Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Futerro S A has 4 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The docket spans 4 examiners and 4 art units, with each matter assigned through a separate examination route.
KARST, DAVID THOMAS is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. The absence of a larger examiner allocation makes coordinated docket oversight more important than reliance on a single examiner relationship.
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 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (75%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KARST, DAVID THOMAS | 1 | 64.8% | +9.7% |
| DESTEFANO, AUDRA JEAN | 1 | 57.5% | +57.2% |
| YOON, TAE H | 1 | 66.7% | +24.5% |
| DU, SURBHI M | 1 | 66.9% | +29.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18683148 | VALORISATION OF LACTIC ACID STREAM IN THE PRODUCTION PROCESS OF POLYLACTIC ACID | DESTEFANO, AUDRA JEAN | — |
| 18683173 | VALORISATION OF D-LACTIC ACID STREAM BY L/D SEPARATION IN THE PRODUCTION PROCESS OF L-POLYLACTIC ACID | YOON, TAE H | — |
| 18293745 | METHOD FOR LACTIDE AND LACTIC ACID RECOVERY AT POLYLACTIDE (PLA) PRODUCTION STEPS | DU, SURBHI 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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18683148 | VALORISATION OF LACTIC ACID STREAM IN THE PRODUCTION PROCESS OF POLYLACTIC ACID | DESTEFANO, AUDRA JEAN | — |
| 18683173 | VALORISATION OF D-LACTIC ACID STREAM BY L/D SEPARATION IN THE PRODUCTION PROCESS OF L-POLYLACTIC ACID | YOON, TAE H | — |
| 18293745 | METHOD FOR LACTIDE AND LACTIC ACID RECOVERY AT POLYLACTIDE (PLA) PRODUCTION STEPS | DU, SURBHI M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1657 | 1 |
| 1766 | 1 |
| 1762 | 1 |
| 1765 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18683188 | VALORISATION OF D-LACTIC ACID STREAM IN THE PRODUCTION PROCESS OF L-POLYLACTIC ACID | KARST, DAVID THOMAS | 1657 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2024 |
| 18683148 | VALORISATION OF LACTIC ACID STREAM IN THE PRODUCTION PROCESS OF POLYLACTIC ACID | DESTEFANO, AUDRA JEAN | 1766 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2024 |
| 18683173 | VALORISATION OF D-LACTIC ACID STREAM BY L/D SEPARATION IN THE PRODUCTION PROCESS OF L-POLYLACTIC ACID | YOON, TAE H | 1762 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2024 |
| 18293745 | METHOD FOR LACTIDE AND LACTIC ACID RECOVERY AT POLYLACTIDE (PLA) PRODUCTION STEPS | DU, SURBHI M | 1765 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialFuterro S A has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 4 examiners.
David Thomas Karst has the most, with 1 of Futerro S A's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
