Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
13 pending office actions • 8 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Kemin Industries Inc. currently manages 11 pending office actions within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. These filings are distributed across 6 distinct art units, which indicates that the company's patent strategy covers a variety of specific technical classifications. The involvement of 9 distinct examiners suggests that the company must coordinate responses across a wide range of individual examiner perspectives and requirements.
GLIMM, CARRIE LYNN STOFFEL is identified as the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently overseeing 3 pending office actions. This concentration of 3 actions with this examiner contrasts with the remaining workload being handled by other distinct examiners. Practitioners can observe that while the portfolio is spread across 6 distinct art units, a specific focus exists within the workload assigned to GLIMM, CARRIE LYNN STOFFEL. Managing the current workload requires a strategy that accounts for this examiner concentration and the broader distribution across 9 distinct examiners.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 only | 1 (8%) |
| §103 only | 5 (38%) |
| §112 only | 2 (15%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 3 (23%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (15%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GLIMM, CARRIE LYNN STOFFEL | 3 | 25.6% | +14.1% |
| MARTIN, PAUL C | 1 | 41.8% | +21.6% |
| BARRON, SEAN C | 1 | 52.9% | +30.9% |
| JOHNSON, DANIELLE D | 1 | 45.0% | +12.9% |
| GOTFREDSON, GAREN | 1 | 40.0% | +28.0% |
| ABBAS, ABDULRAHMAN MUSTAFA | 1 | 52.4% | +34.8% |
| DIVIESTI, KARLA ISOBEL | 1 | 3.4% | +20.0% |
| DICKENS, AMELIA NICOLE | 1 | 47.6% | +21.1% |
| WERTZ, ASHLEE ELIZABETH | 1 | 52.9% | +42.1% |
| JONES-FOSTER, ERICA NICOLE | 1 | 48.1% | +44.7% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18175244 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IMPROVING FOOD SAFETY AND ENHANCING FEED EFFICIENCY IN POULTRY | GLIMM, CARRIE LYNN STOFFEL | 8d |
| 17652274 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IMPROVING FOOD SAFETY AND ENHANCING FEED EFFICIENCY IN POULTRY | GLIMM, CARRIE LYNN STOFFEL | 8d |
| 18230227 | USE OF BETA-1,3-GLUCAN FOR MODULATING IMMUNE FUNCTION AND TREATING INTESTINAL INFLAMMATION | GOTFREDSON, GAREN | 27d |
| 18766645 | COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING PEROXYACIDS TO CONTROL PATHOGEN GROWTH IN ANIMAL FEED AND RELATED METHODS | JOHNSON, DANIELLE D | — |
| 18204197 | STABLE COATED CINNAMIC ALDEHYDE COMPOSITIONS FOR ANIMAL FEED AND RELATED METHODS | DIVIESTI, KARLA ISOBEL | — |
| 17856145 | MICROEMULSION BASE FOR IMPROVED PIGMENT ABSORPTION AND RELATED METHODS | GLIMM, CARRIE LYNN STOFFEL | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18211886 | INTRAOCULAR DELIVERY OF BIOACTIVE MOLECULES USING IONTOPHORESIS | ABBAS, ABDULRAHMAN MUSTAFA | 72d overdue |
| 18175244 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IMPROVING FOOD SAFETY AND ENHANCING FEED EFFICIENCY IN POULTRY | GLIMM, CARRIE LYNN STOFFEL | 8d |
| 17652274 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IMPROVING FOOD SAFETY AND ENHANCING FEED EFFICIENCY IN POULTRY | GLIMM, CARRIE LYNN STOFFEL | 8d |
| 18230227 | USE OF BETA-1,3-GLUCAN FOR MODULATING IMMUNE FUNCTION AND TREATING INTESTINAL INFLAMMATION | GOTFREDSON, GAREN | 27d |
| 18902290 | METHODS OF ADMINISTERING COMPOSITIONS OF BACILLUS SUBTILIS PB6, BUTYRIC ACID WITH ZINC, AND OPTIONALLY RED CLOVER, TO REDUCE LIVER ABSCESSES IN CATTLE | MARTIN, PAUL C | — |
