Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
12 pending office actions • 11 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 27 patents granted in the last 365 days
LG Household & Health Care Ltd. is managing 11 pending office actions in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. These 11 actions are distributed among 10 distinct examiners, which means at least one examiner is handling multiple applications. Furthermore, these actions are spread across 10 distinct art units, indicating a broad and fragmented administrative landscape for the company's pharmaceutical portfolio. This high level of diversity suggests that the company's technology is being scrutinized by nearly as many different administrative groups as there are pending matters.
MEYERS, ELIZABETH ANNE is the busiest examiner for the company, currently holding 2 busiest examiner pending actions. The high number of 10 distinct art units for 11 pending office actions requires an adaptable prosecution strategy to meet the diverse technical and procedural standards of each group. Practitioners must manage multiple administrative relationships and account for the individual preferences of 10 distinct examiners. This fragmented structure minimizes the opportunity to apply consistent arguments across the portfolio, as each art unit may have its own interpretation of prior art and technical standards. The applicant should closely monitor the 2 busiest examiner pending actions handled by MEYERS, ELIZABETH ANNE, as this represents the only point of examiner concentration in an otherwise distributed prosecution environment.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 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. 6 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 + other | 2 (17%) |
| §103 only | 6 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MEYERS, ELIZABETH ANNE | 2 | 23.5% | +92.9% |
| STONE, RACHAEL SOJIN | 1 | 55.2% | +21.0% |
| CARROLL, JEREMY W | 1 | 74.8% | +12.3% |
| ALAM, AYAAN A | 1 | 38.4% | +35.6% |
| PEEBLES, KATHERINE | 1 | 35.5% | +48.6% |
| CLAYTOR, DEIRDRE RENEE | 1 | 42.8% | +26.9% |
| GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE | 1 | 45.8% | +40.8% |
| TRUONG, KARL DUC | 1 | 63.5% | +36.1% |
| CHEN, CATHERYNE | 1 | 37.4% | +18.0% |
| LEYSON, JOSEPH S | 1 | 66.3% | +35.9% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17639699 | Cosmetic Composition Comprising Solid Phase Polymer Components Having Improved Solubility | MEYERS, ELIZABETH ANNE | 74d overdue |
| 18410924 | COSMETIC COMPOSITION FOR IMPROVING SENSITIVE SKIN | PEEBLES, KATHERINE | 25d overdue |
| 18290377 | Emulsion or Oil-Dispersion Cosmetic Composition Containing High Content of Powder | CLAYTOR, DEIRDRE RENEE | 7d |
| 17294829 | COMPOSITION FOR STABILIZING POORLY SOLUBLE INGREDIENTS AND COSMETIC COMPOSITION COMPRISING SAME | HUTTER, GILLIAN A | 40d |
| 18287849 | GENE POLYMORPHISM MARKERS FOR DETERMINING SKIN TURNOVER AND HYPER-KERATINIZATION AND USE THEREOF | GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE | 61d |
| 19009233 | SKIN CARE SYSTEM AND SKIN CARE METHOD THEREOF | STONE, RACHAEL SOJIN | — |
| 18566247 | PLACENTA-MIMIC COSMETIC COMPOSITION | MEYERS, ELIZABETH ANNE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17639699 | Cosmetic Composition Comprising Solid Phase Polymer Components Having Improved Solubility | MEYERS, ELIZABETH ANNE | 74d overdue |
| 18410924 | COSMETIC COMPOSITION FOR IMPROVING SENSITIVE SKIN | PEEBLES, KATHERINE | 25d overdue |
| 18290377 | Emulsion or Oil-Dispersion Cosmetic Composition Containing High Content of Powder | CLAYTOR, DEIRDRE RENEE | 7d |
| 18287849 | GENE POLYMORPHISM MARKERS FOR DETERMINING SKIN TURNOVER AND HYPER-KERATINIZATION AND USE THEREOF | GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE | 61d |
| 18120622 | SKIN CHARACTERISTIC DATA VISUALIZATION DEVICE AND SYSTEM | TRUONG, KARL DUC | 83d |
| 19009233 | SKIN CARE SYSTEM AND SKIN CARE METHOD THEREOF | STONE, RACHAEL SOJIN | — |
| 18867381 | A COSMETIC MATERIAL DISPENSER | CARROLL, JEREMY W | — |
| 18695532 | Transparent Water-In-Oil-Type Lip Cosmetic Composition | ALAM, AYAAN A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1617 | 2 |
| 3681 | 1 |
| 3754 | 1 |
| 1611 | 1 |
| 1614 | 1 |
| 1691 | 1 |
| 1682 | 1 |
| 2614 | 1 |
| 1655 | 1 |
| 1744 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19009233 | SKIN CARE SYSTEM AND SKIN CARE METHOD THEREOF | STONE, RACHAEL SOJIN | 3681 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 03, 2025 |
| 18867381 | A COSMETIC MATERIAL DISPENSER | CARROLL, JEREMY W | 3754 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 19, 2024 |
| 18695532 | Transparent Water-In-Oil-Type Lip Cosmetic Composition | ALAM, AYAAN A | 1611 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 26, 2024 |
| 18410924 | COSMETIC COMPOSITION FOR IMPROVING SENSITIVE SKIN | PEEBLES, KATHERINE | 1614 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 25d overdue | Pending | Jan 11, 2024 |
| 18566247 | PLACENTA-MIMIC COSMETIC COMPOSITION | MEYERS, ELIZABETH ANNE | 1617 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 01, 2023 |
| 18290377 | Emulsion or Oil-Dispersion Cosmetic Composition Containing High Content of Powder | CLAYTOR, DEIRDRE RENEE | 1691 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 7d | Pending | Nov 13, 2023 |
| 18287849 | GENE POLYMORPHISM MARKERS FOR DETERMINING SKIN TURNOVER AND HYPER-KERATINIZATION AND USE THEREOF | GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE | 1682 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | 61d | Pending | Oct 20, 2023 |
| 18120622 | SKIN CHARACTERISTIC DATA VISUALIZATION DEVICE AND SYSTEM | TRUONG, KARL DUC | 2614 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 83d | Pending | Mar 13, 2023 |
| 17790306 | Composition Containing Paper Extracts | CHEN, CATHERYNE | 1655 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2022 |
| 17639699 | Cosmetic Composition Comprising Solid Phase Polymer Components Having Improved Solubility | MEYERS, ELIZABETH ANNE | 1617 | §103 | Final Rejection | 74d overdue | Pending | Aug 05, 2022 |
| 17774337 | NATURALLY DEGRADABLE MICROCAPSULES AND A METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME | LEYSON, JOSEPH S | 1744 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 04, 2022 |
| 17294829 | COMPOSITION FOR STABILIZING POORLY SOLUBLE INGREDIENTS AND COSMETIC COMPOSITION COMPRISING SAME | HUTTER, GILLIAN A | 1625 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 40d | Pending | May 18, 2021 |
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