Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
19 pending office actions • 13 art units • 19 examiners • 0 of 19 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days
Locus Solutions IPCO LLC is currently managing 17 pending office actions within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. The prosecution is distributed, as there are 17 distinct examiners involved in these cases. The data shows 17 pending office actions and 17 distinct examiners, meaning that the pending applications are being reviewed by different individuals, providing a variety of examiner perspectives.
The portfolio is also spread across 13 distinct art units. This number of art units suggests that the company's Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals applications cover a range of specific sub-technologies. The busiest examiner, VARMA, ASHISH K, is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. This further highlights the lack of concentration in the portfolio, as the busiest examiner handles only a portion of the 17 pending office actions. This level of dispersion across 13 distinct art units and the 1 busiest examiner pending action assigned to VARMA, ASHISH K indicates a diverse prosecution landscape.
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 + other | 3 (16%) |
| §103 only | 8 (42%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 3 (16%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (26%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VARMA, ASHISH K | 1 | 74.5% | +32.5% |
| ARMATO JR, DENNIS IGNATIUS | 1 | 42.9% | +80.0% |
| ARNOLD, ERNST V | 1 | 48.2% | +12.9% |
| ELHILO, EISA B | 1 | 83.0% | +16.2% |
| ZILBERING, ASSAF | 1 | 35.2% | +27.8% |
| EDWARDS, JESSICA FAYE | 1 | 39.1% | +46.4% |
| WEBB, WALTER E | 1 | 46.3% | +18.8% |
| CASE, SARAH CATHERINE | 1 | 41.1% | +50.8% |
| EL HAJ HASSAN, BACHAR | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| HIRAKIS, SOPHIA P | 1 | 56.1% | +73.5% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18249244 | BIO-LEACHING COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MINING METALS | BAUM, ZACHARY JOHN | 3d overdue |
| 18248438 | Compositions and Methods for Mitigating Standing Water and Controlling Water-Breeding Pests | PERRY, MONICA L | 14d |
| 18843824 | Materials and Methods for Iron Capture and Greenhouse Gas Reduction | ARMATO JR, DENNIS IGNATIUS | — |
| 18843771 | Materials and Methods for Treating Iron Deficiencies and Iron Chlorosis in Plants | ARNOLD, ERNST V | — |
| 18839484 | Cleaner for Hard Surfaces | ELHILO, EISA B | — |
| 18800688 | Compositions and Methods for Enhanced Aquatic Farming and Aquarium Fish Husbandry | EDWARDS, JESSICA FAYE | — |
| 18698652 | Grinding Aid Compositions and Methods of Use | CASE, SARAH CATHERINE | — |
| 18698475 | Compositions and Methods for Flocculation | EL HAJ HASSAN, BACHAR | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18643489 | Oral Health Composition Comprising Purified Biosurfactants and/or Their Derivatives | WEBB, WALTER E | 73d overdue |
| 19075003 | Remediation of Rag Layer and Other Disposable Layers in Oil Tanks and Storage Equipment | VARMA, ASHISH K | — |
| 18843824 | Materials and Methods for Iron Capture and Greenhouse Gas Reduction | ARMATO JR, DENNIS IGNATIUS | — |
| 18843771 | Materials and Methods for Treating Iron Deficiencies and Iron Chlorosis in Plants | ARNOLD, ERNST V | — |
| 18839484 | Cleaner for Hard Surfaces | ELHILO, EISA B | — |
| 18801926 | Organic Food Preservative Compositions | ZILBERING, ASSAF | — |
| 18800688 | Compositions and Methods for Enhanced Aquatic Farming and Aquarium Fish Husbandry | EDWARDS, JESSICA FAYE | — |
| 18698652 | Grinding Aid Compositions and Methods of Use | CASE, SARAH CATHERINE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3674 | 1 |
| 1657 | 1 |
| 1612 | 1 |
| 1623 | 1 |
| 1736 | 1 |
| 3644 | 1 |
| 1732 | 1 |
| 1619 | 1 |
| 1613 | 1 |
| 1782 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19075003 | Remediation of Rag Layer and Other Disposable Layers in Oil Tanks and Storage Equipment | VARMA, ASHISH K | 3674 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 10, 2025 |
| 18843824 | Materials and Methods for Iron Capture and Greenhouse Gas Reduction | ARMATO JR, DENNIS IGNATIUS | — | §101§102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 04, 2024 |
| 18843771 | Materials and Methods for Treating Iron Deficiencies and Iron Chlorosis in Plants | ARNOLD, ERNST V | — | §101§102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 04, 2024 |
| 18839484 | Cleaner for Hard Surfaces | ELHILO, EISA B | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 19, 2024 |
| 18801926 | Organic Food Preservative Compositions | ZILBERING, ASSAF | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 13, 2024 |
| 18800688 | Compositions and Methods for Enhanced Aquatic Farming and Aquarium Fish Husbandry | EDWARDS, JESSICA FAYE | 1657 | §101§102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 12, 2024 |
| 18643489 | Oral Health Composition Comprising Purified Biosurfactants and/or Their Derivatives | WEBB, WALTER E | 1612 | §103 | Final Rejection | 73d overdue | Pending | Apr 23, 2024 |
| 18698652 | Grinding Aid Compositions and Methods of Use | CASE, SARAH CATHERINE | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2024 |
| 18698475 | Compositions and Methods for Flocculation | EL HAJ HASSAN, BACHAR | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2024 |
| 18252213 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PROMOTING HAIR GROWTH | HIRAKIS, SOPHIA P | 1623 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2023 |
| 18249244 | BIO-LEACHING COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MINING METALS | BAUM, ZACHARY JOHN | 1736 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | Apr 15, 2023 |
| 18248438 | Compositions and Methods for Mitigating Standing Water and Controlling Water-Breeding Pests | PERRY, MONICA L | 3644 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Apr 10, 2023 |
| 18297604 | ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR EXTRACTING MINERALS AND METALS FROM ORE | PATEL, SMITA S | 1732 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 18d overdue | Pending | Apr 08, 2023 |
| 18248380 | NAIL POLISH REMOVER COMPRISING GLYCOLIPIDS | BABSON, NICOLE PLOURDE | 1619 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 31d overdue | Pending | Apr 08, 2023 |
| 18012065 | Biosurfactant Formulations for Use in Skincare and Wound Treatment | CHANG, KYUNG SOOK | 1613 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 21, 2022 |
| 18010886 | Compositions for Improving the Environmental Impact of Printing and Dyeing | YAGER, JAMES C | 1782 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2022 |
| 17521290 | ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR EXTRACTING MINERALS AND METALS FROM ORE | PIRO, NICHOLAS ANTHONY | 1738 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2021 |
| 17514305 | METHODS FOR PRODUCING REDUCED CARBON FOOTPRINT LIVESTOCK | LIU, SUE XU | 1616 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 29, 2021 |
| 17418823 | Microbial Hydrolysates for Agricultural Pest Control | TICHY, JENNIFER M.H. | 1653 | §103DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2021 |
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