Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Proteometech Inc.

Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials

2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Proteometech Inc. operates within the Chemistry & Materials technology area with 1 pending office action. This specific matter is being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner, indicating a concentrated prosecution profile. The activity is confined to 1 distinct art unit, which suggests a specific technical focus for the company current patent applications.

The examiner QIAN, SHIZHI is the busiest official for this portfolio, currently managing 1 pending office action. Because the workload is limited to 1 distinct examiner, the company immediate interactions with the patent office are located at a centralized point of review. This individual is the only examiner currently assigned to the pending matters.

For practitioners, this means the 1 pending office action is the sole focus of current prosecution efforts. The involvement of 1 distinct art unit and 1 distinct examiner allows for a focused management of the portfolio, as there are no competing deadlines or varying examiner styles to navigate. The pending action represents the entirety of the company current engagement with the Chemistry & Materials examination divisions.

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

Portfolio Summary

2
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
1
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 (50%)
1
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§102 only1 (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
QIAN, SHIZHI 1 61.8% +47.9%
KIRWIN, STEFANIE JOHANNA 1 15.9% +31.6%

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
17419260 IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHY STRIP FOR PREGNANCY DIAGNOSIS WITH MULTIPLE TEST LINES, AND PREGNANCY DIAGNOSIS KIT COMPRISING SAME KIRWIN, STEFANIE JOHANNA —

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
18268560 BIOSENSOR USING PET SUBSTRATE, FABRICATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING SENSITIVITY OF MICROORGANISM TO ANTIBIOTIC BY USING SAME QIAN, SHIZHI 14d
17419260 IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHY STRIP FOR PREGNANCY DIAGNOSIS WITH MULTIPLE TEST LINES, AND PREGNANCY DIAGNOSIS KIT COMPRISING SAME KIRWIN, STEFANIE JOHANNA —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1795 1
1677 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18268560 BIOSENSOR USING PET SUBSTRATE, FABRICATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING SENSITIVITY OF MICROORGANISM TO ANTIBIOTIC BY USING SAME QIAN, SHIZHI 1795 §102 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jun 20, 2023
17419260 IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHY STRIP FOR PREGNANCY DIAGNOSIS WITH MULTIPLE TEST LINES, AND PREGNANCY DIAGNOSIS KIT COMPRISING SAME KIRWIN, STEFANIE JOHANNA 1677 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 28, 2021

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