Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Cosmax Inc. is managing 4 pending office actions in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. These 4 actions are distributed among 4 distinct examiners, meaning no examiner is handling more than one case. The portfolio spans 3 distinct art units, showing some technical variety. KIM, DANIELLE A is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending office action.
The use of 4 distinct examiners for 4 pending office actions indicates a high level of examiner diversity. KIM, DANIELLE A is one of four individuals each responsible for 1 pending action. The 3 distinct art units suggest that while the technology is within Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals, it is spread across several different classifications.
Practitioners should be prepared to handle 4 separate prosecution tracks, as there are 4 distinct examiners involved. The 3 distinct art units indicate that the 4 pending office actions are not all technically identical. KIM, DANIELLE A holds 1 of the 4 active matters, reflecting the even distribution of the workload across 4 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units.
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 | 4 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KIM, DANIELLE A | 1 | 37.1% | +56.3% |
| TRAN, SUSAN T | 1 | 62.8% | +35.1% |
| YU, HONG | 1 | 30.9% | +5.6% |
| JUSTICE, GINA CHIEUN YU | 1 | 55.6% | +8.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18950380 | COSMETIC COMPOSITION COMPRISING NATURAL MATERIAL | KIM, DANIELLE A | — |
| 18293249 | COSMETIC COMPOSITION FOR ENHANCING SKIN ABSORPTION | TRAN, SUSAN T | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1615 | 1 |
| 1614 | 1 |
| 1617 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18950380 | COSMETIC COMPOSITION COMPRISING NATURAL MATERIAL | KIM, DANIELLE A | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 |
| 18293249 | COSMETIC COMPOSITION FOR ENHANCING SKIN ABSORPTION | TRAN, SUSAN T | 1615 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2024 |
| 18288508 | HIGH-HARDNESS LIQUID CRYSTAL COSMETIC COMPOSITION HAVING ELASTIC TEXTURE AND METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME | YU, HONG | 1614 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 26, 2023 |
| 18214553 | COSMETIC COMPOSITION INCLUDING GARLIC EXTRACT, BLACK TEA EXTRACT, AND GUAVA EXTRACT | JUSTICE, GINA CHIEUN YU | 1617 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2023 |
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