Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Nucleus Biologics

Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Nucleus Biologics manages a company patent portfolio in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. The portfolio currently features 1 pending office action. This prosecution is being conducted by a lone distinct examiner and is situated within a lone distinct art unit. This suggests a very specific technical focus for the company's current active patent filings. The Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals focus indicates that the company is likely developing new biological products or pharmaceutical solutions.

The busiest examiner for Nucleus Biologics is SMITH, JENNIFER JOY, who is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This accounts for the entirety of the company's pending office actions. For practitioners, this means that the prosecution outcome is highly dependent on this examiner's review. The presence of a lone distinct examiner and a lone distinct art unit indicates that the company's current active intellectual property is focused on a specific area, making the successful resolution of this 1 pending office action a key objective for the company's biotechnology portfolio.

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

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
0
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.

1
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

1
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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SMITH, JENNIFER JOY 1 — —

Hard Cases (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17926546 MEDIA FORMULATIONS AND PRODUCTION SMITH, JENNIFER JOY —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1685 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
17926546 MEDIA FORMULATIONS AND PRODUCTION SMITH, JENNIFER JOY 1685 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 18, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Nucleus Biologics have?

Nucleus Biologics has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Nucleus Biologics applications?

Jennifer Joy Smith has the most, with 1 of Nucleus Biologics's pending office actions.

What technology area are Nucleus Biologics's patent applications in?

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

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