Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
52 pending office actions • 15 art units • 35 examiners • 0 of 52 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 54 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 52 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 52 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 24 (46%) |
| §102 only | 6 (12%) |
| §112 only | 3 (6%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (2%) |
| No statute on record | 18 (35%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAK, YONG D | 5 | 74.4% | +13.7% |
| EPSTEIN, TODD MATTHEW | 4 | 60.6% | +43.9% |
| HUTSON, RICHARD G | 3 | 65.1% | +52.9% |
| KUMAR, PREETI | 3 | 31.1% | +45.0% |
| SHELLHAMMER, JAMES PAUL | 2 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| STEADMAN, DAVID J | 2 | 57.7% | +29.4% |
| DIVIESTI, KARLA ISOBEL | 2 | 4.5% | +25.0% |
| FAN, LYNN Y | 2 | 46.6% | +49.1% |
| KANE, TREVOR LOGAN | 2 | 69.7% | +50.4% |
| CRUM, MARY ABOU NADER | 2 | 41.5% | +65.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17773703 | METHOD FOR OBTAINING AN OAT-BASED PRODUCT | SHELLHAMMER, JAMES PAUL | 120d overdue |
| 18546866 | METHOD OF IMPROVING CARBOHYDRATE DIGESTIBILITY BY A CARBOHYDRATASE IN AN ANIMAL FEED BY EMPLOYING SERINE PROTEASE | SHELLHAMMER, JAMES PAUL | 15d overdue |
| 17777718 | BAKING ADDITIVE | DIVIESTI, KARLA ISOBEL | 12d |
| 18063501 | PROTEASE ANIMAL FEED FORMULATION | DIVIESTI, KARLA ISOBEL | 26d |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18517607 | Compositions Comprising Polypeptides Having Mannanase Activity | PAK, YONG D | 244d overdue |
| 17909867 | METHODS AND KITS FOR MEASURING PROTEASE ACTIVITY IN FEED | KANE, TREVOR LOGAN | 92d overdue |
| 18052489 | PROTEASE VARIANTS AND POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING SAME | EPSTEIN, TODD MATTHEW | 87d overdue |
| 18043532 | PROTEASE VARIANTS WITH IMPROVED SOLUBILITY | PAK, YONG D | 81d overdue |
| 18043515 | POLYESTER DEGRADING PROTEASE VARIANTS | HUTSON, RICHARD G | 71d overdue |
| 17601019 | Liquid Dishwashing Detergent Compositions | CRUM, MARY ABOU NADER | 60d overdue |
| 17781512 | Alpha-Amylase Variants | EPSTEIN, TODD MATTHEW | 50d overdue |
| 18401373 | SUBTILASE VARIANTS AND POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING SAME | PAK, YONG D | 42d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1652 | 14 |
| 1657 | 7 |
| 1656 | 6 |
| 1793 | 4 |
| 1761 | 4 |
| 1792 | 3 |
| 1651 | 3 |
| 1653 | 2 |
| 1799 | 2 |
| 1759 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18607109 | CELLOBIOHYDROLASE VARIANTS AND POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING SAME | EPSTEIN, TODD MATTHEW | 1652 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 20d | Pending | Mar 15, 2024 |
| 18401373 | SUBTILASE VARIANTS AND POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING SAME | PAK, YONG D | 1652 | §102 | Final Rejection | 42d overdue | Pending | Dec 30, 2023 |
| 18571661 | RECOMBINANT CUTINASE EXPRESSION | YAMASAKI, ROBERT J | 1657 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 23d overdue | Pending | Dec 18, 2023 |
| 18570301 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SLIME IN A PULP OR PAPER MAKING PROCESS | PAK, YONG D | 1652 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 1d overdue | Pending | Dec 14, 2023 |
| 18568235 | ENGINEERED MICROORGANISM FOR IMPROVED ETHANOL FERMENTATION | EPSTEIN, TODD MATTHEW | 1652 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 28d | Pending | Dec 07, 2023 |
| 18517607 | Compositions Comprising Polypeptides Having Mannanase Activity | PAK, YONG D | 1652 | Other | Non-Final OA | 244d overdue | Pending | Nov 22, 2023 |
