Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
20 pending office actions • 11 art units • 19 examiners • 0 of 20 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Beiersdorf AG maintains a significant presence at the USPTO with 22 pending office actions in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. These actions are distributed among 20 distinct examiners, which indicates a wide variety of individual perspectives and examination styles applied to their applications. The portfolio is further spread across 12 distinct art units, reflecting the diverse technical nature of their pharmaceutical and biotech innovations.
The busiest examiner, HOLLOMAN, NANNETTE, is currently managing 2 pending office actions. With 22 pending actions and 20 distinct examiners, the workload is highly decentralized, with the vast majority of examiners handling only a single case. Managing 12 distinct art units requires a sophisticated strategy to address the different procedural and technical standards across many specialized sections of the USPTO.
This broad distribution of actions across numerous examiners and art units highlights the complexity of the company's current patenting efforts. The company must be prepared for varied feedback, as many different individuals are evaluating their work. The interaction with 12 distinct art units suggests that their biotechnology and pharmaceutical research spans a wide array of specific classifications, each requiring a tailored approach to prosecution.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 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. 7 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 | 8 (40%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 3 (15%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 9 (45%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOLLOMAN, NANNETTE | 2 | 60.7% | +22.8% |
| BERRIOS, JENNIFER A | 1 | 37.0% | +49.8% |
| JOHNSON, CHRISTOPHER LINDSAY | 1 | 46.9% | +81.0% |
| PARK, HAEJIN S | 1 | 55.0% | +38.4% |
| KUCKLA, ANNA GRACE | 1 | 53.2% | +54.1% |
| SASAN, ARADHANA | 1 | 64.5% | +26.2% |
| ALAWADI, SARAH | 1 | 37.5% | +38.4% |
| ELHILO, EISA B | 1 | 83.0% | +16.2% |
| ZHANG SPIERING, DONGXIU | 1 | 45.2% | +70.9% |
| MEYERS, ELIZABETH ANNE | 1 | 23.5% | +92.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17759634 | ALLERGEN PROTECTION FOR THE SKIN | HA, JULIE | 18d overdue |
| 14774101 | COMPOSITIONS OF ALKYLAMIDOTHIAZOLES AND FRAGRANCES | LAZARO, DOMINIC | 17d overdue |
| 18881850 | MINERAL OIL-FREE, MECHANICALLY STABLE LIPSTICK | HOLLOMAN, NANNETTE | — |
| 18867521 | EMULSION WITH GLYCERYL CAPRYLATE AND AT LEAST ONE EMOLLIENT CHOSEN FROM MONO, DI AND/OR TRIESTER | JOHNSON, CHRISTOPHER LINDSAY | — |
| 18857689 | TEMPERATURE STABLE EMULSIONS | KUCKLA, ANNA GRACE | — |
| 18580223 | COSMETIC PRODUCT OF PACKAGING AND A PREPARATION CONTAINING 1,2-PROPANE DIOL ESTER | ALAWADI, SARAH | — |
| 18567427 | SOLID AND POWDERY FORMULATIONS | ELHILO, EISA B | — |
| 18559842 | POWDERY CLEANSING COMPOSITION | MEYERS, ELIZABETH ANNE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18585371 | SUNSCREEN PREPARATION | SASAN, ARADHANA | 58d overdue |
| 18529036 | COSMETIC SUNSCREEN WITH HIGH WET SKIN UV PROTECTION | HOLLOMAN, NANNETTE | 36d overdue |
| 19079754 | WHIPPED FORMULATIONS WITH DESIRED SENSORY IMPACT | BERRIOS, JENNIFER A | — |
| 18881850 | MINERAL OIL-FREE, MECHANICALLY STABLE LIPSTICK | HOLLOMAN, NANNETTE | — |
| 18867521 | EMULSION WITH GLYCERYL CAPRYLATE AND AT LEAST ONE EMOLLIENT CHOSEN FROM MONO, DI AND/OR TRIESTER | JOHNSON, CHRISTOPHER LINDSAY | — |
| 18857684 | EMULSION WITH LIQUID CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURES | PARK, HAEJIN S | — |
