Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Napiferyn Biotech Sp Z O O currently manages a patent portfolio in the Chemistry & Materials technology area with 2 pending office actions. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. This distribution shows that the company's innovations are being reviewed in multiple specialized classifications within its primary technology sector.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A, who is currently handling 1 pending office action. Because there are 2 distinct examiners for 2 pending actions, the workload is split between the assigned officials. This 1 to 1 ratio of examiners to pending actions requires the company to navigate the specific preferences of 2 individuals simultaneously. Each of the 2 distinct art units represents a separate administrative path for the company's 2 pending actions.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A | 1 | 36.0% | +34.9% |
| SHELLHAMMER, JAMES PAUL | 1 | 10.0% | +18.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17983429 | METHOD FOR ISOLATION OF PROTEIN FROM PLANT MATERIAL | SHELLHAMMER, JAMES PAUL | 21d |
| 18561309 | IMPROVED METHOD FOR PREPARATION OF PROTEIN-ENRICHED PRODUCTS FROM PLANT MATERIAL | GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17983429 | METHOD FOR ISOLATION OF PROTEIN FROM PLANT MATERIAL | SHELLHAMMER, JAMES PAUL | 21d |
| 18561309 | IMPROVED METHOD FOR PREPARATION OF PROTEIN-ENRICHED PRODUCTS FROM PLANT MATERIAL | GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1759 | 1 |
| 1793 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18561309 | IMPROVED METHOD FOR PREPARATION OF PROTEIN-ENRICHED PRODUCTS FROM PLANT MATERIAL | GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A | 1759 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 16, 2023 |
| 17983429 | METHOD FOR ISOLATION OF PROTEIN FROM PLANT MATERIAL | SHELLHAMMER, JAMES PAUL | 1793 | §101§102§103 | Final Rejection | 21d | Pending | Nov 09, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialNapiferyn Biotech Sp Z O O has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Elizabeth A Gwartney has the most, with 1 of Napiferyn Biotech Sp Z O O's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
