Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Indiana Soybean Alliance Inc.

Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Indiana Soybean Alliance Inc. manages 2 pending office actions within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. These actions are handled by 2 distinct examiners across 2 distinct art units. This distribution indicates that the company's agricultural research spans different specialized examination categories. The 2 pending office actions represent the current active prosecution for the alliance.

The busiest examiner, WILLIAMS, EMMALEE RAE, is responsible for 1 pending office action. Since there are 2 pending office actions in total, the workload is divided between the 2 distinct examiners. Each of the 2 distinct examiners is reviewing an application in a separate art unit within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals field.

The involvement of 2 distinct art units for 2 pending office actions suggests a diverse technical focus within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals field. Practitioners must manage the prosecution according to the specific standards of these 2 different art units. With 2 distinct examiners involved, the alliance must ensure that its prosecution strategy remains consistent across both pending matters.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

2
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

2
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
100% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% 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.

20 h
Manual time on pending OAs
4 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
7 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WILLIAMS, EMMALEE RAE 1 0.0% +0.0%
SAEED, ALI S 1 31.3% +35.8%

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
15159726 METHOD FOR INCREASING THE UTILIZATION OF SOYBEAN PROTEIN BY SALMONID FISH SAEED, ALI S 16d
18621012 BIODEGRADABLE MOLDABLE SOY-BASED FOAMS WILLIAMS, EMMALEE RAE —

Interview Candidates (1)

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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
15159726 METHOD FOR INCREASING THE UTILIZATION OF SOYBEAN PROTEIN BY SALMONID FISH SAEED, ALI S 16d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1653 1
1616 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18621012 BIODEGRADABLE MOLDABLE SOY-BASED FOAMS WILLIAMS, EMMALEE RAE 1653 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 28, 2024
15159726 METHOD FOR INCREASING THE UTILIZATION OF SOYBEAN PROTEIN BY SALMONID FISH SAEED, ALI S 1616 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 16d Pending May 19, 2016

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