Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
The United States Of America Asrepresented By The Secretary Department Of Health And Human Service has 1 pending office action in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. This 1 pending office action is the sole active matter for the company patent portfolio. The filing indicates a targeted effort to secure rights within the pharmaceutical field.
The prosecution is conducted through 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. This structure suggests a highly centralized legal strategy with a focus on a specific technical niche. The use of 1 distinct art unit ensures that the examination follows a consistent set of guidelines.
GAO, ASHLEY HARTMAN is the busiest examiner, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. Since this examiner handles the only active filing, their perspective is critical to the portfolio's immediate success. Addressing the concerns of the 1 pending office action is the primary objective for the current prosecution phase.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GAO, ASHLEY HARTMAN | 1 | 56.5% | +38.0% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18251751 | METHOD OF SELECTING T CELLS WITH IMPROVED ANTI-CANCER ACTIVITY | GAO, ASHLEY HARTMAN | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18251751 | METHOD OF SELECTING T CELLS WITH IMPROVED ANTI-CANCER ACTIVITY | GAO, ASHLEY HARTMAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1678 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18251751 | METHOD OF SELECTING T CELLS WITH IMPROVED ANTI-CANCER ACTIVITY | GAO, ASHLEY HARTMAN | 1678 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 04, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialThe United States Of America Asrepresented By The Secretary Department Of Health And Human Service has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Ashley Hartman Gao has the most, with 1 of The United States Of America Asrepresented By The Secretary Department Of Health And Human Service's pending office actions.
Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
