Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

VILMORIN & CIE

5 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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 (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (60%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (40%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
100% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KUBELIK, ANNE R 2 75.8% -1.0%
MCWILLIAMS, KELSEY LYNN 2 89.1% +6.6%
RADOSAVLJEVIC, ALEKSANDAR 1 81.4% +8.5%

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
18656137 RESISTANCE TO ToLCNDV IN SQUASH KUBELIK, ANNE R 23d overdue
19034234 NEW GENE RESPONSIBLE FOR CYTOPLASMIC MALE STERILITY RADOSAVLJEVIC, ALEKSANDAR
18907400 CUCURBITA WITH DETERMINATE GROWTH HABIT KUBELIK, ANNE R
18294738 RESISTANCE TO LEVEILLULA TAURICA IN PEPPER MCWILLIAMS, KELSEY LYNN
18029755 MELON WITH EXTENDED SHELF LIFE MCWILLIAMS, KELSEY LYNN

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1663 4
1662 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19034234 NEW GENE RESPONSIBLE FOR CYTOPLASMIC MALE STERILITY RADOSAVLJEVIC, ALEKSANDAR 1662 §101§102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 22, 2025
18907400 CUCURBITA WITH DETERMINATE GROWTH HABIT KUBELIK, ANNE R 1663 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 04, 2024
18656137 RESISTANCE TO ToLCNDV IN SQUASH KUBELIK, ANNE R 1663 §101§112Other Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending May 06, 2024
18294738 RESISTANCE TO LEVEILLULA TAURICA IN PEPPER MCWILLIAMS, KELSEY LYNN 1663 §101§102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 02, 2024
18029755 MELON WITH EXTENDED SHELF LIFE MCWILLIAMS, KELSEY LYNN 1663 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Mar 31, 2023

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