Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Shandong Buchang Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd.

Technology area: Computing & Software

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

Analysis

Shandong Buchang Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. currently has 1 pending office action within the Computing & Software technology area. This action is being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner, which means the company's current interaction with the patent office is entirely centralized. Additionally, the portfolio's active prosecution is confined to 1 distinct art unit. This concentration suggests that the company is focusing its intellectual property efforts on a specific technological domain without the need to navigate multiple administrative groups.

The busiest examiner for this portfolio is STCLAIR, ANDREW D, who is assigned to 1 pending office action. Since the total count of pending actions for the company is 1, this examiner holds responsibility for all active matters. This arrangement provides a clear and direct line of communication between the applicant and the patent office. Practitioners can focus their strategy on the specific procedural requirements of STCLAIR, ANDREW D within the designated art unit. The lack of multiple examiners or art units simplifies the management of the company's current patent applications.

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

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
0
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.

1
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
100% 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
STCLAIR, ANDREW D 1 60.1% +25.6%

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
17914390 Traditional Chinese medicine for dispersing lung qi and detoxicating STCLAIR, ANDREW D 356d overdue

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
17914390 Traditional Chinese medicine for dispersing lung qi and detoxicating STCLAIR, ANDREW D 356d overdue

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2178 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
17914390 Traditional Chinese medicine for dispersing lung qi and detoxicating STCLAIR, ANDREW D 2178 §101 Non-Final OA 356d overdue Pending Sep 26, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Shandong Buchang Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. have?

Shandong Buchang Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Shandong Buchang Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. applications?

Andrew D Stclair has the most, with 1 of Shandong Buchang Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Shandong Buchang Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Computing & Software (USPTO Tech Center 2100), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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