Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
12 pending office actions • 3 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
BASF Corporation has 12 pending office actions in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. These actions are concentrated in 3 distinct art units. The company is working with 11 distinct examiners for these 12 cases. ZHENG, LI is the busiest examiner for the applicant, currently handling 2 pending office actions.
The 11 distinct examiners are assigned to cases across 3 distinct art units. ZHENG, LI is the busiest examiner with 2 pending office actions. The 12 pending office actions are the total for the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. Each of the 3 distinct art units may have different examination standards. The 11 distinct examiners represent a range of individual perspectives within the USPTO. These pending office actions reflect the current active volume for the applicant. The company must manage 12 pending office actions simultaneously.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 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. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 4 (33%) |
| §112 only | 4 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (25%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (8%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZHENG, LI | 2 | 83.6% | +12.9% |
| GANGLE, BRIAN J | 1 | 76.7% | +14.7% |
| JOHNSON, EMILY KATHARINE | 1 | 87.5% | +21.9% |
| LOGSDON, CHARLES | 1 | 71.7% | +11.2% |
| SHEN, YANXIN NMN | 1 | 90.0% | +22.5% |
| SULLIVAN, BRIAN JAMES | 1 | 76.9% | +14.4% |
| IBRAHIM, MEDINA AHMED | 1 | 87.4% | +12.2% |
| MEADOWS, CHRISTINA L | 1 | 76.1% | +23.2% |
| ZHONG, WAYNESHAOBIN | 1 | 72.2% | +21.5% |
| KEOGH, MATTHEW R | 1 | 78.3% | +14.5% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18291282 | VIRAL COAT DELIVERY OF INSECT RESISTANCE GENES IN PLANTS | MEADOWS, CHRISTINA L | 201d overdue |
| 18989895 | Markers for Soybean Peroxidase | SHEN, YANXIN NMN | 53d |
| 19242214 | METHODS OF IDENTIFYING AND EVALUATING GENES FOR INSECT CONTROL | GANGLE, BRIAN J | — |
| 18990393 | MARKERS FOR PHYTOPHTHORA RESISTANCE | JOHNSON, EMILY KATHARINE | — |
| 18989929 | Markers for Iron Deficiency Chlorosis | LOGSDON, CHARLES | — |
| 18689022 | PLANTS HAVING INCREASED TOLERANCE TO HERBICIDES | IBRAHIM, MEDINA AHMED | — |
| 17785358 | PRECISE INTRODUCTION OF DNA OR MUTATIONS INTO THE GENOME OF WHEAT | ZHONG, WAYNESHAOBIN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18291282 | VIRAL COAT DELIVERY OF INSECT RESISTANCE GENES IN PLANTS | MEADOWS, CHRISTINA L | 201d overdue |
| 17555737 | Canola Hybrid Variety 9CN0103 | KEOGH, MATTHEW R | 16d overdue |
| 18696265 | NON-TRANSGENIC SUNFLOWER PLANTS HAVING INCREASED TOLERANCE TO HERBICIDES | SULLIVAN, BRIAN JAMES | 7d |
| 18989895 | Markers for Soybean Peroxidase | SHEN, YANXIN NMN | 53d |
| 19242214 | METHODS OF IDENTIFYING AND EVALUATING GENES FOR INSECT CONTROL | GANGLE, BRIAN J | — |
| 19021707 | CANOLA HYBRID 22CN0175 | ZHENG, LI | — |
| 19021567 | CANOLA HYBRID 22CN0172 | ZHENG, LI | — |
| 18990393 | MARKERS FOR PHYTOPHTHORA RESISTANCE | JOHNSON, EMILY KATHARINE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1662 | 7 |
| 1663 | 4 |
| 1645 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19242214 | METHODS OF IDENTIFYING AND EVALUATING GENES FOR INSECT CONTROL | GANGLE, BRIAN J | 1645 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2025 |
| 19021707 | CANOLA HYBRID 22CN0175 | ZHENG, LI | 1662 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 19021567 | CANOLA HYBRID 22CN0172 | ZHENG, LI | 1662 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 18990393 | MARKERS FOR PHYTOPHTHORA RESISTANCE | JOHNSON, EMILY KATHARINE | 1662 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18989929 | Markers for Iron Deficiency Chlorosis | LOGSDON, CHARLES | 1662 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18989895 | Markers for Soybean Peroxidase | SHEN, YANXIN NMN | 1663 | §101§102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 53d | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18696265 | NON-TRANSGENIC SUNFLOWER PLANTS HAVING INCREASED TOLERANCE TO HERBICIDES | SULLIVAN, BRIAN JAMES | 1663 | — | Final Rejection | 7d | Pending | Mar 27, 2024 |
| 18689022 | PLANTS HAVING INCREASED TOLERANCE TO HERBICIDES | IBRAHIM, MEDINA AHMED | 1662 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2024 |
| 18291282 | VIRAL COAT DELIVERY OF INSECT RESISTANCE GENES IN PLANTS | MEADOWS, CHRISTINA L | 1663 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 201d overdue | Pending | Jan 23, 2024 |
| 17785358 | PRECISE INTRODUCTION OF DNA OR MUTATIONS INTO THE GENOME OF WHEAT | ZHONG, WAYNESHAOBIN | 1662 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 14, 2022 |
| 17555737 | Canola Hybrid Variety 9CN0103 | KEOGH, MATTHEW R | 1663 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 16d overdue | Pending | Dec 20, 2021 |
| 16758836 | IMPROVEMENT OF HERBICIDE TOLERANCE TO HPPD INHIBITORS BY DOWN-REGULATION OF PUTATIVE 4-HYDROXYPHENYLPYRUVATE REDUCTASES IN SOYBEAN | KOVALENKO, MYKOLA V | 1662 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 23, 2020 |
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