Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Seminis Vegetable Seeds Inc.

37 pending office actions • 2 art units • 14 examiners • 0 of 37 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 31 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

37
Total Pending OAs
22
Non-Final OAs
15
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 37 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

16
Overdue
3
Due this week
11
Due this month
7
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. 37 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (16)Due ≤ 7 days (3)Due ≤ 30 days (11)Due ≤ 60 days (7)

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.

4
Hard (11%)
5
Medium (14%)
18
Easy (49%)
10
Unknown (27%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only4 (11%)
§103 only1 (3%)
§102 only4 (11%)
§112 only18 (49%)
No statute on record10 (27%)

Industry Mix

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

37
Life Sciences
100% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% 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.

370 h
Manual time on pending OAs
74 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
130 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BUI, PHUONG T 14 81.6% +22.8%
DEVEAU ROSEN, JASON 3 80.1% +16.3%
SULLIVAN, BRIAN JAMES 3 80.5% +9.7%
BYRNES, DAVID R 3 79.6% +20.9%
KINGDON, CATHY 3 80.3% +2.5%
BOGGS, RUSSELL T 2 72.8% +15.3%
FAN, WEIHUA 2 83.0% +13.0%
ZHONG, WAYNESHAOBIN 1 72.2% +22.2%
ZHENG, LI 1 83.7% +13.3%
IBRAHIM, MEDINA AHMED 1 87.6% +11.8%

Quick Wins (15)

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
18183373 TOMATO HYBRID SVTE8804 AND PARENTS THEREOF FAN, WEIHUA 85d overdue
18427058 TOMATO HYBRID SVTM9040 AND PARENTS THEREOF BUI, PHUONG T 43d overdue
18401068 LETTUCE VARIETY SVLD0093 FAN, WEIHUA 16d overdue
18541520 SWEET CORN HYBRID SVSK0834 AND PARENTS THEREOF KINGDON, CATHY 10d overdue
18308580 PEPPER HYBRID DRPB2645 AND PARENTS THEREOF BUI, PHUONG T 3d overdue
18753651 GREEN BEAN PLANTS WITH IMPROVED DISEASE RESISTANCE IBRAHIM, MEDINA AHMED 1d overdue
18613440 PEPPER HYBRID SVHJ1497 AND PARENTS THEREOF BUI, PHUONG T 6d
18496162 TOMATO HYBRID SVTE8839 AND PARENTS THEREOF BUI, PHUONG T 8d

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18474709 ONION VARIETY SVNB6749 KUBELIK, ANNE R 67d overdue
18633937 SWEET CORN LINE SHY-6S20-3107LN DEVEAU ROSEN, JASON 30d overdue
17855475 BREEDING WITH QTLS FOR DISEASE RESISTANCE AND BULB COLOR IN ONION KINGDON, CATHY 2d overdue
18897680 TOMATO HYBRID SVTJ7542 AND PARENTS THEREOF ZHONG, WAYNESHAOBIN 7d

Interview Candidates (27)

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
18133863 SWEET CORN HYBRID SVSD6316 AND PARENTS THEREOF BYRNES, DAVID R 80d overdue
18427058 TOMATO HYBRID SVTM9040 AND PARENTS THEREOF BUI, PHUONG T 43d 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

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1663 27
1662 10

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
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 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Sep 26, 2024
18890226 PEPPER PLANTS WITH IMPROVED DISEASE RESISTANCE ZHENG, LI 1662 Other 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
18754679 BROCCOLI HYBRID SVBL4467 AND PARENTS THEREOF SULLIVAN, BRIAN JAMES 1663 Other Non-Final OA 30d Pending Jun 26, 2024
18753651 GREEN BEAN PLANTS WITH IMPROVED DISEASE RESISTANCE IBRAHIM, MEDINA AHMED 1662 §102 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Jun 25, 2024
18662360 CUCUMBER HYBRID SVCN1395 AND PARENTS THEREOF BUI, PHUONG T 1663 §112 Non-Final OA 43d Pending May 13, 2024
18656285 PEPPER HYBRID SVPB4272 AND PARENTS THEREOF BUI, PHUONG T 1663 §112 Non-Final OA 43d Pending May 06, 2024
18636638 TOMATO HYBRID SVTJ7215 AND PARENTS THEREOF BOGGS, RUSSELL T 1663 §112 Non-Final OA 60d Pending Apr 16, 2024
18637049 TOMATO LINE PSQ-9Z15-3776V SULLIVAN, BRIAN JAMES 1663 Other Non-Final OA 58d overdue Pending Apr 16, 2024
18633937 SWEET CORN LINE SHY-6S20-3107LN DEVEAU ROSEN, JASON 1662 §101 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Apr 12, 2024
18632714 SWEET CORN LINE SHY-6S21-6018LL BYRNES, DAVID R 1662 §112 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Apr 11, 2024
18631740 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR PERONOSPORA RESISTANCE IN SPINACH SHEN, YANXIN NMN 1663 §102 Non-Final OA 39d Pending Apr 10, 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 §103 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 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Mar 12, 2024
18437996 PEPPER LINE SBY-XZ18-0028 BUI, PHUONG T 1663 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Feb 09, 2024
18427058 TOMATO HYBRID SVTM9040 AND PARENTS THEREOF BUI, PHUONG T 1663 §112 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Jan 30, 2024
18401068 LETTUCE VARIETY SVLD0093 FAN, WEIHUA 1663 §112 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Dec 29, 2023
18541520 SWEET CORN HYBRID SVSK0834 AND PARENTS THEREOF KINGDON, CATHY 1663 §102 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Dec 15, 2023
18528105 TOMATO HYBRID SVTE8803 AND PARENTS THEREOF BUI, PHUONG T 1663 Final Rejection 8d Pending Dec 04, 2023
18510101 PEPPER HYBRID DRPB6268 AND PARENTS THEREOF BUI, PHUONG T 1663 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Nov 15, 2023
18510082 PEPPER HYBRID SVHE1259 AND PARENTS THEREOF BUI, PHUONG T 1663 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 Final Rejection 8d Pending Oct 13, 2023
18480317 TOMATO HYBRID SVTM9039 AND PARENTS THEREOF BUI, PHUONG T 1663 Final Rejection 9d Pending Oct 03, 2023
18474709 ONION VARIETY SVNB6749 KUBELIK, ANNE R 1663 §101 Final Rejection 67d overdue Pending Sep 26, 2023
18474743 ONION VARIETY SVNB5777 STANKOVIC, BRATISLAV 1662 §112 Non-Final OA 99d overdue Pending Sep 26, 2023
18233093 SPINACH LINE MSA-S021-1336M BUI, PHUONG T 1663 Final Rejection 6d Pending Aug 11, 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
18133863 SWEET CORN HYBRID SVSD6316 AND PARENTS THEREOF BYRNES, DAVID R 1662 §112 Final Rejection 80d overdue Pending Apr 12, 2023
18183373 TOMATO HYBRID SVTE8804 AND PARENTS THEREOF FAN, WEIHUA 1663 §112 Final Rejection 85d overdue Pending Mar 14, 2023
18057669 LETTUCE PLANTS HAVING RESISTANCE TO DOWNY MILDEW SULLIVAN, BRIAN JAMES 1663 §112 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Nov 21, 2022
17855475 BREEDING WITH QTLS FOR DISEASE RESISTANCE AND BULB COLOR IN ONION KINGDON, CATHY 1663 §101 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Jun 30, 2022
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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