Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

UEA Enterprises Limited

Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

UEA Enterprises Limited has 4 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. Those matters are distributed among 4 examiners and 4 art units, so the prosecution profile spans separate examination assignments rather than a single channel.

KIFLE, BRUCK is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. No examiner has more than that figure in the supplied data, which indicates an even distribution of the pending matters across the identified examiners. Counsel should therefore track each assignment independently instead of treating one examiner as the principal point of contact.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

3
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

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.

2
Hard (67%)
0
Medium (0%)
1
Easy (33%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (33%)
§112 only1 (33%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

3
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.

30 h
Manual time on pending OAs
6 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
10 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KIFLE, BRUCK 1 79.3% +15.8%
WAX, ROBERT A 1 25.7% +3.9%
LI, RUIXIANG 1 59.5% +18.7%

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18860392 BRIDGED BICYCLIC CARBOXYLIC ACIDS FOR TREATING OSTEOSARCOMA AND EWING SARCOMA KIFLE, BRUCK —
18696137 DRY CREAMS AND TOPICAL DELIVERY SYSTEMS WAX, ROBERT A —

Interview Candidates (2)

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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17441849 PHOTOACTIVE ANTIBODIES LI, RUIXIANG 98d overdue
18860392 BRIDGED BICYCLIC CARBOXYLIC ACIDS FOR TREATING OSTEOSARCOMA AND EWING SARCOMA KIFLE, BRUCK —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1629 1
1615 1
1674 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18860392 BRIDGED BICYCLIC CARBOXYLIC ACIDS FOR TREATING OSTEOSARCOMA AND EWING SARCOMA KIFLE, BRUCK 1629 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 25, 2024
18696137 DRY CREAMS AND TOPICAL DELIVERY SYSTEMS WAX, ROBERT A 1615 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 27, 2024
17441849 PHOTOACTIVE ANTIBODIES LI, RUIXIANG 1674 §112 Final Rejection 98d overdue Pending Sep 22, 2021

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does UEA Enterprises Limited have?

UEA Enterprises Limited has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most UEA Enterprises Limited applications?

Bruck Kifle has the most, with 1 of UEA Enterprises Limited's pending office actions.

What technology area are UEA Enterprises Limited's patent applications in?

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

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