Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
26 pending office actions • 9 art units • 23 examiners • 0 of 26 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 16 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 10 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. 10 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 (12%) |
| §103 only | 10 (38%) |
| §112 only | 2 (8%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 9 (35%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LI, CHANGQING | 2 | 29.6% | +33.1% |
| AFREMOVA, VERA | 2 | 50.7% | +29.2% |
| MARTIN, RACHEL E | 2 | 53.6% | +56.4% |
| UNDERDAHL, THANE E | 1 | 58.9% | +50.6% |
| FERNANDEZ, SUSAN EMILY | 1 | 52.3% | +60.9% |
| KOHLER, STEPHANIE A | 1 | 31.7% | +31.1% |
| ZINGARELLI, SANDRA | 1 | 7.4% | +46.0% |
| DEVI, SARVAMANGALA | 1 | 65.3% | +55.0% |
| MCNEIL, JENNIFER C | 1 | 22.1% | +15.3% |
| EPSTEIN, TODD MATTHEW | 1 | 61.0% | +44.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16769964 | SPRAY-DRIED SIALYLLACTOSE | SPANGLER, JOSEPH RANKIN | 80d overdue |
| 18570816 | COMPOSITIONS FOR INCREASING RESILIENCE TOWARDS BACTERIAL INFECTIONS | DEVI, SARVAMANGALA | 24d overdue |
| 18565876 | USE OF LACTASE AND LAC(-) LACTIC ACID BACTERIA (LAB) FOR PRODUCING A FERMENTED MILK PRODUCT | MCNEIL, JENNIFER C | 11d overdue |
| 18013047 | Improved Export of Oligosaccharides From Bacterial Cells | RAMIREZ, DELIA M | 4d overdue |
| 18554108 | COMPOSITION FOR INHIBITING BIOFILM COMPRISING LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT | LYONS, MARY M | 20d |
| 17259792 | NEW BACTERIA | BARRON, SEAN C | 28d |
| 18008797 | METHOD OF INCREASING NISIN PRODUCTION IN LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS | ZEMAN, ROBERT A | 63d |
| 18687536 | METHOD OF PREPARING A BACTERIAL CULTURE | ZINGARELLI, SANDRA | 70d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18570816 | COMPOSITIONS FOR INCREASING RESILIENCE TOWARDS BACTERIAL INFECTIONS | DEVI, SARVAMANGALA | 24d overdue |
| 18565876 | USE OF LACTASE AND LAC(-) LACTIC ACID BACTERIA (LAB) FOR PRODUCING A FERMENTED MILK PRODUCT | MCNEIL, JENNIFER C | 11d overdue |
| 18687536 | METHOD OF PREPARING A BACTERIAL CULTURE | ZINGARELLI, SANDRA | 70d |
| 18864732 | A Mixture of Probiotic Strains to Improve Health and Growth Performance of Ruminants | UNDERDAHL, THANE E | — |
| 18859853 | Phage-Resistant Lactic Acid Bacterium | LI, CHANGQING | — |
| 18728307 | Streptococcus thermophilus Strains with Improved Texturing Properties | FERNANDEZ, SUSAN EMILY | — |
| 18713313 | COMPOSITIONS FOR INCREASED STABITLITY OF BACTERIA | AFREMOVA, VERA | — |
| 18713320 | FAT AND WAX MICROENCAPSULATED AMBIENT STABLE BACTERIA AND PROBIOTICS | AFREMOVA, VERA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1653 | 5 |
| 1793 | 4 |
| 1791 | 3 |
| 1645 | 3 |
| 1652 | 3 |
| 1651 | 2 |
| 1657 | 2 |
| 1759 | 1 |
| 1656 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18864732 | A Mixture of Probiotic Strains to Improve Health and Growth Performance of Ruminants | UNDERDAHL, THANE E | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 |
| 18859853 | Phage-Resistant Lactic Acid Bacterium | LI, CHANGQING | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2024 |
| 18728307 | Streptococcus thermophilus Strains with Improved Texturing Properties | FERNANDEZ, SUSAN EMILY | 1651 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2024 |
| 18713313 | COMPOSITIONS FOR INCREASED STABITLITY OF BACTERIA | AFREMOVA, VERA | 1653 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 24, 2024 |
| 18713320 | FAT AND WAX MICROENCAPSULATED AMBIENT STABLE BACTERIA AND PROBIOTICS | AFREMOVA, VERA | 1653 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 24, 2024 |
