Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
13 pending office actions • 7 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days
Archer Daniels Midland Company is currently managing 11 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This portfolio is spread across 9 distinct examiners and 7 distinct art units. The busiest examiner, LI, CHANGQING, is responsible for 2 busiest examiner pending office actions.
The high ratio of 9 distinct examiners for 11 pending office actions suggests a diversified prosecution environment. Only 2 of the actions are concentrated under the busiest examiner, LI, CHANGQING, while the rest are distributed among the other distinct examiners. This variety requires a broad strategy to handle the different perspectives of 9 distinct examiners.
Furthermore, the 7 distinct art units involved indicate that the 11 pending office actions cover a wide range of technical sub-specialties within Chemistry & Materials. This complexity means that the applicant must manage 7 different supervisory environments at the USPTO. The 11 pending office actions represent a significant active workload requiring careful coordination across multiple examiners and art units.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 7 (54%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (38%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GREGORIO, GUINEVER S | 2 | 73.0% | +18.5% |
| LI, CHANGQING | 2 | 29.3% | +33.6% |
| GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A | 1 | 36.0% | +34.8% |
| O'HERN, BRENT T | 1 | 78.5% | +19.8% |
| SINGH, SATYENDRA K | 1 | 61.5% | +67.7% |
| SILVERMAN, JANICE Y | 1 | 36.7% | +53.8% |
| GERLA, STEPHANIE RAE | 1 | 16.7% | +33.0% |
| HAWKINS, AMANDA SALATA | 1 | 12.0% | +45.2% |
| BONAPARTE, AMY C | 1 | 79.3% | +23.2% |
| KELLY-O'NEILL, YOLANDA LYNNETTE | 1 | 33.3% | +29.9% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17280852 | DIETARY FIBER PRODUCTION USING A GLYCOSYL-TRANSFERASE | ROBINSON, HOPE A | 91d overdue |
| 17997725 | AQUATIC ANIMAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS FEED PRODUCT | GERLA, STEPHANIE RAE | 61d |
| 18042981 | METHODS OF PRODUCING DYES WITH VARIOUS HUE FROM HUITO FRUIT | LI, CHANGQING | 83d |
| 19100722 | STABLE OLEOSOME PREPARATION FOR EDIBLE APPLICATIONS | GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A | — |
| 18844920 | NOVEL STARCH-BASED COMPOSITIONS, MANUFACTURING METHODS, AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF | O'HERN, BRENT T | — |
| 18549097 | METHODS OF BINDING INGREDIENTS OF MEAT ANALOG PRODUCTS | LI, CHANGQING | — |
| 17996902 | LONG LASTING EDIBLE CHEW | HAWKINS, AMANDA SALATA | — |
| 17777442 | PROCESSES FOR PREPARING ALDARIC, ALDONIC, AND URONIC ACIDS | KELLY-O'NEILL, YOLANDA LYNNETTE | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16925102 | POROUS SHAPED CARBON PRODUCTS | GREGORIO, GUINEVER S | 60d overdue |
| 17907148 | PROCESS SULFONATION TO PRODUCE TAURINE | BONAPARTE, AMY C | 50d overdue |
| 18251054 | NON-ANIMAL PROTEIN BASED CHEESE AND PROCESSES FOR PRODUCING | SILVERMAN, JANICE Y | 32d overdue |
| 16938012 | POROUS SHAPED METAL-CARBON PRODUCTS | GREGORIO, GUINEVER S | 3d overdue |
| 18339183 | MESOPOROUS SILICA BINDING PEPTIDES AND METHODS OF ENZYME IMMOBILIZATION USING THE SAME | SINGH, SATYENDRA K | 26d |
| 17997725 | AQUATIC ANIMAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS FEED PRODUCT | GERLA, STEPHANIE RAE | 61d |
| 18042981 | METHODS OF PRODUCING DYES WITH VARIOUS HUE FROM HUITO FRUIT | LI, CHANGQING | 83d |
| 19100722 | STABLE OLEOSOME PREPARATION FOR EDIBLE APPLICATIONS | GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1791 | 4 |
| 1732 | 2 |
| 1692 | 2 |
| 1657 | 1 |
| 1792 | 1 |
| 1793 | 1 |
| 1652 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19100722 | STABLE OLEOSOME PREPARATION FOR EDIBLE APPLICATIONS | GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A | 1791 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 03, 2025 |
| 18844920 | NOVEL STARCH-BASED COMPOSITIONS, MANUFACTURING METHODS, AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF | O'HERN, BRENT T | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2024 |
| 16938012 | POROUS SHAPED METAL-CARBON PRODUCTS | GREGORIO, GUINEVER S | 1732 | §103 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | Jul 24, 2020 |
| 16925102 | POROUS SHAPED CARBON PRODUCTS | GREGORIO, GUINEVER S | 1732 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 60d overdue | Pending | Jul 09, 2020 |
| 18549097 | METHODS OF BINDING INGREDIENTS OF MEAT ANALOG PRODUCTS | LI, CHANGQING | 1791 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 05, 2023 |
| 18339183 | MESOPOROUS SILICA BINDING PEPTIDES AND METHODS OF ENZYME IMMOBILIZATION USING THE SAME | SINGH, SATYENDRA K | 1657 | §103 | Final Rejection | 26d | Pending | Jun 21, 2023 |
| 18251054 | NON-ANIMAL PROTEIN BASED CHEESE AND PROCESSES FOR PRODUCING | SILVERMAN, JANICE Y | 1792 | §103 | Final Rejection | 32d overdue | Pending | Apr 28, 2023 |
| 18042981 | METHODS OF PRODUCING DYES WITH VARIOUS HUE FROM HUITO FRUIT | LI, CHANGQING | 1791 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 83d | Pending | Feb 24, 2023 |
| 17997725 | AQUATIC ANIMAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS FEED PRODUCT | GERLA, STEPHANIE RAE | 1791 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 61d | Pending | Nov 01, 2022 |
| 17996902 | LONG LASTING EDIBLE CHEW | HAWKINS, AMANDA SALATA | 1793 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2022 |
| 17907148 | PROCESS SULFONATION TO PRODUCE TAURINE | BONAPARTE, AMY C | 1692 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | 50d overdue | Pending | Sep 23, 2022 |
| 17777442 | PROCESSES FOR PREPARING ALDARIC, ALDONIC, AND URONIC ACIDS | KELLY-O'NEILL, YOLANDA LYNNETTE | 1692 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 17, 2022 |
| 17280852 | DIETARY FIBER PRODUCTION USING A GLYCOSYL-TRANSFERASE | ROBINSON, HOPE A | 1652 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 91d overdue | Pending | Mar 26, 2021 |
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