Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Rijk Zwaan Zaadteelt En Zaadhandel B V

14 pending office actions • 3 art units • 12 examiners • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 24 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

14
Total Pending OAs
12
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

10
Overdue
2
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. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (10)Due ≤ 7 days (2)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.

1
Hard (7%)
7
Medium (50%)
3
Easy (21%)
3
Unknown (21%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (7%)
§103 only4 (29%)
§102 only3 (21%)
§112 only3 (21%)
No statute on record3 (21%)

Industry Mix

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

12
Life Sciences
86% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
14% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

140 h
Manual time on pending OAs
28 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
49 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SULLIVAN, BRIAN JAMES 2 80.5% +9.7%
BYRNES, DAVID R 2 79.6% +20.9%
ZHONG, WAYNESHAOBIN 1 72.2% +22.2%
CONLON, MARISA V 1 40.2% +40.8%
PAGE, BRENT T 1 82.5% +10.7%
DELEO, VICTORIA LYNN 1 37.5% -39.1%
RADOSAVLJEVIC, ALEKSANDAR 1 81.8% +8.0%
IBRAHIM, MEDINA AHMED 1 87.6% +11.8%
DEVEAU ROSEN, JASON 1 80.1% +16.3%
NGUYEN, SON T 1 28.9% +16.7%

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
18640675 HYBRID TOMATO VARIETY 74-CH2146 RZ RADOSAVLJEVIC, ALEKSANDAR 59d overdue
18798341 HYBRID TOMATO VARIETY 72-MP0030 RZ SULLIVAN, BRIAN JAMES 8d overdue
18797962 LETTUCE VARIETY 79-IN3978 RZ SULLIVAN, BRIAN JAMES 3d overdue

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18621666 VEGETABLES, MUSHROOMS OR HERBS IN A BOX NGUYEN, SON T 46d overdue
18809939 HYBRID TOMATO VARIETY 72-PL0501 RZ ZHONG, WAYNESHAOBIN 5d

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18664603 LETTUCE VARIETY 44-CL5535 RZ BYRNES, DAVID R 49d overdue
18621666 VEGETABLES, MUSHROOMS OR HERBS IN A BOX NGUYEN, SON T 46d overdue
18788684 GROWING SYSTEM FOR HYDROPONICS CONLON, MARISA V 44d overdue
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
18809939 HYBRID TOMATO VARIETY 72-PL0501 RZ ZHONG, WAYNESHAOBIN 5d
18779379 QTLS CONFERRING RESISTANCE TO POTYVIRUSES IN WATERMELON PAGE, BRENT T 16d
17699346 BEGOMOVIRUS RESISTANCE RELATED GENES BYRNES, DAVID R

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1662 8
1663 4
3643 2

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18809939 HYBRID TOMATO VARIETY 72-PL0501 RZ ZHONG, WAYNESHAOBIN 1662 §101 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Aug 20, 2024
18798341 HYBRID TOMATO VARIETY 72-MP0030 RZ SULLIVAN, BRIAN JAMES 1663 §112 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Aug 08, 2024
18797962 LETTUCE VARIETY 79-IN3978 RZ SULLIVAN, BRIAN JAMES 1663 §112 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Aug 08, 2024
18788684 GROWING SYSTEM FOR HYDROPONICS CONLON, MARISA V 3643 §103 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Jul 30, 2024
18779379 QTLS CONFERRING RESISTANCE TO POTYVIRUSES IN WATERMELON PAGE, BRENT T 1663 Other Non-Final OA 16d Pending Jul 22, 2024
18673456 ALBUGO CANDIDA RESISTANCE GENE DELEO, VICTORIA LYNN 1662 §103 Non-Final OA 103d overdue Pending May 24, 2024
18664603 LETTUCE VARIETY 44-CL5535 RZ BYRNES, DAVID R 1662 §102 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending May 15, 2024
18640675 HYBRID TOMATO VARIETY 74-CH2146 RZ RADOSAVLJEVIC, ALEKSANDAR 1662 §112 Non-Final OA 59d overdue Pending Apr 19, 2024
18631696 BRASSICA PLANT RESISTANT TO DOWNY MILDEW IBRAHIM, MEDINA AHMED 1662 Other Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Apr 10, 2024
18631246 METHOD FOR CHANGING THE INTERCELLULAR MOBILITY OF AN MRNA DEVEAU ROSEN, JASON 1662 Other Non-Final OA 22d overdue Pending Apr 10, 2024
18621666 VEGETABLES, MUSHROOMS OR HERBS IN A BOX NGUYEN, SON T 3643 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Mar 29, 2024
18493025 SHADE TOLERANT LETTUCE SHEN, YANXIN NMN 1663 §103 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Oct 24, 2023
17875549 CMV RESISTANCE CONFERRING GENES CHATTERJEE, JAYANTA 1662 §102 Final Rejection 6d Pending Jul 28, 2022
17699346 BEGOMOVIRUS RESISTANCE RELATED GENES BYRNES, DAVID R 1662 §102 Final Rejection Pending Mar 21, 2022

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