Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Ojai Energetics Pbc

Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

8 pending office actions • 7 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Ojai Energetics Pbc has 8 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. The matters are assigned to 7 distinct examiners and 7 distinct art units, showing broad distribution with little overlap in the listed examination assignments.

HINES, JANA A is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. Those matters provide a limited opportunity for examiner-specific comparison, while the remaining assignments call for separate analysis and consistent portfolio-level docket management.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)

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.

4
Hard (50%)
4
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (38%)
Double-patenting + other1 (12%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

8
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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HINES, JANA A 2 53.2% +39.4%
PAGE, BRENT T 1 82.4% +10.7%
MI, QIUWEN 1 68.4% +50.0%
VAN BUREN, LAUREN K 1 40.0% +58.4%
CHANDRAKUMAR, NIZAL S 1 72.7% +18.2%
MCMILLIAN, KARA RENITA 1 30.9% +37.9%
GHALI, ISIS A D 1 27.9% +41.6%

Quick Wins (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19241690 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CANNABINOID PRODUCT PRODUCTION PAGE, BRENT T —

Hard Cases (4)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
16585630 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR ENHANCING HEALTH GHALI, ISIS A D 119d overdue
18420673 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MICROENCAPSULATED COMPOUNDS MI, QIUWEN —
18471936 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR POTENTIATING STEM CELL THERAPIES VAN BUREN, LAUREN K —
17711351 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FORMING STABLE DROPLETS HINES, JANA A —

Interview Candidates (8)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
16585630 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR ENHANCING HEALTH GHALI, ISIS A D 119d overdue
18130261 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR REDUCING OXIDATIVE STRESS MCMILLIAN, KARA RENITA 87d overdue
18202567 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR CANNABINOID-BASED THERAPEUTICS CHANDRAKUMAR, NIZAL S 4d overdue
19241690 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CANNABINOID PRODUCT PRODUCTION PAGE, BRENT T —
18815388 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FORMING STABLE DROPLETS HINES, JANA A —
18420673 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MICROENCAPSULATED COMPOUNDS MI, QIUWEN —
18471936 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR POTENTIATING STEM CELL THERAPIES VAN BUREN, LAUREN K —
17711351 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FORMING STABLE DROPLETS HINES, JANA A —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1645 2
1662 1
1655 1
1638 1
1625 1
1623 1
1611 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19241690 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CANNABINOID PRODUCT PRODUCTION PAGE, BRENT T 1662 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 18, 2025
18815388 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FORMING STABLE DROPLETS HINES, JANA A 1645 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 26, 2024
18420673 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MICROENCAPSULATED COMPOUNDS MI, QIUWEN 1655 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 23, 2024
18471936 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR POTENTIATING STEM CELL THERAPIES VAN BUREN, LAUREN K 1638 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 21, 2023
18202567 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR CANNABINOID-BASED THERAPEUTICS CHANDRAKUMAR, NIZAL S 1625 §103DP Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending May 26, 2023
18130261 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR REDUCING OXIDATIVE STRESS MCMILLIAN, KARA RENITA 1623 §103 Final Rejection 87d overdue Pending Apr 03, 2023
17711351 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FORMING STABLE DROPLETS HINES, JANA A 1645 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 01, 2022
16585630 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR ENHANCING HEALTH GHALI, ISIS A D 1611 §103§112 Final Rejection 119d overdue Pending Sep 27, 2019

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Ojai Energetics Pbc have?

Ojai Energetics Pbc has 8 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 7 art units and 7 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Ojai Energetics Pbc applications?

Jana A Hines has the most, with 2 of Ojai Energetics Pbc's pending office actions.

What technology area are Ojai Energetics Pbc's patent applications in?

Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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