Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
13 pending office actions • 3 art units • 12 examiners • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 29 patents granted in the last 365 days
Rijk Zwaan Zaadteelt En Zaadhandel B.V. has 13 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. The actions involve 12 examiners across 3 art units, indicating broad examiner coverage but a more concentrated technical allocation. That pattern supports organizing prosecution review by art unit while preserving matter-specific examiner analysis.
IBRAHIM, MEDINA AHMED is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending actions. The limited concentration at that examiner suggests that broader docket controls and art-unit issue tracking will be more useful than a strategy focused on one examiner.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 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. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 3 (23%) |
| §103 only | 1 (8%) |
| §112 only | 4 (31%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (8%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (23%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IBRAHIM, MEDINA AHMED | 2 | 87.4% | +12.2% |
| KUMAR, VINOD | 1 | 82.8% | +20.3% |
| ZHENG, LI | 1 | 83.5% | +13.0% |
| STEPHENS, REBECCA JOHANNA | 1 | 68.2% | +27.7% |
| SHEN, YANXIN NMN | 1 | 84.6% | +26.4% |
| STOCKDALE, JESSICA NICOLE | 1 | 51.4% | +33.3% |
| SULLIVAN, BRIAN JAMES | 1 | 76.5% | +14.9% |
| LOGSDON, CHARLES | 1 | 71.9% | +11.0% |
| DELEO, VICTORIA LYNN | 1 | 41.4% | -44.4% |
| NGUYEN, SON T | 1 | 28.9% | +16.3% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18631696 | BRASSICA PLANT RESISTANT TO DOWNY MILDEW | IBRAHIM, MEDINA AHMED | 30d overdue |
| 19327595 | CULTIVATED ROCKET VARIETY 88-CR31134 RZ | IBRAHIM, MEDINA AHMED | — |
| 19326034 | CULTIVATED ROCKET VARIETY 88-CR31138 RZ | KUMAR, VINOD | — |
| 19052708 | BROCCOLI VARIETY 25-BO239 RZ | ZHENG, LI | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18673456 | ALBUGO CANDIDA RESISTANCE GENE | DELEO, VICTORIA LYNN | 103d overdue |
| 18621666 | VEGETABLES, MUSHROOMS OR HERBS IN A BOX | NGUYEN, SON T | 46d overdue |
| 18923953 | PERONOSPORA RESISTANCE IN SPINACIA OLERACEA | SHEN, YANXIN NMN | — |
| 18797867 | MODIFIED GENE FOR MORE EFFICIENT CULTIVATION OF CUCUMBER | STOCKDALE, JESSICA NICOLE | — |
| 18774411 | MODIFIED TOM2A GENE INVOLVED IN TOBAMOVIRUS RESISTANCE | LOGSDON, CHARLES | — |
| 18306580 | PERONOSPORA RESISTANCE IN SPINACIA OLERACEA | BOGGS, RUSSELL T | — |
| 18163503 | RESISTANCE GENES AND PLANTS RESISTANT TO BEGOMOVIRUSES | RADOSAVLJEVIC, ALEKSANDAR | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18621666 | VEGETABLES, MUSHROOMS OR HERBS IN A BOX | NGUYEN, SON T | 46d overdue |
| 18631696 | BRASSICA PLANT RESISTANT TO DOWNY MILDEW | IBRAHIM, MEDINA AHMED | 30d overdue |
| 18798341 | HYBRID TOMATO VARIETY 72-MP0030 RZ | SULLIVAN, BRIAN JAMES | 8d overdue |
| 19327595 | CULTIVATED ROCKET VARIETY 88-CR31134 RZ | IBRAHIM, MEDINA AHMED | — |
| 19326034 | CULTIVATED ROCKET VARIETY 88-CR31138 RZ | KUMAR, VINOD | — |
| 19052708 | BROCCOLI VARIETY 25-BO239 RZ | ZHENG, LI | — |
| 19033739 | CYSDV RESISTANCE IN MEMBERS OF THE CUCURBITACEAE FAMILY | STEPHENS, REBECCA JOHANNA | — |
| 18923953 | PERONOSPORA RESISTANCE IN SPINACIA OLERACEA | SHEN, YANXIN NMN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1662 | 6 |
| 1663 | 6 |
| 3643 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19327595 | CULTIVATED ROCKET VARIETY 88-CR31134 RZ | IBRAHIM, MEDINA AHMED | 1662 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2025 |
| 19326034 | CULTIVATED ROCKET VARIETY 88-CR31138 RZ | KUMAR, VINOD | 1663 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 11, 2025 |
| 19052708 | BROCCOLI VARIETY 25-BO239 RZ | ZHENG, LI | 1662 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2025 |
| 19033739 | CYSDV RESISTANCE IN MEMBERS OF THE CUCURBITACEAE FAMILY | STEPHENS, REBECCA JOHANNA | 1663 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2025 |
| 18923953 | PERONOSPORA RESISTANCE IN SPINACIA OLERACEA | SHEN, YANXIN NMN | 1663 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2024 |
| 18797867 | MODIFIED GENE FOR MORE EFFICIENT CULTIVATION OF CUCUMBER | STOCKDALE, JESSICA NICOLE | 1663 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 08, 2024 |
| 18798341 | HYBRID TOMATO VARIETY 72-MP0030 RZ | SULLIVAN, BRIAN JAMES | 1663 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 8d overdue | Pending | Aug 08, 2024 |
| 18774411 | MODIFIED TOM2A GENE INVOLVED IN TOBAMOVIRUS RESISTANCE | LOGSDON, CHARLES | 1662 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 16, 2024 |
| 18673456 | ALBUGO CANDIDA RESISTANCE GENE | DELEO, VICTORIA LYNN | 1662 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 103d overdue | Pending | May 24, 2024 |
| 18631696 | BRASSICA PLANT RESISTANT TO DOWNY MILDEW | IBRAHIM, MEDINA AHMED | 1662 | §103§112DP | Final Rejection | 30d overdue | Pending | Apr 10, 2024 |
| 18621666 | VEGETABLES, MUSHROOMS OR HERBS IN A BOX | NGUYEN, SON T | 3643 | §103 | Final Rejection | 46d overdue | Pending | Mar 29, 2024 |
| 18306580 | PERONOSPORA RESISTANCE IN SPINACIA OLERACEA | BOGGS, RUSSELL T | 1663 | §101§102§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 25, 2023 |
| 18163503 | RESISTANCE GENES AND PLANTS RESISTANT TO BEGOMOVIRUSES | RADOSAVLJEVIC, ALEKSANDAR | 1662 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 02, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialRijk Zwaan Zaadteelt En Zaadhandel B.V. has 13 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 12 examiners.
Medina Ahmed Ibrahim has the most, with 2 of Rijk Zwaan Zaadteelt En Zaadhandel B.V.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
