Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Seminis Vegetable Seeds Inc.

44 pending office actions • 2 art units • 16 examiners • 0 of 44 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 22 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

44
Total Pending OAs
24
Non-Final OAs
18
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 28 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

10
Overdue
3
Due this week
10
Due this month
5
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. 28 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (10)Due ≤ 7 days (3)Due ≤ 30 days (10)Due ≤ 60 days (5)

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.

9
Hard (20%)
1
Medium (2%)
33
Easy (75%)
1
Unknown (2%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (2%)
§101 + other5 (11%)
§102 only1 (2%)
§112 only32 (73%)
Double-patenting only1 (2%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (7%)
No statute on record1 (2%)

Industry Mix

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

37
Life Sciences
84% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
7
Business / Other
16% 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.

440 h
Manual time on pending OAs
88 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
154 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BUI, PHUONG T 19 81.3% +23.3%
LOGSDON, CHARLES 3 71.6% +11.1%
DEVEAU ROSEN, JASON 3 80.1% +16.4%
MEADOWS, CHRISTINA L 2 76.1% +23.2%
SULLIVAN, BRIAN JAMES 2 77.8% +13.4%
BOGGS, RUSSELL T 2 73.1% +15.4%
BYRNES, DAVID R 2 77.9% +22.4%
KINGDON, CATHY 2 80.4% +2.3%
FAN, WEIHUA 2 83.1% +12.2%
WILLIAMS, KEITH RICHARD 1 41.7% +0.0%

Quick Wins (22)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18401068 LETTUCE VARIETY SVLD0093 FAN, WEIHUA 16d overdue
18308580 PEPPER HYBRID DRPB2645 AND PARENTS THEREOF BUI, PHUONG T 3d overdue
18437996 PEPPER LINE SBY-XZ18-0028 BUI, PHUONG T 2d overdue
18510101 PEPPER HYBRID DRPB6268 AND PARENTS THEREOF BUI, PHUONG T 2d overdue
18510082 PEPPER HYBRID SVHE1259 AND PARENTS THEREOF BUI, PHUONG T 2d overdue
18613440 PEPPER HYBRID SVHJ1497 AND PARENTS THEREOF BUI, PHUONG T 6d
18233093 SPINACH LINE MSA-S021-1336M BUI, PHUONG T 6d
18528105 TOMATO HYBRID SVTE8803 AND PARENTS THEREOF BUI, PHUONG T 8d

Hard Cases (9)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18633937 SWEET CORN LINE SHY-6S20-3107LN DEVEAU ROSEN, JASON 30d overdue
18541520 SWEET CORN HYBRID SVSK0834 AND PARENTS THEREOF KINGDON, CATHY 10d overdue
18753651 GREEN BEAN PLANTS WITH IMPROVED DISEASE RESISTANCE IBRAHIM, MEDINA AHMED 1d overdue
18897680 TOMATO HYBRID SVTJ7542 AND PARENTS THEREOF ZHONG, WAYNESHAOBIN 7d
18616799 PEA VARIETY SVQF0500 KINGDON, CATHY 28d
18890226 PEPPER PLANTS WITH IMPROVED DISEASE RESISTANCE ZHENG, LI 40d
19225313 PEPPER HYBRID SVHA0261 MEADOWS, CHRISTINA L
18754616 A NOVEL QTL FOR PURPLE COLOR IN BRASSICA OLERACEA KUMAR, VINOD

Interview Candidates (35)

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
18183373 TOMATO HYBRID SVTE8804 AND PARENTS THEREOF FAN, WEIHUA 85d overdue
18633937 SWEET CORN LINE SHY-6S20-3107LN DEVEAU ROSEN, JASON 30d overdue
16412256 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR WATERMELON SEX EXPRESSION BYRNES, DAVID R 18d overdue
18401068 LETTUCE VARIETY SVLD0093 FAN, WEIHUA 16d overdue
18308580 PEPPER HYBRID DRPB2645 AND PARENTS THEREOF BUI, PHUONG T 3d overdue
18437996 PEPPER LINE SBY-XZ18-0028 BUI, PHUONG T 2d overdue
18510101 PEPPER HYBRID DRPB6268 AND PARENTS THEREOF BUI, PHUONG T 2d overdue
18510082 PEPPER HYBRID SVHE1259 AND PARENTS THEREOF BUI, PHUONG T 2d overdue

