Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Intervet Inc.

Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

25 pending office actions • 13 art units • 21 examiners • 0 of 25 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 31 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Intervet Inc. has 29 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. The portfolio spans 24 examiners and 13 art units, showing substantial distribution across examination personnel and technical groups.

ZEMAN, ROBERT A is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. That assignment is small relative to the portfolio’s overall examiner footprint, so centralized prosecution guidance should be supplemented with matter-specific review across the different art units.

The breadth of the portfolio calls for tracking examiner correspondence, art-unit practices, and response timing at the individual application level. Coordination can identify recurring issues, but the data does not support treating the portfolio as a single examiner relationship.

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

Portfolio Summary

25
Total Pending OAs
16
Non-Final OAs
8
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
3
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (3)

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.

10
Hard (40%)
13
Medium (52%)
2
Easy (8%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only8 (32%)
§112 only1 (4%)
Double-patenting only1 (4%)
Double-patenting + other5 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)10 (40%)

Industry Mix

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

24
Life Sciences
96% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
4% 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.

250 h
Manual time on pending OAs
50 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
88 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ZEMAN, ROBERT A 2 54.2% +27.9%
BOESEN, AGNIESZKA 2 68.6% +21.8%
ALLEN, MICHAEL D 2 31.9% +48.8%
DICKENS, AMELIA NICOLE 2 47.2% +21.6%
GANGLE, BRIAN J 1 76.8% +14.6%
CHESTNUT, BARRY A 1 73.9% +6.3%
SHIM, DAVID M. 1 58.8% +58.5%
MCINTOSH III, TRAVISS C 1 73.3% +14.1%
MAHADEVAN, JANAKI ANANTH 1 0.0% +0.0%
TRAN, ERIC 1 69.8% +19.4%

Hard Cases (10)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18335415 SOLID ORAL PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS FOR ISOXAZOLINE COMPOUNDS BORALSKY, LUKE ALAN 9d overdue
18257420 CONJUGATED T-2 TOXIN TO PROTECT AGAINST MYCOTOXICOSIS MORGAN, BAILEY MICHELLE 8d overdue
18263211 ANTIPARASITIC COMPOUNDS SZNAIDMAN, MARCOS L 9d
18873753 VACCINE FOR PROTECTION AGAINST LEPTOSPIRA SEROVAR ICTEROHAEMORRHAGIAE ZEMAN, ROBERT A —
18723268 STABLE EMULSIONS OF ANTIGENS ALLEN, MICHAEL D —
18721947 AN INJECTABLE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR THE TREATMENT OF RESPIRATORY DISEASES IN ANIMALS SHIM, DAVID M. —
18294592 METHOD OF TREATING VETERINARY VIRAL DISEASES MAHADEVAN, JANAKI ANANTH —
17775425 A NOVEL VACCINE AGAINST HAEMOPHILUS PARASUIS DICKENS, AMELIA NICOLE —

Interview Candidates (12)

