Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Wista Laboratories Ltd.

Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Wista Laboratories Ltd. has 4 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. The matters involve 4 examiners and 3 art units, indicating distinct examiner assignments with some art-unit overlap.

PALLAY, MICHAEL B is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Since the busiest examiner does not account for multiple listed actions, counsel should use matter-specific analysis while also checking whether the shared art-unit structure produces recurring technical or claim issues.

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

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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.

1
Hard (25%)
3
Medium (75%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (25%)
Double-patenting + other2 (50%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (25%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
75% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
25% 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.

40 h
Manual time on pending OAs
8 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
14 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PALLAY, MICHAEL B 1 55.8% +33.8%
KUCKLA, ANNA GRACE 1 53.8% +51.3%
AGGARWAL, SAHIL CHANDER 1 66.7% +0.0%
PALENIK, JEFFREY T 1 53.5% +27.0%

Hard Cases (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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18849744 METHYLENE BLUE CONTAINING COMPOUNDS FOR THE TREATMENT OF METHAEMOGLOBINAEMIA AGGARWAL, SAHIL CHANDER —

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19063699 OPTIMISED DOSAGE OF DIAMINOPHENOTHIAZINES IN POPULATIONS PALLAY, MICHAEL B —
18869709 TREATMENT OF NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS UTILISING METHYLTHIONINIUM (MT)-CONTAINING COMPOUNDS KUCKLA, ANNA GRACE —
18760513 PHENOTHIAZINE DIAMINIUM SALTS AND THEIR USE PALENIK, JEFFREY T —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1617 1
1629 1
1615 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19063699 OPTIMISED DOSAGE OF DIAMINOPHENOTHIAZINES IN POPULATIONS PALLAY, MICHAEL B 1617 §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 26, 2025
18869709 TREATMENT OF NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS UTILISING METHYLTHIONINIUM (MT)-CONTAINING COMPOUNDS KUCKLA, ANNA GRACE 1629 §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 26, 2024
18849744 METHYLENE BLUE CONTAINING COMPOUNDS FOR THE TREATMENT OF METHAEMOGLOBINAEMIA AGGARWAL, SAHIL CHANDER — §103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 23, 2024
18760513 PHENOTHIAZINE DIAMINIUM SALTS AND THEIR USE PALENIK, JEFFREY T 1615 §112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 01, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Wista Laboratories Ltd. have?

Wista Laboratories Ltd. has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 4 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Wista Laboratories Ltd. applications?

Michael B Pallay has the most, with 1 of Wista Laboratories Ltd.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Wista Laboratories 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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