Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 26, 2026

Nuclera Ltd.

Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials

9 pending office actions • 8 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Nuclera Ltd. has 9 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The workload spans 8 examiners and 8 art units, showing broad distribution across the examining structure rather than dependence on one technical assignment.

ALABI, OYELEYE A is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. The concentration is limited relative to the overall docket, so portfolio management should emphasize consistent positions, coordinated disclosure, and file-specific responses across the assigned units.

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

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 60 days (1)

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.

5
Hard (56%)
2
Medium (22%)
2
Easy (22%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (11%)
§103 only1 (11%)
§102 only1 (11%)
§112 only2 (22%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (44%)

Industry Mix

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

9
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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ALABI, OYELEYE A 2 83.9% +23.8%
SUN, CAITLYN MINGYUN 1 63.7% +11.8%
KAUR, GURPREET 1 65.4% +35.5%
EOM, ROBERT J 1 57.4% +34.9%
OLSON, ANDREA STEFFEL 1 62.4% -11.9%
HERON, VELVET ELIZABETH 1 52.4% +43.3%
HUTSON, RICHARD G 1 65.1% +52.9%
LEE, JAE W 1 65.6% +38.5%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18010165 LIQUID SAMPLE RECOVERY IN HIGH DENSITY DIGITAL MICROFLUIDIC ARRAYS ALABI, OYELEYE A 30d overdue

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18025354 COMPOSITE TOP PLATE FOR MAGNETIC AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL IN A DIGITAL MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE HERON, VELVET ELIZABETH 40d
18588757 PROTEIN AGGREGATION ASSAYS ALABI, OYELEYE A —
18684235 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IMPROVED BIOMOLECULE ASSAYS ON DIGITAL MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES KAUR, GURPREET —
18281226 DIGITAL MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE WITH CAPACITIVE SENSING EOM, ROBERT J —
18277474 MODIFIED ADENINES OLSON, ANDREA STEFFEL —

Interview Candidates (8)

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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17794320 METHODS OF NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS LEE, JAE W 78d overdue
18017704 Modified Terminal Deoxynucleotidyl Transferase (TdT) Enzymes HUTSON, RICHARD G 45d overdue
18010165 LIQUID SAMPLE RECOVERY IN HIGH DENSITY DIGITAL MICROFLUIDIC ARRAYS ALABI, OYELEYE A 30d overdue
18025354 COMPOSITE TOP PLATE FOR MAGNETIC AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL IN A DIGITAL MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE HERON, VELVET ELIZABETH 40d
18722440 HIGH VOLTAGE DRIVING USING TOP PLANE SWITCHING SUN, CAITLYN MINGYUN —
18588757 PROTEIN AGGREGATION ASSAYS ALABI, OYELEYE A —
18684235 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IMPROVED BIOMOLECULE ASSAYS ON DIGITAL MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES KAUR, GURPREET —
18281226 DIGITAL MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE WITH CAPACITIVE SENSING EOM, ROBERT J —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1797 2
1795 1
1759 1
1796 1
1623 1
1798 1
1652 1
1656 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18722440 HIGH VOLTAGE DRIVING USING TOP PLANE SWITCHING SUN, CAITLYN MINGYUN 1795 §112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 20, 2024
18588757 PROTEIN AGGREGATION ASSAYS ALABI, OYELEYE A 1797 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 27, 2024
18684235 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IMPROVED BIOMOLECULE ASSAYS ON DIGITAL MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES KAUR, GURPREET 1759 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 16, 2024
18281226 DIGITAL MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE WITH CAPACITIVE SENSING EOM, ROBERT J 1796 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 08, 2023
18277474 MODIFIED ADENINES OLSON, ANDREA STEFFEL 1623 §103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 16, 2023
18025354 COMPOSITE TOP PLATE FOR MAGNETIC AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL IN A DIGITAL MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE HERON, VELVET ELIZABETH 1798 §102§103 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Mar 08, 2023
18017704 Modified Terminal Deoxynucleotidyl Transferase (TdT) Enzymes HUTSON, RICHARD G 1652 §112 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Jan 24, 2023
18010165 LIQUID SAMPLE RECOVERY IN HIGH DENSITY DIGITAL MICROFLUIDIC ARRAYS ALABI, OYELEYE A 1797 §103 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Dec 13, 2022
17794320 METHODS OF NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS LEE, JAE W 1656 §102 Final Rejection 78d overdue Pending Jul 21, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Nuclera Ltd. have?

Nuclera Ltd. has 9 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 8 art units and 8 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Nuclera Ltd. applications?

Oyeleye A Alabi has the most, with 2 of Nuclera Ltd.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Nuclera Ltd.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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