Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Ojai Energetics Pbc

6 pending office actions • 5 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
4
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.

1
Overdue
0
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.

3
Hard (50%)
2
Medium (33%)
1
Easy (17%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (33%)
Double-patenting only1 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (50%)

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
HINES, JANA A 2 52.9% +39.5%
MI, QIUWEN 1 68.4% +49.6%
VAN BUREN, LAUREN K 1 39.3% +57.9%
CHANDRAKUMAR, NIZAL S 1 72.7% +18.3%
KIM, DANIELLE A 1 36.7% +57.5%

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
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 (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
18202567 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR CANNABINOID-BASED THERAPEUTICS CHANDRAKUMAR, NIZAL S 4d overdue
17951981 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPOSITIONS FOR INFECTIONS KIM, DANIELLE A 34d
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
1655 1
1638 1
1625 1
1613 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
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 DP Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending May 26, 2023
17951981 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPOSITIONS FOR INFECTIONS KIM, DANIELLE A 1613 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Sep 23, 2022
17711351 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FORMING STABLE DROPLETS HINES, JANA A 1645 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 01, 2022

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