Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
10 pending office actions • 5 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Nutrition & Biosciences USA 1, LLC has 10 pending office actions in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. These actions are assigned to 9 distinct examiners, which shows a broad distribution of the workload across many different individuals. This variety in examiners may require the company to adapt to many different prosecution styles and preferences, as only one examiner is handling more than a single matter among the 10 pending office actions.
The pending matters are spread across 5 distinct art units, indicating a significant technical range within the biotechnology sector. BERRY, LAYLA D is the busiest examiner for the company, currently managing 2 pending office actions. This distribution across 5 distinct art units and 9 distinct examiners shows a moderately complex prosecution environment for the company's active matters. Practitioners should be prepared to manage diverse feedback from the 9 distinct examiners while navigating the procedural requirements of the 5 distinct art units involved.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 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. 4 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 | 4 (40%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (40%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BERRY, LAYLA D | 2 | 66.0% | +9.0% |
| LEE, SIN J | 1 | 68.8% | +25.1% |
| CRAIGO, WILLIAM A | 1 | 49.2% | +38.2% |
| TRAN, LIEN THUY | 1 | 28.6% | +26.5% |
| FAY, ZOHREH ALEMZADEH | 1 | 52.2% | -6.2% |
| PEEBLES, KATHERINE | 1 | 35.5% | +48.6% |
| YU, HONG | 1 | 30.9% | +5.6% |
| SCHACHERMEYER, SAMANTHA LYNN | 1 | 36.8% | +72.6% |
| FITZSIMMONS, ALLISON G | 1 | 47.9% | +16.1% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18656260 | COMPOSITION COMPRISING GLUTEN-FREE FLOUR AND HYDROXYPROPYL METHYL CELLULOSE | TRAN, LIEN THUY | 86d overdue |
| 18292990 | CONTROLLED RELEASE COATING AGENT | FAY, ZOHREH ALEMZADEH | 62d |
| 18877363 | FILM FORMING DELAYED/ENTERIC FORMULATIONS FOR HARD SHELL CAPSULES, FILMS AND COATINGS | LEE, SIN J | — |
| 18686630 | NOVEL HYDROXYALKYL METHYLCELLULOSE AND ITS USE | BERRY, LAYLA D | — |
| 17784396 | PROTEIN BIOPROCESS | FITZSIMMONS, ALLISON G | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18656260 | COMPOSITION COMPRISING GLUTEN-FREE FLOUR AND HYDROXYPROPYL METHYL CELLULOSE | TRAN, LIEN THUY | 86d overdue |
| 18261296 | IMPROVED METHOD FOR THE PREPARATION OF MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE | SCHACHERMEYER, SAMANTHA LYNN | 31d overdue |
| 18292993 | BIODEGRADABLE ALGINATE FILMS | PEEBLES, KATHERINE | 76d |
| 18877363 | FILM FORMING DELAYED/ENTERIC FORMULATIONS FOR HARD SHELL CAPSULES, FILMS AND COATINGS | LEE, SIN J | — |
| 18897439 | SUSTAINED RELEASE COMPOSITION COMPRISING A HYDROXYALKYL METHYLCELLULOSE | CRAIGO, WILLIAM A | — |
| 17784396 | PROTEIN BIOPROCESS | FITZSIMMONS, ALLISON G | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1617 | 2 |
| 1693 | 2 |
| 1793 | 1 |
| 1614 | 1 |
| 1773 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18877363 | FILM FORMING DELAYED/ENTERIC FORMULATIONS FOR HARD SHELL CAPSULES, FILMS AND COATINGS | LEE, SIN J | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18897439 | SUSTAINED RELEASE COMPOSITION COMPRISING A HYDROXYALKYL METHYLCELLULOSE | CRAIGO, WILLIAM A | — | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2024 |
| 18656260 | COMPOSITION COMPRISING GLUTEN-FREE FLOUR AND HYDROXYPROPYL METHYL CELLULOSE | TRAN, LIEN THUY | 1793 | §103 | Final Rejection | 86d overdue | Pending | May 06, 2024 |
| 18686630 | NOVEL HYDROXYALKYL METHYLCELLULOSE AND ITS USE | BERRY, LAYLA D | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2024 |
| 18292990 | CONTROLLED RELEASE COATING AGENT | FAY, ZOHREH ALEMZADEH | 1617 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 62d | Pending | Jan 29, 2024 |
| 18292993 | BIODEGRADABLE ALGINATE FILMS | PEEBLES, KATHERINE | 1617 | §102§103§112DPOther | Non-Final OA | 76d | Pending | Jan 29, 2024 |
| 18493184 | COMPOSITION CONTAINING CATIONIC HYDROXYETHYL CELLULOSE | YU, HONG | 1614 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2023 |
| 18261304 | IMPROVED METHOD FOR THE PREPARATION OF COLLOIDAL MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE | BERRY, LAYLA D | 1693 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 13, 2023 |
| 18261296 | IMPROVED METHOD FOR THE PREPARATION OF MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE | SCHACHERMEYER, SAMANTHA LYNN | 1693 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 31d overdue | Pending | Jul 13, 2023 |
| 17784396 | PROTEIN BIOPROCESS | FITZSIMMONS, ALLISON G | 1773 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2022 |
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