Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
14 pending office actions • 9 art units • 13 examiners • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
UPL Corporation Limited maintains a presence in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area with 14 pending office actions. These actions are distributed among 13 distinct examiners, suggesting a wide range of examiner interactions across the portfolio. This distribution means that almost every pending action is being reviewed by a different individual, requiring an adaptable prosecution strategy.
The company's active matters span 9 distinct art units, indicating significant technical breadth within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals sector. HIRT, ERIN E is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently managing 2 pending office actions. This is the only examiner responsible for multiple actions, which highlights the decentralized nature of the remaining workload.
Managing the workload across 9 distinct art units presents an administrative challenge for practitioners. The focus must remain on the specific requirements of the 13 distinct examiners to ensure consistent progress across the 14 pending office actions.
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.
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.
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 (29%) |
| §112 only | 2 (14%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (43%) |
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 | 40.3% | +23.0% |
| PATEL, SAGAR S | 1 | 75.7% | +34.6% |
| CHANDRAKUMAR, NIZAL S | 1 | 72.7% | +18.3% |
| MITCHELL, EDWIN COLEMAN | 1 | 32.1% | +64.8% |
| NGUYEN, NGOC-ANH THI | 1 | 28.1% | +49.8% |
| CORNET, JEAN P | 1 | 42.1% | +47.5% |
| HEITMEIER, KENDALL NICOLE | 1 | 65.9% | +41.0% |
| BASQUILL, SEAN M | 1 | 38.8% | +21.7% |
| SAWYER, JENNIFER C | 1 | 68.6% | -8.4% |
| PRAGANI, RAJAN | 1 | 53.3% | +70.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 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 | — |
| 18640219 | PROCESS FOR PREPARATION OF ANTHRANILAMIDES | CHANDRAKUMAR, NIZAL S | — |
| 18694455 | A PROCESS OF PREPARING AN AGROCHEMICAL OIL DISPERSION AND PRODUCT THEREOF | MITCHELL, EDWIN COLEMAN | — |
| 18293033 | A COMPOSITE SYSTEM FOR AGRICULTURE | NGUYEN, NGOC-ANH THI | — |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — |
| 18640219 | PROCESS FOR PREPARATION OF ANTHRANILAMIDES | CHANDRAKUMAR, NIZAL S | — |
| 18694455 | A PROCESS OF PREPARING AN AGROCHEMICAL OIL DISPERSION AND PRODUCT THEREOF | MITCHELL, EDWIN COLEMAN | — |
| 18293033 | A COMPOSITE SYSTEM FOR AGRICULTURE | NGUYEN, NGOC-ANH THI | — |
| 18562483 | NOVEL INTERMEDIATE FOR PREPARATION OF PYROXASULFONE | CORNET, JEAN P | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1614 | 3 |
| 1616 | 2 |
| 1625 | 1 |
| 1619 | 1 |
| 1615 | 1 |
| 1621 | 1 |
| 1691 | 1 |
| 1626 | 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 | — | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 12, 2024 |
| 18711979 | METHOD OF IMPROVING PLANT GROWTH | PATEL, SAGAR S | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 21, 2024 |
| 18640219 | PROCESS FOR PREPARATION OF ANTHRANILAMIDES | CHANDRAKUMAR, NIZAL S | 1625 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 19, 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 |
| 18293033 | A COMPOSITE SYSTEM FOR AGRICULTURE | NGUYEN, NGOC-ANH THI | 1615 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 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 |
| 18041159 | A PROCESS FOR PREPARATION OF CLETHODIM | SAWYER, JENNIFER C | 1691 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 09, 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 |
| 17921260 | A FUNGICIDAL COMPOUND AND PROCESS OF PREPARATION THEREOF | JACKSON, SHAWQUIA | 1626 | §112 | Final Rejection | 6d | Pending | Oct 25, 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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