Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
70 pending office actions • 31 art units • 61 examiners • 0 of 70 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 44 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 29 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 29 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 8 (11%) |
| §103 only | 29 (41%) |
| §102 only | 1 (1%) |
| §112 only | 1 (1%) |
| Double-patenting only | 3 (4%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 13 (19%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 15 (21%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALAWADI, SARAH | 2 | 37.7% | +38.4% |
| CHANG, KYUNG SOOK | 2 | 60.4% | +41.1% |
| LEBLANC, KATHERINE DEGUIRE | 2 | 34.5% | +36.1% |
| BREWSTER, HAYDEN R | 2 | 62.3% | +48.5% |
| SWIFT, CANDICE LEE | 2 | 57.4% | +36.7% |
| LACHICA, ERICSON M | 2 | 30.5% | +34.9% |
| SAWYER, JENNIFER C | 2 | 68.8% | -9.0% |
| HAWKINS, AMANDA SALATA | 2 | 4.3% | -4.8% |
| TURNER, FELICIA C | 2 | 26.3% | +30.1% |
| EPSTEIN, TODD MATTHEW | 1 | 61.0% | +44.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18253175 | NEW SYNTHESIS OF L-PHENYLALANINE AMIDE | SAWYER, JENNIFER C | 153d overdue |
| 18253178 | NEW SYNTHESIS OF L-PHENYLALANINE BUTYRAMIDE | SAWYER, JENNIFER C | 147d overdue |
| 18256310 | IMPROVE THE WATER RESISTANCE OF COSMETIC COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING BISOCTRIZOLE | HOLLOMAN, NANNETTE | 126d overdue |
| 17414839 | PHAGE RESISTANT LACTIC ACID BACTERIA | SWIFT, CANDICE LEE | 91d overdue |
| 18550642 | METHOD OF DECREASING THE POPULATION OF FUSOBACTERIA IN THE GUT MICROBIOME | YOUNGBLOOD, WILLIAM JUSTIN | 18d overdue |
| 17779959 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC VISUALIZING AND ANALYZING MICROBIOME IN ANIMALS | SCHULTZHAUS, JANNA NICOLE | 15d overdue |
| 18561144 | NOVEL TECHNOLOGY TO ENABLE SUCROSE UTILIZATION IN STRAINS FOR BIOSYNTHETIC PRODUCTION | SWIFT, CANDICE LEE | 8d |
| 19289461 | SUNSCREEN COMPOSITION BASED ON BEMT AND TWO OR MORE PIGMENTARY UV-FILTERS | ALAWADI, SARAH | 9d |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17414839 | PHAGE RESISTANT LACTIC ACID BACTERIA | SWIFT, CANDICE LEE | 91d overdue |
| 18561144 | NOVEL TECHNOLOGY TO ENABLE SUCROSE UTILIZATION IN STRAINS FOR BIOSYNTHETIC PRODUCTION | SWIFT, CANDICE LEE | 8d |
| 19289461 | SUNSCREEN COMPOSITION BASED ON BEMT AND TWO OR MORE PIGMENTARY UV-FILTERS | ALAWADI, SARAH | 9d |
| 18263641 | SUNSCREEN COMPOSITION BASED ON BEMT AND TWO OR MORE PIGMENTARY UV-FILTERS | ALAWADI, SARAH | 19d |
| 18560853 | FISH FLAVOUR AND FISH ANALOGUE PRODUCT | LACHICA, ERICSON M | 34d |
| 17529121 | BEVERAGES COMPRISING STABLE GRANULES OF MILLED LUTEIN | LACHICA, ERICSON M | 34d |
| 18691213 | PLANT BASED READY TO MIX COMPOSITION | LEBLANC, KATHERINE DEGUIRE | 46d |
| 19532377 | EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID-PRODUCING MICROORGANISMS, FATTY ACID COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS OF MAKING AND U | EPSTEIN, TODD MATTHEW | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1791 | 6 |
| 1793 | 6 |
| 1792 | 4 |
| 1652 | 3 |
| 1619 | 3 |
| 1611 | 3 |
| 1657 | 3 |
| 1612 | 3 |
| 1691 | 3 |
| 1651 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19532377 | EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID-PRODUCING MICROORGANISMS, FATTY ACID COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS OF MAKING AND U | EPSTEIN, TODD MATTHEW | 1652 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 06, 2026 |
| 19289461 | SUNSCREEN COMPOSITION BASED ON BEMT AND TWO OR MORE PIGMENTARY UV-FILTERS | ALAWADI, SARAH | 1619 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | 9d | Pending | Aug 04, 2025 |
