Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

KWS Saat SE & Co. KGaA

17 pending office actions • 9 art units • 15 examiners • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

17
Total Pending OAs
14
Non-Final OAs
2
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.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
1
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 (3)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (1)

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.

8
Hard (47%)
5
Medium (29%)
4
Easy (24%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other4 (24%)
§103 only5 (29%)
§112 only2 (12%)
Double-patenting only2 (12%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (24%)

Industry Mix

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

13
Life Sciences
76% of docket
1
Information Tech
6% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
6% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
12% 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.

170 h
Manual time on pending OAs
34 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
59 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CHATTERJEE, JAYANTA 2 47.4% +76.9%
STOCKDALE, JESSICA NICOLE 2 45.2% +41.5%
HARPER, ELIYAH STONE 1 73.5% +11.4%
MEADOWS, CHRISTINA L 1 76.1% +23.2%
KEOGH, MATTHEW R 1 78.3% +14.5%
FLORES SANCHEZ, OMAR 1 73.9% +14.3%
SAEED, ALI S 1 31.2% +34.3%
SHARMA, SANTOSH 1 74.3% +27.3%
MARINI, MATTHEW G 1 60.4% +21.7%
MCWILLIAMS, KELSEY LYNN 1 89.1% +6.6%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18266884 TARGETED INFLUENCE ON MEIOSIS FOR INCREASING RECOMBINATION FREQUENCY MCWILLIAMS, KELSEY LYNN 15d overdue

Hard Cases (8)

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
17783997 ENHANCED DISEASE RESISTANCE OF MAIZE TO NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT BY A QTL ON CHROMOSOME 4 SWITZER, JULIET CAROLINE 17d overdue
18687799 ALS-INHIBITOR HERBICIDE TOLERANT BETA VULGARIS HYBRIDS WITH INCREASED HETEROSIS CHATTERJEE, JAYANTA 12d
18569441 ENHANCED DISEASE RESISTANCE OF MAIZE TO NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT BY A QTL ON CHROMOSOME 4 STOCKDALE, JESSICA NICOLE 23d
17768696 ENHANCED DISEASE RESISTANCE OF CROPS BY DOWNREGULATION OF REPRESSOR GENES STOCKDALE, JESSICA NICOLE 79d
18813194 OPTIMIZED PLANT CRISPR/CPF1 SYSTEMS KEOGH, MATTHEW R
18561432 USE OF QUASSIA-EXTRACT FOR A SEED TREATMENT AS INSECTICIDE SAEED, ALI S
18276199 SYNERGISTIC PROMOTER ACTIVATION BY COMBINING CPE AND CRE MODIFICATIONS SHARMA, SANTOSH
18034286 METHODS FOR CEREAL CROP HYBRID TEST CROSS EVALUATION WILLIAMS, KEITH RICHARD

Interview Candidates (11)

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
18687799 ALS-INHIBITOR HERBICIDE TOLERANT BETA VULGARIS HYBRIDS WITH INCREASED HETEROSIS CHATTERJEE, JAYANTA 12d
18569441 ENHANCED DISEASE RESISTANCE OF MAIZE TO NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT BY A QTL ON CHROMOSOME 4 STOCKDALE, JESSICA NICOLE 23d
18021756 PLANT RESISTANCE GENE AND MEANS FOR ITS IDENTIFICATION CHATTERJEE, JAYANTA 55d
17768696 ENHANCED DISEASE RESISTANCE OF CROPS BY DOWNREGULATION OF REPRESSOR GENES STOCKDALE, JESSICA NICOLE 79d
19342289 METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING A CANDIDATE, NAMELY A GENE LOCATION AND/OR A SEQUENCE VARIANT, INDICATIVE FOR AT LEAST ONE (PHENOTYPIC) TRAIT HARPER, ELIYAH STONE
18816918 GENERATION OF HAPLOID PLANTS MEADOWS, CHRISTINA L
18813194 OPTIMIZED PLANT CRISPR/CPF1 SYSTEMS KEOGH, MATTHEW R
18572663 DEVICES FOR CRUMBLING ROOT CROPS AND DETERMINING THE COMPOSITION THEREOF FLORES SANCHEZ, OMAR

