Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
20 pending office actions • 11 art units • 19 examiners • 0 of 20 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
DuPont Nutrition Biosciences APS maintains a portfolio with 19 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed across 18 distinct examiners and 10 distinct art units. The count of 10 distinct art units is lower than the 18 distinct examiners, which shows that some examiners work within the same art units. The presence of 19 pending office actions handled by 18 distinct examiners indicates that almost every matter is handled by a different individual.
The busiest examiner, MUKHOPADHYAY, BHASKAR, is managing 2 pending office actions. This examiner is the primary point of contact for these 2 actions, while the other distinct examiners manage the remaining workload. The distribution across 10 distinct art units requires the applicant to navigate different examiner styles and art unit cultures. For this portfolio, this examiner distribution may lead to varied prosecution timelines across the Chemistry & Materials sector.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 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. 8 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 10 (50%) |
| §112 only | 1 (5%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (5%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 8 (40%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUKHOPADHYAY, BHASKAR | 2 | 28.2% | +37.0% |
| SWIFT, CANDICE LEE | 1 | 57.5% | +36.0% |
| GERLA, STEPHANIE RAE | 1 | 16.7% | +33.0% |
| DEVI, SARVAMANGALA | 1 | 65.3% | +55.3% |
| MRABI, HASSAN | 1 | 78.0% | +33.3% |
| CHHAY, BONIRATH | 1 | 83.3% | +0.0% |
| MORNHINWEG, JEFFREY P | 1 | 36.3% | +32.1% |
| RUNCO, MADELINE IVY | 1 | 77.2% | +8.7% |
| KOROTCHKINA, LIOUBOV G | 1 | 29.5% | +67.7% |
| TRAN, LIEN THUY | 1 | 28.6% | +26.5% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18553229 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING AND PREVENTING GASTROINTESTINAL INFLAMMATION | CHHAY, BONIRATH | 3d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18354742 | COMPOSITION COMPRISING POWDERED FATTY ACID GLYCERIDE | TRAN, LIEN THUY | 74d overdue |
| 17440997 | THICKENING COMPOSITION | MUKHOPADHYAY, BHASKAR | 51d overdue |
| 18580967 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING FERMENTED DAIRY COMPOSITIONS HAVING CREAM FLAVOR | GERLA, STEPHANIE RAE | 56d |
| 18030441 | FEED COMPOSITIONS FOR ANIMAL HEALTH | DIVIESTI, KARLA ISOBEL | 70d |
| 18549936 | APPARATUS AND METHODS OF SEAWEED FARMING AND HARVESTING | RUNCO, MADELINE IVY | — |
| 18277440 | COMPOSITION FOR GUT HEALTH | KOROTCHKINA, LIOUBOV G | — |
| 18254476 | BACTERIUM WITH REDUCED SENSITIVITY TO BACTERIOPHAGE | ZAHORIK, AMANDA MARY | — |
| 18248450 | GELLING COMPOSITION FOR PLANT-BASED FOOD PRODUCT | MCNEIL, JENNIFER C | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18354742 | COMPOSITION COMPRISING POWDERED FATTY ACID GLYCERIDE | TRAN, LIEN THUY | 74d overdue |
| 17440997 | THICKENING COMPOSITION | MUKHOPADHYAY, BHASKAR | 51d overdue |
| 18580967 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING FERMENTED DAIRY COMPOSITIONS HAVING CREAM FLAVOR | GERLA, STEPHANIE RAE | 56d |
| 18690504 | OVER EXPRESSION OF FOLDASES AND CHAPERONES IMPROVES PROTEIN PRODUCTION | SWIFT, CANDICE LEE | — |
| 18578106 | BIFIDOBACTERIA FOR PREVENTING, REDUCING OR TREATING SKIN AGING | DEVI, SARVAMANGALA | — |
| 18285532 | A METHOD FOR MEASURING GALACTOOLIGOSACCHARIDES | MRABI, HASSAN | — |
| 18474373 | MODIFICATION OF STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES BY GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE ENZYMES | MORNHINWEG, JEFFREY P | — |