| 18874006 | SUNSCREEN COMPOSITION FOR LACTOBACILLUS AND S. EPIDERMIDIS PROTECTION ON SKIN | CHANG, KYUNG SOOK | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18873973 | SUNSCREEN COMPOSITION FOR LACTOBACILLUS AND S. EPIDERMIDIS PROTECTION ON SKIN | CHANG, KYUNG SOOK | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18940288 | GERANYLGERANYL PYROPHOSPHATE SYNTHASES | STEADMAN, DAVID J | — | §112DPOther | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 07, 2024 |
| 18853279 | IMPROVEMENT OF THE WATER RESISTANCE OF COSMETIC COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING UV FILTERS | NGUYEN, NGOC-ANH THI | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 01, 2024 |
| 18827625 | STORAGE STABLE MIXTURES | LEE, SIN J | — | §102§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2024 |
| 18840221 | LUTEIN/ZEAXANTHIN FORMULATIONS | GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A | — | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 21, 2024 |
| 18809575 | PROCESSES FOR OBTAINING MICROBIAL OIL FROM MICROBIAL CELLS | CONSTANTINE, CHARLES Z | — | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 20, 2024 |
| 18753538 | COMPRESSED TABLETS | ALAM, AYAAN A | 1611 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 25, 2024 |
| 18722445 | A METHOD FOR REDUCING AMMONIA EMISSION OF ANIMALS | YAMASAKI, ROBERT J | 1657 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2024 |
| 18741628 | METHODS OF FORMING STORAGE STABLE MIXTURES | WORSHAM, JESSICA N | — | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2024 |
| 18709330 | GRANULES OBTAINABLE BY CONTINUOUS MELT GRANULATION | VIGIL, TORIANA NICHOLE | 1612 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 10, 2024 |
| 18699970 | PROTEIN BAR | SWEENEY, MAURA ELIZABETH | 1791 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 43d overdue | Pending | Apr 10, 2024 |
| 18698609 | NOVEL BINDER | KERSHAW, KELLY P | 1791 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 70d | Pending | Apr 04, 2024 |
| 18691213 | PLANT BASED READY TO MIX COMPOSITION | LEBLANC, KATHERINE DEGUIRE | 1791 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 46d | Pending | Mar 12, 2024 |
| 18691184 | HIGH-MOISTURE TEXTURIZED VEGETABLE PROTEIN | LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO | 1791 | §103 | Final Rejection | 8d overdue | Pending | Mar 12, 2024 |
| 18594869 | CRISPR TRANSIENT EXPRESSION CONSTRUCT (CTEC) | REGA, KYLE THOMAS | 1636 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2024 |
| 18588777 | ENZYME COMPOSITION | MONSHIPOURI, MARYAM | 1651 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2024 |
| 18683627 | HUMAN MILK OLIGOSACCHARIDES IN CLEANSING COMPOSITION | HINES, LATOSHA D | 1771 | §103 | Final Rejection | 50d overdue | Pending | Feb 14, 2024 |
| 18683029 | HUMAN MILK OLIGOSACCHARIDES IN SULFATE-FREE CLEANSING COMPOSITIONS | LIPPERT, JOHN WILLIAM | 1615 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2024 |
| 18580849 | PEA AND RAPESEED PROTEIN ISOLATE | MCCLAIN, TYNESHA L. | 1793 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 19, 2024 |
| 18569986 | SEPARATION OF HUMAN MILK OLIGOSACCHARIDES FROM A FERMENTATION BROTH | BREWSTER, HAYDEN R | 1779 | §102§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2023 |
| 18570003 | SEPARATION OF HUMAN MILK OLIGOSACCHARIDES FROM A FERMENTATION BROTH | BREWSTER, HAYDEN R | 1779 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2023 |
| 18527530 | FERMENTATIVELY-PRODUCED RETINOID CONTAINING COMPOSITIONS, AND THE METHDOS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME | WELLS, LAUREN QUINLAN | 1622 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2023 |
