Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
7 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Spogen Biotech Inc. currently has 7 pending office actions within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. These actions are assigned to 3 distinct examiners. This concentration suggests that the company has frequent interactions with a limited set of individuals during the prosecution process, as 3 distinct examiners handle all 7 pending office actions.
The portfolio's pending matters are distributed across 3 distinct art units. This indicates a focused technical range for the company's current patent applications. With the same number of distinct art units and distinct examiners, there is an alignment between the technical classifications and the examiners assigned to review the work.
CYNTHIA E COLLINS is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, overseeing 5 pending office actions. This accounts for 5 of the 7 pending office actions in the entire portfolio. For a patent practitioner, this concentration under CYNTHIA E COLLINS is a critical factor, as her specific examination style will influence the majority of the company's current pending cases.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (14%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 5 (71%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (14%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLLINS, CYNTHIA E | 5 | 82.2% | +9.0% |
| KRUSE, DAVID H | 1 | 81.3% | +9.6% |
| JOHNSON, DANIELLE D | 1 | 45.0% | +12.9% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18476259 | METHODS FOR PROMOTING PLANT HEALTH USING FREE ENZYMES AND MICROORGANISMS THAT OVEREXPRESS ENZYMES | COLLINS, CYNTHIA E | 39d |
| 19223300 | METHODS FOR PROMOTING PLANT HEALTH USING FREE ENZYMES AND MICROORGANISMS THAT OVEREXPRESS ENZYMES | COLLINS, CYNTHIA E | — |
| 19091458 | METHODS FOR PROMOTING PLANT HEALTH USING FREE ENZYMES AND MICROORGANISMS THAT OVEREXPRESS ENZYMES | COLLINS, CYNTHIA E | — |
| 18944720 | METHODS FOR PROMOTING PLANT HEALTH USING FREE ENZYMES AND MICROORGANISMS THAT OVEREXPRESS ENZYMES | COLLINS, CYNTHIA E | — |
| 18476264 | METHODS FOR PROMOTING PLANT HEALTH USING FREE ENZYMES AND MICROORGANISMS THAT OVEREXPRESS ENZYMES | COLLINS, CYNTHIA E | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17856029 | AGRICULTURAL COMPOSITIONS FOR IMPROVED CROP PRODUCTIVITY AND ENHANCED PHENOTYPES | JOHNSON, DANIELLE D | 12d |
| 18615771 | PESTICIDAL ENZYMES FOR USE ON NEMATODES, INSECTS, AND MOLLUSKS | KRUSE, DAVID H | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17856029 | AGRICULTURAL COMPOSITIONS FOR IMPROVED CROP PRODUCTIVITY AND ENHANCED PHENOTYPES | JOHNSON, DANIELLE D | 12d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1662 | 3 |
| 1638 | 1 |
| 1617 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19223300 | METHODS FOR PROMOTING PLANT HEALTH USING FREE ENZYMES AND MICROORGANISMS THAT OVEREXPRESS ENZYMES | COLLINS, CYNTHIA E | — | §102DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2025 |
| 19091458 | METHODS FOR PROMOTING PLANT HEALTH USING FREE ENZYMES AND MICROORGANISMS THAT OVEREXPRESS ENZYMES | COLLINS, CYNTHIA E | — | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 26, 2025 |
| 18944720 | METHODS FOR PROMOTING PLANT HEALTH USING FREE ENZYMES AND MICROORGANISMS THAT OVEREXPRESS ENZYMES | COLLINS, CYNTHIA E | 1662 | §102DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 12, 2024 |
| 18615771 | PESTICIDAL ENZYMES FOR USE ON NEMATODES, INSECTS, AND MOLLUSKS | KRUSE, DAVID H | 1638 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2024 |
| 18476259 | METHODS FOR PROMOTING PLANT HEALTH USING FREE ENZYMES AND MICROORGANISMS THAT OVEREXPRESS ENZYMES | COLLINS, CYNTHIA E | 1662 | §102DP | Final Rejection | 39d | Pending | Sep 27, 2023 |
| 18476264 | METHODS FOR PROMOTING PLANT HEALTH USING FREE ENZYMES AND MICROORGANISMS THAT OVEREXPRESS ENZYMES | COLLINS, CYNTHIA E | 1662 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2023 |
| 17856029 | AGRICULTURAL COMPOSITIONS FOR IMPROVED CROP PRODUCTIVITY AND ENHANCED PHENOTYPES | JOHNSON, DANIELLE D | 1617 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 12d | Pending | Jul 01, 2022 |
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