Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Amano Enzyme Inc.

11 pending office actions • 8 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
1
Due this week
3
Due this month
1
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. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 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.

1
Hard (9%)
9
Medium (82%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (9%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (9%)
§103 only9 (82%)
No statute on record1 (9%)

Industry Mix

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

11
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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LI, CHANGQING 2 30.0% +34.0%
KANE, TREVOR LOGAN 1 69.7% +50.4%
JACOBSON, MICHELE LYNN 1 25.5% +31.8%
SILVERMAN, JANICE Y 1 36.2% +52.8%
TURNER, FELICIA C 1 26.0% +30.6%
LACHICA, ERICSON M 1 30.5% +35.3%
RAGHU, GANAPATHIRAM 1 73.7% +26.2%
CLARKE, TRENT R 1 41.2% +26.0%
IANNUZO, NATALIE NMN 1 12.1% +80.0%
TSAY, MARSHA M 1 45.6% +52.3%

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18553914 PROCESSED HEMP PROTEIN-INCLUDING LIQUID COMPOSITION AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR JACOBSON, MICHELE LYNN 46d overdue
18573368 LACCASE KANE, TREVOR LOGAN 5d overdue
17906498 PROTEIN CROSSLINKING METHOD IANNUZO, NATALIE NMN 33d
18280347 METHOD FOR PRODUCING PROTEOLYTIC PRODUCT, AND ENZYME AGENT TURNER, FELICIA C

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
18547984 STRETCHABLE CHEESE ALTERNATIVE PRODUCING METHOD LI, CHANGQING 89d overdue
18044453 METHOD OF PRODUCING PROCESSED PROTEIN CLARKE, TRENT R 60d overdue
18553914 PROCESSED HEMP PROTEIN-INCLUDING LIQUID COMPOSITION AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR JACOBSON, MICHELE LYNN 46d overdue
17908761 MODIFIED TRANSGLUTAMINASE TSAY, MARSHA M 45d overdue
18573368 LACCASE KANE, TREVOR LOGAN 5d overdue
18029684 METHOD FOR PRODUCING KETOSE USING NOVEL KETOSE-3-EPIMERASE RAGHU, GANAPATHIRAM 7d
18278896 METHOD FOR PRODUCING FERMENTED FOOD OR BEVERAGE, AND ANAEROBIC FERMENTATION METHOD LACHICA, ERICSON M 14d
18245627 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PROCESSED CHICKPEA MILK LI, CHANGQING 20d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1793 2
1792 2
1791 2
1657 1
1652 1
1651 1
1653 1
1656 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18573368 LACCASE KANE, TREVOR LOGAN 1657 §101 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Dec 21, 2023
18553914 PROCESSED HEMP PROTEIN-INCLUDING LIQUID COMPOSITION AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR JACOBSON, MICHELE LYNN 1793 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Oct 04, 2023
18551968 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PROCESSED SOYBEAN BEVERAGE SILVERMAN, JANICE Y 1792 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Sep 22, 2023
18280347 METHOD FOR PRODUCING PROTEOLYTIC PRODUCT, AND ENZYME AGENT TURNER, FELICIA C 1793 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 05, 2023
18547984 STRETCHABLE CHEESE ALTERNATIVE PRODUCING METHOD LI, CHANGQING 1791 §103 Non-Final OA 89d overdue Pending Aug 25, 2023
18278896 METHOD FOR PRODUCING FERMENTED FOOD OR BEVERAGE, AND ANAEROBIC FERMENTATION METHOD LACHICA, ERICSON M 1792 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Aug 25, 2023
18029684 METHOD FOR PRODUCING KETOSE USING NOVEL KETOSE-3-EPIMERASE RAGHU, GANAPATHIRAM 1652 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Mar 31, 2023
18245627 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PROCESSED CHICKPEA MILK LI, CHANGQING 1791 §103 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Mar 16, 2023
18044453 METHOD OF PRODUCING PROCESSED PROTEIN CLARKE, TRENT R 1651 Other Final Rejection 60d overdue Pending Mar 08, 2023
17906498 PROTEIN CROSSLINKING METHOD IANNUZO, NATALIE NMN 1653 §103 Final Rejection 33d Pending Sep 16, 2022
17908761 MODIFIED TRANSGLUTAMINASE TSAY, MARSHA M 1656 §103 Final Rejection 45d overdue Pending Sep 01, 2022

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