| 18565784 | COMPRESSION MOLDED BALLISTIC-RESISTANT ARTICLE | TILLMAN, JR, REGINALD S | 3641 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 30, 2023 |
| 18561489 | SUNSCREEN COMPOSITION COMPRISING BEMOTRIZINOL | LAZARO, DOMINIC | 1611 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 16, 2023 |
| 18561144 | NOVEL TECHNOLOGY TO ENABLE SUCROSE UTILIZATION IN STRAINS FOR BIOSYNTHETIC PRODUCTION | SWIFT, CANDICE LEE | 1657 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | 8d | Pending | Nov 15, 2023 |
| 18560853 | FISH FLAVOUR AND FISH ANALOGUE PRODUCT | LACHICA, ERICSON M | 1792 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | Nov 14, 2023 |
| 18559242 | PURIFICATION OF SPECIFIC TRIPEPTIDE BY USE OF ETHERS | KATAKAM, SUDHAKAR | 1658 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2023 |
| 18556213 | COUPLING OF 2,3,5-TRIMETHYLHYDROQUINONE AND UNSATURATED ALCOHOLS | FEELY, MICHAEL J | 1766 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 19, 2023 |
| 18555070 | RETINOL FORMULATION (II) | SHIN, MONICA A | 1616 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 12, 2023 |
| 18484980 | STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS STARTER STRAIN | ZEMAN, ROBERT A | 1645 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2023 |
| 18554927 | USE OF GOSSYPOL AND A METHANE INHIBITOR FOR REDUCING THE FORMATION OF METHANE EMANATING FROM THE DIGESTIVE ACTIVITIES OF RUMINANTS | KOSTURKO, GEORGE W | 1621 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2023 |
| 18553801 | ENZYME COMPOSITION | SAIDHA, TEKCHAND | 1652 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2023 |
| 18550642 | METHOD OF DECREASING THE POPULATION OF FUSOBACTERIA IN THE GUT MICROBIOME | YOUNGBLOOD, WILLIAM JUSTIN | 1629 | §101§102§112Other | Non-Final OA | 18d overdue | Pending | Sep 14, 2023 |
| 18549444 | SUNSCREEN COMPOSITION | YU, HONG | 1614 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 07, 2023 |
| 18548797 | METHOD OF INCREASING THE POPULATION OF BLAUTIA SPP. IN THE GUT MICROBIOME | PIHONAK, SARAH | 1627 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | Sep 01, 2023 |
| 18546604 | COATED MEAT OR FISH SUBSTITUTE | PRAKASH, SUBBALAKSHMI | 1793 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 112d overdue | Pending | Aug 16, 2023 |
| 18546264 | METHODS FOR REDUCING PATHOGENIC E COLI BY SELECTIVE FEED ADDITIVE INTERVENTION | CHO, DAVID H | 1693 | §103§112DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 11, 2023 |
| 18263641 | SUNSCREEN COMPOSITION BASED ON BEMT AND TWO OR MORE PIGMENTARY UV-FILTERS | ALAWADI, SARAH | 1619 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | 19d | Pending | Jul 31, 2023 |
| 18262078 | POWDEROUS COMPOSITION (I) | LEBLANC, KATHERINE DEGUIRE | 1791 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 19, 2023 |
| 18262088 | POWDEROUS COMPOSITION (III) | ATKINSON, JOSHUA ALEXANDER | 1612 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 70d | Pending | Jul 19, 2023 |
| 18340046 | MICROORGANISMS FOR DITERPENE PRODUCTION | ROBINSON, HOPE A | 1652 | §112DPOther | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 23, 2023 |
| 18256310 | IMPROVE THE WATER RESISTANCE OF COSMETIC COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING BISOCTRIZOLE | HOLLOMAN, NANNETTE | 1612 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 126d overdue | Pending | Jun 07, 2023 |
| 18256401 | REDUCTION OF RANCIDITY OF VEGETABLE OILS | CREWS, JARET JAMES | 1691 | §103 | Final Rejection | 5d | Pending | Jun 07, 2023 |
| 18199700 | VITAMIN FORMULATION | BEKKER, KELLY JO | 1792 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 19, 2023 |
| 18253175 | NEW SYNTHESIS OF L-PHENYLALANINE AMIDE | SAWYER, JENNIFER C | 1691 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 153d overdue | Pending | May 16, 2023 |
