Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
ZHUHAI RUNNONG SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. is managing a patent portfolio in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. There are currently 2 pending office actions within this portfolio. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct examiners, but they are both located within 1 distinct art unit, indicating a technical concentration despite the involvement of multiple examiners.
The busiest examiner is MICHAEL B PALLAY, who holds 1 busiest examiner pending action. With 2 distinct examiners each handling 1 of the 2 pending office actions, the workload is distributed. However, the concentration in 1 distinct art unit suggests that while different examiners are involved, the technical subject matter remains closely related within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals field.
Practitioners should note that while PALLAY, MICHAEL B is among the 2 distinct examiners, the shared art unit may lead to some consistency in the technical hurdles faced. The 2 pending office actions will be reviewed under the same art unit standards. Strategy should account for the 1 distinct art unit's specific guidelines while addressing the individual perspectives of the examiners involved.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOHNSON, DANIELLE D | 1 | 45.0% | +12.9% |
| PALLAY, MICHAEL B | 1 | 55.8% | +34.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18651696 | USE OF HIGHER FATTY ALCOHOL IN ASPECTS OF DISEASE AND PEST PREVENTION AND YIELD INCREASEMENT OF CORN | JOHNSON, DANIELLE D | 9d overdue |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18651696 | USE OF HIGHER FATTY ALCOHOL IN ASPECTS OF DISEASE AND PEST PREVENTION AND YIELD INCREASEMENT OF CORN | JOHNSON, DANIELLE D | 9d overdue |
| 18651700 | USE OF HIGHER ALIPHATIC ALCOHOL IN IMPROVING NITROGEN FIXING CAPACITY AND DROUGHT RESISTANCE CAPACITY OF LEGUMES | PALLAY, MICHAEL B | 26d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1617 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18651696 | USE OF HIGHER FATTY ALCOHOL IN ASPECTS OF DISEASE AND PEST PREVENTION AND YIELD INCREASEMENT OF CORN | JOHNSON, DANIELLE D | 1617 | §103§112Other | Final Rejection | 9d overdue | Pending | May 01, 2024 |
| 18651700 | USE OF HIGHER ALIPHATIC ALCOHOL IN IMPROVING NITROGEN FIXING CAPACITY AND DROUGHT RESISTANCE CAPACITY OF LEGUMES | PALLAY, MICHAEL B | 1617 | §103 | Final Rejection | 26d | Pending | May 01, 2024 |
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