Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Alpha-Protein GmbH

Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Alpha-Protein GmbH has 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This particular active matter is assigned to 1 distinct art unit and is being reviewed by a distinct examiner. The portfolio's current activity is highly focused within a particular technical and administrative path, reflecting a very specific stage of prosecution for the company's intellectual property. This concentration simplifies the tracking of deadlines and examiner communications for the applicant.

The busiest examiner, ABBOTT-LEWIS, YVONNE RENEE, is responsible for the pending office action. Because the entire active portfolio is under the review of this examiner, the company's immediate prosecution strategy is centered on addressing her specific feedback. This streamlined situation allows for a direct and focused response to the outstanding office action. With only the pending office action and a particular art unit involved, the company can dedicate its full attention to successfully navigating this particular examination process to secure its patent rights.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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.

1
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (100%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
100% 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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ABBOTT-LEWIS, YVONNE RENEE 1 78.2% +8.0%

Hard Cases (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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18872913 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUPPLYING SUSTENANCE TO INSECTS ABBOTT-LEWIS, YVONNE RENEE —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3644 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18872913 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUPPLYING SUSTENANCE TO INSECTS ABBOTT-LEWIS, YVONNE RENEE 3644 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 09, 2024

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