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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
The Upside Group Inc. currently has 9 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This volume of 9 pending office actions indicates a significant level of activity and a wide range of applications under review. For a practitioner, managing 9 pending office actions requires a strategy that can handle multiple simultaneous deadlines while maintaining a unified approach to the Chemistry & Materials subject matter. The concentration in this area defines the technical scope of the current filings.
The workload is distributed among 9 distinct examiners and 7 distinct art units. The busiest examiner, HENSEL, BRENDAN A, is responsible for 1 pending office action. With 9 distinct examiners involved, the portfolio's outcomes are determined by a broad group of individuals rather than a single examiner. The presence of 7 distinct art units suggests that the company's technology is categorized into several different technical niches within the patent office, requiring varied prosecution tactics.
Practitioners should be prepared for a variety of examination styles given the 7 distinct art units involved. Because HENSEL, BRENDAN A is responsible for 1 pending office action, the prosecution strategy must be tailored to the specific preferences of each of the 9 distinct examiners. This distribution ensures that the overall success of the 9 pending office actions is not overly reliant on any one person's discretion. Monitoring the 7 distinct art units will help identify overlapping prior art.
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 (11%) |
| §103 only | 1 (11%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 7 (78%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HENSEL, BRENDAN A | 1 | 66.4% | +28.7% |
| MONTANARI, DAVID A | 1 | 64.8% | +49.0% |
| HASSAN, LIBAN M | 1 | 50.8% | +31.1% |
| PAULUS, ERIN VIRGINIA | 1 | 20.0% | +94.1% |
| SHELLHAMMER, JAMES PAUL | 1 | 10.0% | +18.8% |
| DIVIESTI, KARLA ISOBEL | 1 | 3.2% | +16.7% |
| MCNEIL, JENNIFER C | 1 | 23.7% | +20.0% |
| SCHUBERG, LAURA J | 1 | 23.6% | +37.0% |
| YAMASAKI, ROBERT J | 1 | 67.4% | +44.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17658009 | GENERATION OF CELL-BASED PRODUCTS FOR CONSUMPTION THAT COMPRISE PROTEINS FROM EXOTIC, ENDANGERED, AND EXTINCT SPECIES | YAMASAKI, ROBERT J | 49d overdue |
| 18458564 | PLANT BASE/ANIMAL CELL HYBRID MEAT SUBSTITUTE | SHELLHAMMER, JAMES PAUL | 26d |
| 18298019 | VACUUM DRYING A COMESTIBLE CELL-BASED MEAT PRODUCT | MCNEIL, JENNIFER C | 26d |
| 18741412 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR STERILIZING BIOREACTOR SYSTEMS WITH SUPERHEATED WATER | HENSEL, BRENDAN A | — |
| 18731343 | NUTRIENT MEDIA FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SLAUGHTER-FREE MEAT | MONTANARI, DAVID A | — |
| 18608451 | SUBSTRATE APPARATUS WITH MULTI-LAYER SUBSTRATE FOR CELL-BASED MEAT CULTIVATORS | HASSAN, LIBAN M | — |
| 18544063 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR EXTENDING THE REPLICATIVE CAPACITY OF BOVINE CELLS | PAULUS, ERIN VIRGINIA | — |
| 18334250 | SUSPENSION BASED CHICKEN PRODUCT FORMULATION | DIVIESTI, KARLA ISOBEL | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17658009 | GENERATION OF CELL-BASED PRODUCTS FOR CONSUMPTION THAT COMPRISE PROTEINS FROM EXOTIC, ENDANGERED, AND EXTINCT SPECIES | YAMASAKI, ROBERT J | 49d overdue |
| 18458564 | PLANT BASE/ANIMAL CELL HYBRID MEAT SUBSTITUTE | SHELLHAMMER, JAMES PAUL | 26d |
| 18298019 | VACUUM DRYING A COMESTIBLE CELL-BASED MEAT PRODUCT | MCNEIL, JENNIFER C | 26d |
| 18741412 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR STERILIZING BIOREACTOR SYSTEMS WITH SUPERHEATED WATER | HENSEL, BRENDAN A | — |
| 18731343 | NUTRIENT MEDIA FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SLAUGHTER-FREE MEAT | MONTANARI, DAVID A | — |
| 18608451 | SUBSTRATE APPARATUS WITH MULTI-LAYER SUBSTRATE FOR CELL-BASED MEAT CULTIVATORS | HASSAN, LIBAN M | — |
| 18544063 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR EXTENDING THE REPLICATIVE CAPACITY OF BOVINE CELLS | PAULUS, ERIN VIRGINIA | — |
| 18334250 | SUSPENSION BASED CHICKEN PRODUCT FORMULATION | DIVIESTI, KARLA ISOBEL | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1631 | 2 |
| 1793 | 2 |
| 1758 | 1 |
| 1632 | 1 |
| 1799 | 1 |
| 1792 | 1 |
| 1657 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18741412 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR STERILIZING BIOREACTOR SYSTEMS WITH SUPERHEATED WATER | HENSEL, BRENDAN A | 1758 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2024 |
| 18731343 | NUTRIENT MEDIA FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SLAUGHTER-FREE MEAT | MONTANARI, DAVID A | 1632 | §101§102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 02, 2024 |
| 18608451 | SUBSTRATE APPARATUS WITH MULTI-LAYER SUBSTRATE FOR CELL-BASED MEAT CULTIVATORS | HASSAN, LIBAN M | 1799 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2024 |
| 18544063 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR EXTENDING THE REPLICATIVE CAPACITY OF BOVINE CELLS | PAULUS, ERIN VIRGINIA | 1631 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2023 |
| 18458564 | PLANT BASE/ANIMAL CELL HYBRID MEAT SUBSTITUTE | SHELLHAMMER, JAMES PAUL | 1793 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 26d | Pending | Aug 30, 2023 |
| 18334250 | SUSPENSION BASED CHICKEN PRODUCT FORMULATION | DIVIESTI, KARLA ISOBEL | 1792 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2023 |
| 18298019 | VACUUM DRYING A COMESTIBLE CELL-BASED MEAT PRODUCT | MCNEIL, JENNIFER C | 1793 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 26d | Pending | Apr 10, 2023 |
| 18146541 | METHOD FOR WASHING AND FINISHING A GROWN CELL MASS | SCHUBERG, LAURA J | 1631 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2022 |
| 17658009 | GENERATION OF CELL-BASED PRODUCTS FOR CONSUMPTION THAT COMPRISE PROTEINS FROM EXOTIC, ENDANGERED, AND EXTINCT SPECIES | YAMASAKI, ROBERT J | 1657 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 49d overdue | Pending | Apr 05, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialThe Upside Group Inc. has 9 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 7 art units and 9 examiners.
Brendan A Hensel has the most, with 1 of The Upside Group Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
