Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Ecovative LLC

6 pending office actions • 4 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
1
Due this week
0
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 7 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 (17%)
5
Medium (83%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (67%)
§102 only1 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (17%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
33% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
67% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HUTCHENS, CHRISTOPHER D. 1 65.3% +11.4%
BYUN, HAE RIE JESSICA 1 33.9% +61.8%
AFREMOVA, VERA 1 50.7% +29.2%
ALMEIDA BONNIN, ANGELICA ALEJANDRA 1 26.7% +27.8%
CLERKLEY, DANIELLE A 1 51.9% +47.1%
BOECKELMAN, JACOB A 1 36.1% +46.1%

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
18360705 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING MYCELIA GROWTH FROM SUBSTRATES CLERKLEY, DANIELLE A 44d overdue
18514792 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING AERIAL MYCELIUM GROWTH BY ELECTRONIC MIST DETECTION ALMEIDA BONNIN, ANGELICA ALEJANDRA 6d

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18360705 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING MYCELIA GROWTH FROM SUBSTRATES CLERKLEY, DANIELLE A 44d 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
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
18964042 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MODIFYING AERIAL MYCELIUM GROWTH AND GROWTH TRAJECTORIES IN SITU, AND AERIAL MYCELIUM-BASED MATERIALS PRODUCED THEREBY THROUGH IN SITU GROWTH INTERVENTION ACTIONS HUTCHENS, CHRISTOPHER D.
18642656 GROWTH MEDIA COMPOSITIONS AND GROWTH ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS FOR IMPROVED AERIAL MYCELIUM AFREMOVA, VERA

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3643 3
3647 1
1653 1
1655 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18964042 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MODIFYING AERIAL MYCELIUM GROWTH AND GROWTH TRAJECTORIES IN SITU, AND AERIAL MYCELIUM-BASED MATERIALS PRODUCED THEREBY THROUGH IN SITU GROWTH INTERVENTION ACTIONS HUTCHENS, CHRISTOPHER D. 3647 §102 Final Rejection Pending Nov 29, 2024
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
18642656 GROWTH MEDIA COMPOSITIONS AND GROWTH ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS FOR IMPROVED AERIAL MYCELIUM AFREMOVA, VERA 1653 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 22, 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
18360705 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING MYCELIA GROWTH FROM SUBSTRATES CLERKLEY, DANIELLE A 3643 §102§103 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Jul 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

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