Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 01, 2026

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

22 pending office actions • 10 art units • 21 examiners • 0 of 22 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 27 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Commonwealth Scientific And Industrial Research Organisaton currently has 1 pending office action in its patent portfolio. This matter is being handled by 1 distinct examiner, identified as BAHTA, MEDHANIT W. The data shows that 0 distinct art units are currently recorded for this activity.

BAHTA, MEDHANIT W is the busiest examiner for the company, with the pending office action under her review. This single action accounts for the total pending workload for the organization. The prosecution is currently concentrated under this individual, and the 0 art units indicate the current classification state.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

22
Total Pending OAs
13
Non-Final OAs
8
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

6
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (6)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due later (1)

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

9
Hard (41%)
9
Medium (41%)
3
Easy (14%)
1
Unknown (5%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (5%)
§103 only7 (32%)
§102 only1 (5%)
§112 only3 (14%)
Double-patenting + other1 (5%)
Multi-statute (no §101)8 (36%)
No statute on record1 (5%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

18
Life Sciences
82% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
5% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
3
Business / Other
14% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

220 h
Manual time on pending OAs
44 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
77 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CHATTERJEE, JAYANTA 2 45.5% +80.0%
SUN, MICHAEL Y 1 57.1% +26.5%
KRUSE, DAVID H 1 81.3% +9.6%
COY, NICOLE A 1 78.1% -2.5%
IBRAHIM, MEDINA AHMED 1 87.4% +12.2%
MERCHLINSKY, JOSEPH CULLEN 1 5.9% -6.3%
HO, ALLEN C 1 86.9% +17.6%
MCCAIG, BRIAN A 1 80.4% +13.3%
JOHNSON, EMILY KATHARINE 1 87.5% +21.9%
MURESAN, ANA Z 1 75.0% +31.3%

Quick Wins (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18693902 AN X-RAY FLUORESCENCE SYSTEM HO, ALLEN C —

Hard Cases (9)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18685782 Crown Rot Resistance JOHNSON, EMILY KATHARINE 19d
18184606 PLANTS WITH MODIFIED TRAITS BUI, PHUONG T 75d
18724529 Altering the Optical Properties of Fibres KRUSE, DAVID H —
18722386 PLANTS FOR PRODUCING CANNABINOIDS CHATTERJEE, JAYANTA —
18707501 MODIFIED CEREAL GRAIN CHATTERJEE, JAYANTA —
18703299 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING AROMAS MERCHLINSKY, JOSEPH CULLEN —
18688653 THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE HYDROGELS FOR ACIDIC GAS CAPTURE MCCAIG, BRIAN A —
18012214 DUAL-LAYER MEMBRANE HUANG, RYAN —

Interview Candidates (8)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18672931 Rust Resistance Gene IBRAHIM, MEDINA AHMED 15d overdue
18685782 Crown Rot Resistance JOHNSON, EMILY KATHARINE 19d
18847649 A TRANSFERRABLE PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE SUN, MICHAEL Y —
18722386 PLANTS FOR PRODUCING CANNABINOIDS CHATTERJEE, JAYANTA —
18707501 MODIFIED CEREAL GRAIN CHATTERJEE, JAYANTA —
18693902 AN X-RAY FLUORESCENCE SYSTEM HO, ALLEN C —
18688653 THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE HYDROGELS FOR ACIDIC GAS CAPTURE MCCAIG, BRIAN A —
18571585 SYNTHESIS OF HALOGENATED ALKOXYETHANE MURESAN, ANA Z —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1663 6
1662 5
1728 1
1791 1
2884 1
1613 1
1614 1
1619 1
1777 1
1692 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18847649 A TRANSFERRABLE PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE SUN, MICHAEL Y 1728 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 16, 2024
18724529 Altering the Optical Properties of Fibres KRUSE, DAVID H 1663 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 26, 2024
18722386 PLANTS FOR PRODUCING CANNABINOIDS CHATTERJEE, JAYANTA 1662 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 20, 2024
18572563 ADAPTER AND WEAR TOOL COMPRISING SAME COY, NICOLE A — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 12, 2024
18672931 Rust Resistance Gene IBRAHIM, MEDINA AHMED 1662 Other Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending May 23, 2024
18707501 MODIFIED CEREAL GRAIN CHATTERJEE, JAYANTA 1662 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 03, 2024
18703299 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING AROMAS MERCHLINSKY, JOSEPH CULLEN 1791 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 19, 2024
18693902 AN X-RAY FLUORESCENCE SYSTEM HO, ALLEN C 2884 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 20, 2024
18688653 THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE HYDROGELS FOR ACIDIC GAS CAPTURE MCCAIG, BRIAN A — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 01, 2024
18685782 Crown Rot Resistance JOHNSON, EMILY KATHARINE 1662 §101§102§103§112 Final Rejection 19d Pending Feb 22, 2024
18571585 SYNTHESIS OF HALOGENATED ALKOXYETHANE MURESAN, ANA Z — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 18, 2023
18565463 ELITE SAFFLOWER EVENT FAN, WEIHUA 1663 §103 Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending Nov 29, 2023
18287604 Thermally Stable Lipid-Nucleic Acid Molecule Formulations Utilising Metal Organic Framework (MOF) Shells ARNOLD, ERNST V 1613 §103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 19, 2023
18285814 Thermally Stable Vaccine Formulations Utilising Metal Organic Framework (MOF) Shells PARK, HAEJIN S 1614 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 05, 2023
18479609 EXPRESSION OF NITROGENASE POLYPEPTIDES IN PLANT CELLS WILLIAMS, KEITH RICHARD 1663 §103 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Oct 02, 2023
18184606 PLANTS WITH MODIFIED TRAITS BUI, PHUONG T 1663 §102§112 Final Rejection 75d Pending Mar 15, 2023
18012815 HYDROGELS STEINKE, SEAN JAMES 1619 §103 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Dec 23, 2022
18012214 DUAL-LAYER MEMBRANE HUANG, RYAN 1777 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 21, 2022
17786360 PREPARATION OF HALOGENATED ALKOXYETHANE BAHTA, MEDHANIT W 1692 §103 Final Rejection 93d overdue Pending Jun 16, 2022
17623431 Controlling Plant Flowering SHARMA, SANTOSH 1663 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 28, 2021
17554095 WHEAT STEM RUST RESISTANCE GENES AND METHODS OF USE KOVALENKO, MYKOLA V 1662 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 17, 2021
17046561 GENES ASSOCIATED WITH RESISTANCE TO WHEAT YELLOW RUST STEPHENS, REBECCA JOHANNA 1663 §112 Final Rejection 99d overdue Pending Oct 09, 2020

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