Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding Co. Ltd.

Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding Co. Ltd. manages a company patent portfolio in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. The portfolio currently has 4 pending office actions, each assigned to a different person among 4 distinct examiners. This distribution suggests a diverse range of inquiries across the company's active applications.

The workload is spread across 4 distinct art units, indicating that the pending matters involve varied technical sub-specialties within the biotechnology and pharmaceutical fields. IVANOVA, SVETLANA M is listed as the busiest examiner, although she is responsible for 1 pending office action. This means that no single examiner or art unit dominates the current prosecution landscape.

Practitioners must manage separate relationships across the 4 distinct art units to advance this portfolio. Since each of the pending office actions is with a different examiner, the company faces multiple independent sets of examination hurdles. This diversity reduces the risk that a single examiner's tendencies will negatively impact the entire portfolio of pending Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals matters.

The busiest examiner pending count of 1 shows an even distribution of work among the 4 distinct examiners. Reviewing the history of each examiner within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals space can help anticipate potential hurdles. Monitoring the status of all 4 pending office actions is vital for timely adjustments to the broader intellectual property strategy.

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.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
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 (25%)
2
Medium (50%)
1
Easy (25%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (25%)
§112 only1 (25%)
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
IVANOVA, SVETLANA M 1 50.9% +51.8%
STOCKTON, LAURA LYNNE 1 75.3% +33.7%
RZECZYCKI, PHILLIP MATTHEW 1 64.8% +37.0%
CORNET, JEAN P 1 41.9% +47.2%

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
18284162 APPLICATION OF COMPOUND IN PREPARATION OF INHIBITORY DRUG TARGETING ERBB2 MUTANT STOCKTON, LAURA LYNNE —

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18024807 APPLICATION OF NITROGEN-CONTAINING SATURATED HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND CORNET, JEAN P 56d
18606090 METHOD FOR TREATING OR PREVENTING A DISEASE OF INCOMPLETE IMMUNE RECONSTITUTION IN AIDS USING (5R)-5-HYDROXYTRIPTOLIDE IVANOVA, SVETLANA M —
18284162 APPLICATION OF COMPOUND IN PREPARATION OF INHIBITORY DRUG TARGETING ERBB2 MUTANT STOCKTON, LAURA LYNNE —
18276569 SALT OF NITROGEN-CONTAINING FUSED HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND OR CRYSTAL FORM THEREOF, AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION THEREOF, AND USE THEREOF RZECZYCKI, PHILLIP MATTHEW —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1627 1
1626 1
1625 1
1628 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18606090 METHOD FOR TREATING OR PREVENTING A DISEASE OF INCOMPLETE IMMUNE RECONSTITUTION IN AIDS USING (5R)-5-HYDROXYTRIPTOLIDE IVANOVA, SVETLANA M 1627 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 15, 2024
18284162 APPLICATION OF COMPOUND IN PREPARATION OF INHIBITORY DRUG TARGETING ERBB2 MUTANT STOCKTON, LAURA LYNNE 1626 §102§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 18, 2023
18276569 SALT OF NITROGEN-CONTAINING FUSED HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND OR CRYSTAL FORM THEREOF, AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION THEREOF, AND USE THEREOF RZECZYCKI, PHILLIP MATTHEW 1625 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 09, 2023
18024807 APPLICATION OF NITROGEN-CONTAINING SATURATED HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND CORNET, JEAN P 1628 §103DPOther Non-Final OA 56d Pending Mar 06, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding Co. Ltd. have?

Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding Co. Ltd. has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 4 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding Co. Ltd. applications?

Svetlana M Ivanova has the most, with 1 of Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding Co. Ltd.'s patent applications in?

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

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