| 18389518 | Subtilase Variants and Compositions Comprising Same | HUTSON, RICHARD G | 1652 | Other | Non-Final OA | 2d overdue | Pending | Nov 14, 2023 |
| 18558503 | ENZYMATIC TREATMENT OF FEEDSTOCK FOR HVO PRODUCTION | SAIDHA, TEKCHAND | 1652 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 31d overdue | Pending | Nov 01, 2023 |
| 18547525 | DNASE VARIANTS | HUTSON, RICHARD G | 1652 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 12d | Pending | Aug 23, 2023 |
| 18547679 | Polypeptide Variants | MOEHLMAN, ANDREW TERRY | 1655 | Other | Non-Final OA | 7d | Pending | Aug 23, 2023 |
| 18546866 | METHOD OF IMPROVING CARBOHYDRATE DIGESTIBILITY BY A CARBOHYDRATASE IN AN ANIMAL FEED BY EMPLOYING SERINE PROTEASE | SHELLHAMMER, JAMES PAUL | 1793 | Other | Non-Final OA | 15d overdue | Pending | Aug 17, 2023 |
| 18262619 | STABILIZED BIOLOGICAL DETERGENTS | TUCKER, PHILIP C | 1745 | §103 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Jul 24, 2023 |
| 18318470 | Detergent Composition Comprising Laccase | STEADMAN, DAVID J | 1656 | Other | Non-Final OA | 7d | Pending | May 16, 2023 |
| 18318442 | DETERGENT COMPOSITION COMPRISING LACCASE | STEADMAN, DAVID J | 1656 | Other | Non-Final OA | 16d | Pending | May 16, 2023 |
| 18251533 | LEADER PEPTIDES AND POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING THE SAME | ZINGARELLI, SANDRA | 1653 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 14d | Pending | May 02, 2023 |
| 18249231 | LIPASE VARIANTS AND COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING SUCH LIPASE VARIANTS | CHOWDHURY, IQBAL HOSSAIN | 1656 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 28d | Pending | Apr 14, 2023 |
| 18029586 | Enzymatic Feed Preservation | MUKHOPADHYAY, BHASKAR | 1792 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 25d overdue | Pending | Mar 30, 2023 |
| 18029590 | New Granules for Animal Feed | PAPCIAK, SHARON M | 1657 | §103 | Final Rejection | 6d | Pending | Mar 30, 2023 |
| 18029594 | Enzymatic Preservation of Probiotics in Animal Feed | TURNER, FELICIA C | 1793 | §103 | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | Mar 30, 2023 |
| 18245143 | ANIMAL FEED COMPRISING INSECTS OR INSECT MEAL | PRAKASH, SUBBALAKSHMI | 1793 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 28d | Pending | Mar 13, 2023 |
| 18043515 | POLYESTER DEGRADING PROTEASE VARIANTS | HUTSON, RICHARD G | 1652 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 71d overdue | Pending | Feb 28, 2023 |
| 18043532 | PROTEASE VARIANTS WITH IMPROVED SOLUBILITY | PAK, YONG D | 1652 | Other | Non-Final OA | 81d overdue | Pending | Feb 28, 2023 |
| 18042251 | ORAL CARE COMPOSITION COMPRISING A FRUCTANASE | GRASER, JENNIFER E | 1645 | DPOther | Final Rejection | 70d | Pending | Feb 20, 2023 |
| 18042282 | VARIANTS OF A FAMILY 44 XYLOGLUCANASE | PAK, YONG D | 1652 | §103 | Final Rejection | 23d overdue | Pending | Feb 20, 2023 |
| 18010643 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING OIL YIELD FROM GERM IN A WET MILLING PROCESS | BOWERS, NATHAN ANDREW | 1799 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 7d | Pending | Dec 15, 2022 |
| 18063501 | PROTEASE ANIMAL FEED FORMULATION | DIVIESTI, KARLA ISOBEL | 1792 | §103 | Final Rejection | 26d | Pending | Dec 08, 2022 |
| 17927164 | SUBTILASE VARIANTS AND COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING SAME | LEE, JAE W | 1656 | Other | Non-Final OA | 70d overdue | Pending | Nov 22, 2022 |
| 17924917 | IMPROVED MICROORGANISMS FOR ARABINOSE FERMENTATION | WHITE, ASHLEY TAYLOR | 1653 | Other | Non-Final OA | 126d overdue | Pending | Nov 11, 2022 |
| 18052489 | PROTEASE VARIANTS AND POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING SAME | EPSTEIN, TODD MATTHEW | 1652 | Other | Non-Final OA | 87d overdue | Pending | Nov 03, 2022 |
