Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Fluid Quip Technologies LLC is currently managing 2 pending office actions in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. These actions are split between 2 distinct examiners, ensuring that each matter is reviewed independently. Both actions are located within 1 distinct art unit, which centralizes the technical oversight of the portfolio. The 1 distinct art unit designation suggests a focused technical scope for these 2 pending office actions within the biotechnology sector. Practitioners should maintain a consistent technical narrative for the art unit while addressing the specific concerns of the 2 distinct examiners.
The busiest examiner, MCKNIGHT, CIARA A, is responsible for 1 pending office action. Since there are 2 distinct examiners for the 2 total pending actions, the company's prosecution is not concentrated with a single official. This arrangement allows for 2 different perspectives on the company's claims within the same 1 distinct art unit. Practitioners can benefit from the procedural consistency of the 1 distinct art unit while tailoring their approach to the 2 distinct examiners. The 2 pending office actions represent a targeted effort to secure intellectual property in a specific pharmaceutical niche. This structure provides a stable regulatory environment for the company's current biotechnology filings.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCKNIGHT, CIARA A | 1 | 60.8% | +38.8% |
| RAMIREZ, DELIA M | 1 | 65.1% | +56.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18501501 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SUGAR STREAM | RAMIREZ, DELIA M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18826563 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INCREASING THE YIELD AND/OR PURITY OF PROTEIN AND OIL FROM A GRAIN PROTEIN AND GRAIN OIL RECOVERY SYSTEM | MCKNIGHT, CIARA A | — |
| 18501501 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SUGAR STREAM | RAMIREZ, DELIA M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1652 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18826563 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INCREASING THE YIELD AND/OR PURITY OF PROTEIN AND OIL FROM A GRAIN PROTEIN AND GRAIN OIL RECOVERY SYSTEM | MCKNIGHT, CIARA A | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2024 |
| 18501501 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SUGAR STREAM | RAMIREZ, DELIA M | 1652 | §103§112Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 03, 2023 |
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