Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
30 pending office actions • 12 art units • 29 examiners • 0 of 30 (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. 30 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. 30 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 | 18 (60%) |
| §102 only | 2 (7%) |
| §112 only | 4 (13%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (3%) |
| No statute on record | 5 (17%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPANGLER, JOSEPH RANKIN | 2 | 38.5% | +63.3% |
| CHAWLA, JYOTI | 1 | 52.8% | +29.7% |
| ZINGARELLI, SANDRA | 1 | 8.0% | +45.7% |
| DESAI, ANAND U | 1 | 78.9% | +12.2% |
| DEVI, SARVAMANGALA | 1 | 65.4% | +55.0% |
| MCNEIL, JENNIFER C | 1 | 23.5% | +13.2% |
| MORNHINWEG, JEFFREY P | 1 | 36.3% | +33.3% |
| LYONS, MARY M | 1 | 65.5% | +41.5% |
| FRONDA, CHRISTIAN L | 1 | 82.4% | +14.1% |
| PAPCIAK, SHARON M | 1 | 49.6% | +22.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18344244 | Food Composition Comprising L-Fucose | FRONDA, CHRISTIAN L | 44d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18393339 | Process for the Production of Fucosylated Oligosaccharides | DESAI, ANAND U | 117d overdue |
| 16769964 | SPRAY-DRIED SIALYLLACTOSE | SPANGLER, JOSEPH RANKIN | 80d overdue |
| 18267943 | Sialyltransferases for the Production of 6'-Sialyllactose | PAPCIAK, SHARON M | 73d overdue |
| 18344244 | Food Composition Comprising L-Fucose | FRONDA, CHRISTIAN L | 44d 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 |
| 18559720 | METHOD OF PRODUCING FERMENTED MILK PRODUCTS WITH IMPROVED TEXTURE AND REDUCED POST-ACIDIFICATION | MORNHINWEG, JEFFREY P | 12d |
| 18554108 | COMPOSITION FOR INHIBITING BIOFILM COMPRISING LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT | LYONS, MARY M | 20d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1791 | 4 |
| 1653 | 4 |
| 1645 | 4 |
| 1793 | 4 |
| 1657 | 3 |
| 1792 | 3 |
| 1652 | 2 |
| 1656 | 2 |
| 1655 | 1 |
| 1759 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18688273 | LOW-ALCOHOL OR ALCOHOL-FREE BEVERAGE OBTAINED WITH MALTOSE-NEGATIVE YEAST AND SUBSEQUENT DEALCOHOLIZATION | CHAWLA, JYOTI | 1791 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 46d | Pending | Feb 29, 2024 |
| 18687536 | METHOD OF PREPARING A BACTERIAL CULTURE | ZINGARELLI, SANDRA | 1653 | DPOther | Non-Final OA | 70d | Pending | Feb 28, 2024 |
| 18393339 | Process for the Production of Fucosylated Oligosaccharides | DESAI, ANAND U | 1655 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 117d overdue | Pending | Dec 21, 2023 |
| 18570816 | COMPOSITIONS FOR INCREASING RESILIENCE TOWARDS BACTERIAL INFECTIONS | DEVI, SARVAMANGALA | 1645 | Other | 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 | Non-Final OA | 11d overdue | Pending | Nov 30, 2023 |
| 18559720 | METHOD OF PRODUCING FERMENTED MILK PRODUCTS WITH IMPROVED TEXTURE AND REDUCED POST-ACIDIFICATION | MORNHINWEG, JEFFREY P | 1793 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 12d | Pending | Nov 08, 2023 |
| 18554108 | COMPOSITION FOR INHIBITING BIOFILM COMPRISING LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT | LYONS, MARY M | 1645 | §103 | Final Rejection | 20d | Pending | Oct 05, 2023 |
| 18344244 | Food Composition Comprising L-Fucose | FRONDA, CHRISTIAN L | 1652 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 44d overdue | Pending | Jun 29, 2023 |
| 18267943 | Sialyltransferases for the Production of 6'-Sialyllactose | PAPCIAK, SHARON M | 1657 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 73d overdue | Pending | Jun 16, 2023 |