| 17915652 | SUBMERGED FERMENTATION PROCESS | FAN, LYNN Y | 1759 | §103 | Final Rejection | 33d | Pending | Sep 29, 2022 |
| 17915903 | CARBOHYDRATE BINDING MODULE VARIANTS | EDWARDS, JESSICA FAYE | 1657 | Other | Final Rejection | 23d | Pending | Sep 29, 2022 |
| 17913103 | CLEANING COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING POLYPEPTIDES HAVING FRUCTAN DEGRADING ACTIVITY | FAN, LYNN Y | 1759 | Other | Non-Final OA | 17d overdue | Pending | Sep 20, 2022 |
| 17909867 | METHODS AND KITS FOR MEASURING PROTEASE ACTIVITY IN FEED | KANE, TREVOR LOGAN | 1657 | §103 | Final Rejection | 92d overdue | Pending | Sep 07, 2022 |
| 17782279 | ENZYME COMPOSITIONS AND USES THEREOF | ARMATO JR, DENNIS IGNATIUS | 1651 | Other | Non-Final OA | 13d | Pending | Jun 03, 2022 |
| 17781512 | Alpha-Amylase Variants | EPSTEIN, TODD MATTHEW | 1652 | Other | Non-Final OA | 50d overdue | Pending | Jun 01, 2022 |
| 17777718 | BAKING ADDITIVE | DIVIESTI, KARLA ISOBEL | 1792 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 12d | Pending | May 18, 2022 |
| 17777852 | STABILIZED LIQUID BORON-FREE ENZYME COMPOSITIONS | KUMAR, PREETI | 1761 | §103 | Final Rejection | 11d overdue | Pending | May 18, 2022 |
| 17773703 | METHOD FOR OBTAINING AN OAT-BASED PRODUCT | SHELLHAMMER, JAMES PAUL | 1793 | §103 | Final Rejection | 120d overdue | Pending | May 02, 2022 |
| 17764491 | USE OF CELLULASE FOR IMPROVEMENT OF SUSTAINABILITY OF DETERGENTS | HURST, JONATHAN M | 1799 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 58d overdue | Pending | Mar 28, 2022 |
| 17762689 | DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE USES IN DETERGENT COMPOSITION | KOLB, KATARZYNA I | 1767 | Other | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Mar 22, 2022 |
| 17626642 | ENZYMATIC EMULSIONS FOR DETERGENTS | DELCOTTO, GREGORY R | 1761 | §103 | Final Rejection | 16d | Pending | Jan 12, 2022 |
| 17618927 | Alpha-Amylase Variants | CRUM, MARY ABOU NADER | 1657 | Other | Final Rejection | 11d overdue | Pending | Dec 14, 2021 |
| 17615675 | CROSS-LINKED MILK PROTEIN CO-PRECIPITATE | KERSHAW, KELLY P | 1791 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 4d overdue | Pending | Dec 01, 2021 |
| 17614837 | Lipolytic Polymer Particles For Esterification And Interesterification | KANE, TREVOR LOGAN | 1657 | §103 | Final Rejection | 16d | Pending | Nov 29, 2021 |
| 17601019 | Liquid Dishwashing Detergent Compositions | CRUM, MARY ABOU NADER | 1657 | Other | Non-Final OA | 60d overdue | Pending | Oct 01, 2021 |
| 17435719 | ALPHA-AMYLASE VARIANTS AND POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING SAME | SPANGLER, JOSEPH RANKIN | 1656 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 49d | Pending | Sep 02, 2021 |
| 17416752 | Tandem Protein Expression | ROBINSON, HOPE A | 1652 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 49d overdue | Pending | Jun 21, 2021 |
| 17299273 | Powder Detergent Compositions | JONES-FOSTER, ERICA NICOLE | 1656 | §102 | Final Rejection | 98d overdue | Pending | Jun 02, 2021 |
| 17252446 | SUBTILASE VARIANTS AND COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING SAME | PAGUIO FRISING, MICHELLE F | 1651 | Other | Final Rejection | 23d overdue | Pending | Dec 15, 2020 |
| 16652924 | LOW DUSTING GRANULES | KUMAR, PREETI | 1761 | §103 | Final Rejection | 75d | Pending | Apr 01, 2020 |
| 16651264 | LOW DUSTING GRANULES | KUMAR, PREETI | 1761 | §103 | Final Rejection | 20d | Pending | Mar 26, 2020 |
| 14124535 | Spray-Dried Lactobacillus Stems/Cells and the Use of Same Against Helicobacter Pylori | SELWANES, JOHN PAUL | 1651 | §103 | Final Rejection | 66d overdue | Pending | Feb 11, 2014 |
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