| 18253178 | NEW SYNTHESIS OF L-PHENYLALANINE BUTYRAMIDE | SAWYER, JENNIFER C | 1691 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 147d overdue | Pending | May 16, 2023 |
| 18025380 | NOVEL USE OF SACCHARIDE ISOMERATE | BERRY, LAYLA D | 1693 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 9d | Pending | Mar 08, 2023 |
| 18022361 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METABOLITE ANALYSIS AND PREDICTION FOR ANIMAL SUBJECTS | BAIG, RUMAISA RASHID | 3796 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2023 |
| 18041362 | MONITORING AND CONTROLLING BACTERIOPHAGE PRESSURE | CLOW, LORI A | — | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 10, 2023 |
| 18016544 | NEW FAST DISSOLVABLE TABLETS | HAWKINS, AMANDA SALATA | 1793 | §103 | Final Rejection | 83d | Pending | Jan 17, 2023 |
| 18063528 | CO-GRANULATE FOR ANIMAL FEED | TURNER, FELICIA C | 1793 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 08, 2022 |
| 17906826 | THE COMBINED USE OF PHYTASE AND PAD TO OBTAIN AN IMPROVED PLANT-BASED DRINK | TURNER, FELICIA C | 1793 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2022 |
| 17906112 | ACCELERATING THE ACIDIFICATION SPEED OF LACTIC ACID BACTERIA | MUKHOPADHYAY, BHASKAR | 1792 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2022 |
| 17797652 | METHOD FOR INCREASING EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID LEVEL IN THE PLASMA OF AN ANIMAL | STEINKE, SEAN JAMES | 1619 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 20d | Pending | Aug 04, 2022 |
| 17842842 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING OLIVE OIL | HAWKINS, AMANDA SALATA | 1793 | §103 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Jun 17, 2022 |
| 17779959 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC VISUALIZING AND ANALYZING MICROBIOME IN ANIMALS | SCHULTZHAUS, JANNA NICOLE | 1685 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 15d overdue | Pending | May 25, 2022 |
| 17774039 | SUNSCREEN COMPOSITION WITH LOW STICKINESS | ISNOR, ALEXANDRA NICOLE | 1611 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 19d | Pending | May 03, 2022 |
| 17640253 | NOVEL COMPOSITIONS | KWON, YONG SOK | 1613 | §103 | Final Rejection | 1d overdue | Pending | Mar 03, 2022 |
| 17640262 | ENZYME COMPOSITION | REGLAS, GEORGIANA C | 1651 | §103 | Final Rejection | 1d overdue | Pending | Mar 03, 2022 |
| 17640220 | MICROBIOCIDAL USE | KETCHAM, KAREN A | 1614 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 03, 2022 |
| 17615225 | USE OF BENZOIC ACID AND ESSENTIAL OIL COMPOUNDS FOR IMPROVING GROWTH PERFORMANCE | CHAWLA, JYOTI | 1791 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 30, 2021 |
| 17529121 | BEVERAGES COMPRISING STABLE GRANULES OF MILLED LUTEIN | LACHICA, ERICSON M | 1792 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | Nov 17, 2021 |
| 17606817 | NEW DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR SPECIFIC WATER-SOLUBLE VITAMINS | JANOSKO, CHASITY PAIGE | 1613 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 27, 2021 |
| 17603789 | PHAGE TEST KIT | ZOU, NIANXIANG | 1671 | §103 | Final Rejection | 30d overdue | Pending | Oct 14, 2021 |
| 17442709 | GREENHOUSE GAS IMPROVED FERMENTATION | ESPERON, NATHAN GREGORY | 1799 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Sep 24, 2021 |
| 17439154 | METHODS OF OBTAINING LIPIDS FROM A MICROBIAL CELL COMPOSITION BY ENZYME AND PH SHOCK | BOWERS, NATHAN ANDREW | 1700 | §102§103§112DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 14, 2021 |
| 17414839 | PHAGE RESISTANT LACTIC ACID BACTERIA | SWIFT, CANDICE LEE | 1657 | §102§103§112Other | Final Rejection | 91d overdue | Pending | Jun 16, 2021 |
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