Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

AgroSpheres, Inc.

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

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
1
Due this week
2
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (2)

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.

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

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (33%)
§102 only1 (17%)
Double-patenting + other1 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (33%)

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
FAN, LYNN Y 1 47.5% +48.7%
HURST, JONATHAN M 1 53.3% +18.4%
PAK, JOHN D 1 52.2% +37.6%
MEYERS, ELIZABETH ANNE 1 28.6% +90.9%
YU, DAVID TUYANG 1 100.0% +0.0%
ZINGARELLI, SANDRA 1 7.4% +46.0%

Hard Cases (3)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17788577 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCED UPTAKE OF ACTIVE INGREDIENTS FOR ANIMAL HEALTH AND NUTRITION ZINGARELLI, SANDRA 8d overdue
18248235 AGRICULTURAL BIOPOLYMER COATING PLATFORM MEYERS, ELIZABETH ANNE 23d
17926069 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR FUNGAL INHIBITION USING MINICELL-BASED RNAi YU, DAVID TUYANG

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17788577 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCED UPTAKE OF ACTIVE INGREDIENTS FOR ANIMAL HEALTH AND NUTRITION ZINGARELLI, SANDRA 8d overdue
18332559 BIOPROCESSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SCALABLE MASS PRODUCTION OF MINICELLS HURST, JONATHAN M 6d
18594957 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE ENCAPSULATION AND SCALABLE DELIVERY OF AGROCHEMICALS FAN, LYNN Y 15d
18248235 AGRICULTURAL BIOPOLYMER COATING PLATFORM MEYERS, ELIZABETH ANNE 23d
18037262 BIOHERBICIDES FOR CONTROLLING ONE OR MORE PLANT SPECIES PAK, JOHN D

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1759 1
1799 1
1699 1
1617 1
1635 1
1653 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18594957 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE ENCAPSULATION AND SCALABLE DELIVERY OF AGROCHEMICALS FAN, LYNN Y 1759 §102Other Final Rejection 15d Pending Mar 04, 2024
18332559 BIOPROCESSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SCALABLE MASS PRODUCTION OF MINICELLS HURST, JONATHAN M 1799 §103 Final Rejection 6d Pending Jun 09, 2023
18037262 BIOHERBICIDES FOR CONTROLLING ONE OR MORE PLANT SPECIES PAK, JOHN D 1699 §103DP Final Rejection Pending May 16, 2023
18248235 AGRICULTURAL BIOPOLYMER COATING PLATFORM MEYERS, ELIZABETH ANNE 1617 §103 Final Rejection 23d Pending Apr 06, 2023
17926069 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR FUNGAL INHIBITION USING MINICELL-BASED RNAi YU, DAVID TUYANG 1635 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 17, 2022
17788577 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCED UPTAKE OF ACTIVE INGREDIENTS FOR ANIMAL HEALTH AND NUTRITION ZINGARELLI, SANDRA 1653 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Jun 23, 2022

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