Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Liquid Wood LLC has 2 pending office actions in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. Both of these actions are being handled by 1 distinct examiner, SPAINE, ROBERT FRANKLIN. This makes SPAINE, ROBERT FRANKLIN the busiest examiner for the portfolio with 2 pending actions. The prosecution is limited to 1 distinct art unit. This suggests a very specific focus within the biotechnology and pharmaceuticals field for the current pending matters. With 2 pending office actions, the company's current USPTO engagement is concentrated.
The prosecution strategy for Liquid Wood LLC is currently focused on 1 examiner and 1 distinct art unit. This concentration means that SPAINE, ROBERT FRANKLIN's decisions will have a significant impact on the company's immediate patenting goals. Practitioners can focus their efforts on the specific requirements of the examiner and the standards of the art unit involved. This concentration allows for a very specific focus on the issues raised in the 2 pending office actions, and practitioners can monitor the examiner's specific style across both cases. The outcome of these interactions will be the primary driver of the portfolio's immediate progress.
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 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPAINE, ROBERT FRANKLIN | 2 | 75.0% | +0.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18448940 | PREPARATIONS INCLUDING EXTRACTS OF NATURAL PRODUCTS SUCH AS WOOD AND USE THEREOF AS FLAVORINGS FOR FOOD AND ALCOHOLIC AND NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES | SPAINE, ROBERT FRANKLIN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1655 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19241184 | PREPARATIONS INCLUDING EXTRACTS OF NATURAL PRODUCTS SUCH AS WOOD AND USE THEREOF AS FLAVORINGS FOR FOOD AND ALCOHOLIC AND NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES | SPAINE, ROBERT FRANKLIN | 1655 | §103§112DP | Final Rejection | 39d | Pending | Jun 17, 2025 |
| 18448940 | PREPARATIONS INCLUDING EXTRACTS OF NATURAL PRODUCTS SUCH AS WOOD AND USE THEREOF AS FLAVORINGS FOR FOOD AND ALCOHOLIC AND NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES | SPAINE, ROBERT FRANKLIN | 1655 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 13, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialLiquid Wood LLC has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Robert Franklin Spaine has the most, with 2 of Liquid Wood LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