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1663 7
1662 3
2166 1
3724 1
1616 1
2853 1
3648 1
1682 1
1637 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19342289 METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING A CANDIDATE, NAMELY A GENE LOCATION AND/OR A SEQUENCE VARIANT, INDICATIVE FOR AT LEAST ONE (PHENOTYPIC) TRAIT HARPER, ELIYAH STONE 2166 DP Non-Final OA Pending Sep 26, 2025
18816918 GENERATION OF HAPLOID PLANTS MEADOWS, CHRISTINA L 1663 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 27, 2024
18813194 OPTIMIZED PLANT CRISPR/CPF1 SYSTEMS KEOGH, MATTHEW R 1663 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 23, 2024
18687799 ALS-INHIBITOR HERBICIDE TOLERANT BETA VULGARIS HYBRIDS WITH INCREASED HETEROSIS CHATTERJEE, JAYANTA 1662 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA 12d Pending Feb 28, 2024
18572663 DEVICES FOR CRUMBLING ROOT CROPS AND DETERMINING THE COMPOSITION THEREOF FLORES SANCHEZ, OMAR 3724 DP Final Rejection Pending Dec 20, 2023
18569441 ENHANCED DISEASE RESISTANCE OF MAIZE TO NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT BY A QTL ON CHROMOSOME 4 STOCKDALE, JESSICA NICOLE 1663 §101§102§112Other Non-Final OA 23d Pending Dec 12, 2023
18561432 USE OF QUASSIA-EXTRACT FOR A SEED TREATMENT AS INSECTICIDE SAEED, ALI S 1616 §101§103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 16, 2023
18276199 SYNERGISTIC PROMOTER ACTIVATION BY COMBINING CPE AND CRE MODIFICATIONS SHARMA, SANTOSH 1663 §101§102§103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Aug 07, 2023
18271813 ENRICHED SUGARBEET PULP PRODUCTION MARINI, MATTHEW G 2853 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 11, 2023
18266884 TARGETED INFLUENCE ON MEIOSIS FOR INCREASING RECOMBINATION FREQUENCY MCWILLIAMS, KELSEY LYNN 1663 §112 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Jun 13, 2023
18037522 METHOD FOR SELECTING OR IDENTIFYING A BRASSICA NAPUS PLANT HAVING RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL PATHOGEN DELEO, VICTORIA LYNN 1662 §103 Final Rejection 23d Pending May 17, 2023
18034286 METHODS FOR CEREAL CROP HYBRID TEST CROSS EVALUATION WILLIAMS, KEITH RICHARD 1663 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 27, 2023
18021756 PLANT RESISTANCE GENE AND MEANS FOR ITS IDENTIFICATION CHATTERJEE, JAYANTA 1662 §112Other Non-Final OA 55d Pending Feb 16, 2023
18007827 REAL-TIME KINEMATIC (RTK) POSITIONING SYSTEM, BASE STATION AND METHODS FOR CALIBRATING AND OPERATING MULL, FRED H 3648 §103 Non-Final OA 25d overdue Pending Dec 02, 2022
17783997 ENHANCED DISEASE RESISTANCE OF MAIZE TO NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT BY A QTL ON CHROMOSOME 4 SWITZER, JULIET CAROLINE 1682 §101§112Other Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Jun 09, 2022
17768696 ENHANCED DISEASE RESISTANCE OF CROPS BY DOWNREGULATION OF REPRESSOR GENES STOCKDALE, JESSICA NICOLE 1663 §103§112 Non-Final OA 79d Pending Apr 13, 2022
17040943 METHOD FOR INCREASING THE EXPRESSION LEVEL OF A NUCLEIC ACID MOLECULE OF INTEREST IN A CELL GROOMS, TIFFANY NICOLE 1637 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 23, 2020

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