| 18857689 | TEMPERATURE STABLE EMULSIONS | KUCKLA, ANNA GRACE | — |
| 18580223 | COSMETIC PRODUCT OF PACKAGING AND A PREPARATION CONTAINING 1,2-PROPANE DIOL ESTER | ALAWADI, SARAH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1615 | 3 |
| 1611 | 3 |
| 1612 | 2 |
| 1617 | 2 |
| 1613 | 1 |
| 1619 | 1 |
| 1761 | 1 |
| 1616 | 1 |
| 1626 | 1 |
| 1654 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19079754 | WHIPPED FORMULATIONS WITH DESIRED SENSORY IMPACT | BERRIOS, JENNIFER A | 1613 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2025 |
| 18881850 | MINERAL OIL-FREE, MECHANICALLY STABLE LIPSTICK | HOLLOMAN, NANNETTE | 1612 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 07, 2025 |
| 18867521 | EMULSION WITH GLYCERYL CAPRYLATE AND AT LEAST ONE EMOLLIENT CHOSEN FROM MONO, DI AND/OR TRIESTER | JOHNSON, CHRISTOPHER LINDSAY | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2024 |
| 18857684 | EMULSION WITH LIQUID CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURES | PARK, HAEJIN S | — | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 17, 2024 |
| 18857689 | TEMPERATURE STABLE EMULSIONS | KUCKLA, ANNA GRACE | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 17, 2024 |
| 18585371 | SUNSCREEN PREPARATION | SASAN, ARADHANA | 1615 | §103 | Final Rejection | 58d overdue | Pending | Feb 23, 2024 |
| 18580223 | COSMETIC PRODUCT OF PACKAGING AND A PREPARATION CONTAINING 1,2-PROPANE DIOL ESTER | ALAWADI, SARAH | 1619 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 18, 2024 |
| 18567427 | SOLID AND POWDERY FORMULATIONS | ELHILO, EISA B | 1761 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2023 |
| 18529036 | COSMETIC SUNSCREEN WITH HIGH WET SKIN UV PROTECTION | HOLLOMAN, NANNETTE | 1612 | §103 | Final Rejection | 36d overdue | Pending | Dec 05, 2023 |
| 18566724 | COSMETIC CONCENTRATE IN THE FORM OF A FILM | ZHANG SPIERING, DONGXIU | 1616 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2023 |
| 18559842 | POWDERY CLEANSING COMPOSITION | MEYERS, ELIZABETH ANNE | 1617 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 09, 2023 |
| 18274020 | COSMETIC HAVING TITANIUM DIOXIDE IN THE AQUEOUS PHASE | ALAM, AYAAN A | 1611 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 59d overdue | Pending | Jul 25, 2023 |
| 18035346 | USE OF DIHYDROMYRICETIN AS EPIGENETIC ACTIVE INGREDIENT FOR COSMETIC OR DERMATOLOGICAL SKIN CARE | FETTEROLF, BRANDON J | 1626 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 04, 2023 |
| 17759634 | ALLERGEN PROTECTION FOR THE SKIN | HA, JULIE | 1654 | §102§103§112Other | Final Rejection | 18d overdue | Pending | Jul 28, 2022 |
| 17629854 | ALGINATE-BASED FACIAL MASK | ALLEY, GENEVIEVE S | 1617 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 26, 2022 |
| 17310238 | SUNSCREEN COMPOSITIONS | MERCIER, MELISSA S | 1615 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 35d | Pending | Jul 27, 2021 |
| 17287338 | SUNSCREEN FORMULATION | AL-AWADI, DANAH J | 1615 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 21, 2021 |
| 15551596 | COSMETIC PRODUCT COMPRISING A METAL CAN, AND THE CONTENTS OF SAME | PURDY, KYLE A | 1611 | §103 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Aug 17, 2017 |
| 14774101 | COMPOSITIONS OF ALKYLAMIDOTHIAZOLES AND FRAGRANCES | LAZARO, DOMINIC | 1611 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 17d overdue | Pending | Sep 09, 2015 |
| 14443862 | SENSORILY ATTRACTIVE HYDRODISPERSION COMPRISING WAXES | ELENISTE, PIERRE PAUL | 1622 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 19, 2015 |
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