Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
Zest Ip Holdings LLC manages 4 pending office actions within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. These actions are distributed across 4 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. ROBERTS, LEZAH is identified as the busiest examiner, currently handling 1 busiest examiner pending matter. The use of 2 distinct art units indicates that the company's intellectual property covers multiple specialized sub-sectors within the biotechnology field. This distribution requires the company to manage 4 pending office actions across different regulatory frameworks.
The presence of 4 distinct examiners suggests that the company interacts with various individuals at the patent office simultaneously. While there are multiple examiners involved, the workload is distributed, as the busiest examiner, ROBERTS, LEZAH, only has 1 busiest examiner pending case. This diversity in examiners and art units requires a coordinated approach to maintain consistency across the 4 pending office actions. The strategy involves navigating 2 distinct art units, which may have different internal guidelines and timelines. Each of the 4 pending office actions represents a unique point of contact for the company's legal team.
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 | 1 (25%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PEPITONE, MICHAEL F | 1 | 74.4% | +21.9% |
| ROBERTS, LEZAH | 1 | 48.4% | +35.1% |
| COHEN, MICHAEL P | 1 | 58.7% | +27.5% |
| EIDE, HEIDI MARIE | 1 | 50.6% | +32.5% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18134493 | REMINERALIZATION COMPOSITION AND APPLICATION METHOD THEREOF | COHEN, MICHAEL P | — |
| 17751260 | DENTAL TOOLS AND METHODS OF USE | EIDE, HEIDI MARIE | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18732491 | DENTAL CEMENT COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE | PEPITONE, MICHAEL F | — |
| 18379052 | TEETH WHITENING COMPOSITIONS, KITS, AND SYSTEMS | ROBERTS, LEZAH | — |
| 18134493 | REMINERALIZATION COMPOSITION AND APPLICATION METHOD THEREOF | COHEN, MICHAEL P | — |
| 17751260 | DENTAL TOOLS AND METHODS OF USE | EIDE, HEIDI MARIE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1612 | 2 |
| 3772 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18732491 | DENTAL CEMENT COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE | PEPITONE, MICHAEL F | — | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 03, 2024 |
| 18379052 | TEETH WHITENING COMPOSITIONS, KITS, AND SYSTEMS | ROBERTS, LEZAH | 1612 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2023 |
| 18134493 | REMINERALIZATION COMPOSITION AND APPLICATION METHOD THEREOF | COHEN, MICHAEL P | 1612 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 13, 2023 |
| 17751260 | DENTAL TOOLS AND METHODS OF USE | EIDE, HEIDI MARIE | 3772 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2022 |
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