Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

UCB Biopharma SRL

11 pending office actions • 9 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 19 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

7
Overdue
2
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (7)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (1)

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.

0
Hard (0%)
7
Medium (64%)
1
Easy (9%)
3
Unknown (27%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only6 (55%)
§102 only1 (9%)
§112 only1 (9%)
No statute on record3 (27%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

11
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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
VIGIL, TORIANA NICHOLE 1 53.2% +21.4%
DONOHUE, SEAN R 1 41.5% +21.7%
KWON, JOHN SEUNGJAI 1 45.7% +23.2%
WILLIS, DOUGLAS M 1 82.6% +19.7%
SCOTLAND, REBECCA LYNN 1 0.0% +0.0%
OUSPENSKI, ILIA I 1 77.6% +20.3%
THUESON, HANNA MARIE 1 71.4% +30.8%
KIM, YUNSOO 1 65.6% +35.2%
FORD, VANESSA L 1 40.1% +38.3%
ALFANO, ALAN 1

Quick Wins (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18267235 IMIDAZOPYRIDAZINE DERIVATIVES AS IL-17 MODULATORS WILLIS, DOUGLAS M 26d overdue

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
18039498 FORMULATIONS SCOTLAND, REBECCA LYNN 5d

Interview Candidates (8)

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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18632964 Imaging Agents DONOHUE, SEAN R 81d overdue
18282554 FORMULATIONS COMPRISING A THERAPEUTIC PROTEIN AND AT LEAST ONE STABILIZER KWON, JOHN SEUNGJAI 66d overdue
18152872 Pharmaceutical Formulations KIM, YUNSOO 38d overdue
18045597 Methods of Treatment Using Anti-IL-17A/F Antibodies FORD, VANESSA L 36d overdue
18267235 IMIDAZOPYRIDAZINE DERIVATIVES AS IL-17 MODULATORS WILLIS, DOUGLAS M 26d overdue
18703675 FORMULATIONS VIGIL, TORIANA NICHOLE 7d
18021005 GENE THERAPY USING NUCLEIC ACID CONSTRUCTS COMPRISING METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2 (MECP2) PROMOTER SEQUENCES THUESON, HANNA MARIE 13d
18248651 BINDING MOLECULES THAT MULTIMERISE CD45 OUSPENSKI, ILIA I 33d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1615 2
1641 2
1612 1
1618 1
1624 1
1644 1
1638 1
1674 1
1646 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18703675 FORMULATIONS VIGIL, TORIANA NICHOLE 1612 Other Non-Final OA 7d Pending Apr 22, 2024
18632964 Imaging Agents DONOHUE, SEAN R 1618 §103 Non-Final OA 81d overdue Pending Apr 11, 2024
18282554 FORMULATIONS COMPRISING A THERAPEUTIC PROTEIN AND AT LEAST ONE STABILIZER KWON, JOHN SEUNGJAI 1615 §103 Non-Final OA 66d overdue Pending Sep 18, 2023
18267235 IMIDAZOPYRIDAZINE DERIVATIVES AS IL-17 MODULATORS WILLIS, DOUGLAS M 1624 §112 Non-Final OA 26d overdue Pending Jun 14, 2023
18039498 FORMULATIONS SCOTLAND, REBECCA LYNN 1615 §103 Final Rejection 5d Pending May 31, 2023
18248651 BINDING MOLECULES THAT MULTIMERISE CD45 OUSPENSKI, ILIA I 1644 §102 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Apr 11, 2023
18021005 GENE THERAPY USING NUCLEIC ACID CONSTRUCTS COMPRISING METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2 (MECP2) PROMOTER SEQUENCES THUESON, HANNA MARIE 1638 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Feb 13, 2023
18152872 Pharmaceutical Formulations KIM, YUNSOO 1641 §103 Non-Final OA 38d overdue Pending Jan 11, 2023
18045597 Methods of Treatment Using Anti-IL-17A/F Antibodies FORD, VANESSA L 1674 Other Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Oct 11, 2022
17907116 AUTONOMOUS KNOB DOMAIN PEPTIDES ALFANO, ALAN 1641 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Sep 23, 2022
17286247 METHOD FOR THE TREATMENT OF MYASTHENIA GRAVIS HOLTZMAN, KATHERINE ANN 1646 Other Final Rejection 80d overdue Pending Apr 16, 2021

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