Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Creo Ingredients Inc.

Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Creo Ingredients Inc. has 2 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. The matters involve 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, indicating separate examination environments for the current work.

SAIDHA, TEKCHAND is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. The examiner does not account for both pending matters in the identified record. Counsel should preserve separate file strategies, while coordinating biotechnology and pharmaceutical terminology and disclosure analysis where the applications present related technical themes.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

2
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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%)
1
Medium (50%)
1
Easy (50%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§112 only1 (50%)
Double-patenting + other1 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

2
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.

20 h
Manual time on pending OAs
4 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
7 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SAIDHA, TEKCHAND 1 82.9% +14.0%
WHITE, ASHLEY TAYLOR 1 23.8% +36.7%

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
18687169 FLAVIN-DEPENDENT OXIDASES HAVING CANNABINOID SYNTHASE ACTIVITY SAIDHA, TEKCHAND —

Hard Cases (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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17640196 PRENYLTRANSFERASE VARIANTS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCTION OF PRENYLATED AROMATIC COMPOUNDS WHITE, ASHLEY TAYLOR —

Interview Candidates (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18687169 FLAVIN-DEPENDENT OXIDASES HAVING CANNABINOID SYNTHASE ACTIVITY SAIDHA, TEKCHAND —
17640196 PRENYLTRANSFERASE VARIANTS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCTION OF PRENYLATED AROMATIC COMPOUNDS WHITE, ASHLEY TAYLOR —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1652 1
1653 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18687169 FLAVIN-DEPENDENT OXIDASES HAVING CANNABINOID SYNTHASE ACTIVITY SAIDHA, TEKCHAND 1652 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 27, 2024
17640196 PRENYLTRANSFERASE VARIANTS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCTION OF PRENYLATED AROMATIC COMPOUNDS WHITE, ASHLEY TAYLOR 1653 §103DP Final Rejection — Pending Mar 03, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Creo Ingredients Inc. have?

Creo Ingredients Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Creo Ingredients Inc. applications?

Tekchand Saidha has the most, with 1 of Creo Ingredients Inc.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Creo Ingredients Inc.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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