Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

33 pending office actions • 24 art units • 33 examiners • 2 of 33 (6%) have an AI response strategy ready • 13 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

33
Total Pending OAs
20
Non-Final OAs
12
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

6
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
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. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (6)Due ≤ 30 days (2)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.

6
Hard (18%)
21
Medium (64%)
5
Easy (15%)
1
Unknown (3%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (3%)
§103 only13 (39%)
§102 only2 (6%)
§112 only4 (12%)
Double-patenting only1 (3%)
Double-patenting + other6 (18%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (15%)
No statute on record1 (3%)

Industry Mix

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

25
Life Sciences
76% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
3% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
7
Business / Other
21% 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.

330 h
Manual time on pending OAs
66 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
115 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KUCHARCZK, JED A 1 79.6% +16.9%
BAEK, BONG-SOOK 1 41.7% +69.8%
WILSON, JERICA KATLYNN 1 61.5% +38.7%
PACKARD, BENJAMIN J 1 66.5% +15.7%
ARCORIA, PAUL JOSEPH 1
MCINTOSH III, TRAVISS C 1 73.2% +14.0%
AL-AWADI, DANAH J 1 54.0% +13.7%
SONG, JIANFENG 1 56.2% +33.1%
MAHLUM, JONATHAN DAVIS 1 51.5% +20.8%
AULAKH, CHARANJIT 1 80.8% -15.2%

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
18573785 COMPOSITION FOR SUPPRESSING MUSCLE DAMAGE AULAKH, CHARANJIT

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
16863187 EQUOL-CONTAINING EXTRACT, METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF, METHOD FOR EXTRACTION OF EQUOL, AND EQUOL-CONTAINING FOOD LANDAU, SHARMILA GOLLAMUDI 142d overdue
17924232 MODELED OBJECT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME GROUX, JENNIFER LILA 26d overdue
18840444 COMBINATION FORMULATION OF CEDAZURIDINE PACKARD, BENJAMIN J
18720446 COMPOSITION FOR IMPROVING SLEEP QUALITY OR CONTROLLING AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM ARCORIA, PAUL JOSEPH
18839933 SYRINGE FOR CRYOPRESERVATION NGO, MEAGAN N
18627228 CONTENT PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM WEAVER, ADAM MICHAEL

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
19220457 METHODS OF DISPERSING ARIPIPRAZOLE INJECTABLE PREPARATIONS KUCHARCZK, JED A 46d overdue
18907757 COMBINATIONS COMPRISING BREXPIPRAZOLE OR A SALT THEREOF AND A SECOND DRUG FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF A CNS DISORDER BAEK, BONG-SOOK
18814803 4-(METHYLAMINOPHENOXY)PYRDIN-3-YL-BENZAMIDE DERIVATIVES FOR TREATING CANCER WILSON, JERICA KATLYNN
18840444 COMBINATION FORMULATION OF CEDAZURIDINE PACKARD, BENJAMIN J
18744247 KAEMPFEROL ANALOG-CONTAINING COMPOSITION MCINTOSH III, TRAVISS C
18662049 INJECTABLE PREPARATION AL-AWADI, DANAH J
18702752 COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING AN ERK INHIBITOR SONG, JIANFENG
18689319 ACRIDINE COMPOUND MAHLUM, JONATHAN DAVIS

