Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
The Fourth Military Medical University maintains a patent portfolio within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. The company currently has 1 pending office action under review. This activity is handled by 1 distinct examiner, indicating a singular focus for the current prosecution efforts in the institutional research sector.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is WARD, PAUL V, who is managing the 1 pending office action. This individual is responsible for the total active workload currently reported for the company. The prosecution is localized within a distinct art unit.
Such a concentrated workload suggests that the company's immediate patent strategy is tied to a specific biotechnological innovation. Practitioners should prioritize clear communication with the assigned examiner, as this single point of contact will determine the outcome of the company's current pharmaceutical intellectual property efforts.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WARD, PAUL V | 1 | 83.2% | -12.2% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17956867 | APPLICATION OF ACRIDINEDIONE COMPOUND IN PREPARATION OF ANTI-DIABETIC DRUGS | WARD, PAUL V | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1622 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17956867 | APPLICATION OF ACRIDINEDIONE COMPOUND IN PREPARATION OF ANTI-DIABETIC DRUGS | WARD, PAUL V | 1622 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialThe Fourth Military Medical University has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Paul V Ward has the most, with 1 of The Fourth Military Medical University's pending office actions.
Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
