Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Natural Extraction Systems LLC

7 pending office actions • 6 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 13 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

2
Hard (29%)
3
Medium (43%)
2
Easy (29%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (14%)
§103 only2 (29%)
Double-patenting only2 (29%)
Double-patenting + other1 (14%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (14%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

7
Life Sciences
100% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
JOHNSON, CHRISTOPHER LINDSAY 1 51.7% +77.8%
RAO, PADMAJA S 1 68.5% +37.0%
OTTON, ALICIA L 1 65.0% +9.2%
JARRELL, NOBLE E 1 80.9% +9.6%
WESTERBERG, NISSA M 1 23.3% +36.8%
BORI, IBRAHIM D 1 44.2% +38.7%
CAIN, JENNIFER LYNN 1 40.4% +67.9%

Quick Wins (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18309646 GAS PHASE METHODS TO DECARBOXYLATE CANNABINOIDS JARRELL, NOBLE E

Hard Cases (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18306223 COMPOSITIONS, CONTAINERS, AND METHODS RELATED TO FLAVYLIUM EXCIPIENTS WESTERBERG, NISSA M 3d overdue
17784059 COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING NOVEL CANNABINOID AND TERPENE PROFILES BORI, IBRAHIM D

Interview Candidates (5)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18306223 COMPOSITIONS, CONTAINERS, AND METHODS RELATED TO FLAVYLIUM EXCIPIENTS WESTERBERG, NISSA M 3d overdue
18565033 BIOACTIVE BIPHASIC COMPOSITIONS JOHNSON, CHRISTOPHER LINDSAY
18546084 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS RELATED TO CANNABINOID ANIONS RAO, PADMAJA S
17784059 COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING NOVEL CANNABINOID AND TERPENE PROFILES BORI, IBRAHIM D
17621879 CONTAINERS, COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS RELATED TO CANNABINOID ANIONS CAIN, JENNIFER LYNN

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1699 2
1691 1
1627 1
1618 1
1629 1
1655 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18565033 BIOACTIVE BIPHASIC COMPOSITIONS JOHNSON, CHRISTOPHER LINDSAY 1691 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 28, 2023
18546084 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS RELATED TO CANNABINOID ANIONS RAO, PADMAJA S 1627 §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Aug 10, 2023
18328547 METHODS TO PURIFY CANNABINOIDS OTTON, ALICIA L 1699 DP Non-Final OA Pending Jun 02, 2023
18309646 GAS PHASE METHODS TO DECARBOXYLATE CANNABINOIDS JARRELL, NOBLE E 1699 DP Non-Final OA Pending Apr 28, 2023
18306223 COMPOSITIONS, CONTAINERS, AND METHODS RELATED TO FLAVYLIUM EXCIPIENTS WESTERBERG, NISSA M 1618 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Apr 24, 2023
17784059 COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING NOVEL CANNABINOID AND TERPENE PROFILES BORI, IBRAHIM D 1629 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 09, 2022
17621879 CONTAINERS, COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS RELATED TO CANNABINOID ANIONS CAIN, JENNIFER LYNN 1655 §103Other Final Rejection Pending Dec 22, 2021

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