Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Protix B V

5 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (1)

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.

0
Hard (0%)
4
Medium (80%)
1
Easy (20%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (80%)
§112 only1 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

5
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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO 1 2.6% -3.2%
MARTIN, PAUL C 1 42.0% +21.7%
SWEENEY, MAURA ELIZABETH 1 2.2% -2.8%
LACHICA, ERICSON M 1 30.5% +35.3%
SILVA RAINBOW, HEATHER ELISE 1 38.7% +55.3%

Hard Cases (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17785099 METHOD FOR THE CONVERSION OF INSECTS INTO INSECT PULP AND NUTRIENT STREAMS, INSECT PULP AND NUTRIENT STREAMS OBTAINABLE BY THIS METHOD SWEENEY, MAURA ELIZABETH 43d overdue
18264085 TWO-STAGE COOLING PROCESS FOR LARVAE PUREE LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO 56d

Interview Candidates (3)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17786579 THRIPS CONTROL MARTIN, PAUL C 212d overdue
17760508 Method for the conversion of insects into nutrient streams and products resulting therefrom LACHICA, ERICSON M 60d overdue
17615589 Biomass composition comprising insect particles, method for producing the same, and use of said biomass composition SILVA RAINBOW, HEATHER ELISE 16d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1791 2
1653 1
1792 1
1731 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18264085 TWO-STAGE COOLING PROCESS FOR LARVAE PUREE LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO 1791 §103 Final Rejection 56d Pending Aug 03, 2023
17786579 THRIPS CONTROL MARTIN, PAUL C 1653 §103 Final Rejection 212d overdue Pending Jun 17, 2022
17785099 METHOD FOR THE CONVERSION OF INSECTS INTO INSECT PULP AND NUTRIENT STREAMS, INSECT PULP AND NUTRIENT STREAMS OBTAINABLE BY THIS METHOD SWEENEY, MAURA ELIZABETH 1791 §112 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Jun 14, 2022
17760508 Method for the conversion of insects into nutrient streams and products resulting therefrom LACHICA, ERICSON M 1792 §103 Final Rejection 60d overdue Pending Mar 15, 2022
17615589 Biomass composition comprising insect particles, method for producing the same, and use of said biomass composition SILVA RAINBOW, HEATHER ELISE 1731 §103 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Dec 01, 2021

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