Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
9 pending office actions • 7 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
POET Research Inc. is currently managing 8 pending office actions within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. These actions are distributed among 7 distinct examiners, which indicates that most examiners are handling a single matter, while one is handling more. The portfolio is spread across 6 distinct art units, suggesting that the company's research and development efforts cover a broad range of technical topics within the biotechnology sector.
The busiest examiner for POET Research Inc. is MONSHIPOURI, MARYAM, who is responsible for 2 busiest examiner pending office actions. With 8 pending office actions in total, MONSHIPOURI, MARYAM handles 2 of the current matters. The remaining 6 actions are distributed among the other 6 distinct examiners. For a practitioner, the presence of 6 distinct art units and 7 distinct examiners for 8 pending office actions shows a decentralized prosecution. This requires a strategy that accounts for the diverse standards of multiple USPTO divisions and the individual tendencies of many different examiners.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 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. 6 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 (44%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (11%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (11%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MONSHIPOURI, MARYAM | 2 | 79.1% | +37.5% |
| YOO, HONG THI | 1 | 45.8% | +26.0% |
| MCKNIGHT, CIARA A | 1 | 60.8% | +38.8% |
| ESPERON, NATHAN GREGORY | 1 | 41.0% | +23.3% |
| CONTRERAS, CIEL P | 1 | 54.3% | +33.6% |
| JONES-FOSTER, ERICA NICOLE | 1 | 48.1% | +44.7% |
| UNDERDAHL, THANE E | 1 | 58.8% | +50.8% |
| GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A | 1 | 36.0% | +34.8% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17199274 | ENZYMATIC DEGRADATION OF MYCOTOXINS DURING GRAIN PROCESSING | GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A | 9d overdue |
| 18746445 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SEPARATING OIL FROM ONE OR MORE STILLAGE COMPOSITIONS | MONSHIPOURI, MARYAM | — |
| 18555290 | CORN OIL YIELD ENHANCEMENT THROUGH USE OF EMULSIFIERS AND EMULSIONS BY-PRODUCTS OF FERMENTATION | MCKNIGHT, CIARA A | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18086350 | ENZYME PRODUCTION USING ONE OR MORE CO-PRODUCT COMPOSITIONS FROM A BIOPROCESSING FACILITY | MONSHIPOURI, MARYAM | 24d overdue |
| 18124972 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING ONE OR MORE CHEMICALS USING CARBON DIOXIDE PRODUCED BY FERMENTATION | CONTRERAS, CIEL P | 10d overdue |
| 17365027 | ECONOMIC SUGAR STREAM, PROCESSES AND SYSTEMS OF PRODUCING SAME | UNDERDAHL, THANE E | 9d overdue |
| 17199274 | ENZYMATIC DEGRADATION OF MYCOTOXINS DURING GRAIN PROCESSING | GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A | 9d overdue |
| 18454368 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROPAGATING MICROORGANISMS FOR MITIGATING MYCOTOXIN CONTAMINATION, AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | ESPERON, NATHAN GREGORY | 9d |
| 17446393 | METHODS OF REFINING A GRAIN OIL COMPOSITION, AND RELATED SYSTEMS, COMPOSITIONS AND USES | JONES-FOSTER, ERICA NICOLE | 34d |
| 18746445 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SEPARATING OIL FROM ONE OR MORE STILLAGE COMPOSITIONS | MONSHIPOURI, MARYAM | — |
| 18587196 | REMEDIATION OF TOXINS IN BIOREFINERY PROCESS STREAMS | YOO, HONG THI | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1651 | 2 |
| 1799 | 2 |
| 1792 | 1 |
| 1794 | 1 |
| 1656 | 1 |
| 1699 | 1 |
| 1759 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18746445 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SEPARATING OIL FROM ONE OR MORE STILLAGE COMPOSITIONS | MONSHIPOURI, MARYAM | 1651 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2024 |
| 18587196 | REMEDIATION OF TOXINS IN BIOREFINERY PROCESS STREAMS | YOO, HONG THI | 1792 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2024 |
| 18555290 | CORN OIL YIELD ENHANCEMENT THROUGH USE OF EMULSIFIERS AND EMULSIONS BY-PRODUCTS OF FERMENTATION | MCKNIGHT, CIARA A | 1799 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 13, 2023 |
| 18454368 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROPAGATING MICROORGANISMS FOR MITIGATING MYCOTOXIN CONTAMINATION, AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | ESPERON, NATHAN GREGORY | 1799 | §103 | Final Rejection | 9d | Pending | Aug 23, 2023 |
| 18124972 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING ONE OR MORE CHEMICALS USING CARBON DIOXIDE PRODUCED BY FERMENTATION | CONTRERAS, CIEL P | 1794 | §103 | Final Rejection | 10d overdue | Pending | Mar 22, 2023 |
| 18086350 | ENZYME PRODUCTION USING ONE OR MORE CO-PRODUCT COMPOSITIONS FROM A BIOPROCESSING FACILITY | MONSHIPOURI, MARYAM | 1651 | §112DP | Final Rejection | 24d overdue | Pending | Dec 21, 2022 |
| 17446393 | METHODS OF REFINING A GRAIN OIL COMPOSITION, AND RELATED SYSTEMS, COMPOSITIONS AND USES | JONES-FOSTER, ERICA NICOLE | 1656 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | Aug 30, 2021 |
| 17365027 | ECONOMIC SUGAR STREAM, PROCESSES AND SYSTEMS OF PRODUCING SAME | UNDERDAHL, THANE E | 1699 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | 9d overdue | Pending | Jul 01, 2021 |
| 17199274 | ENZYMATIC DEGRADATION OF MYCOTOXINS DURING GRAIN PROCESSING | GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A | 1759 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 9d overdue | Pending | Mar 11, 2021 |
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