Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

LanzaTech Inc.

6 pending office actions • 4 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)

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.

4
Hard (67%)
2
Medium (33%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (17%)
§103 only2 (33%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
83% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
17% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MOAZZAMI, NAGHMEH NINA 1 73.1% +41.9%
MONSHIPOURI, MARYAM 1 79.0% +37.3%
SLAUGOVSKY, RACHEL MARIE 1 64.7% +41.9%
JONES, CHRISTOPHER P 1 76.0% +24.9%
WHITE, ASHLEY TAYLOR 1 26.3% +45.7%
ANDERSON-FEARS, KEENAN NEIL 1 10.0% +44.4%

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17658602 FLEXIBLE FERMENTATION PLATFORM FOR IMPROVED CONVERSION OF CARBON DIOXIDE INTO PRODUCTS WHITE, ASHLEY TAYLOR 53d overdue
17653077 SYSTEM FOR CONTROL AND ANALYSIS OF GAS FERMENTATION PROCESSES ANDERSON-FEARS, KEENAN NEIL 22d overdue
18977438 SINGLE CELL PROTEIN WITH ENHANCED DIGESTIVE ENZYME CONTENT MOAZZAMI, NAGHMEH NINA 3d overdue
18803349 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING BUBBLES IN A VESSEL MONSHIPOURI, MARYAM
18544828 INTEGRATION OF ADSORPTION DEVICE AND GAS FERMENTATION SLAUGOVSKY, RACHEL MARIE

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17658602 FLEXIBLE FERMENTATION PLATFORM FOR IMPROVED CONVERSION OF CARBON DIOXIDE INTO PRODUCTS WHITE, ASHLEY TAYLOR 53d overdue
17653077 SYSTEM FOR CONTROL AND ANALYSIS OF GAS FERMENTATION PROCESSES ANDERSON-FEARS, KEENAN NEIL 22d overdue
18977438 SINGLE CELL PROTEIN WITH ENHANCED DIGESTIVE ENZYME CONTENT MOAZZAMI, NAGHMEH NINA 3d overdue
18468083 PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR CONTINUOUS GAS FERMENTATION JONES, CHRISTOPHER P 1d overdue
18803349 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING BUBBLES IN A VESSEL MONSHIPOURI, MARYAM
18544828 INTEGRATION OF ADSORPTION DEVICE AND GAS FERMENTATION SLAUGOVSKY, RACHEL MARIE

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1776 2
1652 1
1653 1
1687 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18977438 SINGLE CELL PROTEIN WITH ENHANCED DIGESTIVE ENZYME CONTENT MOAZZAMI, NAGHMEH NINA 1652 §103§112 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Dec 11, 2024
18803349 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING BUBBLES IN A VESSEL MONSHIPOURI, MARYAM §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 13, 2024
18544828 INTEGRATION OF ADSORPTION DEVICE AND GAS FERMENTATION SLAUGOVSKY, RACHEL MARIE 1776 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 19, 2023
18468083 PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR CONTINUOUS GAS FERMENTATION JONES, CHRISTOPHER P 1776 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Sep 15, 2023
17658602 FLEXIBLE FERMENTATION PLATFORM FOR IMPROVED CONVERSION OF CARBON DIOXIDE INTO PRODUCTS WHITE, ASHLEY TAYLOR 1653 §103Other Final Rejection 53d overdue Pending Apr 08, 2022
17653077 SYSTEM FOR CONTROL AND ANALYSIS OF GAS FERMENTATION PROCESSES ANDERSON-FEARS, KEENAN NEIL 1687 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 22d overdue Pending Mar 01, 2022

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