Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
84 pending office actions • 27 art units • 71 examiners • 0 of 84 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 93 patents granted in the last 365 days
CJ CheilJedang Corporation currently has 82 pending office actions within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. These 82 actions are spread across 72 distinct examiners, which indicates that most applications are being reviewed by different individuals. The portfolio is also distributed among 19 distinct art units, suggesting that the company's intellectual property in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals sector covers a variety of specialized technical sub-fields.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is Leblanc, Katherine Deguire, who is currently managing 3 of the pending office actions. This concentration of 3 actions with one examiner is relatively low, as the remaining workload is distributed among the other 72 distinct examiners. For practitioners, this decentralized environment means that the outcomes of the 82 pending office actions will be determined by a wide range of individual examiner perspectives rather than a single point of contact.
The involvement of 19 distinct art units requires a prosecution strategy that accounts for the different procedural standards within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals groups. While Leblanc, Katherine Deguire handles 3 of the pending office actions, the overall portfolio's success depends on navigating the requirements of the 72 distinct examiners involved. Practitioners must be prepared to address the specific technical nuances of each of the 19 distinct art units to ensure a cohesive approach across the 82 pending actions.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 22 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. 22 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 only | 1 (1%) |
| §101 + other | 6 (7%) |
| §103 only | 23 (27%) |
| §102 only | 2 (2%) |
| §112 only | 10 (12%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 8 (10%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 34 (40%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KIM, BRYAN | 4 | 28.4% | +36.8% |
| LEBLANC, KATHERINE DEGUIRE | 3 | 34.6% | +36.0% |
| LACHICA, ERICSON M | 3 | 29.8% | +35.1% |
| FRONDA, CHRISTIAN L | 2 | 82.5% | +14.2% |
| BOECKELMAN, JACOB A | 2 | 35.0% | +46.4% |
| ARIANI, KADE | 2 | 74.9% | +32.2% |
| RAMIREZ, DELIA M | 2 | 65.1% | +56.3% |
| CORNELIUS, CLAIRE ADRIENNE | 2 | 66.7% | +0.0% |
| WHITE, ASHLEY TAYLOR | 2 | 25.0% | +46.7% |
| GRASER, JENNIFER E | 1 | 76.7% | +23.4% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19051360 | MICROORGANISM HAVING INCREASED ACTIVITY OF 3-METHYL-2-OXOBUTANOATE HYDROXYMETHYLTRANSFERASE, AND USE THEREOF | FRONDA, CHRISTIAN L | — |
| 18037996 | SHEWANELLA ONEIDENSIS-DERIVED PROTEIN EXPRESSING MICROORGANISM AND L-AMINO ACID PRODUCING METHOD USING SAME | FRONDA, CHRISTIAN L | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18021059 | MICROORGANISM FOR PRODUCING PUTRESCINE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING PUTRESCINE BY USING SAME | RAGHU, GANAPATHIRAM | 162d overdue |
| 17761506 | EDIBLE SHEET CONTAINING SEAWEED AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR | TAYLOR, AUSTIN PARKER | 85d overdue |
| 17297586 | D-PSICOSE CRYSTAL AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR | LEE, HOI YAN NMN | 80d overdue |
| 18715107 | LEUCONOSTOC MESENTEROIDES CJLM119 STRAIN, AND FOOD FERMENTATION COMPOSITION COMPRISING CULTURE PRODUCT THEREOF | ARIANI, KADE | 25d overdue |
| 18573419 | RECOMBINANT MICROORGANISM IN WHICH EXPRESSION OF NADH:QUINONE OXIDOREDUCTASE IS CONTROLLED, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING O-PHOSPHOSERINE, CYSTEINE, AND DERIVATIVE THEREOF BY USING SAME | DURYEE, ALEXANDER MARSH | 16d overdue |
| 18280028 | MICROWAVE-COOKABLE SINGLE-CATEGORY FOOD HAVING TWO OR MORE DIVIDED SECTIONS HAVING DIFFERENT PERMITTIVITIES, AND PRODUCTION METHOD AND DESIGN METHOD THEREFOR | KIM, BRYAN | 9d overdue |
