Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Spruce Biosciences Inc. has 3 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. The matters involve 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, indicating that prosecution is divided across separate examination assignments.
LEE, WILLIAM Y is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. Counsel can develop a consistent position for that examiner’s files while preserving separate analysis for the remaining matter.
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.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting + other | 3 (100%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
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.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEE, WILLIAM Y | 2 | 48.0% | +34.1% |
| RAHMANI, NILOOFAR | 1 | 77.6% | -2.9% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18438060 | METHODS OF TREATING CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA | LEE, WILLIAM Y | — |
| 17578149 | METHODS OF TREATING CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA | LEE, WILLIAM Y | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1623 | 2 |
| 1691 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18785556 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME | RAHMANI, NILOOFAR | 1691 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 26, 2024 |
| 18438060 | METHODS OF TREATING CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA | LEE, WILLIAM Y | 1623 | §103§112DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 09, 2024 |
| 17578149 | METHODS OF TREATING CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA | LEE, WILLIAM Y | 1623 | §103DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 18, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialSpruce Biosciences Inc. has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
William Y Lee has the most, with 2 of Spruce Biosciences Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
