Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
15 pending office actions • 3 art units • 14 examiners • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 25 patents granted in the last 365 days
Rijk Zwaan Zaadteelt En Zaadhandel B.V. is managing 15 pending office actions in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. These actions are spread across 14 distinct examiners, suggesting that almost every application is being reviewed by a different official. The portfolio is concentrated within 3 distinct art units, which indicates a very specific technical focus for the company's biotechnology innovations.
The busiest examiner, IBRAHIM, MEDINA AHMED, is currently handling 2 busiest examiner pending actions. This is a low level of concentration given the 15 pending office actions total. However, because the portfolio only spans 3 distinct art units, the company's prosecution activity is highly focused within a few specific examination groups at the patent office, which may lead to similar trends across matters.
Practitioners should note that while there are 14 distinct examiners, the limited number of 3 distinct art units allows for a more specialized prosecution strategy. Managing 15 pending office actions within such a narrow technical range requires attention to the specific standards of these few units. The 2 busiest examiner pending actions with IBRAHIM, MEDINA AHMED represent the most active point of contact in this biotechnology-focused portfolio.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 3 (20%) |
| §103 only | 1 (7%) |
| §112 only | 4 (27%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (7%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (13%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (27%) |
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 | 82.7% | +20.4% |
| ZHENG, LI | 1 | 83.6% | +12.9% |
| STEPHENS, REBECCA JOHANNA | 1 | 67.3% | +29.3% |
| SHEN, YANXIN NMN | 1 | 90.0% | +22.5% |
| STOCKDALE, JESSICA NICOLE | 1 | 50.0% | +35.2% |
| SULLIVAN, BRIAN JAMES | 1 | 76.9% | +14.4% |
| LOGSDON, CHARLES | 1 | 71.7% | +11.2% |
| DELEO, VICTORIA LYNN | 1 | 41.4% | -44.4% |
| DEVEAU ROSEN, JASON | 1 | 80.1% | +16.5% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18631696 | BRASSICA PLANT RESISTANT TO DOWNY MILDEW | IBRAHIM, MEDINA AHMED | 30d overdue |
| 18631246 | METHOD FOR CHANGING THE INTERCELLULAR MOBILITY OF AN MRNA | DEVEAU ROSEN, JASON | 22d 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 |
| 17875549 | CMV RESISTANCE CONFERRING GENES | CHATTERJEE, JAYANTA | 6d |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18631696 | BRASSICA PLANT RESISTANT TO DOWNY MILDEW | IBRAHIM, MEDINA AHMED | 30d overdue |
| 18631246 | METHOD FOR CHANGING THE INTERCELLULAR MOBILITY OF AN MRNA | DEVEAU ROSEN, JASON | 22d 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 | 7 |
| 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 | — | §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 |
| 18631246 | METHOD FOR CHANGING THE INTERCELLULAR MOBILITY OF AN MRNA | DEVEAU ROSEN, JASON | 1662 | §112DP | Final Rejection | 22d 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 |
| 17875549 | CMV RESISTANCE CONFERRING GENES | CHATTERJEE, JAYANTA | 1662 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 6d | Pending | Jul 28, 2022 |
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