Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Carbocode S A currently has 2 pending office actions in its patent portfolio. These actions are split between 2 distinct examiners, indicating that each examiner is responsible for exactly one action. PACKARD, BENJAMIN J is the busiest examiner, holding 1 pending office action.
The distribution of 2 pending office actions across 2 distinct examiners suggests a lack of examiner concentration. Since the busiest examiner, PACKARD, BENJAMIN J, handles only a single action, the prosecution strategy must address the individual perspectives of both examiners involved. This spread requires managing separate examiner relationships to resolve the workload currently active.
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%) |
| §112 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 | 66.7% | +15.6% |
| DRODGE, JOSEPH W | 1 | 78.2% | +38.2% |
| 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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19100872 | Reduction of Signs of Skin Aging | PACKARD, BENJAMIN J | — |
| 18262913 | METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF D-ERYTHRO-SPHINGOSINE AND ANALOGS THEREOF | O DELL, DAVID K | — |
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 |
|---|---|
| 1621 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19100872 | Reduction of Signs of Skin Aging | PACKARD, BENJAMIN J | — | §101§102§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 03, 2025 |
| 18716083 | METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SPHINGOLIPIDS | DRODGE, JOSEPH W | — | §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 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2023 |
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