Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
6 pending office actions • 6 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS currently has 1 pending office action within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. This single action is being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner, ZHENG, LI, who is also identified as the busiest examiner for the portfolio. The prosecution is localized within a distinct art unit, suggesting a very specific technical focus for the organization's current patent efforts.
With the pending office action assigned to ZHENG, LI, the administrative burden on the portfolio is minimal. The fact that the busiest examiner has a pending action reflects the small scale of the current active prosecution. Practitioners can dedicate their full attention to this single interaction within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals sector. This concentration in the art unit allows for a highly targeted legal strategy that does not need to account for varying examiner behaviors across different departments.
The alignment of the examiner and the art unit for the pending office action ensures that the prosecution path is straightforward. There are no competing priorities or conflicting examiner styles to navigate within the portfolio at this time. This environment provides a clear opportunity to resolve the pending matter with a focused approach to the specific requirements of the assigned examiner, ZHENG, LI.
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 | 1 (17%) |
| §103 only | 1 (17%) |
| §112 only | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BURKETT, DANIEL JOHN | 1 | 63.4% | +33.2% |
| GRAVES, TIMOTHY P | 1 | 81.1% | +15.2% |
| AZPURU, CARLOS A | 1 | 83.8% | +10.8% |
| BERNS, DANIEL J | 1 | 73.0% | +33.7% |
| QUIST, NICOLE LEE | 1 | 89.7% | +13.3% |
| HIRT, ERIN E | 1 | 40.6% | +22.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18568815 | CATECHOLAMINE-BASED MEMBRANE, PROCESS FOR ITS PREPARATION AND USES THEREOF | AZPURU, CARLOS A | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18833667 | MECHANICAL RESONATOR WITH LOW LEVEL OF SYMMETRY FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF THE MASS OF INDIVIDUAL PARTICLES | GRAVES, TIMOTHY P | — |
| 18566897 | VACUUM SWING CALCINATION PROCESS TO PRODUCE HIGH PURITY CO2 FROM CaCO3 | BERNS, DANIEL J | — |
| 18043876 | PROCESS FOR DECARBONATING CARBONATED MATERIALS AND DEVICE THEREFOR | QUIST, NICOLE LEE | — |
| 17920656 | USE OF (Z)-3-HEXENYL ESTERS AND METHOD FOR PROTECTING PLANTS AGAINST PESTS | HIRT, ERIN E | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18577778 | TAU-TUBULIN KINASE (TTBK) INHIBITOR COMPOUNDS | BURKETT, DANIEL JOHN | — |
| 18833667 | MECHANICAL RESONATOR WITH LOW LEVEL OF SYMMETRY FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF THE MASS OF INDIVIDUAL PARTICLES | GRAVES, TIMOTHY P | — |
| 18568815 | CATECHOLAMINE-BASED MEMBRANE, PROCESS FOR ITS PREPARATION AND USES THEREOF | AZPURU, CARLOS A | — |
| 18566897 | VACUUM SWING CALCINATION PROCESS TO PRODUCE HIGH PURITY CO2 FROM CaCO3 | BERNS, DANIEL J | — |
| 18043876 | PROCESS FOR DECARBONATING CARBONATED MATERIALS AND DEVICE THEREFOR | QUIST, NICOLE LEE | — |
| 17920656 | USE OF (Z)-3-HEXENYL ESTERS AND METHOD FOR PROTECTING PLANTS AGAINST PESTS | HIRT, ERIN E | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1624 | 1 |
| 2855 | 1 |
| 1617 | 1 |
| 1736 | 1 |
| 1738 | 1 |
| 1616 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18577778 | TAU-TUBULIN KINASE (TTBK) INHIBITOR COMPOUNDS | BURKETT, DANIEL JOHN | 1624 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 09, 2024 |
| 18833667 | MECHANICAL RESONATOR WITH LOW LEVEL OF SYMMETRY FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF THE MASS OF INDIVIDUAL PARTICLES | GRAVES, TIMOTHY P | 2855 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 26, 2024 |
| 18568815 | CATECHOLAMINE-BASED MEMBRANE, PROCESS FOR ITS PREPARATION AND USES THEREOF | AZPURU, CARLOS A | 1617 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 09, 2023 |
| 18566897 | VACUUM SWING CALCINATION PROCESS TO PRODUCE HIGH PURITY CO2 FROM CaCO3 | BERNS, DANIEL J | 1736 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2023 |
| 18043876 | PROCESS FOR DECARBONATING CARBONATED MATERIALS AND DEVICE THEREFOR | QUIST, NICOLE LEE | 1738 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 02, 2023 |
| 17920656 | USE OF (Z)-3-HEXENYL ESTERS AND METHOD FOR PROTECTING PLANTS AGAINST PESTS | HIRT, ERIN E | 1616 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialCONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS has 6 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 6 art units and 6 examiners.
Daniel John Burkett has the most, with 1 of CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS's pending office actions.
Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