| 17774296 | MICROWAVABLE PACKAGED FROZEN RICE HAVING SCORCHED TEXTURE | LACHICA, ERICSON M | 9d overdue |
| 17638331 | RAW-MATERIAL CONCENTRATE WITH ENHANCED FLAVOR AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR | LACHICA, ERICSON M | 7d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18279192 | FERMENTED APPLE COMPOSITION | ARIANI, KADE | 131d overdue |
| 18715107 | LEUCONOSTOC MESENTEROIDES CJLM119 STRAIN, AND FOOD FERMENTATION COMPOSITION COMPRISING CULTURE PRODUCT THEREOF | ARIANI, KADE | 25d overdue |
| 18402269 | DECOLORIZING COMPOSITION INCLUDING DICYANDIAMIDE AND HYDROGEN PEROXIDE AND DECOLORIZING METHOD USING THE SAME | RAMIREZ, DELIA M | 10d overdue |
| 18280028 | MICROWAVE-COOKABLE SINGLE-CATEGORY FOOD HAVING TWO OR MORE DIVIDED SECTIONS HAVING DIFFERENT PERMITTIVITIES, AND PRODUCTION METHOD AND DESIGN METHOD THEREFOR | KIM, BRYAN | 9d overdue |
| 17774296 | MICROWAVABLE PACKAGED FROZEN RICE HAVING SCORCHED TEXTURE | LACHICA, ERICSON M | 9d overdue |
| 17638331 | RAW-MATERIAL CONCENTRATE WITH ENHANCED FLAVOR AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR | LACHICA, ERICSON M | 7d |
| 18037320 | MICROORGANISM HAVING ENHANCED L-GLUTAMINE PRODUCING ABILITY, AND L-GLUTAMINE PRODUCING METHOD USING SAME | WHITE, ASHLEY TAYLOR | 23d |
| 17920291 | METHOD FOR PREPARING INSTANT COOKED GRAINS BY USING SUPERHEATED STEAM | KIM, BRYAN | 47d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1792 | 12 |
| 1652 | 9 |
| 1791 | 9 |
| 1657 | 8 |
| 1645 | 5 |
| 1793 | 5 |
| 1653 | 5 |
| 1651 | 5 |
| 3761 | 4 |
| 1655 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19644831 | MICROORGANISM HAVING FOREIGN NICOTINAMIDE NUCLEOTIDE TRANSHYDROGENASE INTRODUCED THEREINTO AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING L-AMINO ACID OR DERIVATIVE THEREOF USING SAME | GRASER, JENNIFER E | 1645 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2026 |
| 19479220 | CULTIVATION DEVICE | HUEBNER, ERICA MICHELLE | 3647 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 27, 2025 |
| 19144202 | MICROORGANISMS INTRODUCED WITH EXOGENOUS SOLUBLE PYRIDINE NUCLEOTIDE TRANSHYDROGENASE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING L-TRYPTOPHAN USING THE SAME | CHHAY, BONIRATH | 1645 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2025 |
| 19051360 | MICROORGANISM HAVING INCREASED ACTIVITY OF 3-METHYL-2-OXOBUTANOATE HYDROXYMETHYLTRANSFERASE, AND USE THEREOF | FRONDA, CHRISTIAN L | 1652 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2025 |
| 19051130 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING TRANSGLUCOSYLATED STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES USING THE LACTOBACILLUS MALI | DRISCOLL, LORA E BARNHART | 3991 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 11, 2025 |
| 18866357 | MICROORGANISM WITH WEAKENED GLUCONATE REPRESSOR PROTEIN ACTIVITY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING L-ARGININE BY USING SAME | LOUNTOS, GEORGE THEMISTOCLIS | 1652 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2024 |
| 18863556 | METHOD FOR PREPARATION OF TEMPEH, TEMPEH PREPARED THEREBY, SAUCE CONTAINING PREPARED TEMPEH, AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR | TRAN, LIEN THUY | 1793 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2024 |
| 18936758 | EXTRACT FROM PLANT STEEPED IN ALLULOSE AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR | BOECKELMAN, JACOB A | 1655 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 04, 2024 |
| 18905553 | COMPOSITION FOR IMPROVING SKIN CONDITION | AFREMOVA, VERA | 1653 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2024 |
| 18853073 | ECO-FRIENDLY PACKAGING MATERIAL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | COPENHEAVER, BLAINE R | 1781 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
| 18852236 | COMPOSITION CONTAINING BACILLUS AMYLOLIQUEFACIENS STRAIN FOR ENHANCING PLANT DISEASE RESISTANCE AND USE THEREOF | DICKENS, AMELIA NICOLE | 1645 | §101§102§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
| 18847617 | CARBAMOYL-PHOSPHATE SYNTHETASE LARGE SUBUNIT VARIANT AND L-ORNITHINE PRODUCTION METHOD USING SAME | MARTIN, RACHEL E | 1657 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 16, 2024 |
