Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Teagasc The Agriculture And Food Development Authority has 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The prosecution is currently handled by 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. SWEENEY, MAURA ELIZABETH is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, managing the 1 pending office action. This structure indicates that the organization's current patent activity is concentrated within a specific technical niche.
Practitioners should note that the entire pending portfolio is subject to the review of a single examiner in the Chemistry & Materials field. Having 1 distinct examiner for the pending office action allows for a more focused prosecution strategy without the need to reconcile different examiner styles. The presence of 1 distinct art unit ensures that the technical evaluation remains within a specific classification.
This concentration of resources and examination personnel simplifies the management of the organization's active intellectual property filings. Because the busiest examiner is responsible for the only pending matter, the immediate prosecution success depends on this single relationship. This structure provides a clear and singular point of contact for the organization's active intellectual property matters at the patent office.
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 (25%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRASER, JENNIFER E | 1 | 76.7% | +23.4% |
| SHELLHAMMER, JAMES PAUL | 1 | 10.0% | +18.8% |
| LIEB, JEANETTE M | 1 | 79.9% | +17.2% |
| KOHLER, STEPHANIE A | 1 | 31.9% | +31.1% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18722111 | AN ISOLATED S. SALIVARIUS STRAIN AND ITS USE AS AN ANTIMICROBIAL PRODUCING PROBIOTIC | GRASER, JENNIFER E | — |
| 18682294 | PROTEIN RECOVERY FROM PROTEINACEOUS MATERIAL | SHELLHAMMER, JAMES PAUL | — |
| 18250822 | Antihypertensive Food Ingredients for Companion Animal Applications | LIEB, JEANETTE M | — |
| 17910656 | AN ISOLATED BACILLUS ALTITUDINIS STRAIN AND ITS USE AS A PROBIOTIC | KOHLER, STEPHANIE A | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18722111 | AN ISOLATED S. SALIVARIUS STRAIN AND ITS USE AS AN ANTIMICROBIAL PRODUCING PROBIOTIC | GRASER, JENNIFER E | — |
| 18682294 | PROTEIN RECOVERY FROM PROTEINACEOUS MATERIAL | SHELLHAMMER, JAMES PAUL | — |
| 18250822 | Antihypertensive Food Ingredients for Companion Animal Applications | LIEB, JEANETTE M | — |
| 17910656 | AN ISOLATED BACILLUS ALTITUDINIS STRAIN AND ITS USE AS A PROBIOTIC | KOHLER, STEPHANIE A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1645 | 1 |
| 1793 | 1 |
| 1654 | 1 |
| 1791 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18722111 | AN ISOLATED S. SALIVARIUS STRAIN AND ITS USE AS AN ANTIMICROBIAL PRODUCING PROBIOTIC | GRASER, JENNIFER E | 1645 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2024 |
| 18682294 | PROTEIN RECOVERY FROM PROTEINACEOUS MATERIAL | SHELLHAMMER, JAMES PAUL | 1793 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 08, 2024 |
| 18250822 | Antihypertensive Food Ingredients for Companion Animal Applications | LIEB, JEANETTE M | 1654 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 27, 2023 |
| 17910656 | AN ISOLATED BACILLUS ALTITUDINIS STRAIN AND ITS USE AS A PROBIOTIC | KOHLER, STEPHANIE A | 1791 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 09, 2022 |
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