Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Nippon Medical School Foundation

Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Nippon Medical School Foundation has 3 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. The matters are assigned to 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units, indicating a fully distributed examination profile within the reported docket.

TIWARI, VYOMA SHUBHAM is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. No examiner is identified as handling more than that amount, so counsel should track each matter separately and coordinate only at the portfolio-strategy level.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

3
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
1
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.

3
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (67%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

3
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.

30 h
Manual time on pending OAs
6 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
10 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TIWARI, VYOMA SHUBHAM 1 32.1% +47.4%
SALVOZA, M FRANCO G 1 68.2% +30.6%
AFREMOVA, VERA 1 50.5% +29.4%

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18839277 AGENT FOR ENHANCING PRODUCTION OF VIRAL VECTOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING VIRAL VECTOR TIWARI, VYOMA SHUBHAM —
18838888 AGENT FOR ENHANCING PRODUCTION OF VIRAL VECTOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING VIRAL VECTOR SALVOZA, M FRANCO G —
18726183 FUNCTIONAL FOOD CONTAINING BONITO-DERIVED EXTRACT FOR PREVENTING OR AMELIORATING NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS AFREMOVA, VERA —

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18839277 AGENT FOR ENHANCING PRODUCTION OF VIRAL VECTOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING VIRAL VECTOR TIWARI, VYOMA SHUBHAM —
18838888 AGENT FOR ENHANCING PRODUCTION OF VIRAL VECTOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING VIRAL VECTOR SALVOZA, M FRANCO G —
18726183 FUNCTIONAL FOOD CONTAINING BONITO-DERIVED EXTRACT FOR PREVENTING OR AMELIORATING NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS AFREMOVA, VERA —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1634 1
1672 1
1653 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18839277 AGENT FOR ENHANCING PRODUCTION OF VIRAL VECTOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING VIRAL VECTOR TIWARI, VYOMA SHUBHAM 1634 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 16, 2024
18838888 AGENT FOR ENHANCING PRODUCTION OF VIRAL VECTOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING VIRAL VECTOR SALVOZA, M FRANCO G 1672 §101§102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 15, 2024
18726183 FUNCTIONAL FOOD CONTAINING BONITO-DERIVED EXTRACT FOR PREVENTING OR AMELIORATING NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS AFREMOVA, VERA 1653 §101§102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 02, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Nippon Medical School Foundation have?

Nippon Medical School Foundation has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Nippon Medical School Foundation applications?

Vyoma Shubham Tiwari has the most, with 1 of Nippon Medical School Foundation's pending office actions.

What technology area are Nippon Medical School Foundation's patent applications in?

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

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