Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 05, 2026

United States Department of Agriculture

13 pending office actions • 13 art units • 13 examiners • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

13
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
2
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 7 days (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.

2
Hard (15%)
7
Medium (54%)
3
Easy (23%)
1
Unknown (8%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (15%)
§103 only6 (46%)
§102 only1 (8%)
§112 only2 (15%)
Double-patenting only1 (8%)
No statute on record1 (8%)

Industry Mix

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

10
Life Sciences
77% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
8% of docket
2
Semiconductors
15% 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.

130 h
Manual time on pending OAs
26 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
46 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
FADUL, PHILIPMARCUS T 1 81.3% +11.7%
BILODEAU, DUSTIN E 1 88.2% +6.8%
JONES, CHRISTINE MICHELLE 1
BOATENG, AFUA BAMFOAA 1 47.0% +72.5%
HOLLAND, PAUL J 1 57.5% +64.8%
ROBINSON, MIKHAIL O'DONNEL 1 57.3% +41.4%
ZHANG, RUIYUN 1 70.2% +10.6%
MANG, LAL C 1 75.8% +16.4%
HILL, MYRON G 1 66.6% +19.7%
MEYERING, SHABANA SHABBEER 1 71.0% +40.0%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18417234 THERMAL/VISIBLE IMAGER FOR CROP STRESS DETECTION BILODEAU, DUSTIN E 38d overdue
18665862 MICROGRAVITY SIMULATION SYSTEM FADUL, PHILIPMARCUS T

Hard Cases (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18355050 MEASURING SPRAY DROPLET SIZES FROM VIBRATIONS INDUCED BY SPRAY DROPLET IMPACTS MANG, LAL C
18087088 FATTY AMMONIUM SALT STARCH COMPLEXES AS PLANT WOUND PROTECTANTS AND ANTIMICROBIALS FOR WOUND DRESSINGS NGUYEN, JOHN P

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18376543 Composition and Method of an Orally Administered Antimicrobial Peptide Vectored in a Bacterial Expression Vehicle HOLLAND, PAUL J 7d
18175394 ENGINEERED MICROALGAE FEED TO IMPROVE HONEY BEE PATHOGEN RESISTANCE AND NUTRITION MEYERING, SHABANA SHABBEER 7d
18477665 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DETERRING OVIPOSITION BY FRUIT FLIES ROBINSON, MIKHAIL O'DONNEL 29d
18665862 MICROGRAVITY SIMULATION SYSTEM FADUL, PHILIPMARCUS T
18504308 FIRE ANT BAITS WITH ENHANCED SELECTIVITY BOATENG, AFUA BAMFOAA
18360561 CROP-BASED PLASTICIZERS ZHANG, RUIYUN
18355050 MEASURING SPRAY DROPLET SIZES FROM VIBRATIONS INDUCED BY SPRAY DROPLET IMPACTS MANG, LAL C
18245115 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF FOR PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF INFLUENZA INFECTIONS HILL, MYRON G

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2852 1
2664 1
1682 1
1617 1
1656 1
1627 1
1782 1
2857 1
1671 1
1635 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18665862 MICROGRAVITY SIMULATION SYSTEM FADUL, PHILIPMARCUS T 2852 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 16, 2024
18417234 THERMAL/VISIBLE IMAGER FOR CROP STRESS DETECTION BILODEAU, DUSTIN E 2664 DP Final Rejection 38d overdue Pending Jan 19, 2024
18568614 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR DETERMINING MICROORGANISM PRESENCE AND CONCENTRATION USING PCR PRIMERS OF VARYING AMPLIFICATION EFFICIENCIES JONES, CHRISTINE MICHELLE 1682 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 08, 2023
18504308 FIRE ANT BAITS WITH ENHANCED SELECTIVITY BOATENG, AFUA BAMFOAA 1617 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 08, 2023
18376543 Composition and Method of an Orally Administered Antimicrobial Peptide Vectored in a Bacterial Expression Vehicle HOLLAND, PAUL J 1656 Other Non-Final OA 7d Pending Oct 04, 2023
18477665 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DETERRING OVIPOSITION BY FRUIT FLIES ROBINSON, MIKHAIL O'DONNEL 1627 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Sep 29, 2023
18360561 CROP-BASED PLASTICIZERS ZHANG, RUIYUN 1782 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 27, 2023
18355050 MEASURING SPRAY DROPLET SIZES FROM VIBRATIONS INDUCED BY SPRAY DROPLET IMPACTS MANG, LAL C 2857 §101 Final Rejection Pending Jul 19, 2023
18245115 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF FOR PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF INFLUENZA INFECTIONS HILL, MYRON G 1671 §112 Final Rejection Pending Mar 13, 2023
18175394 ENGINEERED MICROALGAE FEED TO IMPROVE HONEY BEE PATHOGEN RESISTANCE AND NUTRITION MEYERING, SHABANA SHABBEER 1635 §103 Final Rejection 7d Pending Feb 27, 2023
18087088 FATTY AMMONIUM SALT STARCH COMPLEXES AS PLANT WOUND PROTECTANTS AND ANTIMICROBIALS FOR WOUND DRESSINGS NGUYEN, JOHN P 1619 §101 Final Rejection Pending Dec 22, 2022
17546331 METHODS FOR KILLING PESTS HIRT, ERIN E 1616 §102 Final Rejection 26d Pending Dec 09, 2021
15733387 MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSPECIES PARATUBERCULOSIS IMMUNODIAGNOSTIC ANTIGENS, METHODS, AND KITS COMPRISING SAME DEBERRY, REGINA M 1647 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 17, 2020

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