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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences is currently navigating 1 pending office action within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. This 1 pending office action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, which indicates a highly concentrated prosecution effort for the organization's current applications. The data shows that the examination is taking place within 1 distinct art unit, suggesting that the technical subject matter is focused within a specific area of biotechnology.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is SCOTLAND, REBECCA LYNN, who is currently handling 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This 1 busiest examiner pending office action represents the entirety of the organization's current pending workload at the patent office. Consequently, the progress of the filings in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals sector is currently tied to the review and decision-making of the identified examiner.
For practitioners, the presence of 1 distinct art unit and 1 distinct examiner means there is no variability in the current examination environment. The strategy for Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences depends on the specific requirements and preferences of SCOTLAND, REBECCA LYNN. Navigating the pending matter requires a focused approach that addresses the specific concerns of the examiner within the identified art unit.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCOTLAND, REBECCA LYNN | 1 | 0.0% | +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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18220727 | BRASSICA SEED MEAL (BSM)-BASED BIO-HERBICIDE FOR INHIBITING WEED GERMINATION, AND PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF | SCOTLAND, REBECCA LYNN | 189d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1615 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18220727 | BRASSICA SEED MEAL (BSM)-BASED BIO-HERBICIDE FOR INHIBITING WEED GERMINATION, AND PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF | SCOTLAND, REBECCA LYNN | 1615 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 189d overdue | Pending | Jul 11, 2023 |
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