Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Scripps Research

Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Scripps Research is currently prosecuting patents in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. The organization has 1 pending office action, which is being handled by 1 distinct examiner. This indicates a focused point of activity within its broader research efforts. The involvement of 1 distinct art unit suggests that the pending matter is concentrated in a specific technical field within biotechnology. This lack of complexity in the current workload allows for a concentrated effort on this single pending matter at the USPTO.

The busiest examiner for Scripps Research is WANG, RUIXUE, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. Since there is only 1 pending action in the current data, this examiner is the sole individual reviewing the organization's active applications. The presence of 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit indicates a very direct prosecution environment. Practitioners should note that the immediate outcome for this specific filing depends entirely on the interaction with this examiner. This streamlined structure ensures that the organization's current patenting resources are focused on a single administrative channel.

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

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
0
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
1
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 (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

1
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.

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

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WANG, RUIXUE 1 55.9% +19.0%

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
18255612 REVERSE GENETICS-BASED COMPOSITIONS OF RECOMBINANT SARS-COV-2 WANG, RUIXUE —

Interview Candidates (1)

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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18255612 REVERSE GENETICS-BASED COMPOSITIONS OF RECOMBINANT SARS-COV-2 WANG, RUIXUE —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1672 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18255612 REVERSE GENETICS-BASED COMPOSITIONS OF RECOMBINANT SARS-COV-2 WANG, RUIXUE 1672 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 02, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Scripps Research have?

Scripps Research has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Scripps Research applications?

Ruixue Wang has the most, with 1 of Scripps Research's pending office actions.

What technology area are Scripps Research's patent applications in?

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

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