Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
The Institute Of Crop Sciences Chinese Academy Of Agricultural Sciences currently has 2 pending office actions within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. This structure indicates that the company's current patent applications cover different specialized niches within the broader biotechnology field, requiring engagement with multiple technical groups at the patent office. This diversity in examination suggests that the Institute's research and development efforts are being pursued along multiple distinct technical paths.
STANKOVIC, BRATISLAV is identified as the busiest examiner, with 1 pending office action under review. This single action represents 1 of the 2 total pending office actions for the portfolio. With 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units involved, the workload is balanced across different technical paths. This diversity suggests research efforts in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals are being pursued along multiple lines, each subject to the specific standards of its respective art unit. The applicant must therefore adapt their prosecution tactics to suit the varying requirements of these different technical divisions.
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.
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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| STANKOVIC, BRATISLAV | 1 | 70.0% | +21.9% |
| STOCKDALE, JESSICA NICOLE | 1 | 50.0% | +35.2% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18245714 | MOLECULAR MARKER OF GENE RELATED TO DOMINANT EARLY HEADING IN RICE MATERIAL CAPABLE OF EARLY HEADING WITHOUT DECREASING YIELD AND USE THEREOF | STOCKDALE, JESSICA NICOLE | 12d |
| 18867015 | USE OF SOYBEAN C2H2 TYPE ZINC FINGER PROTEIN TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GMZFP7 AND/OR GENE THEREOF IN REGULATING ISOFLAVONES | STANKOVIC, BRATISLAV | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18245714 | MOLECULAR MARKER OF GENE RELATED TO DOMINANT EARLY HEADING IN RICE MATERIAL CAPABLE OF EARLY HEADING WITHOUT DECREASING YIELD AND USE THEREOF | STOCKDALE, JESSICA NICOLE | 12d |
| 18867015 | USE OF SOYBEAN C2H2 TYPE ZINC FINGER PROTEIN TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GMZFP7 AND/OR GENE THEREOF IN REGULATING ISOFLAVONES | STANKOVIC, BRATISLAV | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1662 | 1 |
| 1663 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18867015 | USE OF SOYBEAN C2H2 TYPE ZINC FINGER PROTEIN TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GMZFP7 AND/OR GENE THEREOF IN REGULATING ISOFLAVONES | STANKOVIC, BRATISLAV | 1662 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 19, 2024 |
| 18245714 | MOLECULAR MARKER OF GENE RELATED TO DOMINANT EARLY HEADING IN RICE MATERIAL CAPABLE OF EARLY HEADING WITHOUT DECREASING YIELD AND USE THEREOF | STOCKDALE, JESSICA NICOLE | 1663 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Mar 16, 2023 |
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