Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Pathways Bioscience LLC

Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

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

Analysis

Pathways Bioscience LLC has 1 pending office action in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. This action is being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner, VAJDA, KRISTIN ANN, who is the busiest examiner with 1 busiest examiner pending action. The prosecution is focused within 1 distinct art unit, indicating a specialized technical scope within the biotech sector. This lack of diversity in examiners and art units means the company's strategy is highly dependent on a single individual's interpretation.

The 1 pending office action is the only current point of engagement with the USPTO for this company. Since there is only 1 distinct examiner, the prosecution outcome for the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals portfolio is entirely dependent on the review of VAJDA, KRISTIN ANN. The use of 1 distinct art unit suggests that the technology is not being split across different examination divisions, which may simplify the resolution of the action. Practitioners must focus their resources on this single interaction to resolve the current workload.

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.

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

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§112 only1 (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
VAJDA, KRISTIN ANN 1 83.8% +11.1%

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
18367379 Compositions and Methods for Treatment or Prevention of Oral Mucositis VAJDA, KRISTIN ANN —

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
18367379 Compositions and Methods for Treatment or Prevention of Oral Mucositis VAJDA, KRISTIN ANN —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1622 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18367379 Compositions and Methods for Treatment or Prevention of Oral Mucositis VAJDA, KRISTIN ANN 1622 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 12, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Pathways Bioscience LLC have?

Pathways Bioscience LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Pathways Bioscience LLC applications?

Kristin Ann Vajda has the most, with 1 of Pathways Bioscience LLC's pending office actions.

What technology area are Pathways Bioscience LLC's patent applications in?

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

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