Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Corbion Biotech Inc. currently manages 2 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These 2 actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners, including LYNN Y FAN, who is the busiest examiner for the portfolio with 1 pending case. The prosecution effort is concentrated within 1 distinct art unit. This distribution of 2 pending office actions across 2 distinct examiners suggests a decentralized portfolio despite the single art unit.
Practitioners should note that the pending workload is split between 2 distinct examiners. Because there is only 1 distinct art unit involved, the technical scope of the pending matters is likely very similar. The presence of 2 pending office actions indicates a moderate volume of current activity at the USPTO for this entity. This distribution means that the outcome of the pending portfolio depends on the interaction with 2 different examiners in 1 technical group. The focus on the Chemistry & Materials area defines the current technical boundaries of the pending intellectual property.
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 |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAN, LYNN Y | 1 | 47.3% | +49.8% |
| DUBOIS, PHILIP A | 1 | 25.6% | +26.3% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18887813 | METHOD FOR REDUCING FERMENTATION BROTH VISCOSITY | FAN, LYNN Y | — |
| 18816067 | MICROALGAL FLOUR GRANULES AND PROCESS FOR PREPARATION THEREOF | DUBOIS, PHILIP A | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18887813 | METHOD FOR REDUCING FERMENTATION BROTH VISCOSITY | FAN, LYNN Y | — |
| 18816067 | MICROALGAL FLOUR GRANULES AND PROCESS FOR PREPARATION THEREOF | DUBOIS, PHILIP A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1791 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18887813 | METHOD FOR REDUCING FERMENTATION BROTH VISCOSITY | FAN, LYNN Y | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 17, 2024 |
| 18816067 | MICROALGAL FLOUR GRANULES AND PROCESS FOR PREPARATION THEREOF | DUBOIS, PHILIP A | 1791 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 27, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialCorbion Biotech Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Lynn Y Fan has the most, with 1 of Corbion Biotech Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
