Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Donald Danforth Plant Science Center has 1 pending office action in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. The matter involves 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, making the prosecution path narrowly defined.

BANERJEE, KOYELI is the busiest examiner and handles the pending matter. Counsel can focus on the examiner's technical analysis and on aligning the response with the assigned biotechnology examination group.

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

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
§101 + other1 (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
BANERJEE, KOYELI 1 33.3% +0.0%

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
18692138 ANTIMICROBIAL CaNCR PEPTIDE VARIANTS BANERJEE, KOYELI —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1658 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18692138 ANTIMICROBIAL CaNCR PEPTIDE VARIANTS BANERJEE, KOYELI 1658 §101§102DP Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 14, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Donald Danforth Plant Science Center have?

Donald Danforth Plant Science Center has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Donald Danforth Plant Science Center applications?

Koyeli Banerjee has the most, with 1 of Donald Danforth Plant Science Center's pending office actions.

What technology area are Donald Danforth Plant Science Center's patent applications in?

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

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