Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Institute Of Horticultural Crops Xinjiang Academy Of Agricultural Sciences has 1 pending office action in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. This prosecution is active within 1 distinct art unit. The portfolio involves 1 distinct examiner, reflecting a very specific area of inquiry. The 1 distinct art unit involved serves as the sole administrative point for the company's current filing.
WILLIAMS, KEITH RICHARD is the busiest examiner, managing 1 pending office action. This 1 pending action is the only active matter for the company. With 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, the prosecution process is highly centralized, allowing the company to focus on the specific requirements of this individual examiner. WILLIAMS, KEITH RICHARD is the sole official currently providing feedback.
The Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals sector often requires detailed scientific evidence, and having 1 distinct examiner simplifies this interaction. Because there is only 1 pending office action, the company can dedicate its efforts to the specific requirements of WILLIAMS, KEITH RICHARD. This singular focus within 1 distinct art unit streamlines the path toward potential allowance for the company's active matter.
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 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WILLIAMS, KEITH RICHARD | 1 | 50.0% | +0.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18641683 | APPLICATION OF BFNE GENE IN TOMATO PLANT ARCHITECTURE IMPROVEMENT AND BIOLOGICAL YIELD INCREASE | WILLIAMS, KEITH RICHARD | 5d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1663 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18641683 | APPLICATION OF BFNE GENE IN TOMATO PLANT ARCHITECTURE IMPROVEMENT AND BIOLOGICAL YIELD INCREASE | WILLIAMS, KEITH RICHARD | 1663 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | 5d | Pending | Apr 22, 2024 |
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