANJIAN 9d
18354212 Methods for Differentiating Endothelial Cells STAVROU, CONSTANTINA E
17738694 USE OF FUNCTIONALIZED AND NON-FUNCTIONALIZED ECMS, ECM FRAGMENTS, PEPTIDES AND BIOACTIVE COMPONENTS TO CREATE CELL ADHESIVE 3D PRINTED OBJECTS ZHU, JIANJIAN

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1744 2
1631 2
1634 2
1632 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18734286 HIGH RESOLUTION PRINTING SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF ALIGNING PIXELATED TILES CHIDIAC, NICHOLAS J 1744 §103 Final Rejection 49d overdue Pending Jun 05, 2024
18354210 Methods for Differentiating Epithelial or Basal Cells ZHU, JIANJIAN 1631 §103§112 Final Rejection 9d Pending Jul 18, 2023
18354205 Methods for Differentiating Stromal Cells or Pericytes CANDELARIA, JULIANA IRENE 1634 §103§112 Final Rejection 35d Pending Jul 18, 2023
18354201 Methods for Differentiating AT2 Cells CANDELARIA, JULIANA IRENE 1634 §103§112 Final Rejection 60d Pending Jul 18, 2023
18354212 Methods for Differentiating Endothelial Cells STAVROU, CONSTANTINA E 1632 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 18, 2023
17738694 USE OF FUNCTIONALIZED AND NON-FUNCTIONALIZED ECMS, ECM FRAGMENTS, PEPTIDES AND BIOACTIVE COMPONENTS TO CREATE CELL ADHESIVE 3D PRINTED OBJECTS ZHU, JIANJIAN 1631 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 06, 2022
17410159 APPARATUS AND METHOD IN 3D PRINTING CHIDIAC, NICHOLAS J 1744 §103 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Aug 24, 2021

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