Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

BASF Corporation

Technology areas: Computing & Software • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

8 pending office actions • 7 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

BASF Corporation has 8 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The matters involve 7 distinct examiners and 7 distinct art units, showing broad distribution across technical groups with limited examiner concentration.

ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. That examiner provides a focused point for consistency review, but the remaining assignments require separate prosecution planning. Counsel should coordinate portfolio objectives while adapting arguments to each art-unit setting.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

0
Overdue
2
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (1)

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.

7
Hard (88%)
1
Medium (12%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (12%)
§101 + other5 (62%)
§103 only1 (12%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (12%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
3
Information Tech
38% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
25% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
38% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K 2 82.9% +17.4%
ALIZADA, OMEED 1 77.6% +32.3%
RUSS, COREY V 1 27.0% +38.1%
HUTCHENS, CHRISTOPHER D. 1 65.3% +11.9%
XIA, XUYANG 1 72.7% +52.4%
FEACHER, LORENA R 1 28.6% +31.9%
OCHOA, JUAN CARLOS 1 67.1% +21.5%

Hard Cases (8)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18283633 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR PROVIDING CORRECTED PLANT-RELATED INDEX DATA ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K 6d
17910073 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A PLANT PROTECTION TREATMENT PLAN OF AN AGRICULTURAL PLANT OCHOA, JUAN CARLOS 6d
18855154 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR CROSS-ACCOUNT MODEL DEPLOYMENT, COMPUTER PROGRAM ELEMENT AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM RUSS, COREY V 14d
18703091 MONITORING THE TREATMENT OF AN AGRICULTURAL FIELD HUTCHENS, CHRISTOPHER D. 42d
18873189 PULSE WIDTH MODULATION FOR DOSE RATE ADAPTION ALIZADA, OMEED —
18721585 A COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR GENERATING A SOIL PROPERTY MAP OF AN AGRICULTURAL FIELD ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K —
18561022 METHOD FOR GENERATING A ZONE SPECIFIC APPLICATION MAP FOR TREATING AN AGRICULTURAL FIELD WITH PRODUCTS XIA, XUYANG —
18284093 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A CROP AGRONOMY PREDICTION FEACHER, LORENA R —

Interview Candidates (8)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18283633 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR PROVIDING CORRECTED PLANT-RELATED INDEX DATA ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K 6d
17910073 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A PLANT PROTECTION TREATMENT PLAN OF AN AGRICULTURAL PLANT OCHOA, JUAN CARLOS 6d
18855154 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR CROSS-ACCOUNT MODEL DEPLOYMENT, COMPUTER PROGRAM ELEMENT AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM RUSS, COREY V 14d
18703091 MONITORING THE TREATMENT OF AN AGRICULTURAL FIELD HUTCHENS, CHRISTOPHER D. 42d
18873189 PULSE WIDTH MODULATION FOR DOSE RATE ADAPTION ALIZADA, OMEED —
18721585 A COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR GENERATING A SOIL PROPERTY MAP OF AN AGRICULTURAL FIELD ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K —
18561022 METHOD FOR GENERATING A ZONE SPECIFIC APPLICATION MAP FOR TREATING AN AGRICULTURAL FIELD WITH PRODUCTS XIA, XUYANG —
18284093 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A CROP AGRONOMY PREDICTION FEACHER, LORENA R —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2857 2
3643 1
3629 1
3647 1
2143 1
2142 1
2186 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18873189 PULSE WIDTH MODULATION FOR DOSE RATE ADAPTION ALIZADA, OMEED 3643 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 09, 2024
18855154 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR CROSS-ACCOUNT MODEL DEPLOYMENT, COMPUTER PROGRAM ELEMENT AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM RUSS, COREY V 3629 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Oct 08, 2024
18721585 A COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR GENERATING A SOIL PROPERTY MAP OF AN AGRICULTURAL FIELD ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K 2857 §101§102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 18, 2024
18703091 MONITORING THE TREATMENT OF AN AGRICULTURAL FIELD HUTCHENS, CHRISTOPHER D. 3647 §102§112 Final Rejection 42d Pending Apr 19, 2024
18561022 METHOD FOR GENERATING A ZONE SPECIFIC APPLICATION MAP FOR TREATING AN AGRICULTURAL FIELD WITH PRODUCTS XIA, XUYANG 2143 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 15, 2023
18284093 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A CROP AGRONOMY PREDICTION FEACHER, LORENA R 2142 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 26, 2023
18283633 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR PROVIDING CORRECTED PLANT-RELATED INDEX DATA ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K 2857 §101§102§103 Final Rejection 6d Pending Sep 22, 2023
17910073 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A PLANT PROTECTION TREATMENT PLAN OF AN AGRICULTURAL PLANT OCHOA, JUAN CARLOS 2186 §101 Final Rejection 6d Pending Sep 08, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does BASF Corporation have?

BASF Corporation has 8 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 7 art units and 7 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most BASF Corporation applications?

Mohammad K Islam has the most, with 2 of BASF Corporation's pending office actions.

What technology area are BASF Corporation's patent applications in?

Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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