Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Nanjing Agricultural University has 4 pending office actions within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. These actions are spread across 3 distinct art units and involve 4 distinct examiners. The busiest examiner for the university is CHATTERJEE, JAYANTA, who is responsible for 1 pending office action.
With 4 distinct examiners for 4 pending office actions, each matter is handled by a different individual. The 3 distinct art units involved indicate that the biotechnology work is categorized into multiple specialized groups. This distribution requires managing 4 separate examiner relationships across the 3 distinct art units.
The 4 pending office actions are the primary focus in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals area. Practitioners must coordinate with CHATTERJEE, JAYANTA and the other three examiners. The use of 3 distinct art units suggests a variety of technical applications within the university's biotechnology research.
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 (50%) |
| §103 only | 1 (25%) |
| §102 only | 1 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHATTERJEE, JAYANTA | 1 | 45.5% | +80.0% |
| BUCK, MATTHEW R | 1 | 83.3% | +14.4% |
| SPENCE, JENNIFER SUZANNE | 1 | 66.9% | +46.0% |
| WILLIAMS, KEITH RICHARD | 1 | 50.0% | +0.0% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18931118 | COMBINED SEEDER FOR FULL STRAW MULCHING CONDITION OPERATION | BUCK, MATTHEW R | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18765308 | MICROFLUIDIC BIOMIMETIC FIBER FOR CULTURED MEAT PRODUCTION AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF | SPENCE, JENNIFER SUZANNE | — |
| 18475615 | USE OF INDICA RICE OsRNR10 GENE | WILLIAMS, KEITH RICHARD | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18865711 | USE OF GLYCINE MAX ASPARTATE KINASE/HOMOSERINE DEHYDROGENASE FAMILY GENE GmAK-HSDH | CHATTERJEE, JAYANTA | — |
| 18931118 | COMBINED SEEDER FOR FULL STRAW MULCHING CONDITION OPERATION | BUCK, MATTHEW R | — |
| 18765308 | MICROFLUIDIC BIOMIMETIC FIBER FOR CULTURED MEAT PRODUCTION AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF | SPENCE, JENNIFER SUZANNE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1662 | 1 |
| 3672 | 1 |
| 1663 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18865711 | USE OF GLYCINE MAX ASPARTATE KINASE/HOMOSERINE DEHYDROGENASE FAMILY GENE GmAK-HSDH | CHATTERJEE, JAYANTA | 1662 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2024 |
| 18931118 | COMBINED SEEDER FOR FULL STRAW MULCHING CONDITION OPERATION | BUCK, MATTHEW R | 3672 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 |
| 18765308 | MICROFLUIDIC BIOMIMETIC FIBER FOR CULTURED MEAT PRODUCTION AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF | SPENCE, JENNIFER SUZANNE | — | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 07, 2024 |
| 18475615 | USE OF INDICA RICE OsRNR10 GENE | WILLIAMS, KEITH RICHARD | 1663 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2023 |
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