| 18688225 | YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA AND ITS USE FOR PRODUCING LIPASES SPECIFICALLY LIBERATING SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACIDS | KOHLER, STEPHANIE A | 1791 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 29, 2024 |
| 18687536 | METHOD OF PREPARING A BACTERIAL CULTURE | ZINGARELLI, SANDRA | 1653 | §102§103§112DPOther | Non-Final OA | 70d | Pending | Feb 28, 2024 |
| 18570816 | COMPOSITIONS FOR INCREASING RESILIENCE TOWARDS BACTERIAL INFECTIONS | DEVI, SARVAMANGALA | 1645 | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | 24d overdue | Pending | Dec 15, 2023 |
| 18565876 | USE OF LACTASE AND LAC(-) LACTIC ACID BACTERIA (LAB) FOR PRODUCING A FERMENTED MILK PRODUCT | MCNEIL, JENNIFER C | 1793 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 11d overdue | Pending | Nov 30, 2023 |
| 18562047 | Sequential Fermentative Production Of Oligosaccharides | EPSTEIN, TODD MATTHEW | 1652 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 17, 2023 |
| 18554108 | COMPOSITION FOR INHIBITING BIOFILM COMPRISING LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT | LYONS, MARY M | 1645 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 20d | Pending | Oct 05, 2023 |
| 18546950 | LACTIC ACID BACTERIA COMPOSITION FOR PREPARING FERMENTED PRODUCTS | PRAKASH, SUBBALAKSHMI | 1793 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 17, 2023 |
| 18254658 | METHOD FOR PREPARING BACTERIAL PRODUCTS | MARTIN, RACHEL E | 1657 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 26, 2023 |
| 18175107 | NOVEL THERMOTOLERANT LACTOBACILLUS | LI, CHANGQING | 1791 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2023 |
| 18042579 | MICROENCAPSULATION OF MICROBIAL CULTURE USING OCTENYL SUCCINIC ANHYDRIDE STARCH-CHITOSAN COMPLEX COACERVATE | EIX, EMILY FAY | 1653 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 22, 2023 |
| 18013047 | Improved Export of Oligosaccharides From Bacterial Cells | RAMIREZ, DELIA M | 1652 | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | 4d overdue | Pending | Dec 27, 2022 |
| 18008797 | METHOD OF INCREASING NISIN PRODUCTION IN LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS | ZEMAN, ROBERT A | 1645 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 63d | Pending | Dec 07, 2022 |
| 17992331 | Spray-Dried Tetrasaccharides | FAN, LYNN Y | 1759 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 8d overdue | Pending | Nov 22, 2022 |
| 17769704 | BACTERIAL COMPOSITION FOR CONTROLLING FUNGAL SPOILAGE AND USES THEREOF | TURNER, FELICIA C | 1793 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 15, 2022 |
| 17633931 | DETECTION OF THE INHIBITION CAPACITY OF A FIRST MICROBIAL STRAIN ON THE GAS PRODUCTION OF A SECOND GAS PRODUCING MICROBIAL STRAIN | MOAZZAMI, NAGHMEH NINA | 1652 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 08, 2022 |
| 17618254 | PRODUCTION OF FUCOSYLATED OLIGOSACCHARIDES IN BACILLUS | MARTIN, RACHEL E | 1657 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2021 |
| 17611416 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING MILK PRODUCTS WITH MODIFIED FIRMNESS AND/OR GELATION TIME AND PRODUCTS OBTAINED | LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO | 1791 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 5d | Pending | Nov 15, 2021 |
| 17259792 | NEW BACTERIA | BARRON, SEAN C | 1653 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Jan 12, 2021 |
| 17058803 | SIMPLE METHOD FOR THE PURIFICATION OF A SIALYLLACTOSE | MORNHINWEG, JEFFREY P | 1793 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2020 |
| 17054950 | USE OF GLYCOSIDASES IN THE PRODUCTION OF OLIGOSACCHARIDES | GORDON, MELENIE LEE | 1651 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 12, 2020 |
| 16769964 | SPRAY-DRIED SIALYLLACTOSE | SPANGLER, JOSEPH RANKIN | 1656 | §101§103Other | Final Rejection | 80d overdue | Pending | Jun 04, 2020 |
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