Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Advanced Fuel Innovation Pty Ltd. currently has 1 pending office action in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. The prosecution is concentrated under 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. This indicates a very specific technical and administrative path for the company's current patent application, with the review localized within a single specialized group at the USPTO.
VAJDA, KRISTIN ANN is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, managing 1 pending office action. This single action represents the total pending workload for the organization. The concentration in 1 distinct art unit means the technical evaluation is being performed by a single specialized team. This lack of examiner diversity means the outcome of the current prosecution depends entirely on the interactions with VAJDA, KRISTIN ANN.
Practitioners should note that with only 1 pending office action, the company's immediate prosecution efforts are concentrated on one matter. The involvement of 1 distinct examiner means the applicant has a single primary contact for their current legal proceedings. This simplified structure allows for a highly targeted response to the 1 pending office action. To advance the portfolio, the applicant must successfully resolve the specific issues raised by VAJDA, KRISTIN ANN in the 1 distinct art unit.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VAJDA, KRISTIN ANN | 1 | 83.8% | +11.1% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18553529 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING FURFURAL AND CATALYST FOR USE IN SAME | VAJDA, KRISTIN ANN | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18553529 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING FURFURAL AND CATALYST FOR USE IN SAME | VAJDA, KRISTIN ANN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1622 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18553529 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING FURFURAL AND CATALYST FOR USE IN SAME | VAJDA, KRISTIN ANN | 1622 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 29, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialAdvanced Fuel Innovation Pty Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Kristin Ann Vajda has the most, with 1 of Advanced Fuel Innovation Pty Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
