Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Pharma Mar S.A.

Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

6 pending office actions • 5 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Pharma Mar S.A. has 5 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. The matters involve 5 examiners and 4 art units, showing multiple examination paths with some unit-level concentration.

CUNNINGCHEN, KATHLEEN MARY is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Because each examiner has one listed matter, counsel should prepare matter-specific responses while comparing the records within shared art-unit assignments.

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

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (1)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.

1
Hard (17%)
1
Medium (17%)
4
Easy (67%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§112 only4 (67%)
Double-patenting + other1 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (17%)

Industry Mix

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

6
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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CUNNINGCHEN, KATHLEEN MARY 1 62.5% +60.5%
TOWNSLEY, SARA ELIZABETH 1 25.6% +48.2%
ROBINSON, MIKHAIL O'DONNEL 1 58.3% +43.1%
HA, JULIE 1 75.7% +44.1%
HELLMAN, KRISTINA M 1 65.1% +55.5%
KATAKAM, SUDHAKAR 1 74.8% +23.3%

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17908532 COMPOUNDS FOR USE IN AUTOIMMUNE CONDITIONS HA, JULIE 58d overdue
18560991 DOSAGE REGIMENS FOR ECUBECTEDIN TOWNSLEY, SARA ELIZABETH 14d

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17908532 COMPOUNDS FOR USE IN AUTOIMMUNE CONDITIONS HA, JULIE 58d overdue
17908524 COMPOUNDS FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF CORONAVIRUS INFECTION HELLMAN, KRISTINA M 4d overdue
18560991 DOSAGE REGIMENS FOR ECUBECTEDIN TOWNSLEY, SARA ELIZABETH 14d
17920000 DRUG ANTIBODY CONJUGATES ROBINSON, MIKHAIL O'DONNEL 35d
18703491 LURBINECTEDIN AND ATEZOLIZUMAB COMBINATIONS CUNNINGCHEN, KATHLEEN MARY —
17908526 COMPOUNDS FOR USE IN INFLAMMATORY CONDITIONS KATAKAM, SUDHAKAR —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1654 2
1646 1
1629 1
1627 1
1658 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18703491 LURBINECTEDIN AND ATEZOLIZUMAB COMBINATIONS CUNNINGCHEN, KATHLEEN MARY 1646 §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 22, 2024
18560991 DOSAGE REGIMENS FOR ECUBECTEDIN TOWNSLEY, SARA ELIZABETH 1629 §112 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Nov 15, 2023
17920000 DRUG ANTIBODY CONJUGATES ROBINSON, MIKHAIL O'DONNEL 1627 §112 Final Rejection 35d Pending Oct 19, 2022
17908532 COMPOUNDS FOR USE IN AUTOIMMUNE CONDITIONS HA, JULIE 1654 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 58d overdue Pending Aug 31, 2022
17908524 COMPOUNDS FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF CORONAVIRUS INFECTION HELLMAN, KRISTINA M 1654 §112Other Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Aug 31, 2022
17908526 COMPOUNDS FOR USE IN INFLAMMATORY CONDITIONS KATAKAM, SUDHAKAR 1658 §112 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 31, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Pharma Mar S.A. have?

Pharma Mar S.A. has 6 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 6 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Pharma Mar S.A. applications?

Kathleen Mary Cunningchen has the most, with 1 of Pharma Mar S.A.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Pharma Mar S.A.'s patent applications in?

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

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