Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
University Of Maryland Eastern Shore is handling 1 pending office action within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. This action is overseen by 1 distinct examiner in 1 distinct art unit. The existence of 1 pending office action reflects a specific focus within the university's current patenting efforts in this field.
The busiest examiner, SEAMAN, D MARGARET M, is assigned 1 busiest examiner pending action. With the total pending office actions also at 1, this examiner is the sole individual managing the university's current pending matters. Prosecution efforts can be highly focused on the specific tendencies of this examiner and the 1 distinct art unit. This concentration simplifies the management of the university's intellectual property assets in the biotechnology sector.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEAMAN, D MARGARET M | 1 | 76.6% | +8.1% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18639921 | Calcium Channel Blockers and Methods Thereof | SEAMAN, D MARGARET M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1625 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18639921 | Calcium Channel Blockers and Methods Thereof | SEAMAN, D MARGARET M | 1625 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialUniversity Of Maryland Eastern Shore has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
D Margaret M Seaman has the most, with 1 of University Of Maryland Eastern Shore's pending office actions.
Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