| 18847615 | L-AMINO ACID-PRODUCING MICROORGANISM HAVING WEAKENED CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE ACTIVITY, AND L-AMINO ACID PRODUCTION METHOD USING SAME | EPSTEIN, TODD MATTHEW | 1652 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 16, 2024 |
| 18725734 | NATURAL SAUCE, AND METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME | GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A | 1759 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18725084 | COMPOSITION FOR PREPARING ICE CREAM AND METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME | WATTS, JENNA A | 1791 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2024 |
| 18724589 | SKIPJACK TUNA EXTRACT HAVING INCREASED FLAVOR AND UMAMI, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | MERRIAM, ANDREW E | 1791 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2024 |
| 18724186 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING BIOMASS GRANULES WITH IMPROVED FLUIDITY | MERCHLINSKY, JOSEPH CULLEN | 1791 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 25, 2024 |
| 18723254 | COMPOSITION FOR PROMOTING PLANT DISEASE RESISTANCE | ARCORIA, PAUL JOSEPH | 1621 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 |
| 18722527 | COAGULANT FOR PRODUCING BEAN CURD AND BEAN CURD PRODUCED USING THE SAME | LI, CHANGQING | 1791 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2024 |
| 18717881 | CELL CRUSHING MONITORING METHOD, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES BY USING SAME | MCKNIGHT, CIARA A | 1656 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2024 |
| 18715107 | LEUCONOSTOC MESENTEROIDES CJLM119 STRAIN, AND FOOD FERMENTATION COMPOSITION COMPRISING CULTURE PRODUCT THEREOF | ARIANI, KADE | 1651 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 25d overdue | Pending | May 30, 2024 |
| 18714505 | COLOR-ENHANCED BREADCRUMBS AND FROZEN FOOD INCLUDING SAME | MORNHINWEG, JEFFREY P | 1793 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 29, 2024 |
| 18713574 | COMPOSITION FOR PREPARING MILK TEA AND OF PREPARING THE SAME | BEKKER, KELLY JO | 1793 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 24, 2024 |
| 18709761 | ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE STRAIN PRODUCING MYCELIUM INCLUDING ALL KINDS OF ESSENTIAL AMINO ACIDS | EDWARDS, JESSICA FAYE | 1657 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 13, 2024 |
| 18702782 | METHOD FOR TREATING HIGH-CONCENTRATION FERMENTATION BY-PRODUCTS GENERATED IN AMINO ACID FERMENTATION PROCESS | BASS, DIRK R | 1779 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2024 |
| 18699848 | METHOD OF PREPARING FERMENTED TEXTURIZED VEGETABLE PROTEIN HAVING ENHANCED BINDING STRENGTH | LEBLANC, KATHERINE DEGUIRE | 1791 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 09, 2024 |
| 18697962 | CORYNEBACTERIUM GENUS MICROORGANISM PRODUCING L-ARGININE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING L-ARGININE USING SAME | RAMIREZ, DELIA M | 1652 | §102§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 02, 2024 |
| 18562933 | MICROORGANISM PRODUCING PURINE NUCLEOTIDES AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING PURINE NUCLEOTIDES USING THE SAME | CURRENS, GRANT CARSON | 1651 | §103DP | Final Rejection | 8d overdue | Pending | Apr 01, 2024 |
| 18696966 | NOVEL ACETOHYDROXY ACID SYNTHASE VARIANT, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING L-ISOLEUCINE USING SAME | CONSTANTINE, CHARLES Z | 1657 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2024 |
| 18694893 | STRAIN FOR PRODUCING HIGH CONCENTRATION L-GLUTAMIC ACID AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING L-GLUTAMIC ACID USING THE SAME | HAUK TEODORO, PRICILA NMN | 1645 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 22, 2024 |
| 18277873 | NOVEL BACTERIOPHAGE HAVING CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS-SPECIFIC BACTERICIDAL EFFECT AND ANTIBACTERIAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING SAME | CORNELIUS, CLAIRE ADRIENNE | 1672 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2024 |
