Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

Zoetis LLC

13 pending office actions • 9 art units • 12 examiners • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

13
Total Pending OAs
12
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)

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.

7
Hard (54%)
3
Medium (23%)
3
Easy (23%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (8%)
§103 only2 (15%)
§112 only3 (23%)
Double-patenting + other1 (8%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (46%)

Industry Mix

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

8
Life Sciences
62% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
8% of docket
4
Business / Other
31% 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.

130 h
Manual time on pending OAs
26 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
46 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SITTON, JEHANNE SOUAYA 2 53.0% +48.0%
GRASER, JENNIFER E 1 76.5% +23.6%
KATAKAM, SUDHAKAR 1 74.7% +23.6%
GRIZER, CASSANDRA SENN 1 60.0% +26.7%
JACKSON-TONGUE, LAKIA J 1 68.8% +20.8%
KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K 1 50.5% +16.0%
ORWIG, KEVIN S 1 25.2% +39.8%
LEE, GILBERT Y 1 78.8% +10.6%
GIERE, REBECCA M 1 73.7% +32.5%
DAHLE, CHUN WU 1 49.8% +51.4%

Hard Cases (7)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18185343 PEPTIDES, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR THE DETECTION OF EHRLICHIA ANTIBODIES ORWIG, KEVIN S 111d overdue
18174251 SIGNAL AMPLIFICATION IN SOLUTION-BASED PLASMONIC SPECIFIC-BINDING PARTNER ASSAYS GIERE, REBECCA M 23d overdue
18293539 CLOSTRIDIUM CHAUVOEI VACCINE AND METHOD OF MAKING JACKSON-TONGUE, LAKIA J 4d overdue
18655845 METHODS FOR DETECTING CANCER USING CIRCULATING CELL-FREE DNA SITTON, JEHANNE SOUAYA
18557791 RAPID MILK SAMPLE PREPARATION METHOD COMPATIBLE WITH MOLECULAR TESTS SITTON, JEHANNE SOUAYA
18237508 MICROFLUIDIC ROTOR DEVICE KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K
18179655 EGG TRANSFER ASSEMBLY, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD LEE, GILBERT Y

Interview Candidates (11)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18185343 PEPTIDES, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR THE DETECTION OF EHRLICHIA ANTIBODIES ORWIG, KEVIN S 111d overdue
18174251 SIGNAL AMPLIFICATION IN SOLUTION-BASED PLASMONIC SPECIFIC-BINDING PARTNER ASSAYS GIERE, REBECCA M 23d overdue
18293539 CLOSTRIDIUM CHAUVOEI VACCINE AND METHOD OF MAKING JACKSON-TONGUE, LAKIA J 4d overdue
18864723 VACCINES AGAINST MORITELLA VISCOSA GRASER, JENNIFER E
18719464 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ACTIVATING INNATE IMMUNITY KATAKAM, SUDHAKAR
18655845 METHODS FOR DETECTING CANCER USING CIRCULATING CELL-FREE DNA SITTON, JEHANNE SOUAYA
18686637 ATTENUATED ALPHAVIRUS GRIZER, CASSANDRA SENN
18557791 RAPID MILK SAMPLE PREPARATION METHOD COMPATIBLE WITH MOLECULAR TESTS SITTON, JEHANNE SOUAYA

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1682 2
1672 1
1645 1
1758 1
3991 1
3675 1
1677 1
1641 1
1647 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18864723 VACCINES AGAINST MORITELLA VISCOSA GRASER, JENNIFER E §112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 11, 2024
18719464 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ACTIVATING INNATE IMMUNITY KATAKAM, SUDHAKAR §103DP Non-Final OA Pending Jun 13, 2024
18655845 METHODS FOR DETECTING CANCER USING CIRCULATING CELL-FREE DNA SITTON, JEHANNE SOUAYA §101§102§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 06, 2024
18686637 ATTENUATED ALPHAVIRUS GRIZER, CASSANDRA SENN 1672 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 26, 2024
18293539 CLOSTRIDIUM CHAUVOEI VACCINE AND METHOD OF MAKING JACKSON-TONGUE, LAKIA J 1645 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Jan 30, 2024
18557791 RAPID MILK SAMPLE PREPARATION METHOD COMPATIBLE WITH MOLECULAR TESTS SITTON, JEHANNE SOUAYA 1682 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 27, 2023
18237508 MICROFLUIDIC ROTOR DEVICE KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K 1758 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 24, 2023
18185343 PEPTIDES, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR THE DETECTION OF EHRLICHIA ANTIBODIES ORWIG, KEVIN S 3991 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA 111d overdue Pending Mar 16, 2023
18179655 EGG TRANSFER ASSEMBLY, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD LEE, GILBERT Y 3675 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 07, 2023
18174251 SIGNAL AMPLIFICATION IN SOLUTION-BASED PLASMONIC SPECIFIC-BINDING PARTNER ASSAYS GIERE, REBECCA M 1677 §102§103Other Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Feb 24, 2023
18011282 FELINE ANTIBODY VARIANTS FOR IMPROVING STABILITY DAHLE, CHUN WU 1641 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 19, 2022
17806238 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR CANCER DETECTION, CHARACTERIZATION OR MANAGEMENT IN COMPANION ANIMALS VANN-OJUEKAIYE, KENDRA RAYCHELL 1682 §103 Final Rejection 99d overdue Pending Jun 09, 2022
17674991 HORSE IL-31 INDUCED PRURITUS MODEL SUNSHINE, HANNAH LOUISE 1647 §103Other Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Feb 18, 2022

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