Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
8 pending office actions • 6 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days
Natural Extraction Systems LLC operates in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. The portfolio currently contains 8 pending office actions. These actions are distributed across 8 distinct examiners and 6 distinct art units. This distribution suggests a range of technical inquiries within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals sector, as the workload is not concentrated under 1 examiner or 1 art unit.
JOHNSON, CHRISTOPHER LINDSAY is the busiest examiner for the company, currently handling 1 pending office action. Since there are 8 pending office actions and 8 distinct examiners, each examiner is responsible for 1 action. This 1 to 1 ratio between actions and examiners indicates that no 1 individual dominates the prosecution landscape for the company. The distribution across 6 distinct art units further indicates that the company's Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals research is being examined across 6 specialized sections of the patent office. Practitioners should prepare for different examination styles given that 8 distinct examiners are involved in these 8 pending office 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 (12%) |
| §103 only | 2 (25%) |
| Double-patenting only | 2 (25%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOHNSON, CHRISTOPHER LINDSAY | 1 | 46.9% | +81.0% |
| BAKSHI, PANCHAM | 1 | 76.8% | +30.2% |
| RAO, PADMAJA S | 1 | 70.7% | +36.8% |
| OTTON, ALICIA L | 1 | 64.9% | +9.4% |
| JARRELL, NOBLE E | 1 | 81.1% | +9.7% |
| WESTERBERG, NISSA M | 1 | 23.4% | +37.1% |
| BORI, IBRAHIM D | 1 | 43.8% | +38.9% |
| CAIN, JENNIFER LYNN | 1 | 45.0% | +70.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18309646 | GAS PHASE METHODS TO DECARBOXYLATE CANNABINOIDS | JARRELL, NOBLE E | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18306223 | COMPOSITIONS, CONTAINERS, AND METHODS RELATED TO FLAVYLIUM EXCIPIENTS | WESTERBERG, NISSA M | 3d overdue |
| 18560625 | Methods to synthesize cyclopentenes and cyclopentadienes by ring contraction | BAKSHI, PANCHAM | — |
| 17784059 | COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING NOVEL CANNABINOID AND TERPENE PROFILES | BORI, IBRAHIM D | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18306223 | COMPOSITIONS, CONTAINERS, AND METHODS RELATED TO FLAVYLIUM EXCIPIENTS | WESTERBERG, NISSA M | 3d overdue |
| 18565033 | BIOACTIVE BIPHASIC COMPOSITIONS | JOHNSON, CHRISTOPHER LINDSAY | — |
| 18560625 | Methods to synthesize cyclopentenes and cyclopentadienes by ring contraction | BAKSHI, PANCHAM | — |
| 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 | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1699 | 2 |
| 1691 | 1 |
| 1627 | 1 |
| 1618 | 1 |
| 1629 | 1 |
| 1655 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18565033 | BIOACTIVE BIPHASIC COMPOSITIONS | JOHNSON, CHRISTOPHER LINDSAY | 1691 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 28, 2023 |
| 18560625 | Methods to synthesize cyclopentenes and cyclopentadienes by ring contraction | BAKSHI, PANCHAM | — | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 13, 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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