Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
10 pending office actions • 3 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Purac Biochem B.V. currently has 10 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These 10 pending office actions are assigned to 8 distinct examiners, indicating that most cases are handled by different individuals. The portfolio is distributed across 3 distinct art units.
TURNER, FELICIA C is the busiest examiner, managing 2 busiest examiner pending actions. These 2 busiest examiner pending actions represent a portion of the total 10 pending office actions. The remaining pending office actions are split among the other 8 distinct examiners across the 3 distinct art units.
The 3 distinct art units involved suggest that the company's chemical innovations fall into several technical categories. With 8 distinct examiners, practitioners must navigate multiple examiner styles within the 3 distinct art units. The 10 pending office actions show a low level of concentration, as the busiest examiner handles 2 of them.
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 | 5 (50%) |
| §112 only | 1 (10%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (10%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (30%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TURNER, FELICIA C | 2 | 26.3% | +30.1% |
| HAWKINS, AMANDA SALATA | 2 | 12.0% | +45.2% |
| SILVERMAN, JANICE Y | 1 | 36.7% | +53.8% |
| LYNCH, ROBERT A | 1 | 80.3% | +12.9% |
| HEASLEY, MEGHAN CHRISTINE | 1 | 75.2% | +34.0% |
| PATEL, SAGAR S | 1 | 75.7% | +34.6% |
| KERSHAW, KELLY P | 1 | 17.7% | +16.0% |
| LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO | 1 | 8.9% | +12.3% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18087356 | COMPOSITION FOR PRESERVING AND/OR IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF MEAT PRODUCTS | HAWKINS, AMANDA SALATA | 4d overdue |
| 18949599 | PREPARATION OF A POWDERED VINEGAR | TURNER, FELICIA C | — |
| 18904751 | LIQUID ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOSITION | SILVERMAN, JANICE Y | — |
| 18806682 | BIOCOMPATIBLE AND RESORBABLE COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING SUCH | LYNCH, ROBERT A | — |
| 18730086 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING LACTIDES | HEASLEY, MEGHAN CHRISTINE | — |
| 18634343 | FERMENTED ONION COMPOSITION | TURNER, FELICIA C | — |
| 18087346 | COMPOSITION FOR PRESERVING AND/OR IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF MEAT PRODUCTS | HAWKINS, AMANDA SALATA | — |
| 17962208 | FERMENTED ONION COMPOSITION | KERSHAW, KELLY P | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18087356 | COMPOSITION FOR PRESERVING AND/OR IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF MEAT PRODUCTS | HAWKINS, AMANDA SALATA | 4d overdue |
| 18949599 | PREPARATION OF A POWDERED VINEGAR | TURNER, FELICIA C | — |
| 18904751 | LIQUID ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOSITION | SILVERMAN, JANICE Y | — |
| 18806682 | BIOCOMPATIBLE AND RESORBABLE COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING SUCH | LYNCH, ROBERT A | — |
| 18730086 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING LACTIDES | HEASLEY, MEGHAN CHRISTINE | — |
| 18634343 | FERMENTED ONION COMPOSITION | TURNER, FELICIA C | — |
| 18689533 | PROCESS FOR PURIFYING MESO-LACTIDE | PATEL, SAGAR S | — |
| 18087346 | COMPOSITION FOR PRESERVING AND/OR IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF MEAT PRODUCTS | HAWKINS, AMANDA SALATA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1793 | 3 |
| 1791 | 2 |
| 1626 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18949599 | PREPARATION OF A POWDERED VINEGAR | TURNER, FELICIA C | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2024 |
| 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 |
| 18730086 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING LACTIDES | HEASLEY, MEGHAN CHRISTINE | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2024 |
| 18634343 | FERMENTED ONION COMPOSITION | TURNER, FELICIA C | 1793 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 12, 2024 |
| 18689533 | PROCESS FOR PURIFYING MESO-LACTIDE | PATEL, SAGAR S | 1626 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2024 |
| 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 |
| 17962208 | FERMENTED ONION COMPOSITION | KERSHAW, KELLY P | 1791 | §103DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 07, 2022 |
| 17843567 | METHOD OF PREPARING A PRESERVED FRUIT COMPOSITION | LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO | 1791 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 17, 2022 |
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