Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Mintech-V LLC has 1 pending office action in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. This case is assigned to examiner VARADARAJ, ARCHANA, the sole distinct examiner for the company. The action is situated in a distinct art unit, and VARADARAJ, ARCHANA is responsible for the busiest examiner pending count of 1.
This focus means that the outcome of the current prosecution depends on the interpretation of an individual within a specific technical department. For a practitioner, this environment suggests that building a consistent rapport with VARADARAJ, ARCHANA is a primary factor in navigating the USPTO. The absence of multiple distinct examiners or art units reduces the complexity of tracking various examiner preferences. Consequently, the company's immediate patent strategy is tied to the progress of this individual application. The concentrated nature of the portfolio allows for a streamlined approach to addressing any technical rejections within the biotechnology sector.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VARADARAJ, ARCHANA | 1 | 80.0% | +33.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18758204 | SUBSTRATES COMPRISING ELASTIN-LIKE POLYPEPTIDES AND CALCIUM IONS | VARADARAJ, ARCHANA | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18758204 | SUBSTRATES COMPRISING ELASTIN-LIKE POLYPEPTIDES AND CALCIUM IONS | VARADARAJ, ARCHANA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1658 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18758204 | SUBSTRATES COMPRISING ELASTIN-LIKE POLYPEPTIDES AND CALCIUM IONS | VARADARAJ, ARCHANA | 1658 | §101§102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialMintech-V LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Archana Varadaraj has the most, with 1 of Mintech-V LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
