Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
9 pending office actions • 8 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
STEMCELL Technologies Canada Inc. has 9 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. The matters involve 9 examiners and 8 art units, showing broad distribution across the portfolio with limited overlap. Each action has a different examiner, while one art unit handles more than one matter.
NASHER, AHMED ABDULLALIM-M is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending action. Counsel should use matter-specific response planning and coordinate technical terminology across the eight art units, rather than treating one examiner’s position as representative of the portfolio.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 3 (33%) |
| §112 only | 1 (11%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 4 (44%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (11%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASHER, AHMED ABDULLALIM-M | 1 | 78.8% | +29.6% |
| BEHARRY, ZANNA MARIA | 1 | 25.0% | +56.3% |
| MARCSISIN, ELLEN JEAN | 1 | 34.6% | +49.4% |
| KASAYAN, KATRIEL BARCELLANO | 1 | 25.0% | +0.0% |
| SCHUBERG, LAURA J | 1 | 23.6% | +37.0% |
| LEITH, NANCY J | 1 | 74.7% | +44.0% |
| VIVLEMORE, TRACY ANN | 1 | 73.0% | +6.4% |
| MATALKAH, FATIMAH KHALAF | 1 | 55.8% | +27.4% |
| KWAK, DEAN P | 1 | 58.8% | +37.1% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18569259 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR BIASING THE POLARITY OF ORGANOIDS | KASAYAN, KATRIEL BARCELLANO | 6d |
| 18555332 | MEDIA AND METHODS FOR GROWING MAMMARY ORGANOIDS | SCHUBERG, LAURA J | 40d |
| 18726305 | MODIFIED HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS AND USES THEREOF | BEHARRY, ZANNA MARIA | — |
| 17562821 | MICROFLUIDIC CHIP HAVING INCREASED THROUGHPUT FOR USE IN A SYSTEM FOR DELIVERY OF A PAYLOAD INTO A CELL | KWAK, DEAN P | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18555332 | MEDIA AND METHODS FOR GROWING MAMMARY ORGANOIDS | SCHUBERG, LAURA J | 40d |
| 19032526 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR THE AUTOMATED CULTURE OF CELLS | NASHER, AHMED ABDULLALIM-M | — |
| 18726305 | MODIFIED HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS AND USES THEREOF | BEHARRY, ZANNA MARIA | — |
| 18750208 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR RAPID AND REVERSIBLE BIOMOLECULAR LABELING | MARCSISIN, ELLEN JEAN | — |
| 18190335 | INTRACELLULAR DELIVERY OF BIOMOLECULES TO CELLS COMPRISING A CELL WALL | LEITH, NANCY J | — |
| 17779830 | DEVICES, METHODS AND ASSAYS FOR BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS | MATALKAH, FATIMAH KHALAF | — |
| 17562821 | MICROFLUIDIC CHIP HAVING INCREASED THROUGHPUT FOR USE IN A SYSTEM FOR DELIVERY OF A PAYLOAD INTO A CELL | KWAK, DEAN P | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1638 | 2 |
| 2675 | 1 |
| 1632 | 1 |
| 1677 | 1 |
| 1634 | 1 |
| 1631 | 1 |
| 1636 | 1 |
| 1798 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19032526 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR THE AUTOMATED CULTURE OF CELLS | NASHER, AHMED ABDULLALIM-M | 2675 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 21, 2025 |
| 18726305 | MODIFIED HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS AND USES THEREOF | BEHARRY, ZANNA MARIA | 1632 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 02, 2024 |
| 18750208 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR RAPID AND REVERSIBLE BIOMOLECULAR LABELING | MARCSISIN, ELLEN JEAN | 1677 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 |
| 18569259 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR BIASING THE POLARITY OF ORGANOIDS | KASAYAN, KATRIEL BARCELLANO | 1634 | §103 | Final Rejection | 6d | Pending | Dec 12, 2023 |
| 18555332 | MEDIA AND METHODS FOR GROWING MAMMARY ORGANOIDS | SCHUBERG, LAURA J | 1631 | §103 | Final Rejection | 40d | Pending | Oct 13, 2023 |
| 18190335 | INTRACELLULAR DELIVERY OF BIOMOLECULES TO CELLS COMPRISING A CELL WALL | LEITH, NANCY J | 1636 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2023 |
| 17822942 | INTRACELLULAR DELIVERY OF COMPLEXES | VIVLEMORE, TRACY ANN | 1638 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2022 |
| 17779830 | DEVICES, METHODS AND ASSAYS FOR BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS | MATALKAH, FATIMAH KHALAF | 1638 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 25, 2022 |
| 17562821 | MICROFLUIDIC CHIP HAVING INCREASED THROUGHPUT FOR USE IN A SYSTEM FOR DELIVERY OF A PAYLOAD INTO A CELL | KWAK, DEAN P | 1798 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialSTEMCELL Technologies Canada Inc. has 9 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 8 art units and 9 examiners.
Ahmed Abdullalim-M Nasher has the most, with 1 of STEMCELL Technologies Canada Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
