Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

The Regents Of The University Of California Riverside

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 Regents Of The University Of California Riverside has 1 pending office action in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, KETCHAM, KAREN A. The prosecution is occurring within 1 distinct art unit, which indicates a focused examination path for the university's biotechnology assets.

KETCHAM, KAREN A is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, managing 1 busiest examiner pending action. This single action accounts for the total 1 pending office action currently active. The concentration in a single examiner and art unit suggests a streamlined prosecution effort. For the practitioner, this means that the specific preferences and past decisions of KETCHAM, KAREN A will be the primary factor in the success of the 1 pending office action within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals sector. By focusing on the requirements of the assigned examiner, the university can tailor its responses to address the specific concerns raised in the pending matter.

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
KETCHAM, KAREN A 1 20.0% +38.8%

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
18688482 Pest Control Formulations and Uses Thereof KETCHAM, KAREN A —

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
18688482 Pest Control Formulations and Uses Thereof KETCHAM, KAREN A —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1614 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18688482 Pest Control Formulations and Uses Thereof KETCHAM, KAREN A 1614 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 01, 2024

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