Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Stinson LLP (Newleaf)

5 pending office actions • 1 client • 4 examiners • 4 art units • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
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 (4)Due ≤ 30 days (1)

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.

0
Hard (0%)
1
Medium (20%)
1
Easy (20%)
3
Unknown (60%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (20%)
§112 only1 (20%)
No statute on record3 (60%)

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
ARIANI, KADE 2 74.5% +33.1%
TICHY, JENNIFER M.H. 1 65.2% +33.8%
SCOTLAND, REBECCA LYNN 1 0.0% +0.0%
PURDY, KYLE A 1 40.8% +36.8%

Hard Cases (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18004937 MICROBIAL INOCULANT FORMULATIONS SCOTLAND, REBECCA LYNN 28d

Interview Candidates (4)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18000590 METHYLOBACTERIUM STRAINS FOR IMPROVING PRODUCTION AND QUALITY OF PLANTS AND METHODS RELATED THERETO ARIANI, KADE 25d overdue
18714612 METHYLOBACTERIUM STRAINS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCED PLANT PRODUCTION ARIANI, KADE 22d overdue
17056797 MICROBIAL MICROCAPSULE COMPOSITIONS, METHODS AND RELATED METHODS PURDY, KYLE A 18d overdue
18583042 METHYLOBACTERIUM COMPOSITIONS FOR FUNGAL DISEASE CONTROL TICHY, JENNIFER M.H. 9d overdue

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
NEWLEAF SYMBIOTICS, INC. 5

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16512
16531
16151
16111

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18714612 METHYLOBACTERIUM STRAINS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCED PLANT PRODUCTION Newleaf Symbiotics, Inc. ARIANI, KADE 1651 Other Non-Final OA 22d overdue Pending May 30, 2024
18583042 METHYLOBACTERIUM COMPOSITIONS FOR FUNGAL DISEASE CONTROL Newleaf Symbiotics, Inc. TICHY, JENNIFER M.H. 1653 Other Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Feb 21, 2024
18000590 METHYLOBACTERIUM STRAINS FOR IMPROVING PRODUCTION AND QUALITY OF PLANTS AND METHODS RELATED THERETO Newleaf Symbiotics, Inc. ARIANI, KADE 1651 Other Non-Final OA 25d overdue Pending Sep 01, 2023
18004937 MICROBIAL INOCULANT FORMULATIONS Newleaf Symbiotics, Inc. SCOTLAND, REBECCA LYNN 1615 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Jan 10, 2023
17056797 MICROBIAL MICROCAPSULE COMPOSITIONS, METHODS AND RELATED METHODS Newleaf Symbiotics, Inc. PURDY, KYLE A 1611 §112 Final Rejection 18d overdue Pending Nov 19, 2020

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