Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Circular Upcycling has 1 pending office action located in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. Prosecution is currently distributed across a distinct examiner and a distinct art unit, indicating a narrow administrative footprint at the patent office. This focus allows for a direct assessment of the company's current legal strategy, as there are no competing priorities or varying examiner styles to navigate within the portfolio. The concentration in the biotechnology sector suggests that the company is prioritizing high-value assets that require specialized technical review.
SWIFT, CANDICE LEE serves as the busiest examiner, overseeing 1 busiest examiner pending action. As this represents the only active office action for the entity, the relationship with this specific examiner is the primary factor in the company's current prosecution timeline. Practitioners must focus on the specific nuances of the biotechnology and pharmaceutical guidelines that this examiner applies. Since there are no other pending cases, the company's immediate patenting success is entirely dependent on successfully overcoming the hurdles presented in this specific office action.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWIFT, CANDICE LEE | 1 | 56.6% | +37.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18583765 | Method to Produce Soluble Protein Powder Recovered From Organic Waste | SWIFT, CANDICE LEE | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18583765 | Method to Produce Soluble Protein Powder Recovered From Organic Waste | SWIFT, CANDICE LEE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1657 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18583765 | Method to Produce Soluble Protein Powder Recovered From Organic Waste | SWIFT, CANDICE LEE | 1657 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialCircular Upcycling has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Candice Lee Swift has the most, with 1 of Circular Upcycling's pending office actions.
Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
