Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Pacific University

Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

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

Analysis

Pacific University has 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct examiners and distinct art units. This distribution suggests that the company's medical innovations are being reviewed by multiple specialists at the office.

FRENCH, CORRELL T is the busiest examiner with 1 busiest examiner pending action. This action is part of the pending office actions currently active, meaning the workload is split between the distinct examiners. For the practitioner, this requires managing independent prosecution paths across different units.

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

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (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
RODRIGUEZ-GARCIA, VALERIE 1 68.9% +31.7%

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
18737889 COMPOUNDS, COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE FOR NICOTINE CESSATION AND CHEMOPREVENTION RODRIGUEZ-GARCIA, VALERIE 29d

Interview Candidates (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18737889 COMPOUNDS, COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE FOR NICOTINE CESSATION AND CHEMOPREVENTION RODRIGUEZ-GARCIA, VALERIE 29d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1621 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18737889 COMPOUNDS, COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE FOR NICOTINE CESSATION AND CHEMOPREVENTION RODRIGUEZ-GARCIA, VALERIE 1621 §102§103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Jun 07, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Pacific University have?

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

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Pacific University applications?

Valerie Rodriguez-Garcia has the most, with 1 of Pacific University's pending office actions.

What technology area are Pacific University's patent applications in?

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

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