Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Nutrien AG Solutions (Canada) Inc. has 3 pending office actions in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. These 3 actions are distributed among 3 distinct examiners. The workload is spread across 2 distinct art units. The involvement of 2 distinct art units suggests that the company's biotechnology innovations span at least two different specialized technical areas.
AZPURU, CARLOS A is the busiest examiner for the company, with 1 pending office action. This indicates that the 3 pending office actions are split evenly, with each of the 3 distinct examiners managing one action. Because there are 3 distinct examiners for 3 pending actions, the company is receiving feedback from a diverse group of officials across its 2 distinct art units. This distribution means that the company's current pending workload is subject to three different individual review processes.
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 |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AZPURU, CARLOS A | 1 | 83.8% | +10.8% |
| BOATENG, AFUA BAMFOAA | 1 | 46.7% | +64.5% |
| HAGHIGHATIAN, MINA | 1 | 46.0% | +39.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18409562 | Herbicidal Compositions | AZPURU, CARLOS A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17431306 | PHOTOSENSITIZER AND CHELATING AGENT COMBINATIONS FOR USE AS INSECTICIDES | BOATENG, AFUA BAMFOAA | — |
| 17051666 | MACROCYCLIC TETRAPYRROLE COMPOUNDS, COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR INCREASING ABIOTIC STRESS RESISTANCE IN PLANTS | HAGHIGHATIAN, MINA | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18409562 | Herbicidal Compositions | AZPURU, CARLOS A | — |
| 17431306 | PHOTOSENSITIZER AND CHELATING AGENT COMBINATIONS FOR USE AS INSECTICIDES | BOATENG, AFUA BAMFOAA | — |
| 17051666 | MACROCYCLIC TETRAPYRROLE COMPOUNDS, COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR INCREASING ABIOTIC STRESS RESISTANCE IN PLANTS | HAGHIGHATIAN, MINA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1617 | 2 |
| 1616 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18409562 | Herbicidal Compositions | AZPURU, CARLOS A | 1617 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2024 |
| 17431306 | PHOTOSENSITIZER AND CHELATING AGENT COMBINATIONS FOR USE AS INSECTICIDES | BOATENG, AFUA BAMFOAA | 1617 | §103§112Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 16, 2021 |
| 17051666 | MACROCYCLIC TETRAPYRROLE COMPOUNDS, COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR INCREASING ABIOTIC STRESS RESISTANCE IN PLANTS | HAGHIGHATIAN, MINA | 1616 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 29, 2020 |
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Start Free TrialNutrien AG Solutions (Canada) Inc. has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 3 examiners.
Carlos A Azpuru has the most, with 1 of Nutrien AG Solutions (Canada) Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
