Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
7 pending office actions • 4 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Adama Agan Ltd. has 8 pending office actions within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. These actions are distributed across 5 distinct art units, reflecting biological or pharmaceutical subject matter. The prosecution involves 7 distinct examiners, indicating that most of the 8 pending actions are being handled by different individuals.
The busiest examiner, PAK, JOHN D, is currently managing 2 busiest_examiner_pending office actions. This represents a portion of the 8 total pending office actions. The remaining actions are handled by the rest of the 7 distinct examiners, requiring the company to manage multiple perspectives across the 5 distinct art units involved.
The presence of 8 pending office actions in 5 distinct art units suggests that the company's applications cover several specialized areas within Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. With 7 distinct examiners involved, the company must ensure its prosecution strategy is consistent across these individuals. The 2 actions assigned to PAK, JOHN D, are the only instance of examiner overlap in the current 8 pending actions.
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 (14%) |
| §103 only | 4 (57%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (29%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAK, JOHN D | 2 | 52.4% | +37.7% |
| WAX, ROBERT A | 1 | 25.0% | +3.9% |
| ZHANG SPIERING, DONGXIU | 1 | 45.2% | +70.9% |
| WORSHAM, JESSICA N | 1 | 56.3% | +56.3% |
| JOHNSON, DANIELLE D | 1 | 45.0% | +12.9% |
| HIRT, ERIN E | 1 | 40.3% | +23.0% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18877889 | METHOD OF APPLICATION OF HERBICIDAL ACTIVE INGREDIENTS IN DIFFERENT STAGES | WAX, ROBERT A | — |
| 18719973 | STABLE SUSPOEMULSIONS | PAK, JOHN D | — |
| 18547527 | HERBICIDAL COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING IMIDAZOLINONE-BASED ACETOLACTATE SYNTHASE INHIBITORS AND USES THEREOF | PAK, JOHN D | — |
| 18012409 | THE USE OF SAFENERS TO IMPROVE TOLERANCE OF ACCASE TOLERANT SORGHUM CROP TO HERBICIDES | JOHNSON, DANIELLE D | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18560244 | STABLE AGROCHEMICAL SUSPENSION CONCENTRATE COMPOSITIONS | ZHANG SPIERING, DONGXIU | 73d overdue |
| 18719973 | STABLE SUSPOEMULSIONS | PAK, JOHN D | — |
| 18280120 | SOLID FORMS OF SAFLUFENACIL-SODIUM AND SAFLUFENACIL-POTASSIUM, PROCESS OF PREPARATION AND USE THEREOF | WORSHAM, JESSICA N | — |
| 18547527 | HERBICIDAL COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING IMIDAZOLINONE-BASED ACETOLACTATE SYNTHASE INHIBITORS AND USES THEREOF | PAK, JOHN D | — |
| 18012409 | THE USE OF SAFENERS TO IMPROVE TOLERANCE OF ACCASE TOLERANT SORGHUM CROP TO HERBICIDES | JOHNSON, DANIELLE D | — |
| 17792306 | Solid State Form of Pyroxasulfone | HIRT, ERIN E | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1699 | 2 |
| 1616 | 2 |
| 1615 | 1 |
| 1614 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18877889 | METHOD OF APPLICATION OF HERBICIDAL ACTIVE INGREDIENTS IN DIFFERENT STAGES | WAX, ROBERT A | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18719973 | STABLE SUSPOEMULSIONS | PAK, JOHN D | 1699 | §101§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 14, 2024 |
| 18560244 | STABLE AGROCHEMICAL SUSPENSION CONCENTRATE COMPOSITIONS | ZHANG SPIERING, DONGXIU | 1616 | §103 | Final Rejection | 73d overdue | Pending | Nov 10, 2023 |
| 18280120 | SOLID FORMS OF SAFLUFENACIL-SODIUM AND SAFLUFENACIL-POTASSIUM, PROCESS OF PREPARATION AND USE THEREOF | WORSHAM, JESSICA N | 1615 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 01, 2023 |
| 18547527 | HERBICIDAL COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING IMIDAZOLINONE-BASED ACETOLACTATE SYNTHASE INHIBITORS AND USES THEREOF | PAK, JOHN D | 1699 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 23, 2023 |
| 18012409 | THE USE OF SAFENERS TO IMPROVE TOLERANCE OF ACCASE TOLERANT SORGHUM CROP TO HERBICIDES | JOHNSON, DANIELLE D | 1614 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 22, 2022 |
| 17792306 | Solid State Form of Pyroxasulfone | HIRT, ERIN E | 1616 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 12, 2022 |
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