Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
5 pending office actions • 5 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Bayer Cropscience L.P. maintains 5 pending office actions in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. These actions are spread across 5 distinct examiners and 5 distinct art units, showing a high degree of diversification in the examination process. This distribution suggests that each matter is being handled by a different individual at the patent office.
PAK, JOHN D is the busiest examiner for this company, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. Because there are 5 distinct examiners for the portfolio, the workload is evenly distributed across the 5 distinct art units. This structure implies that the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals filings cover a broad range of specific sub-disciplines, requiring the expertise of multiple specialized units.
The presence of 5 pending office actions indicates that Bayer Cropscience L.P. is engaging with a wide array of expertise. PAK, JOHN D remains the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action, representing a single point of contact within this diverse prosecution landscape. This variety of examiners and art units ensures that each biological innovation is reviewed by a specialist in its specific field.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 (20%) |
| §112 only | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (60%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAK, JOHN D | 1 | 52.3% | +37.8% |
| SEITZ, ANTHONY JOSEPH | 1 | 67.8% | +27.5% |
| RODRIGUEZ, RAYNA B | 1 | 33.6% | +19.2% |
| SWIFT, CANDICE LEE | 1 | 56.6% | +37.2% |
| TICHY, JENNIFER M.H. | 1 | 64.6% | +34.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17074163 | USE OF PYDIFLUMETOFEN FOR THE REDUCTION OF MYCOTOXIN CONTAMINATION IN PLANTS | RODRIGUEZ, RAYNA B | 12d |
| 18806193 | ACTIVE COMPOUND COMBINATIONS CONTAINING A THIAZOYLISOXAZOLINE AND A FUNGICIDE | PAK, JOHN D | — |
| 18706810 | BIS(HETERO)ARYL THIOETHER (THIO)AMIDES AS FUNGICIDAL COMPOUNDS | SEITZ, ANTHONY JOSEPH | — |
| 18624758 | METHODS AND AGRICULTURAL COMPOSITIONS FOR PREVENTING OR CONTROLLING PLANT DISEASES | TICHY, JENNIFER M.H. | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18649596 | MUTANTS OF BACILLUS AND METHODS FOR THEIR USE | SWIFT, CANDICE LEE | 66d overdue |
| 17074163 | USE OF PYDIFLUMETOFEN FOR THE REDUCTION OF MYCOTOXIN CONTAMINATION IN PLANTS | RODRIGUEZ, RAYNA B | 12d |
| 18806193 | ACTIVE COMPOUND COMBINATIONS CONTAINING A THIAZOYLISOXAZOLINE AND A FUNGICIDE | PAK, JOHN D | — |
| 18706810 | BIS(HETERO)ARYL THIOETHER (THIO)AMIDES AS FUNGICIDAL COMPOUNDS | SEITZ, ANTHONY JOSEPH | — |
| 18624758 | METHODS AND AGRICULTURAL COMPOSITIONS FOR PREVENTING OR CONTROLLING PLANT DISEASES | TICHY, JENNIFER M.H. | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1699 | 1 |
| 1629 | 1 |
| 1628 | 1 |
| 1657 | 1 |
| 1653 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18806193 | ACTIVE COMPOUND COMBINATIONS CONTAINING A THIAZOYLISOXAZOLINE AND A FUNGICIDE | PAK, JOHN D | 1699 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 15, 2024 |
| 18706810 | BIS(HETERO)ARYL THIOETHER (THIO)AMIDES AS FUNGICIDAL COMPOUNDS | SEITZ, ANTHONY JOSEPH | 1629 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 02, 2024 |
| 17074163 | USE OF PYDIFLUMETOFEN FOR THE REDUCTION OF MYCOTOXIN CONTAMINATION IN PLANTS | RODRIGUEZ, RAYNA B | 1628 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Oct 19, 2020 |
| 18649596 | MUTANTS OF BACILLUS AND METHODS FOR THEIR USE | SWIFT, CANDICE LEE | 1657 | §112 | Final Rejection | 66d overdue | Pending | Apr 29, 2024 |
| 18624758 | METHODS AND AGRICULTURAL COMPOSITIONS FOR PREVENTING OR CONTROLLING PLANT DISEASES | TICHY, JENNIFER M.H. | 1653 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 02, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialBayer Cropscience L.P. has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 5 examiners.
John D Pak has the most, with 1 of Bayer Cropscience L.P.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
