Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
13 pending office actions • 7 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days
UPL Corporation Limited maintains a company patent portfolio in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. The portfolio currently has 12 pending office actions. These actions are distributed across 10 distinct examiners and 7 distinct art units. This distribution shows a high degree of diversification in the company's prosecution efforts, as the applications are being reviewed by many different technical groups and individuals. The breadth of 7 distinct art units suggests that the company is pursuing a wide range of innovations within the biotechnology sector.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is NGUYEN, NGOC-ANH THI, who is responsible for 2 busiest examiner pending office actions. Given that there are 12 pending office actions in total, this examiner handles a relatively small portion of the company's current active workload. The presence of 10 distinct examiners and the variety of art units suggests that UPL Corporation Limited is pursuing many technical paths or distinct inventions within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals sector. This variety provides the company with many different points of entry and review within the patent office, reducing the risk associated with any lone examiner's decision-making process.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 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. 6 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 | 6 (46%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (46%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KETCHAM, KAREN A | 2 | 20.0% | +38.8% |
| NGUYEN, NGOC-ANH THI | 2 | 28.1% | +49.8% |
| BROWE, DAVID | 2 | 26.4% | +27.3% |
| SCOTLAND, REBECCA LYNN | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| SCHLIENTZ, NATHAN W | 1 | 41.3% | -18.9% |
| SHOMER, ISAAC | 1 | 63.2% | +30.4% |
| PHAN, DOAN THI-THUC | 1 | 42.7% | +47.7% |
| LOVE, TREVOR M | 1 | 43.0% | +26.7% |
| BOATENG, AFUA BAMFOAA | 1 | 46.6% | +64.4% |
| SAEED, ALI S | 1 | 31.3% | +35.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16423491 | BEAD COMPOSITIONS FOR AQUATIC WEED CONTROL | SAEED, ALI S | 147d overdue |
| 17615637 | Compositions of Dicarboxylic Acid Derivatives | SHOMER, ISAAC | 49d overdue |
| 17040871 | FUNGICIDAL COMBINATIONS | LOVE, TREVOR M | 1d overdue |
| 17925741 | A STABILIZATION SYSTEM FOR AN AGROCHEMICAL COMPOSITION | SCOTLAND, REBECCA LYNN | 5d |
| 17258525 | A STABLE LIQUID AGROCHEMICAL FORMULATION | KETCHAM, KAREN A | 5d |
| 19011836 | STABLE AGROCHEMICAL COMPOSITION | KETCHAM, KAREN A | — |
| 17687179 | LIQUID HERBICIDAL COMPOSITIONS | NGUYEN, NGOC-ANH THI | — |
| 17687001 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A LIQUID HERBICIDAL COMPOSITION | NGUYEN, NGOC-ANH THI | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16423491 | BEAD COMPOSITIONS FOR AQUATIC WEED CONTROL | SAEED, ALI S | 147d overdue |
| 17615637 | Compositions of Dicarboxylic Acid Derivatives | SHOMER, ISAAC | 49d overdue |
| 17040871 | FUNGICIDAL COMBINATIONS | LOVE, TREVOR M | 1d overdue |
| 17258525 | A STABLE LIQUID AGROCHEMICAL FORMULATION | KETCHAM, KAREN A | 5d |
| 17251579 | STABLE CO-FORMULATION OF BENZOYLUREA WITH PYRETHROIDS | PHAN, DOAN THI-THUC | 27d |
| 19011836 | STABLE AGROCHEMICAL COMPOSITION | KETCHAM, KAREN A | — |
| 17687179 | LIQUID HERBICIDAL COMPOSITIONS | NGUYEN, NGOC-ANH THI | — |
| 17687001 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A LIQUID HERBICIDAL COMPOSITION | NGUYEN, NGOC-ANH THI | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1615 | 3 |
| 1617 | 3 |
| 1616 | 2 |
| 1612 | 1 |
| 1614 | 1 |
| 1613 | 1 |
| 1611 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19011836 | STABLE AGROCHEMICAL COMPOSITION | KETCHAM, KAREN A | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 07, 2025 |
| 17925741 | A STABILIZATION SYSTEM FOR AN AGROCHEMICAL COMPOSITION | SCOTLAND, REBECCA LYNN | 1615 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 5d | Pending | Nov 16, 2022 |
| 17907810 | AN AGROCHEMICAL COMPOSITION | SCHLIENTZ, NATHAN W | 1616 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2022 |
| 17687179 | LIQUID HERBICIDAL COMPOSITIONS | NGUYEN, NGOC-ANH THI | 1615 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2022 |
| 17687001 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A LIQUID HERBICIDAL COMPOSITION | NGUYEN, NGOC-ANH THI | 1615 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2022 |
| 17615637 | Compositions of Dicarboxylic Acid Derivatives | SHOMER, ISAAC | 1612 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 49d overdue | Pending | Dec 01, 2021 |
| 17603995 | A Stable Insecticide Composition | BROWE, DAVID | 1617 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 15, 2021 |
| 17414458 | HERBICIDE | BROWE, DAVID | 1617 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 16, 2021 |
| 17258525 | A STABLE LIQUID AGROCHEMICAL FORMULATION | KETCHAM, KAREN A | 1614 | §103 | Final Rejection | 5d | Pending | Jan 07, 2021 |
| 17251579 | STABLE CO-FORMULATION OF BENZOYLUREA WITH PYRETHROIDS | PHAN, DOAN THI-THUC | 1613 | §103 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Dec 11, 2020 |
| 17040871 | FUNGICIDAL COMBINATIONS | LOVE, TREVOR M | 1611 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 1d overdue | Pending | Sep 23, 2020 |
| 16980578 | HERBICIDAL COMBINATIONS | BOATENG, AFUA BAMFOAA | 1617 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 14, 2020 |
| 16423491 | BEAD COMPOSITIONS FOR AQUATIC WEED CONTROL | SAEED, ALI S | 1616 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 147d overdue | Pending | May 28, 2019 |
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