Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
67 pending office actions • 16 art units • 50 examiners • 0 of 67 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 380 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 23 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. 23 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 only | 2 (3%) |
| §101 + other | 6 (9%) |
| §103 only | 19 (28%) |
| §102 only | 2 (3%) |
| §112 only | 8 (12%) |
| Double-patenting only | 6 (9%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 6 (9%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 16 (24%) |
| No statute on record | 2 (3%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KUBELIK, ANNE R | 6 | 75.8% | -1.0% |
| SULLIVAN, BRIAN JAMES | 3 | 77.8% | +13.4% |
| STEPHENS, REBECCA JOHANNA | 3 | 67.6% | +28.8% |
| KEOGH, MATTHEW R | 2 | 78.3% | +14.5% |
| SHEN, YANXIN NMN | 2 | 83.3% | +27.8% |
| FAN, WEIHUA | 2 | 83.0% | +12.3% |
| KRUSE, DAVID H | 2 | 81.5% | +9.3% |
| CHATTERJEE, JAYANTA | 2 | 47.4% | +76.9% |
| BYRNES, DAVID R | 2 | 77.9% | +22.4% |
| PAGE, BRENT T | 2 | 82.4% | +10.8% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17991129 | SOYBEAN VARIETY 01094814 | PAGE, BRENT T | 4d overdue |
| 18176206 | MANAGEMENT OF CORN THROUGH SEMI-DWARF SYSTEMS | FAN, WEIHUA | 82d |
| 18661289 | SOYBEAN EVENT MON89788 AND METHODS FOR DETECTION THEREOF | KRUSE, DAVID H | — |
| 18504941 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR SELECTIVE REGULATION OF PROTEIN EXPRESSION | KRUSE, DAVID H | — |
| 18028173 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS RELATING TO PROTOCOLS IN PLANT BREEDING PIPELINES | PAGE, BRENT T | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17987812 | SOYBEAN VARIETY 01094723 | KOVALENKO, MYKOLA V | 157d overdue |
| 18643394 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ALTERING PLANT DETERMINACY | SHEN, YANXIN NMN | 49d overdue |
| 17993951 | SOYBEAN VARIETY 01098264 | KUBELIK, ANNE R | 32d overdue |
| 18377421 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TRANSFORMATION OF EMBRYO EXPLANT POPULATIONS | KEOGH, MATTHEW R | 25d overdue |
| 18587219 | Methods And Systems For Use In Defining Advancement Of Seed Products In Breeding | TORRES CHANZA, GABRIEL JOSE | 24d overdue |
| 17874203 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE IN IDENTIFYING MULTIPLE GENOME EDITS AND PREDICTING THE AGGREGATE EFFECTS OF THE IDENTIFIED GENOME EDITS | LIU, GUOZHEN | 17d overdue |
| 18286005 | ENCAPSULATED MICROBIAL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME | DICKENS, AMELIA NICOLE | 9d overdue |
| 18783495 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MODIFYING PLANT YIELD TRAITS | SHEN, YANXIN NMN | 8d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18643394 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ALTERING PLANT DETERMINACY | SHEN, YANXIN NMN | 49d overdue |
| 18377421 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TRANSFORMATION OF EMBRYO EXPLANT POPULATIONS | KEOGH, MATTHEW R | 25d overdue |
| 18783495 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MODIFYING PLANT YIELD TRAITS | SHEN, YANXIN NMN | 8d overdue |
| 17991129 | SOYBEAN VARIETY 01094814 | PAGE, BRENT T | 4d overdue |
| 18306581 | TRANSGENIC SOYBEAN EVENT GM_CSM63714 AND METHODS FOR DETECTION AND USES THEREOF | STEPHENS, REBECCA JOHANNA | 33d |
| 18190739 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING CORN TRAITS AND YIELD USING GENOME EDITING | BYRNES, DAVID R | 56d |
| 18296392 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IMPROVING RESISTANCE TO FUSARIUM HEAD BLIGHT | STEPHENS, REBECCA JOHANNA | 72d |
| 18176206 | MANAGEMENT OF CORN THROUGH SEMI-DWARF SYSTEMS | FAN, WEIHUA | 82d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1663 | 25 |
| 1662 | 12 |
| 1616 | 4 |
| 2857 | 3 |
| 1617 | 3 |
| 3642 | 2 |
| 1661 | 2 |
| 3625 | 2 |
| 1686 | 2 |
