Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
8 pending office actions • 3 art units • 7 examiners • 1 of 8 (12%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
AAK AB (publ) currently manages 8 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed across 7 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units. JEFFREY P MORNHINWEG is the busiest examiner, currently handling 2 pending office actions. The presence of 8 pending actions indicates a robust and active prosecution cycle for the company's chemical innovations.
The involvement of 7 distinct examiners for 8 actions suggests a high degree of examiner diversity, with only one examiner handling more than a single case. JEFFREY P MORNHINWEG's 2 pending actions represent the only point of examiner concentration in the portfolio. With 4 distinct art units involved, the company's technology is being reviewed by several different specialized groups within the USPTO. This distribution across 4 art units and 7 examiners means the company must navigate a variety of examination perspectives within the Chemistry & Materials sector.
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.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 1 (12%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (75%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MORNHINWEG, JEFFREY P | 2 | 36.7% | +32.2% |
| GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A | 1 | 36.0% | +34.9% |
| TRAN, LIEN THUY | 1 | 28.7% | +26.5% |
| LACHICA, ERICSON M | 1 | 29.8% | +35.2% |
| DIVIESTI, KARLA ISOBEL | 1 | 3.2% | +16.7% |
| O'HERN, BRENT T | 1 | 78.5% | +19.4% |
| KOHLER, STEPHANIE A | 1 | 32.3% | +31.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17800746 | FAT COMPOSITION SUITABLE AS A COCOA BUTTER EQUIVALENT | KOHLER, STEPHANIE A | 4d overdue |
| 18880968 | MEAT-ANALOGUE COMPOSITION | GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A | — |
| 18850670 | A FAT COMPOSITION COMPRISING A VEGETABLE FAT PHASE WHICH IS FREE FROM PALM OIL AND/OR FRACTIONS THEREOF | TRAN, LIEN THUY | — |
| 18843485 | MEAT-ANALOGUE COMPOSITION | LACHICA, ERICSON M | — |
| 18728192 | PLANT-BASED BUTTER | MORNHINWEG, JEFFREY P | — |
| 18727534 | A VEGETABLE FAT COMPOSITION FOR A CONFECTIONARY SPREAD | DIVIESTI, KARLA ISOBEL | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17800746 | FAT COMPOSITION SUITABLE AS A COCOA BUTTER EQUIVALENT | KOHLER, STEPHANIE A | 4d overdue |
| 18880968 | MEAT-ANALOGUE COMPOSITION | GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A | — |
| 18850670 | A FAT COMPOSITION COMPRISING A VEGETABLE FAT PHASE WHICH IS FREE FROM PALM OIL AND/OR FRACTIONS THEREOF | TRAN, LIEN THUY | — |
| 18850160 | A FAT COMPOSITION COMPRISING A VEGETABLE FAT PHASE WHICH IS FREE FROM PALM OIL AND/OR FRACTIONS THEREOF | MORNHINWEG, JEFFREY P | — |
| 18843485 | MEAT-ANALOGUE COMPOSITION | LACHICA, ERICSON M | — |
| 18728192 | PLANT-BASED BUTTER | MORNHINWEG, JEFFREY P | — |
| 18727534 | A VEGETABLE FAT COMPOSITION FOR A CONFECTIONARY SPREAD | DIVIESTI, KARLA ISOBEL | — |
| 18568395 | VEGETABLE FAT COMPOSITION FOR EDIBLE APPLICATIONS WITH IMPROVED TASTE AND MELTDOWN | O'HERN, BRENT T | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1793 | 3 |
| 1792 | 3 |
| 1791 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18880968 | MEAT-ANALOGUE COMPOSITION | GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A | 1791 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 03, 2025 |
| 18850670 | A FAT COMPOSITION COMPRISING A VEGETABLE FAT PHASE WHICH IS FREE FROM PALM OIL AND/OR FRACTIONS THEREOF | TRAN, LIEN THUY | 1793 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2024 |
| 18850160 | A FAT COMPOSITION COMPRISING A VEGETABLE FAT PHASE WHICH IS FREE FROM PALM OIL AND/OR FRACTIONS THEREOF | MORNHINWEG, JEFFREY P | 1793 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2024 |
| 18843485 | MEAT-ANALOGUE COMPOSITION | LACHICA, ERICSON M | 1792 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 03, 2024 |
| 18728192 | PLANT-BASED BUTTER | MORNHINWEG, JEFFREY P | 1793 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2024 |
| 18727534 | A VEGETABLE FAT COMPOSITION FOR A CONFECTIONARY SPREAD | DIVIESTI, KARLA ISOBEL | 1792 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 09, 2024 |
| 18568395 | VEGETABLE FAT COMPOSITION FOR EDIBLE APPLICATIONS WITH IMPROVED TASTE AND MELTDOWN | O'HERN, BRENT T | 1792 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 08, 2023 |
| 17800746 | FAT COMPOSITION SUITABLE AS A COCOA BUTTER EQUIVALENT | KOHLER, STEPHANIE A | 1791 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 4d overdue | AI Ready | Aug 18, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialAAK AB (publ) has 8 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 7 examiners.
Jeffrey P Mornhinweg has the most, with 2 of AAK AB (publ)'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
