Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Carbocode S A has 3 pending office actions in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. These actions are distributed across 3 distinct examiners and the same number of distinct art units. PACKARD, BENJAMIN J is the busiest examiner with 1 pending action.
This distribution suggests that each of the 3 pending matters is being evaluated independently by different examiners in different technical groups. Because there are 3 distinct examiners involved, practitioners should tailor their strategies to each individual. The busiest examiner handles only 1 of the pending actions.
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 (33%) |
| §103 only | 1 (33%) |
| §112 only | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PACKARD, BENJAMIN J | 1 | 66.9% | +15.3% |
| DRODGE, JOSEPH W | 1 | 78.3% | +38.0% |
| O DELL, DAVID K | 1 | 57.7% | +36.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19100872 | Reduction of Signs of Skin Aging | PACKARD, BENJAMIN J | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19100872 | Reduction of Signs of Skin Aging | PACKARD, BENJAMIN J | — |
| 18716083 | METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SPHINGOLIPIDS | DRODGE, JOSEPH W | — |
| 18262913 | METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF D-ERYTHRO-SPHINGOSINE AND ANALOGS THEREOF | O DELL, DAVID K | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1612 | 1 |
| 1773 | 1 |
| 1621 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19100872 | Reduction of Signs of Skin Aging | PACKARD, BENJAMIN J | 1612 | §101§102§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 03, 2025 |
| 18716083 | METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SPHINGOLIPIDS | DRODGE, JOSEPH W | 1773 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 03, 2024 |
| 18262913 | METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF D-ERYTHRO-SPHINGOSINE AND ANALOGS THEREOF | O DELL, DAVID K | 1621 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialCarbocode S A has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
Benjamin J Packard has the most, with 1 of Carbocode S A's pending office actions.
Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
