Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 21, 2026

The Florida State University Research Foundation

Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

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

Analysis

The Florida State University Research Foundation is currently handling 1 pending office action in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, HIRAKIS, SOPHIA P, who is also the busiest examiner for the company. The prosecution is concentrated within 1 distinct art unit, meaning all current activity is localized to a single technical group. With 1 pending office action and 1 distinct examiner, the company's active portfolio is entirely under the review of HIRAKIS, SOPHIA P.

The busiest examiner pending count of 1 matches the total pending office actions, indicating that no other examiners are currently reviewing the company's applications. Practitioners should focus on the specific practices of this 1 distinct examiner within the 1 distinct art unit, as there is no diversification of examiner perspectives in the current workload. The success of the company's current prosecution efforts depends on the resolution of this 1 pending office action. This 1 distinct examiner represents the company's only active engagement with the office in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals area.

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.

1
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.

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
HIRAKIS, SOPHIA P 1 57.4% +69.8%

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
18253031 Small Molecule Inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 Infections HIRAKIS, SOPHIA P —

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
18253031 Small Molecule Inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 Infections HIRAKIS, SOPHIA P —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1623 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18253031 Small Molecule Inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 Infections HIRAKIS, SOPHIA P 1623 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 15, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does The Florida State University Research Foundation have?

The Florida State University Research Foundation has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most The Florida State University Research Foundation applications?

Sophia P Hirakis has the most, with 1 of The Florida State University Research Foundation's pending office actions.

What technology area are The Florida State University Research Foundation's patent applications in?

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

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