Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Ecovative LLC

Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

5 pending office actions • 3 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Ecovative LLC has 5 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. The matters involve 5 distinct examiners across 3 distinct art units, combining broad examiner dispersion with concentration in a smaller number of technical groups.

BYUN, HAE RIE JESSICA is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Since no examiner carries multiple pending matters, counsel may benefit from coordinating responses around shared art-unit issues while preserving matter-specific arguments for each examiner.

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

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
1
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (1)

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 (20%)
4
Medium (80%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (80%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
60% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
40% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BYUN, HAE RIE JESSICA 1 32.2% +57.5%
ALMEIDA BONNIN, ANGELICA ALEJANDRA 1 26.7% +21.7%
NGUYEN, NGHI V 1 53.6% +50.8%
BOECKELMAN, JACOB A 1 34.9% +46.5%
MOSS, NATALIE M 1 30.7% +17.2%

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18342676 METHODS OF GENERATING MYCELIAL SCAFFOLDS AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF NGUYEN, NGHI V 53d overdue
18514792 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING AERIAL MYCELIUM GROWTH BY ELECTRONIC MIST DETECTION ALMEIDA BONNIN, ANGELICA ALEJANDRA 6d

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18342676 METHODS OF GENERATING MYCELIAL SCAFFOLDS AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF NGUYEN, NGHI V 53d overdue
17735956 EDIBLE AERIAL MYCELIA AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME BOECKELMAN, JACOB A 24d overdue
18514792 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING AERIAL MYCELIUM GROWTH BY ELECTRONIC MIST DETECTION ALMEIDA BONNIN, ANGELICA ALEJANDRA 6d
16519384 Method of Producing a Mycological Product and Product Made Thereby MOSS, NATALIE M 13d
18826794 METHODS FOR CONTROLLING GEOMETRIC REGULARITY AND HOMOGENEITY OF AERIAL MYCELIUM TOPOLOGIES AND PRODUCTS OF AERIAL MYCELIUM WITH GEOMETRICALLY REGULAR OR HOMOGENEOUS TOPOLOGIES BYUN, HAE RIE JESSICA 41d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3643 2
1653 2
1655 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18826794 METHODS FOR CONTROLLING GEOMETRIC REGULARITY AND HOMOGENEITY OF AERIAL MYCELIUM TOPOLOGIES AND PRODUCTS OF AERIAL MYCELIUM WITH GEOMETRICALLY REGULAR OR HOMOGENEOUS TOPOLOGIES BYUN, HAE RIE JESSICA 3643 §103 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Sep 06, 2024
18514792 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING AERIAL MYCELIUM GROWTH BY ELECTRONIC MIST DETECTION ALMEIDA BONNIN, ANGELICA ALEJANDRA 3643 §103 Final Rejection 6d Pending Nov 20, 2023
18342676 METHODS OF GENERATING MYCELIAL SCAFFOLDS AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF NGUYEN, NGHI V 1653 §103§112 Non-Final OA 53d overdue Pending Jun 27, 2023
17735956 EDIBLE AERIAL MYCELIA AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME BOECKELMAN, JACOB A 1655 §103 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending May 03, 2022
16519384 Method of Producing a Mycological Product and Product Made Thereby MOSS, NATALIE M 1653 §103 Final Rejection 13d Pending Jul 23, 2019

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Ecovative LLC have?

Ecovative LLC has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 5 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Ecovative LLC applications?

Hae Rie Jessica Byun has the most, with 1 of Ecovative LLC's pending office actions.

What technology area are Ecovative LLC's patent applications in?

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

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