Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Angel Yeast Co. Ltd. has a distributed patent prosecution profile in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. The company currently has 4 pending office actions, which are spread across 4 distinct art units. This indicates that the company's yeast-related biotechnology innovations are being evaluated by multiple specialized groups within the USPTO, reflecting a broad technical reach. The use of 4 distinct art units suggests that the portfolio's technical scope is diverse and covers multiple biotechnology sub-specialties.
The prosecution of these applications is handled by 4 distinct examiners, with each examiner managing a single active matter. ZINGARELLI, SANDRA is the busiest examiner, holding 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This decentralized structure means that the company must interact with 4 distinct examiners, each with their own examination style and technical focus. Managing 4 pending office actions in this manner requires a coordinated effort to ensure that the company's intellectual property strategy remains consistent across the portfolio.
Practitioners must tailor their responses to the specific requirements of 4 distinct examiners while navigating the nuances of four different technical groups. This distribution within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals field provides the company with a broad exposure to USPTO examination practices. With 1 busiest examiner pending for ZINGARELLI, SANDRA, the workload is evenly spread across the assigned staff. This lack of concentration across the 4 distinct art units involved requires a multifaceted approach to the company's current patent prosecution cycle.
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.
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 (25%) |
| §103 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZINGARELLI, SANDRA | 1 | 6.7% | +46.4% |
| DURYEE, ALEXANDER MARSH | 1 | 33.3% | +41.7% |
| MORNHINWEG, JEFFREY P | 1 | 36.7% | +32.2% |
| KERSHAW, KELLY P | 1 | 17.7% | +16.0% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18724522 | Yeast Protein Having Antibacterial Function and Preparation Method Therefor | ZINGARELLI, SANDRA | — |
| 18715537 | HIGH-PROTEIN SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE AND APPLICATION THEREOF | DURYEE, ALEXANDER MARSH | — |
| 18682405 | HIGH IMMUNE YEAST CELL WALL, AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF | KERSHAW, KELLY P | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18690244 | YEAST PROTEIN VEGETARIAN MEAT, AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND APPLICATION THEREOF | MORNHINWEG, JEFFREY P | 21d |
| 18724522 | Yeast Protein Having Antibacterial Function and Preparation Method Therefor | ZINGARELLI, SANDRA | — |
| 18715537 | HIGH-PROTEIN SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE AND APPLICATION THEREOF | DURYEE, ALEXANDER MARSH | — |
| 18682405 | HIGH IMMUNE YEAST CELL WALL, AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF | KERSHAW, KELLY P | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1653 | 1 |
| 1657 | 1 |
| 1793 | 1 |
| 1791 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18724522 | Yeast Protein Having Antibacterial Function and Preparation Method Therefor | ZINGARELLI, SANDRA | 1653 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 23, 2024 |
| 18715537 | HIGH-PROTEIN SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE AND APPLICATION THEREOF | DURYEE, ALEXANDER MARSH | 1657 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
| 18690244 | YEAST PROTEIN VEGETARIAN MEAT, AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND APPLICATION THEREOF | MORNHINWEG, JEFFREY P | 1793 | §103 | Final Rejection | 21d | Pending | Mar 07, 2024 |
| 18682405 | HIGH IMMUNE YEAST CELL WALL, AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF | KERSHAW, KELLY P | 1791 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 08, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialAngel Yeast Co. Ltd. has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 4 examiners.
Sandra Zingarelli has the most, with 1 of Angel Yeast Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
