Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 12, 2026

Purac Biochem B.V.

8 pending office actions • 4 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
2
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.

1
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)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.

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

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (50%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
75% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
2
Business / Other
25% 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
HAWKINS, AMANDA SALATA 2 4.3% -4.8%
SILVERMAN, JANICE Y 1 36.4% +53.4%
LYNCH, ROBERT A 1 80.3% +13.3%
AXTELL, ASHLEY 1 13.2% +25.7%
MARTIN, KEVIN STEPHEN 1 75.8% +24.5%
KERSHAW, KELLY P 1 16.8% +15.1%
SWEENEY, MAURA ELIZABETH 1 3.7% -4.7%

Hard Cases (8)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18087356 COMPOSITION FOR PRESERVING AND/OR IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF MEAT PRODUCTS HAWKINS, AMANDA SALATA 4d overdue
17224465 PARTICULATE FLAVOURING COMPOSITION COMPRISING PLATED LACTATE PARTICLES SWEENEY, MAURA ELIZABETH 13d
18556309 FATTY ACID LACTYLATES FOR USE IN TREATING RUMINANT ANIMALS MARTIN, KEVIN STEPHEN 54d
18904751 LIQUID ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOSITION SILVERMAN, JANICE Y
18806682 BIOCOMPATIBLE AND RESORBABLE COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING SUCH LYNCH, ROBERT A
18405639 PRESERVED FOOD PRODUCT AND PRESERVATION COMPOSITION AXTELL, ASHLEY
18087346 COMPOSITION FOR PRESERVING AND/OR IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF MEAT PRODUCTS HAWKINS, AMANDA SALATA
17962215 FERMENTED ONION COMPOSITION KERSHAW, KELLY P

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18556309 FATTY ACID LACTYLATES FOR USE IN TREATING RUMINANT ANIMALS MARTIN, KEVIN STEPHEN 54d
18904751 LIQUID ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOSITION SILVERMAN, JANICE Y
18806682 BIOCOMPATIBLE AND RESORBABLE COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING SUCH LYNCH, ROBERT A
18405639 PRESERVED FOOD PRODUCT AND PRESERVATION COMPOSITION AXTELL, ASHLEY
17962215 FERMENTED ONION COMPOSITION KERSHAW, KELLY P

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1793 2
1791 2
1792 1
1624 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18904751 LIQUID ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOSITION SILVERMAN, JANICE Y §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 02, 2024
18806682 BIOCOMPATIBLE AND RESORBABLE COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING SUCH LYNCH, ROBERT A §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 15, 2024
18405639 PRESERVED FOOD PRODUCT AND PRESERVATION COMPOSITION AXTELL, ASHLEY 1792 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jan 05, 2024
18556309 FATTY ACID LACTYLATES FOR USE IN TREATING RUMINANT ANIMALS MARTIN, KEVIN STEPHEN 1624 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 54d Pending Oct 19, 2023
18087356 COMPOSITION FOR PRESERVING AND/OR IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF MEAT PRODUCTS HAWKINS, AMANDA SALATA 1793 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Dec 22, 2022
18087346 COMPOSITION FOR PRESERVING AND/OR IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF MEAT PRODUCTS HAWKINS, AMANDA SALATA 1793 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 22, 2022
17962215 FERMENTED ONION COMPOSITION KERSHAW, KELLY P 1791 §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Oct 07, 2022
17224465 PARTICULATE FLAVOURING COMPOSITION COMPRISING PLATED LACTATE PARTICLES SWEENEY, MAURA ELIZABETH 1791 §103 Final Rejection 13d Pending Apr 07, 2021

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