Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

UNIVERSAL BIO RESEARCH CO., LTD.

Technology area: Chemistry & Materials

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

UNIVERSAL BIO RESEARCH CO., LTD. has 2 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These matters are assigned to 2 distinct examiners. The prosecution is occurring within 1 distinct art unit, indicating that the applications involve closely related chemical or material technologies. This concentration in 1 distinct art unit can help in developing a consistent understanding of the relevant prior art.

BRAZIN, JACQUELINE is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, managing 1 busiest examiner pending action. This represents one of the 2 pending office actions currently active. The use of 1 distinct art unit for 2 distinct examiners indicates a consistent technological focus for the pending Chemistry & Materials applications. While the art unit is the same, the company must still address the individual requirements of multiple examiners. This dual-examiner approach within a single art unit requires a prosecution strategy that is technically consistent yet flexible enough to satisfy the specific concerns of BRAZIN, JACQUELINE and the other examiner involved.

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
CARREON, ADRIAN JOHN 1 100.0% +0.0%

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
18556723 DISPENSING DEVICE, AND SPECIMEN PROCESSING AND MEASURING SYSTEM CARREON, ADRIAN JOHN —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1799 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18556723 DISPENSING DEVICE, AND SPECIMEN PROCESSING AND MEASURING SYSTEM CARREON, ADRIAN JOHN 1799 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 23, 2023

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