Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Dlf Seeds

Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Dlf Seeds currently maintains a company patent portfolio with 1 pending office action. This matter is situated within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. The prosecution is handled by 1 distinct examiner working within 1 distinct art unit. This indicates a focused point of contact for the company's current active intellectual property matters.

SPEED, DEQUANTARIUS JAVON is the busiest examiner among the 1 distinct examiners for this portfolio, as he is responsible for the 1 pending office action currently on record. Because there is only 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit involved, the prosecution environment is centralized. Practitioners can dedicate their resources to understanding the specific preferences and historical trends associated with SPEED, DEQUANTARIUS JAVON and his particular art unit.

The outcome of this 1 pending office action will define the immediate success of the portfolio in this technology area. The absence of additional examiners or art units simplifies the strategic requirements for this portfolio. This profile allows for a targeted approach to the active matter, ensuring that all efforts are aligned with the requirements of the single examiner and art unit involved.

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

Portfolio Summary

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

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

1
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

1
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.

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

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SPEED, DEQUANTARIUS JAVON 1 70.0% +69.2%

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
18688167 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR PPO HERBICIDE TOLERANCE SPEED, DEQUANTARIUS JAVON 33d

Interview Candidates (1)

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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18688167 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR PPO HERBICIDE TOLERANCE SPEED, DEQUANTARIUS JAVON 33d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1663 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18688167 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR PPO HERBICIDE TOLERANCE SPEED, DEQUANTARIUS JAVON 1663 §103§112 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Feb 29, 2024

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