Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 5 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
Neogen Food Safety US Holdco Corporation has 5 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters are spread across 5 distinct examiners and 5 distinct art units. FERRE, ALEXANDRE F is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter.
The profile reflects broad distribution across examination assignments, with each pending matter associated with a distinct examiner and art unit in the supplied data. Portfolio management should emphasize a common technical and claim framework while allowing responses to address the practices of each assignment. No examiner has a larger identified share of the pending work.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 (20%) |
| §103 only | 2 (40%) |
| §112 only | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (20%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FERRE, ALEXANDRE F | 1 | 59.1% | +20.1% |
| CONSTANTINE, CHARLES Z | 1 | 59.0% | +49.3% |
| MISIASZEK, AMBER ALTSCHUL | 1 | 46.8% | +24.0% |
| BRAZIN, JACQUELINE | 1 | 65.6% | +52.7% |
| STRACHAN, KATE ELIZABETH | 1 | 49.6% | +31.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17904860 | HYGIENE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, HYGIENE MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND HYGIENE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM | MISIASZEK, AMBER ALTSCHUL | 19d |
| 18870430 | GELLING FILMS, ARTICLES CONTAINING GELLING FILMS, AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME | FERRE, ALEXANDRE F | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18320182 | System and Method for Liquid Culture of Anaerobic or Microaerophilic Microorganisms | CONSTANTINE, CHARLES Z | 28d overdue |
| 17904860 | HYGIENE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, HYGIENE MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND HYGIENE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM | MISIASZEK, AMBER ALTSCHUL | 19d |
| 18870430 | GELLING FILMS, ARTICLES CONTAINING GELLING FILMS, AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME | FERRE, ALEXANDRE F | — |
| 17758719 | CULTURE DEVICE CONTAINING OXYGEN SENSITIVE LUMINOPHORE AND METHODS OF USING | BRAZIN, JACQUELINE | — |
| 17634476 | ARTICLE USEABLE FOR SAMPLING SURFACES FOR MICROORGANISMS AND METHODS OF USE | STRACHAN, KATE ELIZABETH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1788 | 1 |
| 1657 | 1 |
| 3682 | 1 |
| 1798 | 1 |
| 3781 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18870430 | GELLING FILMS, ARTICLES CONTAINING GELLING FILMS, AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME | FERRE, ALEXANDRE F | 1788 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 28, 2024 |
| 18320182 | System and Method for Liquid Culture of Anaerobic or Microaerophilic Microorganisms | CONSTANTINE, CHARLES Z | 1657 | §112 | Final Rejection | 28d overdue | Pending | May 18, 2023 |
| 17904860 | HYGIENE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, HYGIENE MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND HYGIENE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM | MISIASZEK, AMBER ALTSCHUL | 3682 | §101 | Final Rejection | 19d | Pending | Aug 23, 2022 |
| 17758719 | CULTURE DEVICE CONTAINING OXYGEN SENSITIVE LUMINOPHORE AND METHODS OF USING | BRAZIN, JACQUELINE | 1798 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 13, 2022 |
| 17634476 | ARTICLE USEABLE FOR SAMPLING SURFACES FOR MICROORGANISMS AND METHODS OF USE | STRACHAN, KATE ELIZABETH | 3781 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 10, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialNeogen Food Safety US Holdco Corporation has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 5 examiners.
Alexandre F Ferre has the most, with 1 of Neogen Food Safety US Holdco Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