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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17641031 COMBINATION VACCINE FOR INTRADERMAL ADMINISTRATION ZEMAN, ROBERT A 34d
18416336 ISOXAZOLINE COMPOSITIONS AND THEIR USE AS ANTIPARASITICS TRAN, ERIC 41d
19094116 CONJUGATED DEOXYNIVALENOL TO PROTECT AGAINST MYCOTOXICOSIS GANGLE, BRIAN J —
18873753 VACCINE FOR PROTECTION AGAINST LEPTOSPIRA SEROVAR ICTEROHAEMORRHAGIAE ZEMAN, ROBERT A —
18723259 STABILISED LIQUID VACCINES OF LIVE VIRUSES BOESEN, AGNIESZKA —
18723268 STABLE EMULSIONS OF ANTIGENS ALLEN, MICHAEL D —
18721947 AN INJECTABLE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR THE TREATMENT OF RESPIRATORY DISEASES IN ANIMALS SHIM, DAVID M. —
18720093 A PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR THE TREATMENT OF OTIC INFECTIONS MCINTOSH III, TRAVISS C —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1645 6
1672 4
1671 3
1693 2
1641 2
1626 1
1629 1
2663 1
1628 1
1624 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19094116 CONJUGATED DEOXYNIVALENOL TO PROTECT AGAINST MYCOTOXICOSIS GANGLE, BRIAN J 1645 §102§103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 28, 2025
18873753 VACCINE FOR PROTECTION AGAINST LEPTOSPIRA SEROVAR ICTEROHAEMORRHAGIAE ZEMAN, ROBERT A 1645 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 11, 2024
18794860 FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS VACCINE CHESTNUT, BARRY A 1672 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 05, 2024
18723259 STABILISED LIQUID VACCINES OF LIVE VIRUSES BOESEN, AGNIESZKA 1672 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 21, 2024
18723268 STABLE EMULSIONS OF ANTIGENS ALLEN, MICHAEL D 1671 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 21, 2024
18721947 AN INJECTABLE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR THE TREATMENT OF RESPIRATORY DISEASES IN ANIMALS SHIM, DAVID M. 1626 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 20, 2024
18720093 A PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR THE TREATMENT OF OTIC INFECTIONS MCINTOSH III, TRAVISS C 1693 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 14, 2024
18702577 A VACCINE FOR THE PROTECTION OF PIGLETS AGAINST SWINE INFLUENZA A VIRUS INFECTION BOESEN, AGNIESZKA 1672 §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 18, 2024
18294592 METHOD OF TREATING VETERINARY VIRAL DISEASES MAHADEVAN, JANAKI ANANTH 1693 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 02, 2024
18416336 ISOXAZOLINE COMPOSITIONS AND THEIR USE AS ANTIPARASITICS TRAN, ERIC 1629 §103 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Jan 18, 2024
18570341 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COUNTING BIRD PARASITES MORSE, GREGORY ALLAN 2663 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 14, 2023
18264446 VACCINATION FOR PROTECTING POULTRY AGAINST A POULTRY PATHOGEN LY, KRISTINA ELISABETH 1641 §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 07, 2023
18263211 ANTIPARASITIC COMPOUNDS SZNAIDMAN, MARCOS L 1628 §102§103 Final Rejection 9d Pending Jul 27, 2023
18335415 SOLID ORAL PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS FOR ISOXAZOLINE COMPOUNDS BORALSKY, LUKE ALAN 1624 §102§112 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Jun 15, 2023
18257420 CONJUGATED T-2 TOXIN TO PROTECT AGAINST MYCOTOXICOSIS MORGAN, BAILEY MICHELLE 1645 §103§112 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Jun 14, 2023
18253140 METHOD OF TREATMENT OF PAIN THROUGH BUCCAL ADMINISTRATION OF FLUNIXIN SOROUSH, LAYLA 1622 §103 Final Rejection — Pending May 16, 2023
18250106 COMBINATION VACCINE FOR PROTECTING SWINE AGAINST VARIOUS DISORDERS SZPERKA, MICHAEL EDWARD 1641 §103Other Non-Final OA 34d Pending Apr 21, 2023
18249419 BACULOVIRUS EXPRESSION VECTOR JADHAO, SAMADHAN JAISING 1672 §103 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Apr 18, 2023
17785223 REASSORTED ISA VIRUS ALLEN, MICHAEL D 1671 §112DP Final Rejection — Pending Jun 14, 2022
17783220 PARASITE CONTROL IN RUMINANTS MCMILLIAN, KARA RENITA 1623 §103 Final Rejection 38d overdue Pending Jun 07, 2022
17775425 A NOVEL VACCINE AGAINST HAEMOPHILUS PARASUIS DICKENS, AMELIA NICOLE 1645 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 09, 2022
17775428 NOVEL VACCINE AGAINST HAEMOPHILUS PARASUIS DICKENS, AMELIA NICOLE 1645 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 09, 2022
17641031 COMBINATION VACCINE FOR INTRADERMAL ADMINISTRATION ZEMAN, ROBERT A 1645 §112 Final Rejection 34d Pending Mar 07, 2022
17615961 MDBK IRF3/IRF7 KNOCK OUT MUTANT CELL AND ITS USE FOR VACCINE PRODUCTION SIFFORD, JEFFREY MARK 1671 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 02, 2021
16761670 INJECTABLE ISOXAZOLINE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS AND THEIR USE AGAINST PARASITE INFESTATION SAEED, ALI S 1616 §103DP Non-Final OA — Pending May 05, 2020

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Intervet Inc. have?

Intervet Inc. has 25 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 13 art units and 21 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Intervet Inc. applications?

Robert A Zeman has the most, with 2 of Intervet Inc.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Intervet Inc.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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