Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
80 Acres Urban Agriculture, Inc. has 4 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed across 3 distinct art units and 4 distinct examiners. This indicates that the count of pending actions is equal to the count of examiners, suggesting a decentralized review process for the company's filings.
GURSKI, AMANDA KAREN is the busiest examiner with 1 pending action. With 4 pending office actions and 4 distinct examiners, the workload is distributed among the examining corps. The 3 distinct art units suggest that the company's agricultural technology filings are being reviewed by several specialized groups. Practitioners should be prepared to navigate the requirements of these 3 distinct art units while managing relationships with 4 distinct examiners, as each of the 4 pending office actions is being handled independently, with the busiest examiner overseeing only 1 case.
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.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (25%) |
| §103 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GURSKI, AMANDA KAREN | 1 | 33.7% | +29.2% |
| HUEBNER, ERICA MICHELLE | 1 | 31.7% | +35.5% |
| POPOVICS, ROBERT J | 1 | 55.4% | +23.0% |
| BYUN, HAE RIE JESSICA | 1 | 32.7% | +57.1% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19282041 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INDOOR FARMS REMOTELY AND USER INTERFACE FOR SAME | GURSKI, AMANDA KAREN | — |
| 19185605 | AUTOMATED INDOOR GROWING APPARATUSES AND RELATED METHODS | HUEBNER, ERICA MICHELLE | — |
| 18882146 | AUTOMATED INDOOR GROWING APPARATUSES AND RELATED METHODS | POPOVICS, ROBERT J | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17098283 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTONOMOUS INDOOR FARMING | BYUN, HAE RIE JESSICA | 84d |
| 19282041 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INDOOR FARMS REMOTELY AND USER INTERFACE FOR SAME | GURSKI, AMANDA KAREN | — |
| 19185605 | AUTOMATED INDOOR GROWING APPARATUSES AND RELATED METHODS | HUEBNER, ERICA MICHELLE | — |
| 18882146 | AUTOMATED INDOOR GROWING APPARATUSES AND RELATED METHODS | POPOVICS, ROBERT J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3647 | 1 |
| 1776 | 1 |
| 3643 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19282041 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INDOOR FARMS REMOTELY AND USER INTERFACE FOR SAME | GURSKI, AMANDA KAREN | — | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 28, 2025 |
| 19185605 | AUTOMATED INDOOR GROWING APPARATUSES AND RELATED METHODS | HUEBNER, ERICA MICHELLE | 3647 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 22, 2025 |
| 18882146 | AUTOMATED INDOOR GROWING APPARATUSES AND RELATED METHODS | POPOVICS, ROBERT J | 1776 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 11, 2024 |
| 17098283 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTONOMOUS INDOOR FARMING | BYUN, HAE RIE JESSICA | 3643 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 84d | Pending | Nov 13, 2020 |
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