| 18277440 | COMPOSITION FOR GUT HEALTH | KOROTCHKINA, LIOUBOV G | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1793 | 6 |
| 1645 | 3 |
| 1792 | 3 |
| 1657 | 1 |
| 1791 | 1 |
| 2147 | 1 |
| 3671 | 1 |
| 1653 | 1 |
| 1771 | 1 |
| 1636 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18690504 | OVER EXPRESSION OF FOLDASES AND CHAPERONES IMPROVES PROTEIN PRODUCTION | SWIFT, CANDICE LEE | 1657 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 08, 2024 |
| 18580967 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING FERMENTED DAIRY COMPOSITIONS HAVING CREAM FLAVOR | GERLA, STEPHANIE RAE | 1791 | §103 | Final Rejection | 56d | Pending | Jan 19, 2024 |
| 18578106 | BIFIDOBACTERIA FOR PREVENTING, REDUCING OR TREATING SKIN AGING | DEVI, SARVAMANGALA | 1645 | §102§112DPOther | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2024 |
| 18285532 | A METHOD FOR MEASURING GALACTOOLIGOSACCHARIDES | MRABI, HASSAN | 2147 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2023 |
| 18553229 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING AND PREVENTING GASTROINTESTINAL INFLAMMATION | CHHAY, BONIRATH | 1645 | §103 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | Sep 29, 2023 |
| 18474373 | MODIFICATION OF STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES BY GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE ENZYMES | MORNHINWEG, JEFFREY P | 1793 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2023 |
| 18549936 | APPARATUS AND METHODS OF SEAWEED FARMING AND HARVESTING | RUNCO, MADELINE IVY | 3671 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 11, 2023 |
| 18277440 | COMPOSITION FOR GUT HEALTH | KOROTCHKINA, LIOUBOV G | 1653 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 16, 2023 |
| 18354742 | COMPOSITION COMPRISING POWDERED FATTY ACID GLYCERIDE | TRAN, LIEN THUY | 1793 | §103 | Final Rejection | 74d overdue | Pending | Jul 19, 2023 |
| 18261681 | PROTEIN FREE VEGETABLE WHIPPING CREAM | PRAKASH, SUBBALAKSHMI | 1793 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 55d | Pending | Jul 17, 2023 |
| 18254476 | BACTERIUM WITH REDUCED SENSITIVITY TO BACTERIOPHAGE | ZAHORIK, AMANDA MARY | 1645 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 25, 2023 |
| 18311438 | ADDITIVE | OLADAPO, TAIWO | 1771 | §103 | Final Rejection | 119d overdue | Pending | May 03, 2023 |
| 18249139 | FOOD INGREDIENT | HAWKINS, AMANDA SALATA | 1793 | §103 | Final Rejection | 71d | Pending | Apr 14, 2023 |
| 18248450 | GELLING COMPOSITION FOR PLANT-BASED FOOD PRODUCT | MCNEIL, JENNIFER C | 1793 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2023 |
| 18030441 | FEED COMPOSITIONS FOR ANIMAL HEALTH | DIVIESTI, KARLA ISOBEL | 1792 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 70d | Pending | Apr 05, 2023 |
| 18050511 | LACTIC ACID BACTERIA HAVING IMPROVED SUGAR METABOLISM | SU-TOBON, QIWEN NMN | 1636 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2022 |
| 17945293 | PROBIOTICS FOR USE IN REDUCING THE INCIDENCE AND DURATION OF ILLNESS | JONES-FOSTER, ERICA NICOLE | 1656 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 15, 2022 |
| 17801045 | COMPOSITION FOR FERMENTED OR ACIDIFIED MILK PRODUCTS, ITS USE, PRODUCTS CONTAINING THE SAME AND PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF THESE PRODUCTS | MORENO, LARK JULIA | 1793 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 19, 2022 |
| 17440997 | THICKENING COMPOSITION | MUKHOPADHYAY, BHASKAR | 1792 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 51d overdue | Pending | Sep 20, 2021 |
| 17431557 | METHOD FOR REDUCING LACTOSE AT HIGH TEMPERATURES | MUKHOPADHYAY, BHASKAR | 1792 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 17, 2021 |
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