| 18687679 | COMPOSITION FOR BIODEGRADABLE FIBER AND BIODEGRADABLE FIBER MANUFACTURED USING SAME | IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE | 1789 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | Feb 28, 2024 |
| 18686342 | SAUCE SUPPLYING APPARATUS AND EDIBLE PRODUCT MANUFACTURING SYSTEM INCLUDING SAME | WEN, KEVIN GUANHUA | 3761 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2024 |
| 18686316 | SAUCE SPREADING APPARATUS AND EDIBLE PRODUCT MANUFACTURING SYSTEM INCLUDING SAME | THOMAS, BINU | 1717 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 23, 2024 |
| 18685498 | NOVEL ACETOHYDROXY ACID SYNTHASE SUBUNIT VARIANT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING L-VALINE USING SAME | SWIFT, CANDICE LEE | 1657 | §112 | Final Rejection | 32d overdue | Pending | Feb 21, 2024 |
| 18684628 | CART TREATMENT MODULE | CHEN, CHANGRU | 1796 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 16, 2024 |
| 18682772 | LAVER SNACK HAVING CHEWY TEXTURE, AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR | KERSHAW, KELLY P | 1791 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Feb 09, 2024 |
| 18294833 | VARIANT POLYPEPTIDE HAVING XYLANASE ACTIVITY | MONSHIPOURI, MARYAM | 1651 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 02, 2024 |
| 18294477 | 5'UTR VARIANT SEQUENCE OF GENE ENCODING PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYLASE, AND USES THEREOF | LEWIS, PATRICK T | 1657 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 01, 2024 |
| 18293317 | BIODEGRADABLE MULTI-LAYER FILM, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND ECO-FRIENDLY PACKAGING MATERIAL CONTAINING SAME | BOSS, WENDY LYNN | 1749 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2024 |
| 18579156 | NOVEL BETA-CAROTENE 15,15-OXYGENASE VARIANT AND RETINOID PRODUCTION METHOD USING SAME | KANE, TREVOR LOGAN | 1657 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2024 |
| 18402269 | DECOLORIZING COMPOSITION INCLUDING DICYANDIAMIDE AND HYDROGEN PEROXIDE AND DECOLORIZING METHOD USING THE SAME | RAMIREZ, DELIA M | 1652 | §112 | Final Rejection | 10d overdue | Pending | Jan 02, 2024 |
| 18573419 | RECOMBINANT MICROORGANISM IN WHICH EXPRESSION OF NADH:QUINONE OXIDOREDUCTASE IS CONTROLLED, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING O-PHOSPHOSERINE, CYSTEINE, AND DERIVATIVE THEREOF BY USING SAME | DURYEE, ALEXANDER MARSH | 1657 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 16d overdue | Pending | Dec 21, 2023 |
| 18562666 | METHOD FOR CRYSTALLIZATION OF AROMATIC AMINO ACIDS, ENABLING SUSTAINABLE CYCLE OF AMMONIA | CHAO, ALLEN | 1622 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2023 |
| 18503701 | COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING AMORPHOUS POLYHYDROXYALKANOATE AND USE THEREOF | STRAH, ELI D | 1782 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 07, 2023 |
| 18288601 | Instant Nutritious Rice Mixed with Mushroom Having Improved Taste, Nutrition, and Texture | SHELLHAMMER, JAMES PAUL | 1793 | §103 | Final Rejection | 21d | Pending | Oct 27, 2023 |
| 18288597 | Instant Whole-Grain Rice Having Improved Taste, Nutrition and Texture | LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO | 1791 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 27, 2023 |
| 18288568 | METHOD FOR PREPARING INSTANT RICE HAVING TASTE, NUTRITIONAL VALUE, AND TEXTURE OF HOT POT RICE | AXTELL, ASHLEY | 1792 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 26, 2023 |
| 18280028 | MICROWAVE-COOKABLE SINGLE-CATEGORY FOOD HAVING TWO OR MORE DIVIDED SECTIONS HAVING DIFFERENT PERMITTIVITIES, AND PRODUCTION METHOD AND DESIGN METHOD THEREFOR | KIM, BRYAN | 1792 | §101§102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 9d overdue | Pending | Sep 01, 2023 |
| 18279192 | FERMENTED APPLE COMPOSITION | ARIANI, KADE | 1651 | §102DP | Final Rejection | 131d overdue | Pending | Aug 28, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialCJ CheilJedang Corporation has 84 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 27 art units and 71 examiners.
Bryan Kim has the most, with 4 of CJ CheilJedang Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.