Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Wigen Biomedicine Technology (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.

Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

5 pending office actions • 5 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Wigen Biomedicine Technology (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. currently manages 5 pending office actions within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. These actions are distributed across 5 distinct examiners and 5 distinct art units. This one-to-one ratio between pending actions and examiners indicates a highly fragmented prosecution landscape where each matter is reviewed by a different individual.

The busiest examiner for the portfolio is KUCHARCZK, JED A, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. Because the total number of pending office actions is 5 and there are 5 distinct examiners, the workload is perfectly balanced across the assigned staff. This lack of concentration means the company must navigate the specific preferences of 5 different examiners without a single dominant point of contact.

Furthermore, the presence of 5 distinct art units for 5 pending actions indicates that the company's biotechnology innovations are being classified into several specialized sub-sectors. Practitioners should prepare for varied examination styles across these 5 distinct art units, as no single unit dominates the current pending queue. This distribution highlights the technical diversity of the company's active patent applications in the biotechnology sector.

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

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

3
Hard (60%)
2
Medium (40%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (20%)
§103 only2 (40%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (40%)

Industry Mix

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

5
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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KUCHARCZK, JED A 1 80.4% +16.3%
RAO, SAVITHA M 1 60.7% +29.7%
MAHLUM, JONATHAN DAVIS 1 50.0% +23.3%
NOTTINGHAM, KYLE GREGORY 1 61.7% +31.9%
DEKARSKE, MADELINE MCGUIRE 1 20.0% +50.0%

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18039229 NOVEL CAMPTOTHECIN DERIVATIVE, COMPOSITION COMPRISING SAME AND USE THEREOF DEKARSKE, MADELINE MCGUIRE 13d
18845669 KIF18A INHIBITOR KUCHARCZK, JED A —
18838598 COMPOUND AS FAK INHIBITOR AND USE THEREOF RAO, SAVITHA M —
18706531 COMPOUNDS USED AS SRC INHIBITORS MAHLUM, JONATHAN DAVIS —

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18039229 NOVEL CAMPTOTHECIN DERIVATIVE, COMPOSITION COMPRISING SAME AND USE THEREOF DEKARSKE, MADELINE MCGUIRE 13d
18845669 KIF18A INHIBITOR KUCHARCZK, JED A —
18838598 COMPOUND AS FAK INHIBITOR AND USE THEREOF RAO, SAVITHA M —
18706531 COMPOUNDS USED AS SRC INHIBITORS MAHLUM, JONATHAN DAVIS —
18578384 NAPHTHYRIDINE DERIVATIVE AS ATR INHIBITOR AND METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME NOTTINGHAM, KYLE GREGORY —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1623 1
1691 1
1625 1
1621 1
1622 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18845669 KIF18A INHIBITOR KUCHARCZK, JED A 1623 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 10, 2024
18838598 COMPOUND AS FAK INHIBITOR AND USE THEREOF RAO, SAVITHA M 1691 §101§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 14, 2024
18706531 COMPOUNDS USED AS SRC INHIBITORS MAHLUM, JONATHAN DAVIS 1625 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 01, 2024
18578384 NAPHTHYRIDINE DERIVATIVE AS ATR INHIBITOR AND METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME NOTTINGHAM, KYLE GREGORY 1621 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 11, 2024
18039229 NOVEL CAMPTOTHECIN DERIVATIVE, COMPOSITION COMPRISING SAME AND USE THEREOF DEKARSKE, MADELINE MCGUIRE 1622 §103 Final Rejection 13d Pending May 27, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Wigen Biomedicine Technology (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. have?

Wigen Biomedicine Technology (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 5 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Wigen Biomedicine Technology (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. applications?

Jed A Kucharczk has the most, with 1 of Wigen Biomedicine Technology (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Wigen Biomedicine Technology (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.'s patent applications in?

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

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