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
The National Center For Geriatrics And Gerontology currently manages 1 pending office action within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. This single active matter is distributed across 1 distinct art unit, indicating a concentrated prosecution focus for the entity at this time. The portfolio's current activity involves 1 distinct examiner, which limits the diversity of examiner interactions the organization must navigate during this period.
AMANDA MARIE HANEY serves as the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. This specific workload matches the total number of pending office actions for the entire company. Because the organization is dealing with only 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, the prosecution strategy is currently centralized. Practitioners should note that the entirety of the pending workload is concentrated under a single individual, which simplifies the administrative tracking of responses. This concentration allows for a deep focus on the specific requirements of the assigned examiner and art unit.
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 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HANEY, AMANDA MARIE | 1 | 36.5% | +45.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17915682 | KIT OR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING HIPPOCAMPAL ATROPHY | HANEY, AMANDA MARIE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17915682 | KIT OR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING HIPPOCAMPAL ATROPHY | HANEY, AMANDA MARIE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1682 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17915682 | KIT OR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING HIPPOCAMPAL ATROPHY | HANEY, AMANDA MARIE | 1682 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 29, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialNational Center For Geriatrics And Gerontology has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Amanda Marie Haney has the most, with 1 of National Center For Geriatrics And Gerontology's pending office actions.
Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
