Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Phanes Therapeutics Inc.

Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Phanes Therapeutics Inc. has 3 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. The matters involve 3 distinct examiners but 2 distinct art units, indicating examiner-level distribution within a narrower art-unit footprint.

FAUST, AMBER KATHLEEN is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending action. Counsel should track each matter separately while checking for issues that may recur across the 2 art units.

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

Portfolio Summary

2
Total Pending OAs
2
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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
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 (50%)
1
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Double-patenting + other1 (50%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

2
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.

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

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
GEORGE, DENNIS CHERIAN 1 42.9% +72.7%
MELCHIOR, JAMES RYLAND 1 62.2% +39.5%

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
17997755 Anti-Tumor Associated Antigen Antibodies and Uses Thereof GEORGE, DENNIS CHERIAN —

Interview Candidates (2)

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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17760394 Antibodies Conjugated with Fatty Acid Molecules and Uses Thereof MELCHIOR, JAMES RYLAND 37d overdue
17997755 Anti-Tumor Associated Antigen Antibodies and Uses Thereof GEORGE, DENNIS CHERIAN —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1644 2

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
17997755 Anti-Tumor Associated Antigen Antibodies and Uses Thereof GEORGE, DENNIS CHERIAN 1644 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 02, 2022
17760394 Antibodies Conjugated with Fatty Acid Molecules and Uses Thereof MELCHIOR, JAMES RYLAND 1644 §103§112DP Non-Final OA 37d overdue Pending Aug 09, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Phanes Therapeutics Inc. have?

Phanes Therapeutics Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Phanes Therapeutics Inc. applications?

Dennis Cherian George has the most, with 1 of Phanes Therapeutics Inc.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Phanes Therapeutics Inc.'s patent applications in?

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

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