Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Corteva Agriscience LLC

9 pending office actions • 7 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 18 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
1
Due this week
2
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (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.

0
Hard (0%)
6
Medium (67%)
1
Easy (11%)
2
Unknown (22%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only6 (67%)
§112 only1 (11%)
No statute on record2 (22%)

Industry Mix

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

9
Life Sciences
100% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BOGGS, RUSSELL T 1 72.8% +15.3%
KINGDON, CATHY 1 80.3% +2.5%
TIEN, LUCY MINYU 1 61.3% +35.6%
LIU, SUE XU 1 20.6% +15.4%
SOLOLA, TAOFIQ A 1 74.8% +16.9%
BROWE, DAVID 1 25.8% +28.7%
HOLT, ANDRIAE M 1 48.7% +21.6%
RADOSAVLJEVIC, ALEKSANDAR 1 81.8% +8.0%
BYRNES, DAVID R 1 79.6% +20.9%

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
17488611 INSECTICIDAL PROTEINS AND METHODS FOR THEIR USE RADOSAVLJEVIC, ALEKSANDAR 70d overdue

Hard Cases (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18551238 MOLECULES HAVING PESTICIDAL UTILITY AND INTERMEDIATES AND PROCESSES RELATED THERETO LIU, SUE XU 113d overdue
17759863 COMPOSITIONS HAVING PESTICIDAL UTILITY AND PROCESSES RELATED THERETO BROWE, DAVID 9d

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18551238 MOLECULES HAVING PESTICIDAL UTILITY AND INTERMEDIATES AND PROCESSES RELATED THERETO LIU, SUE XU 113d overdue
17510746 SELECTIVE WEED CONTROL WITH HALAUXIFEN OR 4-AMINO-3-CHLORO-5-FLUORO-6-(4-CHLORO-2-FLUORO-3-METHOXYPHENYL) PYRIDINE-2-CARBOXYLIC ACID OR DERIVATIVES THEREOF IN VINEYARDS OR PERENNIAL CROPS HOLT, ANDRIAE M 92d overdue
18262233 PROCESSES RELATED TO FORMATION OF N-(3-CHLORO-1-(PYRIDIN-3-YL)-1H-PYRAZOL-4-YL)-2-(METHYLSULFONYL)PROPANAMIDE SOLOLA, TAOFIQ A 53d overdue
18554687 METHOD OF INHIBITING FLOWERING OF SUGARCANE TIEN, LUCY MINYU 4d overdue
17442552 PLANT EXPLANT TRANSFORMATION BYRNES, DAVID R 6d
17759863 COMPOSITIONS HAVING PESTICIDAL UTILITY AND PROCESSES RELATED THERETO BROWE, DAVID 9d
18765579 PLANT REGULATORY ELEMENTS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF BOGGS, RUSSELL T 56d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1663 2
1662 2
1612 1
1616 1
1625 1
1617 1
1614 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18765579 PLANT REGULATORY ELEMENTS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF BOGGS, RUSSELL T 1663 Other Non-Final OA 56d Pending Jul 08, 2024
18598050 Regulatory Elements From Lamium Leaf Distortion Associated Virus (LLDAV) KINGDON, CATHY 1663 Other Non-Final OA 21d Pending Mar 07, 2024
18554687 METHOD OF INHIBITING FLOWERING OF SUGARCANE TIEN, LUCY MINYU 1612 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Oct 10, 2023
18551238 MOLECULES HAVING PESTICIDAL UTILITY AND INTERMEDIATES AND PROCESSES RELATED THERETO LIU, SUE XU 1616 §103 Non-Final OA 113d overdue Pending Sep 19, 2023
18262233 PROCESSES RELATED TO FORMATION OF N-(3-CHLORO-1-(PYRIDIN-3-YL)-1H-PYRAZOL-4-YL)-2-(METHYLSULFONYL)PROPANAMIDE SOLOLA, TAOFIQ A 1625 §103 Non-Final OA 53d overdue Pending Jul 20, 2023
17759863 COMPOSITIONS HAVING PESTICIDAL UTILITY AND PROCESSES RELATED THERETO BROWE, DAVID 1617 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Aug 01, 2022
17510746 SELECTIVE WEED CONTROL WITH HALAUXIFEN OR 4-AMINO-3-CHLORO-5-FLUORO-6-(4-CHLORO-2-FLUORO-3-METHOXYPHENYL) PYRIDINE-2-CARBOXYLIC ACID OR DERIVATIVES THEREOF IN VINEYARDS OR PERENNIAL CROPS HOLT, ANDRIAE M 1614 §103 Final Rejection 92d overdue Pending Oct 26, 2021
17488611 INSECTICIDAL PROTEINS AND METHODS FOR THEIR USE RADOSAVLJEVIC, ALEKSANDAR 1662 §112 Non-Final OA 70d overdue Pending Sep 29, 2021
17442552 PLANT EXPLANT TRANSFORMATION BYRNES, DAVID R 1662 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Sep 23, 2021

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