Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
10 pending office actions • 6 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
UPL Corporation Limited has 10 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. The matters are handled by 9 distinct examiners across 6 distinct art units. HIRT, ERIN E is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters, creating a defined examiner concentration within a broader portfolio.
The docket calls for both centralized coordination and examiner-specific preparation. Counsel should align the two matters before HIRT, ERIN E while using the six-art-unit structure to organize technical themes and recurring issues. The remaining examiner assignments require separate analysis, so shared terminology and disclosure mapping should support consistency without replacing application-specific claim strategy.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 4 (40%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (40%) |
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 | 2 | 40.6% | +22.9% |
| PATEL, SAGAR S | 1 | 75.7% | +34.9% |
| MITCHELL, EDWIN COLEMAN | 1 | 32.1% | +65.6% |
| CORNET, JEAN P | 1 | 41.9% | +47.2% |
| HEITMEIER, KENDALL NICOLE | 1 | 65.1% | +41.1% |
| BASQUILL, SEAN M | 1 | 38.8% | +21.7% |
| PRAGANI, RAJAN | 1 | 52.4% | +71.4% |
| HOLT, ANDRIAE M | 1 | 49.5% | +23.0% |
| BONAPARTE, AMY C | 1 | 79.1% | +23.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18010606 | HERBICIDE COMBINATIONS | HIRT, ERIN E | 28d |
| 18711979 | METHOD OF IMPROVING PLANT GROWTH | PATEL, SAGAR S | — |
| 18694455 | A PROCESS OF PREPARING AN AGROCHEMICAL OIL DISPERSION AND PRODUCT THEREOF | MITCHELL, EDWIN COLEMAN | — |
| 18260567 | PROCESS FOR PREPARATION OF INSECTICIDAL ANTHRANILAMIDES | HEITMEIER, KENDALL NICOLE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17777364 | A CONTINUOUS FLOW PROCESS FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF HYDROXAMIC ACID | BONAPARTE, AMY C | 139d overdue |
| 18041420 | A STORAGE STABLE INSECTICIDAL COMPOSITION | BASQUILL, SEAN M | 8d |
| 18010606 | HERBICIDE COMBINATIONS | HIRT, ERIN E | 28d |
| 18800855 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE GROWTH OF UNDESIRABLE VEGETATION | HIRT, ERIN E | — |
| 18711979 | METHOD OF IMPROVING PLANT GROWTH | PATEL, SAGAR S | — |
| 18694455 | A PROCESS OF PREPARING AN AGROCHEMICAL OIL DISPERSION AND PRODUCT THEREOF | MITCHELL, EDWIN COLEMAN | — |
| 18562483 | NOVEL INTERMEDIATE FOR PREPARATION OF PYROXASULFONE | CORNET, JEAN P | — |
| 18260567 | PROCESS FOR PREPARATION OF INSECTICIDAL ANTHRANILAMIDES | HEITMEIER, KENDALL NICOLE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1616 | 3 |
| 1614 | 3 |
| 1626 | 1 |
| 1619 | 1 |
| 1621 | 1 |
| 1692 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18800855 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE GROWTH OF UNDESIRABLE VEGETATION | HIRT, ERIN E | 1616 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 12, 2024 |
| 18711979 | METHOD OF IMPROVING PLANT GROWTH | PATEL, SAGAR S | 1626 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 21, 2024 |
| 18694455 | A PROCESS OF PREPARING AN AGROCHEMICAL OIL DISPERSION AND PRODUCT THEREOF | MITCHELL, EDWIN COLEMAN | 1619 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 22, 2024 |
| 18562483 | NOVEL INTERMEDIATE FOR PREPARATION OF PYROXASULFONE | CORNET, JEAN P | 1616 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2023 |
| 18260567 | PROCESS FOR PREPARATION OF INSECTICIDAL ANTHRANILAMIDES | HEITMEIER, KENDALL NICOLE | 1621 | §103§112Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 06, 2023 |
| 18041420 | A STORAGE STABLE INSECTICIDAL COMPOSITION | BASQUILL, SEAN M | 1614 | §103 | Final Rejection | 8d | Pending | Feb 13, 2023 |
| 18041147 | A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INSECT PESTS IN COTTON | PRAGANI, RAJAN | 1614 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 09, 2023 |
| 18005000 | A SOLID AGROCHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND PROCESS OF PREPARATION THEREOF | HOLT, ANDRIAE M | 1614 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2023 |
| 18010606 | HERBICIDE COMBINATIONS | HIRT, ERIN E | 1616 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Dec 15, 2022 |
| 17777364 | A CONTINUOUS FLOW PROCESS FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF HYDROXAMIC ACID | BONAPARTE, AMY C | 1692 | §103 | Final Rejection | 139d overdue | Pending | May 17, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialUPL Corporation Limited has 10 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 6 art units and 9 examiners.
Erin E Hirt has the most, with 2 of UPL Corporation Limited's pending office actions.
Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