| 18267958 | Microbial Cells Possessing a Reduced Lactose Internalization For Producing an Oligosaccharide | EIX, EMILY FAY | 1653 | Other | Non-Final OA | 43d overdue | Pending | Jun 16, 2023 |
| 18254711 | FAT ENCAPSULATED MICROBIAL CULTURES | TURNER, FELICIA C | 1793 | §103 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | May 26, 2023 |
| 18254754 | STABILISED LACTIC ACID BACTERIA COMPOSITIONS | DUFFY, PATRICIA ANN | 1645 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 65d | Pending | May 26, 2023 |
| 18187811 | YEAST INHIBITION WITH BACILLUS SUBTILIS VIA IRON DEPLETION | TICHY, JENNIFER M.H. | 1653 | §102 | Final Rejection | 52d overdue | Pending | Mar 22, 2023 |
| 18013047 | Improved Export of Oligosaccharides From Bacterial Cells | RAMIREZ, DELIA M | 1652 | Other | Non-Final OA | 4d overdue | Pending | Dec 27, 2022 |
| 18008797 | METHOD OF INCREASING NISIN PRODUCTION IN LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS | ZEMAN, ROBERT A | 1645 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 63d | Pending | Dec 07, 2022 |
| 17992331 | Spray-Dried Tetrasaccharides | FAN, LYNN Y | 1759 | Other | Final Rejection | 8d overdue | Pending | Nov 22, 2022 |
| 17927126 | BYPASSING CURD-WASH IN CONTINENTAL CHEESE MAKING | JACOBSON, MICHELE LYNN | 1793 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 63d | Pending | Nov 22, 2022 |
| 17919032 | LISTERIA INHIBITION BY MANGANESE DEPLETION | MUKHOPADHYAY, BHASKAR | 1792 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 46d overdue | Pending | Oct 14, 2022 |
| 17799190 | SPRAY FREEZE DRYING OF STRICT ANAEROBIC BACTERIA | MARTIN, RACHEL E | 1657 | §103 | Final Rejection | 9d overdue | Pending | Aug 11, 2022 |
| 17767851 | CONTROL OF EYES FORMATION IN SWISS TYPE CHEESE AND CONTINENTAL CHEESE TYPE | THAKUR, VIREN A | 1792 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 26d | Pending | Apr 08, 2022 |
| 17761249 | Cereal Compositions Containing Human Milk Oligosaccharides | NGUYEN, THANH H | 1792 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 14d | Pending | Mar 17, 2022 |
| 17639729 | Production of Sialylated Oligosaccharides in Bacillus Cells | SELWANES, JOHN PAUL | 1651 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 77d overdue | Pending | Mar 02, 2022 |
| 17634909 | TEXTURING L. LACTIS WITH UNIQUE EPS GENE CLUSTERS | SPANGLER, JOSEPH RANKIN | 1656 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 29d | Pending | Feb 11, 2022 |
| 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 |
| 17611338 | METHODS FOR ENCAPSULATION | GOTFREDSON, GAREN | 1619 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 19d overdue | Pending | Nov 15, 2021 |
| 17434967 | FERMENTATIVE PRODUCTION OF CARBOHYDRATES BY MICROBIAL CELLS UTILIZING A MIXED FEEDSTOCK | EDWARDS, JESSICA FAYE | 1657 | Other | Non-Final OA | 70d overdue | Pending | Aug 30, 2021 |
| 17297936 | INCREASED BIOACTIVITY OF BIOPROTECTIVE CULTURES AGAINST PATHOGENIC BACTERIA | KOHLER, STEPHANIE A | 1791 | §103 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | May 27, 2021 |
| 17269581 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING AN IMPROVED FERMENTED MILK PRODUCT USING A SPORULATION NEGATIVE BACILLUS STRAIN | SWEENEY, MAURA ELIZABETH | 1791 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 16d overdue | Pending | Feb 19, 2021 |
| 17259792 | NEW BACTERIA | BARRON, SEAN C | 1653 | §112 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Jan 12, 2021 |
| 16769964 | SPRAY-DRIED SIALYLLACTOSE | SPANGLER, JOSEPH RANKIN | 1656 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 80d overdue | Pending | Jun 04, 2020 |
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