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
Kate Farms Inc. is currently engaged in patent prosecution within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. The company's active portfolio includes 1 pending office action, which is currently being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner. This arrangement signifies a highly centralized prosecution process, as the company's entire active workload is directed through a single individual at the patent office.
The administrative tracking for this portfolio is confined to 1 distinct art unit. JUSTICE, GINA CHIEUN YU is the busiest examiner for the company, currently managing 1 busiest examiner pending office action. Because the total number of pending office actions is 1, JUSTICE, GINA CHIEUN YU is responsible for the full extent of the company's current interactions within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals sector.
For patent practitioners, this concentration in 1 distinct art unit and 1 distinct examiner suggests a streamlined communication model. The prosecution strategy does not currently require coordination across different technical divisions or examination styles. Success in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals area for Kate Farms Inc. is presently tied to the specific requirements and feedback provided by JUSTICE, GINA CHIEUN YU for the 1 pending office action.
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 |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting + 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| JUSTICE, GINA CHIEUN YU | 1 | 55.6% | +8.5% |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1617 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18195761 | Bag System Containing a Nutrient Composition Comprising Whole Food Sole Source Meal | JUSTICE, GINA CHIEUN YU | 1617 | §103DP | Final Rejection | 45d overdue | Pending | May 10, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialKate Farms Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Gina Chieun Yu Justice has the most, with 1 of Kate Farms Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