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1663 26
1662 11

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19225313 PEPPER HYBRID SVHA0261 MEADOWS, CHRISTINA L §101§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 02, 2025
19225289 PEPPER HYBRID SVHA0087 LOGSDON, CHARLES §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 02, 2025
19200405 PEPPER HYBRID SVPS7935 AND PARENTS THEREOF BUI, PHUONG T §112 Non-Final OA Pending May 06, 2025
19071453 SWEET CORN HYBRID SVSC3795 BUI, PHUONG T §112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 05, 2025
18938808 PEPPER LINE SMO-E719-1077V BUI, PHUONG T §112Other Non-Final OA Pending Nov 06, 2024
18917584 PEPPER HYBRID SVPB3274 AND PARENTS THEREOF BUI, PHUONG T §112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 16, 2024
18913504 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TOMATO SPOTTED WILT VIRUS RESISTANCE IN TOMATO WILLIAMS, KEITH RICHARD 1663 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 11, 2024
18906078 TOMATO HYBRID SVTM9027 AND PARENTS THEREOF BUI, PHUONG T §112Other Non-Final OA Pending Oct 03, 2024
18903790 TOMATO HYBRID DRTC8539 AND PARENTS THEREOF DEVEAU ROSEN, JASON 1662 §112 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Oct 01, 2024
18897680 TOMATO HYBRID SVTJ7542 AND PARENTS THEREOF ZHONG, WAYNESHAOBIN 1662 §101§112 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Sep 26, 2024
18890226 PEPPER PLANTS WITH IMPROVED DISEASE RESISTANCE ZHENG, LI 1662 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 40d Pending Sep 19, 2024
18760840 LETTUCE VARIETIES SVLD0023 AND SVLD9096 DEVEAU ROSEN, JASON 1662 §112 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Jul 01, 2024
18754616 A NOVEL QTL FOR PURPLE COLOR IN BRASSICA OLERACEA KUMAR, VINOD 1663 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 26, 2024
18754679 BROCCOLI HYBRID SVBL4467 AND PARENTS THEREOF SULLIVAN, BRIAN JAMES 1663 §112Other Non-Final OA 30d Pending Jun 26, 2024
18753651 GREEN BEAN PLANTS WITH IMPROVED DISEASE RESISTANCE IBRAHIM, MEDINA AHMED 1662 §102§112 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Jun 25, 2024
18744232 CORN PLANTS WITH IMPROVED DISEASE RESISTANCE KRUSE, DAVID H 1663 DP Final Rejection Pending Jun 14, 2024
18662413 CUCUMBER HYBRID SVCN1393 AND PARENTS THEREOF BUI, PHUONG T 1663 §112 Non-Final OA Pending May 13, 2024
18662360 CUCUMBER HYBRID SVCN1395 AND PARENTS THEREOF BUI, PHUONG T 1663 §112 Non-Final OA 43d Pending May 13, 2024
18652996 BEAN VARIETY SVGV2138 SULLIVAN, BRIAN JAMES 1663 §112 Final Rejection Pending May 02, 2024
18636638 TOMATO HYBRID SVTJ7215 AND PARENTS THEREOF BOGGS, RUSSELL T 1663 §112 Non-Final OA 60d Pending Apr 16, 2024
18633937 SWEET CORN LINE SHY-6S20-3107LN DEVEAU ROSEN, JASON 1662 §101 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Apr 12, 2024
18633870 SWEET CORN LINE SHY-6S20-2286LN LOGSDON, CHARLES 1662 §112 Final Rejection Pending Apr 12, 2024
18632714 SWEET CORN LINE SHY-6S21-6018LL BYRNES, DAVID R 1662 §112 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Apr 11, 2024
18616528 PEA VARIETY SVQF2070 BOGGS, RUSSELL T 1663 §112 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Mar 26, 2024
18616799 PEA VARIETY SVQF0500 KINGDON, CATHY 1663 §101§102§103§112Other Non-Final OA 28d Pending Mar 26, 2024
18613440 PEPPER HYBRID SVHJ1497 AND PARENTS THEREOF BUI, PHUONG T 1663 §112 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Mar 22, 2024
18602423 TOMATO HYBRID SVTH5912 AND PARENTS THEREOF BUI, PHUONG T 1663 §112 Final Rejection 12d Pending Mar 12, 2024
18437466 PEPPER HYBRID SVPZ4566 AND PARENTS THEREOF BUI, PHUONG T 1663 §112 Final Rejection Pending Feb 09, 2024
18437996 PEPPER LINE SBY-XZ18-0028 BUI, PHUONG T 1663 §112 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Feb 09, 2024
18401068 LETTUCE VARIETY SVLD0093 FAN, WEIHUA 1663 §112 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Dec 29, 2023
18541520 SWEET CORN HYBRID SVSK0834 AND PARENTS THEREOF KINGDON, CATHY 1663 §101§102§112 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Dec 15, 2023
18528105 TOMATO HYBRID SVTE8803 AND PARENTS THEREOF BUI, PHUONG T 1663 §112 Final Rejection 8d Pending Dec 04, 2023
18510101 PEPPER HYBRID DRPB6268 AND PARENTS THEREOF BUI, PHUONG T 1663 §112 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Nov 15, 2023
18510082 PEPPER HYBRID SVHE1259 AND PARENTS THEREOF BUI, PHUONG T 1663 §112 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Nov 15, 2023
18496162 TOMATO HYBRID SVTE8839 AND PARENTS THEREOF BUI, PHUONG T 1663 §112 Final Rejection 8d Pending Oct 27, 2023
18486361 TOMATO HYBRID DRTH2913 AND PARENTS THEREOF BUI, PHUONG T 1663 §112 Final Rejection 8d Pending Oct 13, 2023
18480317 TOMATO HYBRID SVTM9039 AND PARENTS THEREOF BUI, PHUONG T 1663 §112 Final Rejection 9d Pending Oct 03, 2023
18474696 ONION VARIETY SVNB3693 LOGSDON, CHARLES 1662 §101§102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Sep 26, 2023
18233093 SPINACH LINE MSA-S021-1336M BUI, PHUONG T 1663 §112Other Final Rejection 6d Pending Aug 11, 2023
18336318 NOVEL QTLS CONFERRING RESISTANCE TO CUCUMBER MOSAIC VIRUS RADOSAVLJEVIC, ALEKSANDAR 1662 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 16, 2023
18323616 CUCUMBER HYBRID SVCS0294 AND PARENTS THEREOF MEADOWS, CHRISTINA L 1663 §112 Final Rejection 33d Pending May 25, 2023
18308580 PEPPER HYBRID DRPB2645 AND PARENTS THEREOF BUI, PHUONG T 1663 §112 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Apr 27, 2023
18183373 TOMATO HYBRID SVTE8804 AND PARENTS THEREOF FAN, WEIHUA 1663 Non-Final OA 85d overdue Pending Mar 14, 2023
16412256 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR WATERMELON SEX EXPRESSION BYRNES, DAVID R 1662 §102 Final Rejection 18d overdue Pending May 14, 2019

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