Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
12 pending office actions • 8 art units • 12 examiners • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 20 patents granted in the last 365 days
China Agricultural University currently has 13 pending office actions within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. These actions are distributed across 9 distinct art units, indicating a range of technical research being patented by the institution. The prosecution is being handled by 13 distinct examiners, which means that every one of the 13 pending office actions is currently under review by a different official.
TORRES CHANZA, GABRIEL JOSE is listed as the busiest examiner, though this individual is only responsible for 1 pending office action. This lack of concentration among the 13 distinct examiners indicates that the university must manage thirteen different examination styles and interpretations. The number of 9 distinct art units relative to the 13 pending office actions further suggests a decentralized prosecution environment where most cases are handled by separate technical groups within the biotechnology sector.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 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. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 3 (25%) |
| §103 only | 1 (8%) |
| §112 only | 2 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TORRES CHANZA, GABRIEL JOSE | 1 | 10.0% | -14.3% |
| STOCKDALE, JESSICA NICOLE | 1 | 50.0% | +35.2% |
| DOYLE, BRANDI M | 1 | 62.7% | +11.9% |
| ELHILO, EISA B | 1 | 83.0% | +16.2% |
| MARTINEZ, TARA L | 1 | 62.6% | +65.4% |
| IBRAHIM, MEDINA AHMED | 1 | 87.4% | +12.2% |
| CURRENS, GRANT CARSON | 1 | 54.6% | +62.5% |
| LOPEZ ALVAREZ, OLVIN | 1 | 48.9% | +43.3% |
| CARREON, ADRIAN JOHN | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| SPENCE, JENNIFER SUZANNE | 1 | 66.9% | +46.0% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18797940 | ZMWAK-RLK PROTEIN RELATED TO GRAY LEAF SPOT RESISTANCE, AND ENCODING GENE AND APPLICATION THEREOF | IBRAHIM, MEDINA AHMED | 9d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18393145 | Preparation Method and Enrichment Method for Cyanidin-3-Diglucoside-5-Glucoside | SWIFT, CANDICE LEE | 22d |
| 19196029 | METHOD FOR INCORPORATING FUTURE CROP PRODUCTION INTO SAFE CLIMATIC SPACE | TORRES CHANZA, GABRIEL JOSE | — |
| 19024487 | METHOD FOR PREPARING TRANSPORTATION FUEL FROM HYDROTHERMAL LIQUEFACTION PRODUCED BIO-CRUDE OIL | DOYLE, BRANDI M | — |
| 18981602 | METHOD FOR BLUING ANTHOCYANIN | ELHILO, EISA B | — |
| 18841685 | USE OF SU3327 IN PREPARATION OF MEDICAMENT FOR ENHANCING EFFICACY OF POLYMYXIN AGAINST BACTERIAL INFECTION | MARTINEZ, TARA L | — |
| 18735444 | BACILLUS VELEZENSIS AND USE THEREOF | CURRENS, GRANT CARSON | — |
| 18638173 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND DEVICE FOR CLASSIFYING FEEDING INTENSITY OF FISH SCHOOL | LOPEZ ALVAREZ, OLVIN | — |
| 18603428 | IN-SITE COMPOSTING SYSTEM FOR COMMUNITY KITCHEN WASTE | CARREON, ADRIAN JOHN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18797940 | ZMWAK-RLK PROTEIN RELATED TO GRAY LEAF SPOT RESISTANCE, AND ENCODING GENE AND APPLICATION THEREOF | IBRAHIM, MEDINA AHMED | 9d |
| 19177446 | ZmCCD8 GENE-BASED MAIZE BREEDING METHODS | STOCKDALE, JESSICA NICOLE | — |
| 19024487 | METHOD FOR PREPARING TRANSPORTATION FUEL FROM HYDROTHERMAL LIQUEFACTION PRODUCED BIO-CRUDE OIL | DOYLE, BRANDI M | — |
| 18981602 | METHOD FOR BLUING ANTHOCYANIN | ELHILO, EISA B | — |
| 18841685 | USE OF SU3327 IN PREPARATION OF MEDICAMENT FOR ENHANCING EFFICACY OF POLYMYXIN AGAINST BACTERIAL INFECTION | MARTINEZ, TARA L | — |
| 18735444 | BACILLUS VELEZENSIS AND USE THEREOF | CURRENS, GRANT CARSON | — |
| 18638173 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND DEVICE FOR CLASSIFYING FEEDING INTENSITY OF FISH SCHOOL | LOPEZ ALVAREZ, OLVIN | — |
| 18690946 | PIG EMBRYO-DERIVED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS AND USE THEREOF | SPENCE, JENNIFER SUZANNE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3625 | 1 |
| 1663 | 1 |
| 1771 | 1 |
| 1662 | 1 |
| 1651 | 1 |
| 2117 | 1 |
| 1657 | 1 |
| 1653 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19196029 | METHOD FOR INCORPORATING FUTURE CROP PRODUCTION INTO SAFE CLIMATIC SPACE | TORRES CHANZA, GABRIEL JOSE | 3625 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 01, 2025 |
| 19177446 | ZmCCD8 GENE-BASED MAIZE BREEDING METHODS | STOCKDALE, JESSICA NICOLE | 1663 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 11, 2025 |
| 19024487 | METHOD FOR PREPARING TRANSPORTATION FUEL FROM HYDROTHERMAL LIQUEFACTION PRODUCED BIO-CRUDE OIL | DOYLE, BRANDI M | 1771 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 18981602 | METHOD FOR BLUING ANTHOCYANIN | ELHILO, EISA B | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 15, 2024 |
| 18841685 | USE OF SU3327 IN PREPARATION OF MEDICAMENT FOR ENHANCING EFFICACY OF POLYMYXIN AGAINST BACTERIAL INFECTION | MARTINEZ, TARA L | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 27, 2024 |
| 18797940 | ZMWAK-RLK PROTEIN RELATED TO GRAY LEAF SPOT RESISTANCE, AND ENCODING GENE AND APPLICATION THEREOF | IBRAHIM, MEDINA AHMED | 1662 | §112 | Final Rejection | 9d | Pending | Aug 08, 2024 |
| 18735444 | BACILLUS VELEZENSIS AND USE THEREOF | CURRENS, GRANT CARSON | 1651 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2024 |
| 18638173 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND DEVICE FOR CLASSIFYING FEEDING INTENSITY OF FISH SCHOOL | LOPEZ ALVAREZ, OLVIN | 2117 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 17, 2024 |
| 18603428 | IN-SITE COMPOSTING SYSTEM FOR COMMUNITY KITCHEN WASTE | CARREON, ADRIAN JOHN | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2024 |
| 18690946 | PIG EMBRYO-DERIVED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS AND USE THEREOF | SPENCE, JENNIFER SUZANNE | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2024 |
| 18393145 | Preparation Method and Enrichment Method for Cyanidin-3-Diglucoside-5-Glucoside | SWIFT, CANDICE LEE | 1657 | §103§112Other | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Dec 21, 2023 |
| 18325900 | Endophytic Pediococcus pentosaceus EL5 in alfalfa and application thereof | KARUNASENA, ENUSHA | 1653 | §112 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | May 30, 2023 |
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