Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Osaka Soda Co. Ltd. is currently managing 4 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed among 3 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. This distribution shows a moderate level of concentration, where certain examiners have a larger influence over the portfolio's progress than others. The focus within the Chemistry & Materials sector suggests a cohesive technical strategy for the company's current filings.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is KOROTCHKINA, LIOUBOV G, who handles 2 pending office actions. This means that half of the 4 pending office actions are under the review of a single individual. The remaining actions are split between the other 2 distinct examiners. This concentration under KOROTCHKINA, LIOUBOV G allows the applicant to focus their primary prosecution efforts on a single set of examiner preferences while still managing the other distinct examiners across the 2 distinct art units.
For the legal team, the 2 pending office actions assigned to KOROTCHKINA, LIOUBOV G represent a critical path for the portfolio. Success with this examiner could significantly impact the overall health of the company's pending applications in the Chemistry & Materials field. Meanwhile, the presence of 2 distinct art units requires a strategy that is flexible enough to meet the requirements of different technical departments while maintaining a unified approach to the 4 pending office actions.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 | 3 (75%) |
| §102 only | 1 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KOROTCHKINA, LIOUBOV G | 2 | 29.5% | +67.7% |
| CRUM, VIVIAN FLORENCE | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| ROELOFSE, CHRISTIAAN | 1 | 64.0% | +38.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18683737 | AQUEOUS CARBON NANOTUBE DISPERSION | CRUM, VIVIAN FLORENCE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17642626 | LACTIC ACID BACTERIA THAT PRODUCE NICOTINAMIDE RIBOSIDE, AND LACTIC ACID BACTERIA THAT PRODUCE NICOTINAMIDE MONONUCLEOTIDE AND NICOTINAMIDE RIBOSIDE | KOROTCHKINA, LIOUBOV G | 28d |
| 18782744 | LACTIC ACID BACTERIA THAT PRODUCE NICOTINAMIDE RIBOSIDE, AND LACTIC ACID BACTERIA THAT PRODUCE NICOTINAMIDE MONONUCLEOTIDE AND NICOTINAMIDE RIBOSIDE | KOROTCHKINA, LIOUBOV 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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17642626 | LACTIC ACID BACTERIA THAT PRODUCE NICOTINAMIDE RIBOSIDE, AND LACTIC ACID BACTERIA THAT PRODUCE NICOTINAMIDE MONONUCLEOTIDE AND NICOTINAMIDE RIBOSIDE | KOROTCHKINA, LIOUBOV G | 28d |
| 18782744 | LACTIC ACID BACTERIA THAT PRODUCE NICOTINAMIDE RIBOSIDE, AND LACTIC ACID BACTERIA THAT PRODUCE NICOTINAMIDE MONONUCLEOTIDE AND NICOTINAMIDE RIBOSIDE | KOROTCHKINA, LIOUBOV G | — |
| 17912769 | ACRYLIC COPOYMER, ACRYLIC COPOYMER-CONTAINING COMPOSITION AND CROSSLINKED PRODUCT OF SAME | ROELOFSE, CHRISTIAAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1762 | 1 |
| 1653 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18782744 | LACTIC ACID BACTERIA THAT PRODUCE NICOTINAMIDE RIBOSIDE, AND LACTIC ACID BACTERIA THAT PRODUCE NICOTINAMIDE MONONUCLEOTIDE AND NICOTINAMIDE RIBOSIDE | KOROTCHKINA, LIOUBOV G | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 24, 2024 |
| 18683737 | AQUEOUS CARBON NANOTUBE DISPERSION | CRUM, VIVIAN FLORENCE | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2024 |
| 17912769 | ACRYLIC COPOYMER, ACRYLIC COPOYMER-CONTAINING COMPOSITION AND CROSSLINKED PRODUCT OF SAME | ROELOFSE, CHRISTIAAN | 1762 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2022 |
| 17642626 | LACTIC ACID BACTERIA THAT PRODUCE NICOTINAMIDE RIBOSIDE, AND LACTIC ACID BACTERIA THAT PRODUCE NICOTINAMIDE MONONUCLEOTIDE AND NICOTINAMIDE RIBOSIDE | KOROTCHKINA, LIOUBOV G | 1653 | §103 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Mar 11, 2022 |
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