Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
14 pending office actions • 2 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days
Enza Zaden Beheer B.V. has 14 pending office actions in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. These actions are highly concentrated in only 2 distinct art units, indicating a very specific technical focus for the company's agricultural innovations. The 10 distinct examiners assigned to these cases suggest that several examiners are working within the same specialized art units, which may allow for more consistent prosecution outcomes.
David R Byrnes is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently managing 3 pending office actions. This concentration means that David R Byrnes is responsible for a portion of the 14 pending office actions. With only 10 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units involved, the company has a good opportunity to develop a consistent and focused prosecution strategy for its 14 pending cases, ensuring that its biotechnological innovations are effectively navigated through the USPTO.
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.
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.
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 | 2 (14%) |
| §112 only | 10 (71%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (7%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (7%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BYRNES, DAVID R | 3 | 78.1% | +22.2% |
| ZHONG, WAYNESHAOBIN | 2 | 72.2% | +21.5% |
| FAN, WEIHUA | 2 | 83.4% | +12.6% |
| LOGSDON, CHARLES | 1 | 71.7% | +11.2% |
| STANKOVIC, BRATISLAV | 1 | 70.0% | +21.9% |
| BOGGS, RUSSELL T | 1 | 73.2% | +15.1% |
| WILLIAMS, KEITH RICHARD | 1 | 50.0% | +0.0% |
| ORDAZ, CHRISTIAN JOSE | 1 | 61.1% | +91.7% |
| DEVEAU ROSEN, JASON | 1 | 80.1% | +16.5% |
| BUI, PHUONG T | 1 | 81.2% | +23.2% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18132073 | HYBRID PEPPER 'E20S.10382' | BUI, PHUONG T | 121d overdue |
| 18206368 | LETTUCE VARIETIES 'EZFLOR', 'BAUER', AND 'ADICAMP' | FAN, WEIHUA | 23d overdue |
| 18654512 | LETTUCE VARIETIES ‘E01C11866’, ‘E01L30616’ AND ‘E01B11959’ | DEVEAU ROSEN, JASON | — |
| 18374983 | HYBRID PEPPER VARIETY 'E20S0465' | FAN, WEIHUA | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19179503 | HYBRID PEPPERS 'E20B.30395' AND 'E20B.30396' | BYRNES, DAVID R | — |
| 19116095 | METHOD FOR SELECTING AN S. LYCOPERSICUM PLANT TOLERANT TO HIGH TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS | STANKOVIC, BRATISLAV | — |
| 18869024 | LETTUCE PLANT RESISTANT TO DOWNY MILDEW AND RESISTANCE GENE | WILLIAMS, KEITH RICHARD | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18132073 | HYBRID PEPPER 'E20S.10382' | BUI, PHUONG T | 121d overdue |
| 18778356 | LETTUCE VARIETY 'E01G11679' | BYRNES, DAVID R | 38d overdue |
| 18206368 | LETTUCE VARIETIES 'EZFLOR', 'BAUER', AND 'ADICAMP' | FAN, WEIHUA | 23d overdue |
| 18842526 | SPINACH PLANT RESISTANT TO DOWNY MILDEW AND NOVEL RESISTANCE GENE | ORDAZ, CHRISTIAN JOSE | 26d |
| 18783046 | LETTUCE VARIETY 'SUNBERG’ | ZHONG, WAYNESHAOBIN | 65d |
| 19304291 | HYBRID TOMATO VARIETIES 'E15C42784', 'E15C42790', AND 'E15C42808' | LOGSDON, CHARLES | — |
| 19179503 | HYBRID PEPPERS 'E20B.30395' AND 'E20B.30396' | BYRNES, DAVID R | — |
| 19116095 | METHOD FOR SELECTING AN S. LYCOPERSICUM PLANT TOLERANT TO HIGH TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS | STANKOVIC, BRATISLAV | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1662 | 6 |
| 1663 | 6 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19304291 | HYBRID TOMATO VARIETIES 'E15C42784', 'E15C42790', AND 'E15C42808' | LOGSDON, CHARLES | — | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 19, 2025 |
| 19179503 | HYBRID PEPPERS 'E20B.30395' AND 'E20B.30396' | BYRNES, DAVID R | 1662 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 15, 2025 |
| 19116095 | METHOD FOR SELECTING AN S. LYCOPERSICUM PLANT TOLERANT TO HIGH TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS | STANKOVIC, BRATISLAV | 1662 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2025 |
| 19052818 | LETTUCE VARIETIES ‘EZTREME’ AND ‘NIGHTHAWK’ | ZHONG, WAYNESHAOBIN | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2025 |
| 18978865 | HYBRID TOMATO VARIETIES ‘E15M43062’ AND ‘E16R43164’ | BOGGS, RUSSELL T | 1663 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 |
| 18869024 | LETTUCE PLANT RESISTANT TO DOWNY MILDEW AND RESISTANCE GENE | WILLIAMS, KEITH RICHARD | 1663 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18842526 | SPINACH PLANT RESISTANT TO DOWNY MILDEW AND NOVEL RESISTANCE GENE | ORDAZ, CHRISTIAN JOSE | 1663 | §112 | Final Rejection | 26d | Pending | Aug 29, 2024 |
| 18783046 | LETTUCE VARIETY 'SUNBERG’ | ZHONG, WAYNESHAOBIN | 1662 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 65d | Pending | Jul 24, 2024 |
| 18778356 | LETTUCE VARIETY 'E01G11679' | BYRNES, DAVID R | 1662 | §112 | Final Rejection | 38d overdue | Pending | Jul 19, 2024 |
| 18654512 | LETTUCE VARIETIES ‘E01C11866’, ‘E01L30616’ AND ‘E01B11959’ | DEVEAU ROSEN, JASON | 1662 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 03, 2024 |
| 18427141 | RESISTANCE GENE AND LETTUCE PLANT RESISTANT TO DOWNY MILDEW | BYRNES, DAVID R | 1662 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2024 |
| 18374983 | HYBRID PEPPER VARIETY 'E20S0465' | FAN, WEIHUA | 1663 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 29, 2023 |
| 18206368 | LETTUCE VARIETIES 'EZFLOR', 'BAUER', AND 'ADICAMP' | FAN, WEIHUA | 1663 | §112 | Final Rejection | 23d overdue | Pending | Jun 06, 2023 |
| 18132073 | HYBRID PEPPER 'E20S.10382' | BUI, PHUONG T | 1663 | §112 | Final Rejection | 121d overdue | Pending | Apr 07, 2023 |
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