| 1633 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19215143 | Systems For Use In Pollinating Plants, And Related Methods | SCHMID, BROOK VICTORIA | 3642 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 21, 2025 |
| 19210545 | GENOME EDITING IN PLANTS | ZHONG, WAYNESHAOBIN | — | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 16, 2025 |
| 19197867 | PLANT REGULATORY ELEMENTS AND USES THEREOF | COLLINS, CYNTHIA E | 1662 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 02, 2025 |
| 19080590 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR GENOME EDITING IN PLANTA | SULLIVAN, BRIAN JAMES | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2025 |
| 19111753 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR SELECTIVE REGULATION OF PROTEIN EXPRESSION | MEYER, GEORGE WILLIAM | 1662 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2025 |
| 18984004 | METHOD FOR ACCELERATING PLANT CROP CYCLE | CALLAWAY, SPENCER THOMAS | 3642 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
| 18983993 | METHODS FOR PLANT TRANSFORMATION USING SPECTINOMYCIN SELECTION | ROBINSON, KEITH O NEAL | 1661 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
| 18971656 | TRANSGENIC SOYBEAN EVENT GM_CSM63717 AND COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DETECTION AND USES THEREOF | DELEO, VICTORIA LYNN | 1662 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
| 18949035 | PLANT REGULATORY ELEMENTS AND USES THEREOF | TAMUKONG, YVETTE BIH | 1662 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2024 |
| 18863562 | TRANSGENIC SUGAR BEET EVENT BV_CSM63713 AND METHODS FOR DETECTION AND USES THEREOF | IBRAHIM, MEDINA AHMED | 1662 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2024 |
| 18921141 | METHODS TO IMPROVE SITE-DIRECTED INTEGRATION FREQUENCY | GU, QINHUA | 1633 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2024 |
| 18903443 | INCREASING GENE EDITING AND SITE-DIRECTED INTEGRATION EVENTS UTILIZING DEVELOPMENTAL PROMOTERS | KEOGH, MATTHEW R | 1663 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 01, 2024 |
| 18885363 | NOVEL INSECTICIDAL PROTEINS TOXIC OR INHIBITORY TO HEMIPTERAN PESTS | KUBELIK, ANNE R | 1663 | §101§102§112 | Final Rejection | 78d | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 18793457 | NOVEL INSECT INHIBITORY PROTEINS | KUBELIK, ANNE R | 1663 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 02, 2024 |
| 18783495 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MODIFYING PLANT YIELD TRAITS | SHEN, YANXIN NMN | 1663 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 8d overdue | Pending | Jul 25, 2024 |
| 18777480 | Harvesting Machines For Use In Harvesting Corn, And Related Methods | MARTINEZ, JOSE ANTONIO | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2024 |
| 18713008 | SHORT STATURE CORN PLANTS WITH IMPROVED SILAGE TRAITS | FAN, WEIHUA | 1663 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2024 |
| 18661289 | SOYBEAN EVENT MON89788 AND METHODS FOR DETECTION THEREOF | KRUSE, DAVID H | 1663 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 10, 2024 |
| 18643394 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ALTERING PLANT DETERMINACY | SHEN, YANXIN NMN | 1663 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 49d overdue | Pending | Apr 23, 2024 |
| 18587219 | Methods And Systems For Use In Defining Advancement Of Seed Products In Breeding | TORRES CHANZA, GABRIEL JOSE | 3625 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 24d overdue | Pending | Feb 26, 2024 |
| 18439588 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR USE IN CLASSIFICATION OF PLANTS IN GROWING SPACES | VO, QUANG N | 2683 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2024 |
| 18518970 | SOYBEAN VARIETY 01106155 | STANKOVIC, BRATISLAV | 1662 | — | Final Rejection | 26d overdue | Pending | Nov 25, 2023 |
| 18513345 | SOYBEAN VARIETY 01098096 | KUBELIK, ANNE R | 1663 | Other | Final Rejection | 31d overdue | Pending | Nov 17, 2023 |
| 18504941 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR SELECTIVE REGULATION OF PROTEIN EXPRESSION | KRUSE, DAVID H | 1663 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2023 |
