Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Wideband Ip Office

Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

6 pending office actions • 1 client • 4 examiners • 2 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Wideband IP Office works in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals and reports 146 career applications. Six pending office actions are shown, indicating an active but defined unresolved workload. The resolved allowance rate is 67.39%, providing an outcome measure for the resolved applications in the profile.

The average is 2.77 office actions per allowance, indicating that matters reaching allowance generally involve multiple examination responses. The allowance rate and action average describe different practitioner concerns: the first addresses recorded outcomes, while the second addresses the process required to reach allowance. The application volume is limited in the context of the profile, so each metric should be read with attention to the available base.

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

Quality Metrics (n=146 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

67.4%
Allowance Rate
n=146
+0.57σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=146
2.8
OAs to Allowance
n=62
-0.57σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=62
862 days
Time to Allowance
n=62
+25.6pp
Interview Lift
n=146
30.4%
RCE Rate
n=146
0.0%
Appeal Rate
n=146

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

—
§101 Overcome
n=15 (min 20)
42.9%
§102 Overcome
n=35
46.5%
§103 Overcome
n=71
55.2%
§112 Overcome
n=67

Specialization & Scale

A61K, A61P, A61Q
Top CPC Subclasses
53%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=146
0
Practitioners
n=146
—
Apps / Practitioner
n=146 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
3
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.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
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
Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due later (1)

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.

4
Hard (67%)
2
Medium (33%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (33%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (67%)

Industry Mix

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

6
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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CHEN, CATHERYNE 2 37.5% +17.9%
SPAINE, ROBERT FRANKLIN 2 75.0% +0.0%
TRAN, SUSAN T 1 63.0% +34.8%
MOREAU, NASHARA LOUISE 1 66.7% -80.0%

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
18395764 METHODS FOR IMPROVING BONE QUALITY AND PROMOTING CARTILAGE DIFFERENTIATION BY CHRYSOPHYLLUM CAINITO EXTRACT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF CHEN, CATHERYNE 14d
18855329 USE OF PRUNUS LANNESIANA EXTRACT FOR IMPROVING SKIN CONDITION AND BASAL METABOLIC RATE CHEN, CATHERYNE —
18426360 METHODS FOR ENHANCING SKIN RESISTANCE, IMPROVING SKIN SMOOTHNESS, OR IMPROVING SKIN BRIGHTNESS BY USING AMPELOPSIS GROSSEDENTATA LEAF EXTRACT TRAN, SUSAN T —
18528783 METHODS FOR RESISTING SKIN AGING BY USING KIWIBERRY EXTRACT SPAINE, ROBERT FRANKLIN —

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
18395764 METHODS FOR IMPROVING BONE QUALITY AND PROMOTING CARTILAGE DIFFERENTIATION BY CHRYSOPHYLLUM CAINITO EXTRACT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF CHEN, CATHERYNE 14d
18855329 USE OF PRUNUS LANNESIANA EXTRACT FOR IMPROVING SKIN CONDITION AND BASAL METABOLIC RATE CHEN, CATHERYNE —
18426360 METHODS FOR ENHANCING SKIN RESISTANCE, IMPROVING SKIN SMOOTHNESS, OR IMPROVING SKIN BRIGHTNESS BY USING AMPELOPSIS GROSSEDENTATA LEAF EXTRACT TRAN, SUSAN T —

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
TCI CO., LTD. 6

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16555
16151

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18855329 USE OF PRUNUS LANNESIANA EXTRACT FOR IMPROVING SKIN CONDITION AND BASAL METABOLIC RATE Tci Co., Ltd. CHEN, CATHERYNE 1655 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 09, 2024
18426360 METHODS FOR ENHANCING SKIN RESISTANCE, IMPROVING SKIN SMOOTHNESS, OR IMPROVING SKIN BRIGHTNESS BY USING AMPELOPSIS GROSSEDENTATA LEAF EXTRACT Tci Co., Ltd. TRAN, SUSAN T 1615 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 30, 2024
18409817 METHODS FOR IMPROVING SLEEP QUALITY, INCREASING MITOCHONDRIAL EXPRESSION, PROMOTING CELL REPAIRING, OR FIRMING SKIN BY USING SPARASSIA CRISPA EXTRACT Tci Co., Ltd. SPAINE, ROBERT FRANKLIN 1655 §103 Final Rejection 13d Pending Jan 11, 2024
18395764 METHODS FOR IMPROVING BONE QUALITY AND PROMOTING CARTILAGE DIFFERENTIATION BY CHRYSOPHYLLUM CAINITO EXTRACT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Tci Co., Ltd. CHEN, CATHERYNE 1655 §103§112 Final Rejection 14d Pending Dec 26, 2023
18528783 METHODS FOR RESISTING SKIN AGING BY USING KIWIBERRY EXTRACT Tci Co., Ltd. SPAINE, ROBERT FRANKLIN 1655 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 05, 2023
18518451 METHOD FOR REGULATING IMMUNITY BY USING BLACK HULLESS BARLEY EXTRACT Tci Co., Ltd. MOREAU, NASHARA LOUISE 1655 §103 Non-Final OA 75d Pending Nov 23, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Wideband Ip Office's patent allowance rate?

67.4% of resolved applications prosecuted by Wideband Ip Office were allowed, across 146 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Wideband Ip Office average before allowance?

2.77 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Wideband Ip Office have?

6 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 1 client, before 4 examiners in 2 art units.

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