Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Saga Diagnostics AB

Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Saga Diagnostics AB has 4 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. Each matter is associated with a distinct examiner and a distinct art unit, producing a one-to-one distribution across the reported prosecution activity.

JONES, CHRISTINE MICHELLE is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. That workload is equal to the individual assignment shown for each examiner. A portfolio-wide review can help keep diagnostic terminology, written description positions, and amendment strategy consistent across the separate examination channels.

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

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
3
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.

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.

3
Hard (75%)
1
Medium (25%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (50%)
Double-patenting + other1 (25%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (25%)

Industry Mix

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

4
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.

40 h
Manual time on pending OAs
8 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
14 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
JONES, CHRISTINE MICHELLE 1 0.0% +0.0%
KALLAL, ROBERT JAMES 1 59.4% +31.2%
FONSECA LOPEZ, FRANCINI ALVARENGA 1 28.6% +30.0%
GREENE, CAROLYN LEE 1 65.7% +46.1%

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18204703 DETECTION OF TARGET NUCLEIC ACIDS GREENE, CAROLYN LEE 43d overdue
18240453 DETECTION OF VARIANT ESR1 SEQUENCES JONES, CHRISTINE MICHELLE —
18240416 MULTI-VECTOR DETECTION OF VARIANT SEQUENCES KALLAL, ROBERT JAMES —
18240445 STRUCTURAL VARIANT IDENTIFICATION FONSECA LOPEZ, FRANCINI ALVARENGA —

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18204703 DETECTION OF TARGET NUCLEIC ACIDS GREENE, CAROLYN LEE 43d overdue
18240416 MULTI-VECTOR DETECTION OF VARIANT SEQUENCES KALLAL, ROBERT JAMES —
18240445 STRUCTURAL VARIANT IDENTIFICATION FONSECA LOPEZ, FRANCINI ALVARENGA —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1682 1
1683 1
1685 1
1681 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18240453 DETECTION OF VARIANT ESR1 SEQUENCES JONES, CHRISTINE MICHELLE 1682 §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 31, 2023
18240416 MULTI-VECTOR DETECTION OF VARIANT SEQUENCES KALLAL, ROBERT JAMES 1683 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 31, 2023
18240445 STRUCTURAL VARIANT IDENTIFICATION FONSECA LOPEZ, FRANCINI ALVARENGA 1685 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 31, 2023
18204703 DETECTION OF TARGET NUCLEIC ACIDS GREENE, CAROLYN LEE 1681 §102§103 Final Rejection 43d overdue Pending Jun 01, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Saga Diagnostics AB have?

Saga Diagnostics AB has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 4 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Saga Diagnostics AB applications?

Christine Michelle Jones has the most, with 1 of Saga Diagnostics AB's pending office actions.

What technology area are Saga Diagnostics AB's patent applications in?

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

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