Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Fertinagro Biotech S L manages a patent portfolio in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The current prosecution status involves 1 pending office action. This specific matter represents the full scope of the company's active engagement with the patent office at this time. The resolution of this 1 pending office action will define the portfolio's immediate progress.
The company's strategy is concentrated within 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. This level of focus suggests that the legal team can dedicate its attention to the specific procedural requirements of an individual technical group. Because only 1 distinct art unit is involved, there is no need to coordinate across different examination divisions. The presence of 1 distinct examiner ensures that the company receives feedback from a consistent point of authority.
SMITH, JENNIFER A is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently handling 1 busiest examiner pending office action. The outcome of the company's current efforts in Chemistry & Materials depends on the resolution of this specific case. Practitioners should prepare for the 1 busiest examiner pending office action by reviewing the previous rulings and preferences of SMITH, JENNIFER A.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SILVA RAINBOW, HEATHER ELISE | 1 | 31.4% | +56.3% |
| SMITH, JENNIFER A | 1 | 60.9% | +26.9% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17439544 | FERTILISING COMPOSITION WHICH INCLUDES A PLANT-ASSIMILABLE PHOSPHORUS AND CALCIUM POTENTIATOR AND USE THEREOF | SMITH, JENNIFER A | 15d |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17927915 | METHOD FOR THE INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURE OF GRANULATED FERTILIZERS | SILVA RAINBOW, HEATHER ELISE | 26d overdue |
| 17439544 | FERTILISING COMPOSITION WHICH INCLUDES A PLANT-ASSIMILABLE PHOSPHORUS AND CALCIUM POTENTIATOR AND USE THEREOF | SMITH, JENNIFER A | 15d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1731 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17927915 | METHOD FOR THE INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURE OF GRANULATED FERTILIZERS | SILVA RAINBOW, HEATHER ELISE | 1731 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 26d overdue | Pending | Nov 28, 2022 |
| 17439544 | FERTILISING COMPOSITION WHICH INCLUDES A PLANT-ASSIMILABLE PHOSPHORUS AND CALCIUM POTENTIATOR AND USE THEREOF | SMITH, JENNIFER A | 1731 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Sep 15, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialFertinagro Biotech S L has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Heather Elise Silva Rainbow has the most, with 1 of Fertinagro Biotech S L's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
