Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Nipomo Native Seeds, LLC

6 pending office actions • 2 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Portfolio Summary

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

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

0
Overdue
1
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
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.

1
Hard (17%)
0
Medium (0%)
5
Easy (83%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§112 only5 (83%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (17%)

Industry Mix

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

6
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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BUI, PHUONG T 2 81.3% +23.3%
KEOGH, MATTHEW R 1 78.3% +14.5%
STEPHENS, REBECCA JOHANNA 1 67.6% +28.8%
ZHENG, LI 1 83.6% +12.8%
FAN, WEIHUA 1 83.1% +12.2%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18676075 Iceberg Lettuce Cultivar NNS-2117 FAN, WEIHUA 7d
18676062 Romaine Lettuce Cultivar Pozo ZHENG, LI 41d
18676071 Iceberg Lettuce Cultivar NNS-2109 BUI, PHUONG T

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18675572 Iceberg Lettuce Cultivar NNS-3133 BUI, PHUONG T

Interview Candidates (6)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18676075 Iceberg Lettuce Cultivar NNS-2117 FAN, WEIHUA 7d
18676062 Romaine Lettuce Cultivar Pozo ZHENG, LI 41d
18675565 Iceberg Lettuce Cultivar Bison KEOGH, MATTHEW R
18676071 Iceberg Lettuce Cultivar NNS-2109 BUI, PHUONG T
18676231 Iceberg Lettuce Cultivar NNS-2132 STEPHENS, REBECCA JOHANNA
18675572 Iceberg Lettuce Cultivar NNS-3133 BUI, PHUONG T

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1663 5
1662 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18675565 Iceberg Lettuce Cultivar Bison KEOGH, MATTHEW R 1663 §112 Non-Final OA Pending May 28, 2024
18676071 Iceberg Lettuce Cultivar NNS-2109 BUI, PHUONG T 1663 §112Other Non-Final OA Pending May 28, 2024
18676231 Iceberg Lettuce Cultivar NNS-2132 STEPHENS, REBECCA JOHANNA 1663 §112Other Non-Final OA Pending May 28, 2024
18675572 Iceberg Lettuce Cultivar NNS-3133 BUI, PHUONG T 1663 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 28, 2024
18676062 Romaine Lettuce Cultivar Pozo ZHENG, LI 1662 §112 Non-Final OA 41d Pending May 28, 2024
18676075 Iceberg Lettuce Cultivar NNS-2117 FAN, WEIHUA 1663 §112 Non-Final OA 7d Pending May 28, 2024

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