Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Universita' Degli Studi Di Trieste has 1 pending office action. This action is being handled by 1 distinct examiner, TATGE, LEXUS MARC, who is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. The portfolio shows 0 distinct art units, which may indicate that the application is in an early stage of the classification process. This limited volume of activity means that the university's current prosecution efforts are concentrated on a single point of contact at the patent office. Practitioners should focus on the specific requirements and preferences of TATGE, LEXUS MARC to resolve the outstanding action.
The absence of multiple pending actions or art units simplifies the strategic landscape for this portfolio. This centralized activity means the university's immediate patent goals depend entirely on the outcome of this one interaction. Future filings may expand this footprint, but the current data shows a singular focus on one pending matter with a single examiner. This profile represents a very targeted approach to patent acquisition, where the primary goal is to satisfy the requirements of a single examiner. The lack of art unit data places even more emphasis on the individual examiner involved.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TATGE, LEXUS MARC | 1 | 25.0% | +100.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18850191 | MICRORNAS FOR INHIBITING THE EXPRESSION OF TRF2 IN TUMORS | TATGE, LEXUS MARC | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18850191 | MICRORNAS FOR INHIBITING THE EXPRESSION OF TRF2 IN TUMORS | TATGE, LEXUS MARC | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1637 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18850191 | MICRORNAS FOR INHIBITING THE EXPRESSION OF TRF2 IN TUMORS | TATGE, LEXUS MARC | 1637 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialUniversita' Degli Studi Di Trieste has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Lexus Marc Tatge has the most, with 1 of Universita' Degli Studi Di Trieste's pending office actions.
Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.