Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
9 pending office actions • 7 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Solugen Inc. has 9 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These matters are assigned to 9 distinct examiners, meaning each examiner is currently reviewing exactly one action. The prosecution spans 7 distinct art units, reflecting a wide technical footprint within the chemistry sector.
Kimberly Catherine Breen is the busiest examiner for the portfolio with 1 pending action. Because the 9 pending actions are spread across 7 different art units, the company faces a diverse set of examination environments. This lack of concentration among examiners or art units suggests that prosecution outcomes are highly individualized rather than being driven by a single group's tendencies.
For the practitioner, this distribution requires a tailored approach for each of the 9 pending actions. There is no central examiner or art unit to focus on, as even the busiest examiner, Kimberly Catherine Breen, only handles 1 action. The strategy must account for the specific precedents and styles of 7 different art units to ensure consistent progress across the entire portfolio.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 4 (44%) |
| §112 only | 1 (11%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (11%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BREEN, KIMBERLY CATHERINE | 1 | 23.8% | +56.9% |
| JONES-FOSTER, ERICA NICOLE | 1 | 48.1% | +44.7% |
| SPAMER, DONALD R | 1 | 59.2% | +32.1% |
| DIGGS, TANISHA | 1 | 55.1% | +53.9% |
| OGDEN JR, NECHOLUS | 1 | 69.8% | +23.5% |
| PRINCE JR, FREDDIE GARY | 1 | 79.0% | +20.7% |
| EPSTEIN, TODD MATTHEW | 1 | 60.9% | +43.4% |
| MCDERMOTT, JEANNIE | 1 | 59.8% | +15.7% |
| NGUYEN, HAIDUNG D | 1 | 64.9% | +28.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18566061 | BIO-BASED CLEANER ADDITIVE | OGDEN JR, NECHOLUS | 34d |
| 18712183 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCTION OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS FROM BIO-RENEWABLE FEEDSTOCKS | BREEN, KIMBERLY CATHERINE | — |
| 18567837 | NONFERROUS METAL CORROSION INHIBITORS AND METHODS OF USING SAME | DIGGS, TANISHA | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18575110 | CORROSION INHIBITORS FOR COPPER AND OTHER YELLOW METALS AND METHODS OF USING SAME | SPAMER, DONALD R | 7d |
| 18566061 | BIO-BASED CLEANER ADDITIVE | OGDEN JR, NECHOLUS | 34d |
| 18712183 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCTION OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS FROM BIO-RENEWABLE FEEDSTOCKS | BREEN, KIMBERLY CATHERINE | — |
| 18580308 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCTION OF VALUE-ADDED CHEMICALS | JONES-FOSTER, ERICA NICOLE | — |
| 18567837 | NONFERROUS METAL CORROSION INHIBITORS AND METHODS OF USING SAME | DIGGS, TANISHA | — |
| 18287877 | IMPROVED BIOCIDE COMPOSITIONS | PRINCE JR, FREDDIE GARY | — |
| 17790923 | COMPOSITIONS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCTION OF VALUE-ADDED CHEMICALS | EPSTEIN, TODD MATTHEW | — |
| 17787622 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL ADDITIVE | MCDERMOTT, JEANNIE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1761 | 2 |
| 1657 | 1 |
| 1656 | 1 |
| 1799 | 1 |
| 1779 | 1 |
| 1652 | 1 |
| 1777 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18712183 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCTION OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS FROM BIO-RENEWABLE FEEDSTOCKS | BREEN, KIMBERLY CATHERINE | 1657 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 21, 2024 |
| 18580308 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCTION OF VALUE-ADDED CHEMICALS | JONES-FOSTER, ERICA NICOLE | 1656 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 18, 2024 |
| 18575110 | CORROSION INHIBITORS FOR COPPER AND OTHER YELLOW METALS AND METHODS OF USING SAME | SPAMER, DONALD R | 1799 | §103 | Final Rejection | 7d | Pending | Dec 28, 2023 |
| 18567837 | NONFERROUS METAL CORROSION INHIBITORS AND METHODS OF USING SAME | DIGGS, TANISHA | — | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 07, 2023 |
| 18566061 | BIO-BASED CLEANER ADDITIVE | OGDEN JR, NECHOLUS | 1761 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | Nov 30, 2023 |
| 18287877 | IMPROVED BIOCIDE COMPOSITIONS | PRINCE JR, FREDDIE GARY | 1779 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2023 |
| 17790923 | COMPOSITIONS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCTION OF VALUE-ADDED CHEMICALS | EPSTEIN, TODD MATTHEW | 1652 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 05, 2022 |
| 17787622 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL ADDITIVE | MCDERMOTT, JEANNIE | 1777 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2022 |
| 17631338 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF PRODUCED WATER | NGUYEN, HAIDUNG D | 1761 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 28, 2022 |
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