| 18286005 | ENCAPSULATED MICROBIAL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME | DICKENS, AMELIA NICOLE | 1645 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 9d overdue | Pending | Oct 06, 2023 |
| 18377421 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TRANSFORMATION OF EMBRYO EXPLANT POPULATIONS | KEOGH, MATTHEW R | 1663 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 25d overdue | Pending | Oct 06, 2023 |
| 18480381 | METHODS FOR TRANSFORMING CORN EXPLANTS | REDDEN, KAREN M | 1661 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2023 |
| 18279989 | TWO-COMPARTMENT BIPOLAR MEMBRANE ELECTRODIALYSIS OF SALTS OF AMINO ACIDS | KOLTONOW, ANDREW ROBERT | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 01, 2023 |
| 18460371 | PLANT REGULATORY ELEMENTS AND USES THEREOF | KINGDON, CATHY | 1663 | §112 | Final Rejection | 58d overdue | Pending | Sep 01, 2023 |
| 18235761 | Methods And Systems For Use In Harvesting Crops | BROWN, SARA GRACE | 3625 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 18, 2023 |
| 18226703 | Methods And Systems For Use In Scan-Based Analysis Of Crops | GAVIA, NYLA EMANI ANN | 2857 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 26, 2023 |
| 18215789 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING REGULATORY ELEMENTS | LIN, JERRY | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2023 |
| 18267061 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR SHORT STATURE PLANTS THROUGH MANIPULATION OF GIBBERELLIN METABOLISM | SHARMA, SANTOSH | 1663 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2023 |
| 18201158 | Methods And Systems For Use In Implementing Resources In Plant Breeding | RIVERA VARGAS, MANUEL A | 2857 | DP | Non-Final OA | 73d overdue | Pending | May 23, 2023 |
| 18253652 | Methods and Compositions for Generating Dominant Brachytic Alleles Using Genome Editing | ZHENG, LI | 1662 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 19, 2023 |
| 18311941 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MODIFYING ROOT ARCHITECTURE AND/OR IMPROVING PLANT YIELD TRAITS | CHATTERJEE, JAYANTA | 1662 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 04, 2023 |
| 18306581 | TRANSGENIC SOYBEAN EVENT GM_CSM63714 AND METHODS FOR DETECTION AND USES THEREOF | STEPHENS, REBECCA JOHANNA | 1663 | §112 | Final Rejection | 33d | Pending | Apr 25, 2023 |
| 18296392 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IMPROVING RESISTANCE TO FUSARIUM HEAD BLIGHT | STEPHENS, REBECCA JOHANNA | 1663 | §103 | Final Rejection | 72d | Pending | Apr 06, 2023 |
| 18190739 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING CORN TRAITS AND YIELD USING GENOME EDITING | BYRNES, DAVID R | 1662 | §103 | Final Rejection | 56d | Pending | Mar 27, 2023 |
| 18190726 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING CORN TRAITS AND YIELD USING GENOME EDITING | SPEED, DEQUANTARIUS JAVON | 1663 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2023 |
| 18028173 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS RELATING TO PROTOCOLS IN PLANT BREEDING PIPELINES | PAGE, BRENT T | 1663 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 23, 2023 |
| 18176206 | MANAGEMENT OF CORN THROUGH SEMI-DWARF SYSTEMS | FAN, WEIHUA | 1663 | §103 | Final Rejection | 82d | Pending | Feb 28, 2023 |
| 18021841 | MICROCAPSULE WITH ACETAMIDES AND DIFLUFENICAN | ZHANG SPIERING, DONGXIU | 1616 | §103DP | Final Rejection | 13d | Pending | Feb 17, 2023 |
| 18161120 | PLANTS COMPRISING A MUTANT GENE ENCODING PHYOTOCHROME A | CHATTERJEE, JAYANTA | 1662 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 83d | Pending | Jan 30, 2023 |
| 17993951 | SOYBEAN VARIETY 01098264 | KUBELIK, ANNE R | 1663 | §103§112Other | Final Rejection | 32d overdue | Pending | Nov 24, 2022 |
| 17991129 | SOYBEAN VARIETY 01094814 | PAGE, BRENT T | 1663 | §112 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Nov 21, 2022 |
