Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Control Solutions Inc. has 4 pending office actions in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. These 4 pending office actions reflect the company's ongoing efforts to secure intellectual property in the life sciences field. The focus on Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals indicates that the company's innovations are centered on biological or chemical technologies. Practitioners should note the technical requirements of this specific technology area.
The 4 pending office actions are spread across 3 distinct art units and 3 distinct examiners. This distribution shows a relatively concentrated prosecution effort, with some overlap in the examiners involved. The presence of 3 distinct art units suggests that the company's filings are being reviewed by several specialized groups within the USPTO. This requires the applicant to coordinate strategies across multiple departments to ensure consistency.
HIRT, ERIN E is the busiest examiner, managing 2 busiest examiner pending actions. This means HIRT, ERIN E is responsible for 2 of the 4 total pending office actions in the portfolio. The remaining 2 actions are split among the other 2 distinct examiners. Practitioners should focus on the specific practices of HIRT, ERIN E while also coordinating across the 3 distinct art units to resolve the 4 pending office actions.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 | 2 (50%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIRT, ERIN E | 2 | 40.3% | +23.0% |
| HO, ANNA THI | 1 | 40.0% | +33.9% |
| CHI, AMANDA LYNN | 1 | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18586014 | POUR-ON FORMULATION FOR CONTROLLING PESTS IN ANIMALS | CHI, AMANDA LYNN | 36d |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17491491 | POWDER PEST CONTROL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USING | HIRT, ERIN E | 49d overdue |
| 18798533 | POWDER PEST CONTROL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USING | HIRT, ERIN E | — |
| 18798665 | SPRAYER UNIT | HO, ANNA THI | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3752 | 1 |
| 1613 | 1 |
| 1616 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18798533 | POWDER PEST CONTROL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USING | HIRT, ERIN E | — | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 08, 2024 |
| 18798665 | SPRAYER UNIT | HO, ANNA THI | 3752 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 08, 2024 |
| 18586014 | POUR-ON FORMULATION FOR CONTROLLING PESTS IN ANIMALS | CHI, AMANDA LYNN | 1613 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 36d | Pending | Feb 23, 2024 |
| 17491491 | POWDER PEST CONTROL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USING | HIRT, ERIN E | 1616 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 49d overdue | Pending | Sep 30, 2021 |
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