| 18794498 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TREATEMNET OF MICROORGANISMS DURING PROPAGATION, CONDITIONING, FERMENTATION, AND PRESERVATION USING LAE AND SELECTED ADDITIVES | BARRON, SEAN C | — |
| 18766645 | COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING PEROXYACIDS TO CONTROL PATHOGEN GROWTH IN ANIMAL FEED AND RELATED METHODS | JOHNSON, DANIELLE D | — |
| 18204197 | STABLE COATED CINNAMIC ALDEHYDE COMPOSITIONS FOR ANIMAL FEED AND RELATED METHODS | DIVIESTI, KARLA ISOBEL | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1793 | 3 |
| 1612 | 2 |
| 1653 | 1 |
| 1619 | 1 |
| 1792 | 1 |
| 1645 | 1 |
| 1656 | 1 |
| 1691 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18902290 | METHODS OF ADMINISTERING COMPOSITIONS OF BACILLUS SUBTILIS PB6, BUTYRIC ACID WITH ZINC, AND OPTIONALLY RED CLOVER, TO REDUCE LIVER ABSCESSES IN CATTLE | MARTIN, PAUL C | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
| 18794498 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TREATEMNET OF MICROORGANISMS DURING PROPAGATION, CONDITIONING, FERMENTATION, AND PRESERVATION USING LAE AND SELECTED ADDITIVES | BARRON, SEAN C | 1653 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 05, 2024 |
| 18766645 | COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING PEROXYACIDS TO CONTROL PATHOGEN GROWTH IN ANIMAL FEED AND RELATED METHODS | JOHNSON, DANIELLE D | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 08, 2024 |
| 18230227 | USE OF BETA-1,3-GLUCAN FOR MODULATING IMMUNE FUNCTION AND TREATING INTESTINAL INFLAMMATION | GOTFREDSON, GAREN | 1619 | §101Other | Non-Final OA | 27d | Pending | Aug 04, 2023 |
| 18211886 | INTRAOCULAR DELIVERY OF BIOACTIVE MOLECULES USING IONTOPHORESIS | ABBAS, ABDULRAHMAN MUSTAFA | 1612 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | 72d overdue | Pending | Jun 20, 2023 |
| 18204197 | STABLE COATED CINNAMIC ALDEHYDE COMPOSITIONS FOR ANIMAL FEED AND RELATED METHODS | DIVIESTI, KARLA ISOBEL | 1792 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2023 |
| 18175244 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IMPROVING FOOD SAFETY AND ENHANCING FEED EFFICIENCY IN POULTRY | GLIMM, CARRIE LYNN STOFFEL | 1793 | §103§112DP | Final Rejection | 8d | Pending | Feb 27, 2023 |
| 18161617 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING METABOLIC CONDITIONS | DICKENS, AMELIA NICOLE | 1645 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2023 |
| 18084539 | COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING ORGANIC ACIDS AND THEIR ESTERS TO PREVENT MOLD CONTAMINATION IN ANIMAL FEED | WERTZ, ASHLEE ELIZABETH | 1612 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2022 |
| 17974506 | COMPOSITIONS FOR INCREASING ETHANOL PRODUCTION AND RELATED METHODS | JONES-FOSTER, ERICA NICOLE | 1656 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 26, 2022 |
| 17856145 | MICROEMULSION BASE FOR IMPROVED PIGMENT ABSORPTION AND RELATED METHODS | GLIMM, CARRIE LYNN STOFFEL | 1793 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 01, 2022 |
| 17777402 | Processes for the Preparation of Alpha-Hydroxy Esters via Grignard Coupling and Thiolation Reactions | CARR, DEBORAH D | 1691 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 72d overdue | Pending | May 17, 2022 |
| 17652274 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IMPROVING FOOD SAFETY AND ENHANCING FEED EFFICIENCY IN POULTRY | GLIMM, CARRIE LYNN STOFFEL | 1793 | §103§112DP | Final Rejection | 8d | Pending | Feb 23, 2022 |
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