Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
6 pending office actions • 3 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Sixring Inc. has 6 pending office actions currently active in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. These matters are handled by 5 distinct examiners, suggesting that the company's prosecution is spread across several different individuals. The portfolio also spans 3 distinct art units, which indicates that the underlying technology involves multiple specialized areas within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals sector.
The busiest examiner for the company is MONSHIPOURI, MARYAM, who is assigned 2 busiest examiner pending office actions. These 2 actions are part of the 6 pending office actions total. With 5 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units involved, the company must manage a variety of examiner perspectives. The presence of 2 actions with a single examiner highlights a focal point for the company's legal strategy in securing its intellectual property in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals field.
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.
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.
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 | 1 (17%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MONSHIPOURI, MARYAM | 2 | 79.1% | +37.5% |
| ROBINSON, RENEE E | 1 | 73.6% | +24.2% |
| CALANDRA, ANTHONY J | 1 | 62.8% | +18.7% |
| RUSSELL, STEPHEN MATTHEW | 1 | 63.6% | +34.4% |
| RAGHU, GANAPATHIRAM | 1 | 73.6% | +26.4% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18460258 | Cellulose for Use in Cellulosic Ethanol-Producing Applications | RAGHU, GANAPATHIRAM | 16d overdue |
| 18452169 | Improvements In Biomass Fermentation into Ethanol | MONSHIPOURI, MARYAM | 11d overdue |
| 18750511 | BIOMASS DELIGNIFICATION | CALANDRA, ANTHONY J | 62d |
| 18853369 | METHOD TO MANUFACTURE BIOFUEL | ROBINSON, RENEE E | — |
| 18392952 | IMPROVEMENTS IN BIOMASS DELIGNIFICATION | RUSSELL, STEPHEN MATTHEW | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18460258 | Cellulose for Use in Cellulosic Ethanol-Producing Applications | RAGHU, GANAPATHIRAM | 16d overdue |
| 18452169 | Improvements In Biomass Fermentation into Ethanol | MONSHIPOURI, MARYAM | 11d overdue |
| 18750511 | BIOMASS DELIGNIFICATION | CALANDRA, ANTHONY J | 62d |
| 18853369 | METHOD TO MANUFACTURE BIOFUEL | ROBINSON, RENEE E | — |
| 18437615 | NOVEL PRETREATMENT FOR RECALCITRANT BIOMASS FOR BIOGAS GENERATION | MONSHIPOURI, MARYAM | — |
| 18392952 | IMPROVEMENTS IN BIOMASS DELIGNIFICATION | RUSSELL, STEPHEN MATTHEW | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1651 | 2 |
| 1748 | 1 |
| 1652 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18853369 | METHOD TO MANUFACTURE BIOFUEL | ROBINSON, RENEE E | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 01, 2024 |
| 18750511 | BIOMASS DELIGNIFICATION | CALANDRA, ANTHONY J | 1748 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | 62d | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 |
| 18437615 | NOVEL PRETREATMENT FOR RECALCITRANT BIOMASS FOR BIOGAS GENERATION | MONSHIPOURI, MARYAM | 1651 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 09, 2024 |
| 18392952 | IMPROVEMENTS IN BIOMASS DELIGNIFICATION | RUSSELL, STEPHEN MATTHEW | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 21, 2023 |
| 18460258 | Cellulose for Use in Cellulosic Ethanol-Producing Applications | RAGHU, GANAPATHIRAM | 1652 | §101§102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 16d overdue | Pending | Sep 01, 2023 |
| 18452169 | Improvements In Biomass Fermentation into Ethanol | MONSHIPOURI, MARYAM | 1651 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 11d overdue | Pending | Aug 18, 2023 |
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