Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
117 pending office actions • 30 art units • 81 examiners • 0 of 117 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 138 patents granted in the last 365 days
Syngenta AG has 114 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. The portfolio involves 78 examiners across 29 art units, showing wide examiner distribution within a more recurring set of technical groupings.
HIRT, ERIN E is the busiest examiner, with 8 pending matters. This is a meaningful concentration for examiner-specific monitoring, although most matters are assigned elsewhere. The art-unit figure supports centralized analysis of recurring examination themes, while the examiner spread requires consistent tracking of separate prosecution relationships.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 27 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. 27 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 | 21 (18%) |
| §103 only | 26 (22%) |
| §102 only | 1 (1%) |
| §112 only | 17 (15%) |
| Double-patenting only | 3 (3%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 16 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 31 (26%) |
| No statute on record | 2 (2%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIRT, ERIN E | 8 | 40.6% | +22.9% |
| KOVALENKO, MYKOLA V | 7 | 69.6% | +25.5% |
| MEADOWS, CHRISTINA L | 4 | 74.3% | +25.2% |
| SAEED, ALI S | 3 | 31.6% | +33.8% |
| PAK, JOHN D | 3 | 52.3% | +37.8% |
| KRUSE, DAVID H | 2 | 81.4% | +9.6% |
| SHEN, YANXIN NMN | 2 | 84.6% | +26.4% |
| COLLINS, CYNTHIA E | 2 | 82.2% | +9.0% |
| KINGDON, CATHY | 2 | 80.3% | +2.6% |
| BYRNES, DAVID R | 2 | 78.2% | +20.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18839801 | MARKERS ASSOCIATED WITH SPONTANEOUS CHROMOSOME DOUBLING | KRUSE, DAVID H | 15d |
| 19372367 | VARIETY CORN LINE ZECI6311 | KRUSE, DAVID H | — |
| 18940197 | WHEAT VARIETY A_08S0116-11 | COLLINS, CYNTHIA E | — |
| 18845952 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MODIFYING FLOWERING TIME GENES IN PLANTS | SHEN, YANXIN NMN | — |
| 17981692 | VARIETY CORN LINE HID4134 | KINGDON, CATHY | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18041274 | WIDE CROSS BREEDING | WILLIAMS, KEITH RICHARD | 22d overdue |
| 17775955 | METHODS OF IN PLANTA TRANSFORMATION USING AXILLARY MERISTEM | KUMAR, VINOD | 7d |
| 18282693 | HI Genes and Normal A Cytotype Combination | STOCKDALE, JESSICA NICOLE | 13d |
| 19476388 | HERBICIDE RESISTANT PLANTS | SHEN, YANXIN NMN | — |
| 19267767 | Wheat variety 10BC149#66 | COLLINS, CYNTHIA E | — |
| 19169098 | SOYBEAN VARIETY | KINGDON, CATHY | — |
| 19089698 | INSECTICIDAL PROTEINS | STEPHENS, REBECCA JOHANNA | — |
| 19082425 | SOYBEAN VARIETY | SULLIVAN, BRIAN JAMES | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17776814 | HERBICIDAL COMPOUNDS | PAK, JOHN D | 211d overdue |
| 18000333 | FUNGICIDAL COMPOSITIONS | HIRT, ERIN E | 98d overdue |
| 18000438 | FUNGICIDAL COMPOSITIONS | HIRT, ERIN E | 91d overdue |
| 18702511 | HERBICIDAL IMIDAZOLE COMPOUNDS | HIRT, ERIN E | 16d overdue |
| 15054872 | HERBICIDE-RESISTANT SUNFLOWER PLANTS, POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING HERBICIDE-RESISTANT ACETOHYDROXYACID SYNTHASE LARGE SUBUNIT PROTEINS, AND METHODS OF USE | KOVALENKO, MYKOLA V | 4d overdue |
| 15056636 | HERBICIDE-RESISTANT SUNFLOWER PLANTS WITH MULTIPLE HERBICIDE RESISTANT ALLELES OF AHASL1 AND METHODS OF USE | KOVALENKO, MYKOLA V | 2d overdue |
| 12594289 | HERBICIDE-RESISTANT SUNFLOWER PLANTS WITH MULTIPLE HERBICIDE RESISTANT ALLELES OF AHASL1 AND METHODS OF USE | KOVALENKO, MYKOLA V | 27d |
| 18268343 | MAIZE REGULATORY ELEMENTS AND USES THEREOF | MEADOWS, CHRISTINA L | 54d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1663 | 24 |
