Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Amyris Inc.

4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

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

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
1
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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 (25%)
2
Medium (50%)
1
Easy (25%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (25%)
§103 only1 (25%)
§102 only1 (25%)
Double-patenting only1 (25%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
75% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
25% 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.

40 h
Manual time on pending OAs
8 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
14 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
RAGHU, GANAPATHIRAM 2 73.6% +26.4%
WHITE, ASHLEY TAYLOR 1 26.3% +45.7%
CHAO, ALLEN 1 66.7% +0.0%

Hard Cases (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18578894 NOVEL ENZYMES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF GAMMA-AMBRYL ACETATE RAGHU, GANAPATHIRAM 7d
18578609 NOVEL ENZYMES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF E-COPALOL WHITE, ASHLEY TAYLOR

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18578894 NOVEL ENZYMES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF GAMMA-AMBRYL ACETATE RAGHU, GANAPATHIRAM 7d
18915097 PRODUCTION OF ISOPRENOIDS RAGHU, GANAPATHIRAM
18578609 NOVEL ENZYMES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF E-COPALOL WHITE, ASHLEY TAYLOR

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1652 1
1653 1
1622 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18915097 PRODUCTION OF ISOPRENOIDS RAGHU, GANAPATHIRAM DP Non-Final OA Pending Oct 14, 2024
18578894 NOVEL ENZYMES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF GAMMA-AMBRYL ACETATE RAGHU, GANAPATHIRAM 1652 §101§102§103§112 Final Rejection 7d Pending Jan 12, 2024
18578609 NOVEL ENZYMES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF E-COPALOL WHITE, ASHLEY TAYLOR 1653 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 11, 2024
18014881 VACCINE ADJUVANTS AND METHODS OF SYNTHESIZING AND USING THE SAME CHAO, ALLEN 1622 §102 Final Rejection Pending Jan 06, 2023

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