Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Tianjin Institute Of Industrial Biotechnology Chinese Academy Of Sciences

9 pending office actions • 6 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (2)

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

5
Hard (56%)
1
Medium (11%)
3
Easy (33%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (11%)
§112 only2 (22%)
Double-patenting only1 (11%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (56%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

8
Life Sciences
89% of docket
1
Information Tech
11% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SINGH, SATYENDRA K 1 61.1% +67.6%
MEAH, MOHAMMAD Y 1 70.9% +42.6%
RAGHU, GANAPATHIRAM 1 73.6% +26.4%
LEITH, NANCY J 1 74.7% +43.8%
FRONDA, CHRISTIAN L 1 82.6% +14.0%
WHITEMAN, BRIAN A 1 68.4% +16.7%
NOAKES, SUZANNE MARIE 1 73.3% +18.1%
LIPPOLIS, ALEXANDRA ROSE 1 39.3% +70.3%
STCLAIR, ANDREW D 1 60.3% +25.3%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18020965 Polynucleotide Having Promoter Activity and Application of Polynucleotide in Producing Amino Acid FRONDA, CHRISTIAN L 28d

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17603008 Recombinant microorganism for producing L-valine, construction method and application thereof STCLAIR, ANDREW D 406d overdue
17636607 BASE EDITING SYSTEMS FOR ACHIEVING C TO A AND C TO G BASE MUTATION AND APPLICATION THEREOF LIPPOLIS, ALEXANDRA ROSE 35d overdue
18712509 ACID-RESISTANT YEAST STRAIN FOR EFFICIENT PRODUCTION OF SUCCINIC ACID, AND CONSTRUCTION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF MEAH, MOHAMMAD Y
18694709 METHOD FOR PREPARING STARCH USING CARBON DIOXIDE, RECOMBINANT MICROORGANISM, AND METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING RECOMBINANT MICROORGANISM RAGHU, GANAPATHIRAM
18016804 Mutant of Pyruvate Carboxylase Gene Promoter and Use Thereof WHITEMAN, BRIAN A

Interview Candidates (9)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17603008 Recombinant microorganism for producing L-valine, construction method and application thereof STCLAIR, ANDREW D 406d overdue
17636607 BASE EDITING SYSTEMS FOR ACHIEVING C TO A AND C TO G BASE MUTATION AND APPLICATION THEREOF LIPPOLIS, ALEXANDRA ROSE 35d overdue
17786997 A RECOMBINANT FILAMENTOUS FUNGUS FOR PRODUCING ETHANOL AND ITS CONSTRUCTION AND APPLICATION NOAKES, SUZANNE MARIE 21d
18020965 Polynucleotide Having Promoter Activity and Application of Polynucleotide in Producing Amino Acid FRONDA, CHRISTIAN L 28d
18712520 ACID-RESISTANT YEAST STRAIN FOR EFFICIENT PRODUCTION OF L-MALIC ACID, AND CONSTRUCTION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF SINGH, SATYENDRA K
18712509 ACID-RESISTANT YEAST STRAIN FOR EFFICIENT PRODUCTION OF SUCCINIC ACID, AND CONSTRUCTION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF MEAH, MOHAMMAD Y
18694709 METHOD FOR PREPARING STARCH USING CARBON DIOXIDE, RECOMBINANT MICROORGANISM, AND METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING RECOMBINANT MICROORGANISM RAGHU, GANAPATHIRAM
18269046 MDH GENE-BASED POLYNUCLEOTIDE HAVING PROMOTER ACTIVITY AND USE THEREOF LEITH, NANCY J

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1652 3
1656 2
1657 1
1682 1
1637 1
2178 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18712520 ACID-RESISTANT YEAST STRAIN FOR EFFICIENT PRODUCTION OF L-MALIC ACID, AND CONSTRUCTION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF SINGH, SATYENDRA K 1657 DP Non-Final OA Pending May 22, 2024
18712509 ACID-RESISTANT YEAST STRAIN FOR EFFICIENT PRODUCTION OF SUCCINIC ACID, AND CONSTRUCTION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF MEAH, MOHAMMAD Y 1652 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 22, 2024
18694709 METHOD FOR PREPARING STARCH USING CARBON DIOXIDE, RECOMBINANT MICROORGANISM, AND METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING RECOMBINANT MICROORGANISM RAGHU, GANAPATHIRAM 1652 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 21, 2024
18269046 MDH GENE-BASED POLYNUCLEOTIDE HAVING PROMOTER ACTIVITY AND USE THEREOF LEITH, NANCY J 1656 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 22, 2023
18020965 Polynucleotide Having Promoter Activity and Application of Polynucleotide in Producing Amino Acid FRONDA, CHRISTIAN L 1652 §103 Final Rejection 28d Pending Feb 13, 2023
18016804 Mutant of Pyruvate Carboxylase Gene Promoter and Use Thereof WHITEMAN, BRIAN A 1682 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 18, 2023
17786997 A RECOMBINANT FILAMENTOUS FUNGUS FOR PRODUCING ETHANOL AND ITS CONSTRUCTION AND APPLICATION NOAKES, SUZANNE MARIE 1656 §112 Final Rejection 21d Pending Jun 17, 2022
17636607 BASE EDITING SYSTEMS FOR ACHIEVING C TO A AND C TO G BASE MUTATION AND APPLICATION THEREOF LIPPOLIS, ALEXANDRA ROSE 1637 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 35d overdue Pending Feb 18, 2022
17603008 Recombinant microorganism for producing L-valine, construction method and application thereof STCLAIR, ANDREW D 2178 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA 406d overdue Pending Oct 12, 2021

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