| 17988810 | SOYBEAN VARIETY 01094730 | KUBELIK, ANNE R | 1663 | §112 | Final Rejection | 31d overdue | Pending | Nov 17, 2022 |
| 17987812 | SOYBEAN VARIETY 01094723 | KOVALENKO, MYKOLA V | 1662 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | 157d overdue | Pending | Nov 15, 2022 |
| 18053629 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ALTERING PLANT DETERMINACY | ORDAZ, CHRISTIAN JOSE | 1663 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2022 |
| 17956119 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR USE IN PROCESSING IMAGES RELATED TO CROPS | QUIGLEY, KYLE ROBERT | 2857 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 29, 2022 |
| 17817551 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR USE IN IDENTIFYING GUIDE NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCES CONSISTENT WITH EXPERIMENTAL SCALING | STUBBS, JOHN THOMAS | 1686 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 04, 2022 |
| 17874203 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE IN IDENTIFYING MULTIPLE GENOME EDITS AND PREDICTING THE AGGREGATE EFFECTS OF THE IDENTIFIED GENOME EDITS | LIU, GUOZHEN | 1686 | §101 | Final Rejection | 17d overdue | Pending | Jul 26, 2022 |
| 17792604 | HERBICIDE COMPOSITIONS WITH AUXIN HERBICIDE MONOETHANOLAMINE SALTS WITH IMPROVED PROPERTIES | KWON, YONG SOK | 1600 | §103§112DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 13, 2022 |
| 17792611 | MICROEMULSIONS WITH DICAMBA SALTS HAVING IMPROVED PROPERTIES | STEINKE, SEAN JAMES | 1619 | §103§112DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 13, 2022 |
| 17792607 | HERBICIDE COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING DICAMBA MONOETHANOLAMINE SALT AND A PPO-INHIBITOR | SCHLIENTZ, NATHAN W | 1616 | §103 | Final Rejection | 9d | Pending | Jul 13, 2022 |
| 17862857 | AGROCHEMICAL GEL COMPOSITIONS | PEEBLES, KATHERINE | 1617 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 12, 2022 |
| 17836783 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR ALTERING PROTEIN ACCUMULATION | STEPHENS, REBECCA JOHANNA | 1663 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 09, 2022 |
| 17775784 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VOLUNTEER CORN IN CULTIVATION OF DICOT CROPS | JANOSKO, CHASITY PAIGE | 1613 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 10, 2022 |
| 17755163 | CYP81E GENES CONFERRING HERBICIDE TOLERANCE | SULLIVAN, BRIAN JAMES | 1663 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 22, 2022 |
| 17707600 | ACCELERATED METHOD FOR GENERATING TARGET ELITE INBREDS WITH SPECIFIC AND DESIGNED TRAIT MODIFICATION | SULLIVAN, BRIAN JAMES | 1663 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 29, 2022 |
| 17590095 | INTERMEDIATE RECURRENT PARENTS, AN ACCELERATED AND EFFICIENT MULTI-LAYER TRAIT DELIVERY SYSTEM | STRIEGEL, THEODORE CHARLES | 1685 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 01, 2022 |
| 17625962 | Herbicidal Mixtures Containing Amine Salts of Acidic Herbicides | PIPIC, ALMA | 1617 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2022 |
| 17613114 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR GENERATING DOMINANT SHORT STATURE ALLELES USING GENOME EDITING | BYRNES, DAVID R | 1662 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2021 |
| 17531200 | MANAGEMENT OF CORN THROUGH SEMI-DWARF SYSTEMS | KUBELIK, ANNE R | 1663 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 19, 2021 |
| 16922121 | AQUEOUS CONCENTRATED HERBICIDAL COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING GLYPHOSATE SALTS AND DICAMBA SALTS | SCHLIENTZ, NATHAN W | 1616 | §112DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 07, 2020 |
| 16585272 | COTTON SEED PROCESSING | RUNYAN, SILVANA C | 1616 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2019 |
| 16007041 | AUXIN HERBICIDAL MIXTURES | PALLAY, MICHAEL B | 1617 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | Jun 13, 2018 |
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