Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Sapienza Universita Di Roma

Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

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

Analysis

Sapienza Universita' Di Roma has 1 pending office action in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. The prosecution is currently confined to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, suggesting a specific focus for their active intellectual property matters. In the complex field of biotechnology, this concentration indicates that the university is currently prioritizing a specific therapeutic or diagnostic innovation. The lack of broader activity across multiple art units suggests a very targeted intellectual property strategy that relies on the successful resolution of this single pending matter.

JONES, DAMERON LEVEST is the busiest examiner, with 1 busiest examiner pending action. This single action accounts for the total 1 pending office action, meaning the university's current success in this area depends on the outcome of this specific examiner's evaluation. Practitioners must ensure that their responses are highly specific to the examiner's concerns, as there are no other active applications to provide alternative avenues for securing intellectual property protection. The university's immediate patent trajectory is thus defined by the progress of this individual application under this specific examiner.

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

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%)
0
Medium (0%)
1
Easy (50%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (50%)
§112 only1 (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
PAGANO, ALEXANDER R 1 78.7% +11.4%
COPPINS, JANET L 1 72.6% +26.1%

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
18579426 METHOD FOR THE EXTRACTION OF POLICOSANOLS FROM INDUSTRIAL HEMP AND MIXTURE THEREOF PAGANO, ALEXANDER R —

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
18579426 METHOD FOR THE EXTRACTION OF POLICOSANOLS FROM INDUSTRIAL HEMP AND MIXTURE THEREOF PAGANO, ALEXANDER R —
15734695 THIENO[2,3-B]PYRIDINE DERIVATIVES AS EPAC INHIBITORS AND THEIR PHARMACEUTICAL USES COPPINS, JANET L —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1692 1
1628 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18579426 METHOD FOR THE EXTRACTION OF POLICOSANOLS FROM INDUSTRIAL HEMP AND MIXTURE THEREOF PAGANO, ALEXANDER R 1692 §101§102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 15, 2024
15734695 THIENO[2,3-B]PYRIDINE DERIVATIVES AS EPAC INHIBITORS AND THEIR PHARMACEUTICAL USES COPPINS, JANET L 1628 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 03, 2020

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Sapienza Universita Di Roma have?

Sapienza Universita Di Roma has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Sapienza Universita Di Roma applications?

Alexander R Pagano has the most, with 1 of Sapienza Universita Di Roma's pending office actions.

What technology area are Sapienza Universita Di Roma's patent applications in?

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

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