Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Université Paris-Saclay

Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

13 pending office actions • 12 art units • 13 examiners • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

UNIVERSITE DE PARIS-SACLAY has 1 pending office action in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. The matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit.

WARD, AARON DUREL is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. The profile presents one focused biotechnology prosecution path. Counsel can concentrate on examiner-specific claim and prior-art analysis for the identified art unit.

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

Portfolio Summary

13
Total Pending OAs
10
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)

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.

8
Hard (62%)
5
Medium (38%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (23%)
§103 only5 (38%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (38%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
46% of docket
1
Information Tech
8% of docket
2
Communications
15% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
23% of docket
1
Business / Other
8% 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.

130 h
Manual time on pending OAs
26 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
46 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LIEW, ALEX KOK SOON 1 87.7% +7.2%
LIPPERT, JOHN WILLIAM 1 59.2% +39.9%
OSENBAUGH-STEWART, ELIZA W 1 73.0% +16.8%
VARNDELL, ROSS E 1 84.7% +13.2%
GRANT, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER 1 22.0% +7.1%
KAMM, JUDITH MARIE 1 42.9% +57.1%
HAUT, EVAN HARRISON 1 57.1% +0.0%
WOLDEMARYAM, ASSRES H 1 82.2% +13.1%
HOFFMAN, ALEXANDER JOSEPH 1 0.0% +0.0%
ROBINSON, HOPE A 1 67.7% +43.0%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19099359 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD OF LIVER RESECTION PLANNING LIEW, ALEX KOK SOON —
18722116 WIDE-FIELD-OF-VIEW STATIC LIDAR WOLDEMARYAM, ASSRES H —

Hard Cases (8)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18008298 Method for generating a decision support system and associated systems BOSTWICK, SIDNEY VINCENT 8d overdue
18262523 DETECTING BETA-LACTAMASE ENZYME ACTIVITY REGLAS, GEORGIANA C 5d overdue
18698789 KYNURENINE AMINOTRANSFERASE AND PRODUCTS THEREOF FOR THE TREATMENT OF INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES ROBINSON, HOPE A 2d overdue
18967572 DEVICE, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MINIBEAM RADIATION THERAPY OSENBAUGH-STEWART, ELIZA W —
18863355 METHOD FOR PROCESSING 3D IMAGING DATA AND ASSISTING WITH PROGNOSIS OF CANCER VARNDELL, ROSS E —
18906825 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TESTING COGNITION BY PROCESSING THE REACTION OF A SUBJECT TO STIMULI GRANT, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER —
18799390 NOVEL NANOPARTICLES OF ANTIRETROVIRAL DRUGS, THEIR PREPARATION AND THEIR USE FOR THE TREATMENT OF VIRAL INFECTIONS KAMM, JUDITH MARIE —
18708619 PRODUCTS AND USES THEREOF FOR PREDICTING THE SENSITIVITY OF A SUBJECT TO CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY AND FOR SELECTING OPTIMIZED THERAPY HOFFMAN, ALEXANDER JOSEPH —

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18698789 KYNURENINE AMINOTRANSFERASE AND PRODUCTS THEREOF FOR THE TREATMENT OF INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES ROBINSON, HOPE A 2d overdue
18879667 RADIOPAQUE MONOMER AND EMBOLISATION MICROSPHERES COMPRISING SAME LIPPERT, JOHN WILLIAM —
18967572 DEVICE, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MINIBEAM RADIATION THERAPY OSENBAUGH-STEWART, ELIZA W —
18863355 METHOD FOR PROCESSING 3D IMAGING DATA AND ASSISTING WITH PROGNOSIS OF CANCER VARNDELL, ROSS E —
18799390 NOVEL NANOPARTICLES OF ANTIRETROVIRAL DRUGS, THEIR PREPARATION AND THEIR USE FOR THE TREATMENT OF VIRAL INFECTIONS KAMM, JUDITH MARIE —
18722116 WIDE-FIELD-OF-VIEW STATIC LIDAR WOLDEMARYAM, ASSRES H —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2674 1
1615 1
2668 1
3715 1
1611 1
3645 1
3642 1
1677 1
1652 1
1651 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19099359 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD OF LIVER RESECTION PLANNING LIEW, ALEX KOK SOON 2674 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 28, 2025
18879667 RADIOPAQUE MONOMER AND EMBOLISATION MICROSPHERES COMPRISING SAME LIPPERT, JOHN WILLIAM 1615 §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 27, 2024
18967572 DEVICE, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MINIBEAM RADIATION THERAPY OSENBAUGH-STEWART, ELIZA W — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 03, 2024
18863355 METHOD FOR PROCESSING 3D IMAGING DATA AND ASSISTING WITH PROGNOSIS OF CANCER VARNDELL, ROSS E 2668 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 06, 2024
18906825 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TESTING COGNITION BY PROCESSING THE REACTION OF A SUBJECT TO STIMULI GRANT, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER 3715 §101§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 04, 2024
18799390 NOVEL NANOPARTICLES OF ANTIRETROVIRAL DRUGS, THEIR PREPARATION AND THEIR USE FOR THE TREATMENT OF VIRAL INFECTIONS KAMM, JUDITH MARIE 1611 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 09, 2024
18722587 IMPROVED WIDE-FIELD-OF-VIEW LIDAR HAUT, EVAN HARRISON 3645 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 21, 2024
18722116 WIDE-FIELD-OF-VIEW STATIC LIDAR WOLDEMARYAM, ASSRES H 3642 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 20, 2024
18708619 PRODUCTS AND USES THEREOF FOR PREDICTING THE SENSITIVITY OF A SUBJECT TO CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY AND FOR SELECTING OPTIMIZED THERAPY HOFFMAN, ALEXANDER JOSEPH 1677 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 09, 2024
18698789 KYNURENINE AMINOTRANSFERASE AND PRODUCTS THEREOF FOR THE TREATMENT OF INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES ROBINSON, HOPE A 1652 §103§112 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Apr 05, 2024
18262523 DETECTING BETA-LACTAMASE ENZYME ACTIVITY REGLAS, GEORGIANA C 1651 §102§103 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Jul 21, 2023
18008298 Method for generating a decision support system and associated systems BOSTWICK, SIDNEY VINCENT 2124 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Dec 05, 2022
17779943 FREEZE-DRIED POWDER CONTAINING 2-[(3-AMINOPROPYL)AMINO]ETHANETHIOL AND ITS USE FOR PREPARING A THERMOGEL MOU, LIYUAN 1628 §103Other Final Rejection — Pending May 25, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Université Paris-Saclay have?

Université Paris-Saclay has 13 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 12 art units and 13 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Université Paris-Saclay applications?

Alex Kok Soon Liew has the most, with 1 of Université Paris-Saclay's pending office actions.

What technology area are Université Paris-Saclay's patent applications in?

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

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