Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
7 pending office actions • 5 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Melaleuca Inc. currently has 7 pending office actions in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. These 7 actions are distributed among 7 distinct examiners, indicating that every pending matter is being reviewed by a different person. These actions are also spread across 5 distinct art units, showing a level of administrative diversity for the portfolio. This fragmentation suggests that the company's biotechnology filings cover a variety of technical sub-specialties.
HOLT, ANDRIAE M is the busiest examiner for the company, managing 1 busiest examiner pending action. The fact that the 7 pending office actions are spread across 5 distinct art units suggests that the company's technology is being evaluated by several different technical groups. This requires a prosecution strategy that can adapt to the varying standards of multiple units and examiners. Practitioners must be prepared for a wide range of feedback, as the lack of significant overlap in art units and examiners minimizes the opportunity for consistent administrative outcomes. Managing the pending office actions across 5 distinct art units requires a coordinated effort to ensure that the company's overall patent strategy remains coherent despite the diverse review process across multiple administrative divisions.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (14%) |
| §103 only | 1 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (71%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOLT, ANDRIAE M | 1 | 49.3% | +22.9% |
| MATTHEWS, JOSEPH RICCI | 1 | — | — |
| MERRIAM, ANDREW E | 1 | 26.8% | +32.4% |
| MOREAU, NASHARA LOUISE | 1 | 80.0% | -100.0% |
| ATKINSON, JOSHUA ALEXANDER | 1 | 52.4% | +26.7% |
| STEINKE, SEAN JAMES | 1 | 12.5% | +42.9% |
| LAZARO, DOMINIC | 1 | 63.6% | +31.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18143799 | COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING COATED MINERALS OR MINERAL-AMINO ACID COMPLEXES | STEINKE, SEAN JAMES | 22d overdue |
| 19009392 | DIETARY COMPOSITIONS | HOLT, ANDRIAE M | — |
| 18654712 | COLLAGEN BEVERAGES AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING | MATTHEWS, JOSEPH RICCI | — |
| 18654463 | DIETARY SUPPLEMENT COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THEIR USE IN POST-WORKOUT RECOVERY | MERRIAM, ANDREW E | — |
| 18654418 | DIETARY SUPPLEMENT COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THEIR USE TO IMPROVE WORKOUT PERFORMANCE | MOREAU, NASHARA LOUISE | — |
| 17565944 | BABY LOTION | LAZARO, DOMINIC | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18143799 | COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING COATED MINERALS OR MINERAL-AMINO ACID COMPLEXES | STEINKE, SEAN JAMES | 22d overdue |
| 18195716 | DIETARY SUPPLEMENT COMPOSITIONS | ATKINSON, JOSHUA ALEXANDER | 21d |
| 19009392 | DIETARY COMPOSITIONS | HOLT, ANDRIAE M | — |
| 18654463 | DIETARY SUPPLEMENT COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THEIR USE IN POST-WORKOUT RECOVERY | MERRIAM, ANDREW E | — |
| 17565944 | BABY LOTION | LAZARO, DOMINIC | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1791 | 1 |
| 1655 | 1 |
| 1612 | 1 |
| 1619 | 1 |
| 1611 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19009392 | DIETARY COMPOSITIONS | HOLT, ANDRIAE M | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 03, 2025 |
| 18654712 | COLLAGEN BEVERAGES AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING | MATTHEWS, JOSEPH RICCI | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 03, 2024 |
| 18654463 | DIETARY SUPPLEMENT COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THEIR USE IN POST-WORKOUT RECOVERY | MERRIAM, ANDREW E | 1791 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 03, 2024 |
| 18654418 | DIETARY SUPPLEMENT COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THEIR USE TO IMPROVE WORKOUT PERFORMANCE | MOREAU, NASHARA LOUISE | 1655 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 03, 2024 |
| 18195716 | DIETARY SUPPLEMENT COMPOSITIONS | ATKINSON, JOSHUA ALEXANDER | 1612 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 21d | Pending | May 10, 2023 |
| 18143799 | COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING COATED MINERALS OR MINERAL-AMINO ACID COMPLEXES | STEINKE, SEAN JAMES | 1619 | §102§103Other | Final Rejection | 22d overdue | Pending | May 05, 2023 |
| 17565944 | BABY LOTION | LAZARO, DOMINIC | 1611 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2021 |
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