Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Agrihorizon Inc. currently has 2 pending office actions within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct examiners, which means that each pending matter is being reviewed by a different individual. For a practitioner, this distribution of actions to examiners requires a tailored approach for each application, as there is no overlap in the personnel making the decisions on these specific cases.
The prosecution effort is concentrated within 1 distinct art unit. Despite having 2 distinct examiners, the fact that they are both within 1 art unit suggests a high degree of administrative focus. For a practitioner, this concentration means that while individual examiner styles may vary, the overarching technical standards and procedural norms of this unit will be consistent across the 2 pending matters. This can help in developing a more unified strategy for responding to office actions.
STEPHENS, REBECCA JOHANNA is identified as the busiest examiner for the company, currently handling 1 pending office action. While STEPHENS, REBECCA JOHANNA is the busiest, they only manage 1 of the company's 2 active matters. This distribution suggests that the company's prosecution risks are spread across the available examiners, as no single examiner controls the majority of the pending workload. Practitioners should maintain distinct strategies for STEPHENS, REBECCA JOHANNA and the other examiner involved in the portfolio.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KINGDON, CATHY | 1 | 80.3% | +2.6% |
| STEPHENS, REBECCA JOHANNA | 1 | 68.2% | +27.7% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18972021 | MAIZE INBRED SG451 | KINGDON, CATHY | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18972046 | MAIZE INBRED SG454 | STEPHENS, REBECCA JOHANNA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1663 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18972021 | MAIZE INBRED SG451 | KINGDON, CATHY | 1663 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
| 18972046 | MAIZE INBRED SG454 | STEPHENS, REBECCA JOHANNA | 1663 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialAgrihorizon Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Cathy Kingdon has the most, with 1 of Agrihorizon Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