| 1662 | 17 |
| 1616 | 13 |
| 1612 | 6 |
| 1615 | 5 |
| 1626 | 5 |
| 1625 | 4 |
| 1629 | 4 |
| 1624 | 4 |
| 1617 | 4 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19372367 | VARIETY CORN LINE ZECI6311 | KRUSE, DAVID H | 1663 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 29, 2025 |
| 19476388 | HERBICIDE RESISTANT PLANTS | SHEN, YANXIN NMN | 1663 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 17, 2025 |
| 19267767 | Wheat variety 10BC149#66 | COLLINS, CYNTHIA E | 1662 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 14, 2025 |
| 19169098 | SOYBEAN VARIETY | KINGDON, CATHY | 1663 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 03, 2025 |
| 19089698 | INSECTICIDAL PROTEINS | STEPHENS, REBECCA JOHANNA | 1663 | §101§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2025 |
| 19082425 | SOYBEAN VARIETY | SULLIVAN, BRIAN JAMES | 1663 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2025 |
| 19059554 | ENGINEERED PESTICIDAL PROTEINS AND METHODS OF CONTROLLING PLANT PESTS | RADOSAVLJEVIC, ALEKSANDAR | 1662 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2025 |
| 19042038 | SOYBEAN VARIETY | BYRNES, DAVID R | 1662 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2025 |
| 19040896 | SOYBEAN VARIETY | MCWILLIAMS, KELSEY LYNN | 1663 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2025 |
| 19040899 | SOYBEAN VARIETY | MCWILLIAMS, KELSEY LYNN | 1663 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2025 |
| 19041097 | SOYBEAN VARIETY | KEOGH, MATTHEW R | 1663 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2025 |
| 18997442 | CRYSTALLINE FORMS OF 1,2,4-OXADIAZOLE FUNGICIDES | ISMAIL, REHANA | 1625 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 21, 2025 |
| 18878521 | HERBICIDAL IMIDAZOLE-CONTAINING COMPOUNDS | BARBER, KIMBERLY | 1615 | §101§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 18986369 | MODIFIED VIP3 POLYPEPTIDES | ZHENG, LI | 1662 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 |
| 18969552 | SOYBEAN PROMOTERS AND USES THEREOF | MEADOWS, CHRISTINA L | 1663 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2024 |
| 18870252 | HERBICIDAL DERIVATIVES | HIRT, ERIN E | 1616 | §101§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18870231 | HERBICIDAL DERIVATIVES | STEVENS, MARK V | 1613 | §101§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18870200 | HERBICIDAL DERIVATIVES | TCHERKASSKAYA, OLGA V | 1615 | §101§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18867302 | PESTICIDAL COMPOSITIONS | YOUNGBLOOD, WILLIAM JUSTIN | 1629 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 19, 2024 |
| 18952046 | NOVEL RESISTANCE GENES ASSOCIATED WITH DISEASE RESISTANCE IN SOYBEANS | IBRAHIM, MEDINA AHMED | 1662 | §112Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 19, 2024 |
| 18865582 | FORMULATION COMPRISING FLUDIOXONIL | EVANS, JASMINE AFIYA | 1629 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2024 |
| 18865029 | ALKOXY HETEROARYL- CARBOXAMIDE OR THIOAMIDE COMPOUNDS | HIRT, ERIN E | 1616 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 12, 2024 |
| 18940186 | WHEAT VARIETY RNP16DC10044901 | BYRNES, DAVID R | 1662 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 07, 2024 |
| 18940197 | WHEAT VARIETY A_08S0116-11 | COLLINS, CYNTHIA E | 1662 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 07, 2024 |
| 18862192 | CONFERRING CYTOPLASMIC MALE STERILITY | WILLIAMS, KEITH RICHARD | 1663 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2024 |
| 18860397 | PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF [1,4,5]-OXADIAZEPINE DERIVATIVES | OH, TAYLOR V | 1624 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 |
