Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

The Buck Institute For Research On Aging

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

Analysis

The Buck Institute For Research On Aging has 1 pending office action currently under review. This action is assigned to a distinct examiner, Yevgeny Valenrod. The data shows 0 distinct art units associated with this pending matter. This limited activity suggests a focused or early-stage prosecution phase for the current portfolio.

Yevgeny Valenrod is the busiest examiner for the portfolio with 1 pending office action. This individual examiner manages the entirety of the company's active workload as reported in the current data set. Consequently, the company's immediate patent prosecution success is entirely dependent on the interaction with Yevgeny Valenrod. The outcome of this specific review will define the institute's current patent standing across the 0 distinct art units mentioned.

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

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.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
100% 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
VALENROD, YEVGENY 1 72.5% +25.1%

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
18757976 METHODS OF INDUCING KETOSIS IN NON-HUMAN MAMMALS VALENROD, YEVGENY —

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
18757976 METHODS OF INDUCING KETOSIS IN NON-HUMAN MAMMALS VALENROD, YEVGENY —

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18757976 METHODS OF INDUCING KETOSIS IN NON-HUMAN MAMMALS VALENROD, YEVGENY — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 28, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does The Buck Institute For Research On Aging have?

The Buck Institute For Research On Aging has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 0 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most The Buck Institute For Research On Aging applications?

Yevgeny Valenrod has the most, with 1 of The Buck Institute For Research On Aging's pending office actions.

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