Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Native Microbials Inc. is focused on the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. The company currently has 2 pending office actions. These actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. David W Berke-Schlessel is the busiest examiner, managing 1 pending office action.
The 2 pending office actions are split between 2 distinct examiners. The involvement of 2 distinct art units indicates that the company's microbial filings are being reviewed by different specialized groups. David W Berke-Schlessel's single pending action represents 1 of the 2 current matters.
Practitioners must navigate the specific expectations of both David W Berke-Schlessel and the other examiner across their respective 2 distinct art units. The Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals focus requires precise technical arguments tailored to each department. Successfully managing these 2 pending office actions involves coordinating responses that satisfy the unique requirements of both David W Berke-Schlessel and the broader 2 distinct art units.
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 only | 1 (50%) |
| §101 + other | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BERKE-SCHLESSEL, DAVID W | 1 | 66.7% | +31.8% |
| CRUM, MARY ABOU NADER | 1 | 40.4% | +65.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18394679 | MICROBIAL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE FOR IMPROVING MILK PRODUCTION | BERKE-SCHLESSEL, DAVID W | 40d |
| 18556632 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING MILK YIELD AND MILK COMPOSITIONAL CHARACTERISTICS IN RUMINANTS | CRUM, MARY ABOU NADER | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18394679 | MICROBIAL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE FOR IMPROVING MILK PRODUCTION | BERKE-SCHLESSEL, DAVID W | 40d |
| 18556632 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING MILK YIELD AND MILK COMPOSITIONAL CHARACTERISTICS IN RUMINANTS | CRUM, MARY ABOU NADER | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1651 | 1 |
| 1613 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18394679 | MICROBIAL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE FOR IMPROVING MILK PRODUCTION | BERKE-SCHLESSEL, DAVID W | 1651 | §101Other | Non-Final OA | 40d | Pending | Dec 22, 2023 |
| 18556632 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING MILK YIELD AND MILK COMPOSITIONAL CHARACTERISTICS IN RUMINANTS | CRUM, MARY ABOU NADER | 1613 | §101§102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 20, 2023 |
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