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1615 2
1621 2
1623 1
1693 1
1613 1
1625 1
1627 1
1622 1
1629 1
1600 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19220457 METHODS OF DISPERSING ARIPIPRAZOLE INJECTABLE PREPARATIONS KUCHARCZK, JED A 1623 §103DP Final Rejection 46d overdue AI Ready May 28, 2025
18907757 COMBINATIONS COMPRISING BREXPIPRAZOLE OR A SALT THEREOF AND A SECOND DRUG FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF A CNS DISORDER BAEK, BONG-SOOK §102§103DP Non-Final OA Pending Oct 07, 2024
18814803 4-(METHYLAMINOPHENOXY)PYRDIN-3-YL-BENZAMIDE DERIVATIVES FOR TREATING CANCER WILSON, JERICA KATLYNN §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 26, 2024
18840444 COMBINATION FORMULATION OF CEDAZURIDINE PACKARD, BENJAMIN J §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 21, 2024
18720446 COMPOSITION FOR IMPROVING SLEEP QUALITY OR CONTROLLING AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM ARCORIA, PAUL JOSEPH §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 24, 2024
18744247 KAEMPFEROL ANALOG-CONTAINING COMPOSITION MCINTOSH III, TRAVISS C 1693 DP Final Rejection Pending Jun 14, 2024
18662049 INJECTABLE PREPARATION AL-AWADI, DANAH J 1615 §112DP Non-Final OA Pending May 13, 2024
18702752 COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING AN ERK INHIBITOR SONG, JIANFENG 1613 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 18, 2024
18689319 ACRIDINE COMPOUND MAHLUM, JONATHAN DAVIS 1625 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 05, 2024
18573785 COMPOSITION FOR SUPPRESSING MUSCLE DAMAGE AULAKH, CHARANJIT 1621 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 26, 2023
18561602 PYRAZOLO[1,5-A]PYRIMIDINE COMPOUND FOR THE TREATMENT OF DERMAL DISORDERS RAO, PADMAJA S 1627 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 16, 2023
18548522 BIOMARKERS FOR CANCER THERAPY USING MDM2 ANTAGONISTS ELENISTE, PIERRE PAUL 1622 §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Aug 31, 2023
18546602 AMORPHOUS FORM AND COMPOSITION CONTAINING SAID AMORPHOUS FORM SASAN, ARADHANA 1615 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Aug 16, 2023
18042503 CRYSTALLINE FORM OF HETEROBICYCLIC COMPOUND SHOWALTER, ALEXANDER KEITH 1629 §112Other Final Rejection 60d overdue Pending Feb 22, 2023
17923188 IAP ANTAGONIST COMPOUNDS AND INTERMEDIATES AND METHODS FOR SYNTHESIZING THE SAME O DELL, DAVID K 1621 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 03, 2022
17923182 METHODS FOR SYNTHESIZING ANHYDROUS LACTIC ACID BAZARGANI, ARYA AHMADI 1600 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 03, 2022
17757843 BIOMARKERS FOR CANCER THERAPY USING MDM2 ANTAGONISTS LEE, CHIHYI NMN 1628 §103§112DP Final Rejection Pending Jun 22, 2022
17755832 ORALLY DISINTEGRATING TABLET PALENIK, JEFFREY T 1614 §103 Non-Final OA AI Ready Jun 10, 2022
17782469 STANDARD SUBSTANCE FOR PSA QUANTIFICATION, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, STANDARD SOLUTION FOR PSA QUANTIFICATION, AND PSA QUANTIFICATION METHOD DEBERRY, REGINA M 1647 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 03, 2022
17616921 TETRA-FUNCTIONAL CHEMICAL PROBE AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING TARGET MEMBRANE PROTEIN FROM LIVING CELL OR LIVING TISSUE BY USING SAID PROBE STOCKTON, LAURA LYNNE 1626 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 06, 2021
16863187 EQUOL-CONTAINING EXTRACT, METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF, METHOD FOR EXTRACTION OF EQUOL, AND EQUOL-CONTAINING FOOD LANDAU, SHARMILA GOLLAMUDI 1653 §103§112 Final Rejection 142d overdue Pending Apr 30, 2020
18855167 MAMMALIAN CELL CRYOPRESERVATION LIQUID THUESON, HANNA MARIE §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 08, 2024
18839933 SYRINGE FOR CRYOPRESERVATION NGO, MEAGAN N §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 20, 2024
18576582 ENTERAL NUTRIENT PREPARATION O'HERN, BRENT T 1658 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 04, 2024
18284014 MULTILAYER FILM AND LIQUID AGENT CONTAINER CHEN, VIVIAN 1787 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 25, 2023
17793611 METHOD OF PRODUCING CAPSULE COMPRISING PANCREATIC ISLET ZHANG SPIERING, DONGXIU 1616 §103DP Non-Final OA Pending Jul 18, 2022
17438025 STORAGE LIQUID FOR MAMMALIAN CELLS REGLAS, GEORGIANA C 1651 §103 Final Rejection 97d overdue Pending Sep 10, 2021
16645213 STEM CELL DERIVED FROM NEONATAL PIG AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME NGUYEN, QUANG 1631 §103 Final Rejection 38d overdue Pending Mar 06, 2020
18627228 CONTENT PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM WEAVER, ADAM MICHAEL 2658 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 04, 2024
18574520 RUBBER COMPOSITION AND TIRE FISCHER, JUSTIN R 1749 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Dec 27, 2023
18563617 EPOXY RESIN MODIFIER, EPOXY RESIN COMPOSITION CONTAINING SAME, ADHESIVE COMPOSED OF EPOXY RESIN COMPOSITION, AND RESIN CURED PRODUCT OBTAINED BY CURING EPOXY RESIN COMPOSITION ZHANG, RUIYUN §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 22, 2023
18039854 TITANIC ACID-BASED SOLID ELECTROLYTE MATERIAL HANSEN, JARED A 1723 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Jun 01, 2023
17924232 MODELED OBJECT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME GROUX, JENNIFER LILA 1754 §103§112 Non-Final OA 26d overdue Pending Nov 09, 2022

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