Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Rijk Zwaan Zaadteelt En Zaadhandel B.V.

9 pending office actions • 2 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 26 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
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
1
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
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 ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 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.

5
Hard (56%)
0
Medium (0%)
4
Easy (44%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (33%)
§112 only4 (44%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (22%)

Industry Mix

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

8
Life Sciences
89% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
11% 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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
IBRAHIM, MEDINA AHMED 1 87.3% +12.2%
KUMAR, VINOD 1 82.7% +20.4%
ZHENG, LI 1 83.6% +12.8%
SHEN, YANXIN NMN 1 83.3% +27.8%
SULLIVAN, BRIAN JAMES 1 77.8% +13.4%
PAGE, BRENT T 1 82.4% +10.8%
BOGGS, RUSSELL T 1 73.1% +15.4%
CHATTERJEE, JAYANTA 1 47.4% +76.9%
BYRNES, DAVID R 1 77.9% +22.4%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
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

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17875549 CMV RESISTANCE CONFERRING GENES CHATTERJEE, JAYANTA 6d
18779379 QTLS CONFERRING RESISTANCE TO POTYVIRUSES IN WATERMELON PAGE, BRENT T 16d
18923953 PERONOSPORA RESISTANCE IN SPINACIA OLERACEA SHEN, YANXIN NMN
18306580 PERONOSPORA RESISTANCE IN SPINACIA OLERACEA BOGGS, RUSSELL T
17699346 BEGOMOVIRUS RESISTANCE RELATED GENES BYRNES, DAVID R

Interview Candidates (9)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18798341 HYBRID TOMATO VARIETY 72-MP0030 RZ SULLIVAN, BRIAN JAMES 8d overdue
17875549 CMV RESISTANCE CONFERRING GENES CHATTERJEE, JAYANTA 6d
18779379 QTLS CONFERRING RESISTANCE TO POTYVIRUSES IN WATERMELON PAGE, BRENT T 16d
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
18923953 PERONOSPORA RESISTANCE IN SPINACIA OLERACEA SHEN, YANXIN NMN
18306580 PERONOSPORA RESISTANCE IN SPINACIA OLERACEA BOGGS, RUSSELL T

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1663 5
1662 3

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
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
18923953 PERONOSPORA RESISTANCE IN SPINACIA OLERACEA SHEN, YANXIN NMN 1663 §101§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 23, 2024
18798341 HYBRID TOMATO VARIETY 72-MP0030 RZ SULLIVAN, BRIAN JAMES 1663 §112 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Aug 08, 2024
18779379 QTLS CONFERRING RESISTANCE TO POTYVIRUSES IN WATERMELON PAGE, BRENT T 1663 §101§112Other Non-Final OA 16d Pending Jul 22, 2024
18306580 PERONOSPORA RESISTANCE IN SPINACIA OLERACEA BOGGS, RUSSELL T 1663 §101§102§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Apr 25, 2023
17875549 CMV RESISTANCE CONFERRING GENES CHATTERJEE, JAYANTA 1662 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 6d Pending Jul 28, 2022
17699346 BEGOMOVIRUS RESISTANCE RELATED GENES BYRNES, DAVID R 1662 §102§112 Final Rejection Pending Mar 21, 2022

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