Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
American River Nutrition LLC manages 2 pending office actions in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. These filings are assigned to 2 distinct art units, indicating that the current portfolio covers multiple specialized areas within the biotech sector.
The company's prosecution involves 2 distinct examiners. SHIRLEY V GEMBEH is the busiest examiner, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. This indicates that the pending office actions are distributed equally between the examiners.
The presence of 2 distinct art units for the pending office actions suggests a diverse technical range for the company's active matters. Because each examiner manages a single pending office action, the company is engaging with different perspectives across its current pharmaceutical and biotech filings. This lack of examiner concentration requires the applicant to adapt to the specific requirements of each individual official.
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 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GEMBEH, SHIRLEY V | 1 | 63.1% | +33.8% |
| HUTTER, GILLIAN A | 1 | 54.5% | +46.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18473740 | ORAL CARE COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING GERANYLGERANIOL AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | GEMBEH, SHIRLEY V | — |
| 18297309 | COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING QUILLAJA EXTRACT AND METHODS OF PREPARATIONS AND USE THEREOF | HUTTER, GILLIAN A | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18473740 | ORAL CARE COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING GERANYLGERANIOL AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | GEMBEH, SHIRLEY V | — |
| 18297309 | COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING QUILLAJA EXTRACT AND METHODS OF PREPARATIONS AND USE THEREOF | HUTTER, GILLIAN A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1615 | 1 |
| 1625 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18473740 | ORAL CARE COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING GERANYLGERANIOL AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | GEMBEH, SHIRLEY V | 1615 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2023 |
| 18297309 | COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING QUILLAJA EXTRACT AND METHODS OF PREPARATIONS AND USE THEREOF | HUTTER, GILLIAN A | 1625 | §101§102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 07, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialAmerican River Nutrition LLC has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Shirley V Gembeh has the most, with 1 of American River Nutrition LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
