Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Universidad Nacional Autónoma De México currently manages 1 pending office action within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, NICKOL, GARY B, who is also identified as the busiest examiner for this portfolio. The prosecution is situated within 1 distinct art unit. This individual is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action at the office.
For a practitioner, this data indicates a centralized prosecution effort. With only 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit involved, there is no variance in examiner behavior or art unit trends to navigate across the portfolio. The current engagement with the patent office in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals space is focused on the reported activity for this specific filing. The role of the busiest examiner with 1 busiest examiner pending action confirms that all legal strategy is directed through NICKOL, GARY B at the USPTO. This allows for a streamlined approach without the complexity of managing multiple examiner relationships or disparate art unit requirements.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NICKOL, GARY B | 1 | 46.6% | +33.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18696922 | Anti-Human Astrovirus Antibodies and Related Compositions and Methods | NICKOL, GARY B | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18696922 | Anti-Human Astrovirus Antibodies and Related Compositions and Methods | NICKOL, GARY B | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1643 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18696922 | Anti-Human Astrovirus Antibodies and Related Compositions and Methods | NICKOL, GARY B | 1643 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialUniversidad Nacional Autónoma De México has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Gary B Nickol has the most, with 1 of Universidad Nacional Autónoma De México's pending office actions.
Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