| 18923859 | VARIETY CORN LINE HID3724 | MEADOWS, CHRISTINA L | 1663 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2024 |
| 18849295 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING INSECTS | TCHERKASSKAYA, OLGA V | 1615 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2024 |
| 18847843 | PLANT STALK STRENGTH MEASURING DEVICE | KOLB, NATHANIEL J | 2855 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 17, 2024 |
| 18845952 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MODIFYING FLOWERING TIME GENES IN PLANTS | SHEN, YANXIN NMN | 1663 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 11, 2024 |
| 18845744 | HERBICIDAL COMPOUNDS | HIRT, ERIN E | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 10, 2024 |
| 18842578 | PYRIMIDINLY-OXY-QUINOLINE BASED HERBICIDAL COMPOUNDS | KOSAR, ANDREW D | 1625 | §101§102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2024 |
| 18839801 | MARKERS ASSOCIATED WITH SPONTANEOUS CHROMOSOME DOUBLING | KRUSE, DAVID H | 1663 | §112 | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Aug 20, 2024 |
| 18839330 | HERBICIDAL QUINOLONE DERIVATIVES | BURKE, MATTHEW RYAN | 1619 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 16, 2024 |
| 18837494 | INSECT, ACARINA AND NEMATODE PEST CONTROL | ROZOF, TIMOTHY R | 1625 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 09, 2024 |
| 18833155 | HERBICIDAL COMPOUNDS | HIRT, ERIN E | 1616 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2024 |
| 18730361 | RESISTANCE AND VIRULENCE DIAGNOSTICS | WILDER, CYNTHIA B | 1681 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 19, 2024 |
| 18724780 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING WEEDS | MITCHELL, EDWIN COLEMAN | 1619 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2024 |
| 18723118 | FUNGICIDAL COMPOSITIONS | ROCHELLE, CIERRA MARIE | 1627 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 |
| 18723084 | TRIAZINE HERBICIDAL COMPOUNDS | SAEED, ALI S | 1616 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 |
| 18719997 | Composition | KAMM, JUDITH MARIE | 1611 | §103§112Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 14, 2024 |
| 18720050 | Agrochemical Compositions | HAGHIGHATIAN, MINA | 1616 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 14, 2024 |
| 18720026 | DETERMINING NOZZLE FOR PESTICIDE AND/OR BIOSTIMULANT APPLICATION | WALTON, CHESIREE A | 3624 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 14, 2024 |
| 18716697 | Herbicidal Compositions | ALLEY, GENEVIEVE S | 1617 | DP | Final Rejection | 20d | Pending | Jun 05, 2024 |
| 18715470 | FUNGICIDAL COMPOSITIONS | KIFLE, BRUCK | 1624 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
| 18715432 | METHOD OF PRESERVING MAIZE POLLEN VIABILITY UNDER HEAT STRESS | AZPURU, CARLOS A | 1616 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
| 18715491 | HERBICIDAL PYRAZOLE PYRIMIDINE COMPOUNDS | VIGIL, TORIANA NICHOLE | 1612 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
| 18713364 | METHOD OF PREPARING BIODEGRADABLE MICROCAPSULES BASED ON GELATINE | WEBB, WALTER E | 1612 | §103 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | May 24, 2024 |
| 18712964 | PESTICIDAL COMPOSITIONS | PAK, JOHN D | 1699 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2024 |
| 18709433 | HERBICIDE RESISTANCE | STOCKDALE, JESSICA NICOLE | 1663 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 10, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialSyngenta AG has 117 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 30 art units and 81 examiners.
Erin E Hirt has the most, with 8 of Syngenta AG's pending office actions.
Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
