Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
5 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Kannar Earth Science Ltd. operates in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area with 5 pending office actions. These actions are distributed across 4 distinct art units, indicating a broad range of biological or pharmaceutical research. The presence of 5 pending office actions shows an active and diverse innovation pipeline within the biotechnology sector.
The company's prosecution involves 5 distinct examiners, ensuring that each pending matter is handled by a different individual. YU, HONG is the busiest examiner for Kannar Earth Science Ltd., currently managing 1 pending office action. The use of 5 distinct examiners across 4 distinct art units for 5 pending office actions shows a distributed prosecution strategy. This ensures that each application is reviewed by an examiner with specific expertise in one of the 4 distinct art units.
For practitioners, this distribution means that prosecution outcomes are likely to be influenced by a variety of examiner styles and art unit practices. With 5 distinct examiners involved, the company receives a wide range of feedback on its pharmaceutical innovations. The fact that YU, HONG is the busiest examiner with only 1 pending office action underscores the high level of examiner diversity currently present in the company's portfolio.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 2 (40%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (60%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| YU, HONG | 1 | 30.9% | +5.6% |
| JUSTICE, GINA CHIEUN YU | 1 | 55.6% | +8.4% |
| NGUYEN, CAM N | 1 | 84.8% | +12.3% |
| SILVA RAINBOW, HEATHER ELISE | 1 | 33.3% | +50.7% |
| JOHNSON, DANIELLE D | 1 | 45.0% | +12.9% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18168165 | LOW DUST SEED FLOW LUBRICANT COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS | SILVA RAINBOW, HEATHER ELISE | 3d overdue |
| 18767160 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING SEED FLOWABILITY AND ENHANCING PLANT GROWTH | YU, HONG | — |
| 18356625 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING FLOWABILITY OF SUPERABSORBENT POLYMERS | NGUYEN, CAM N | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18163977 | BIOINSECTICIDE | JOHNSON, DANIELLE D | 80d overdue |
| 18168165 | LOW DUST SEED FLOW LUBRICANT COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS | SILVA RAINBOW, HEATHER ELISE | 3d overdue |
| 18356625 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING FLOWABILITY OF SUPERABSORBENT POLYMERS | NGUYEN, CAM N | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1617 | 2 |
| 1614 | 1 |
| 1736 | 1 |
| 1731 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18767160 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING SEED FLOWABILITY AND ENHANCING PLANT GROWTH | YU, HONG | 1614 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 09, 2024 |
| 18228280 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING SOIL CONDITION | JUSTICE, GINA CHIEUN YU | 1617 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2023 |
| 18356625 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING FLOWABILITY OF SUPERABSORBENT POLYMERS | NGUYEN, CAM N | 1736 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 21, 2023 |
| 18168165 | LOW DUST SEED FLOW LUBRICANT COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS | SILVA RAINBOW, HEATHER ELISE | 1731 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 3d overdue | Pending | Feb 13, 2023 |
| 18163977 | BIOINSECTICIDE | JOHNSON, DANIELLE D | 1617 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 80d overdue | Pending | Feb 03, 2023 |
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