Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
7 pending office actions • 3 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days
Arla Foods Amba has 8 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters span 6 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units, indicating that several examiner assignments are grouped within the same technology units.
TRAN, LIEN THUY is the busiest listed examiner, with 2 pending actions. The examiner has a small recurring cluster, while the remaining matters involve other assignments. Counsel may use the shared art-unit structure to coordinate related prosecution and separately monitor each examiner's actions.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 2 (29%) |
| §103 only | 4 (57%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (14%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRAN, LIEN THUY | 2 | 28.7% | +26.5% |
| HAWKINS, AMANDA SALATA | 2 | 15.4% | +40.9% |
| KERSHAW, KELLY P | 1 | 17.7% | +16.0% |
| DIOU BERDECIA, LUIS EUGENIO | 1 | 50.0% | +21.5% |
| DUBOIS, PHILIP A | 1 | 25.6% | +26.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17254759 | ACIDIC BETA-LACTOGLOBULIN BEVERAGE PREPARATION | DUBOIS, PHILIP A | 36d overdue |
| 19426765 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING BETA-LACTOGLOBULIN ISOLATES AND RELATED METHODS AND USES | TRAN, LIEN THUY | — |
| 18779671 | PALATABLE EXTENSIVELY HYDROLYSED WHEY PROTEIN HYDROLYSATES | KERSHAW, KELLY P | — |
| 18580938 | METHOD OF PREPARING A WHEY-DERIVED COMPOSITION ENRICHED IN PHOSPHOLIPIDS AND OSTEOPONTIN, THE COMPOSITION AS SUCH, AND NUTRITIONAL USE OF THE COMPOSITION | HAWKINS, AMANDA SALATA | — |
| 18580988 | METHOD OF PREPARING A PHOSPHOLIPID-ENRICHED, WHEY-DERIVED COMPOSITION HAVING A LOW CONTENT OF MICROORGANISMS, THE COMPOSITION AS SUCH, AND NUTRITIONAL USE OF THE COMPOSITION | HAWKINS, AMANDA SALATA | — |
| 17254757 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING BETA-LACTOGLOBULIN ISOLATES AND RELATED METHODS AND USES | TRAN, LIEN THUY | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17254759 | ACIDIC BETA-LACTOGLOBULIN BEVERAGE PREPARATION | DUBOIS, PHILIP A | 36d overdue |
| 19426765 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING BETA-LACTOGLOBULIN ISOLATES AND RELATED METHODS AND USES | TRAN, LIEN THUY | — |
| 18779671 | PALATABLE EXTENSIVELY HYDROLYSED WHEY PROTEIN HYDROLYSATES | KERSHAW, KELLY P | — |
| 18580938 | METHOD OF PREPARING A WHEY-DERIVED COMPOSITION ENRICHED IN PHOSPHOLIPIDS AND OSTEOPONTIN, THE COMPOSITION AS SUCH, AND NUTRITIONAL USE OF THE COMPOSITION | HAWKINS, AMANDA SALATA | — |
| 18580988 | METHOD OF PREPARING A PHOSPHOLIPID-ENRICHED, WHEY-DERIVED COMPOSITION HAVING A LOW CONTENT OF MICROORGANISMS, THE COMPOSITION AS SUCH, AND NUTRITIONAL USE OF THE COMPOSITION | HAWKINS, AMANDA SALATA | — |
| 18547133 | IMMUNOGENIC PROTEIN HYDROLYSATE WITH REDUCED ALLERGENICITY | DIOU BERDECIA, LUIS EUGENIO | — |
| 17254757 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING BETA-LACTOGLOBULIN ISOLATES AND RELATED METHODS AND USES | TRAN, LIEN THUY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1793 | 4 |
| 1791 | 2 |
| 1792 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19426765 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING BETA-LACTOGLOBULIN ISOLATES AND RELATED METHODS AND USES | TRAN, LIEN THUY | 1793 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2025 |
| 18779671 | PALATABLE EXTENSIVELY HYDROLYSED WHEY PROTEIN HYDROLYSATES | KERSHAW, KELLY P | 1791 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 22, 2024 |
| 18580938 | METHOD OF PREPARING A WHEY-DERIVED COMPOSITION ENRICHED IN PHOSPHOLIPIDS AND OSTEOPONTIN, THE COMPOSITION AS SUCH, AND NUTRITIONAL USE OF THE COMPOSITION | HAWKINS, AMANDA SALATA | 1793 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 19, 2024 |
| 18580988 | METHOD OF PREPARING A PHOSPHOLIPID-ENRICHED, WHEY-DERIVED COMPOSITION HAVING A LOW CONTENT OF MICROORGANISMS, THE COMPOSITION AS SUCH, AND NUTRITIONAL USE OF THE COMPOSITION | HAWKINS, AMANDA SALATA | 1793 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 19, 2024 |
| 18547133 | IMMUNOGENIC PROTEIN HYDROLYSATE WITH REDUCED ALLERGENICITY | DIOU BERDECIA, LUIS EUGENIO | 1792 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 18, 2023 |
| 17254757 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING BETA-LACTOGLOBULIN ISOLATES AND RELATED METHODS AND USES | TRAN, LIEN THUY | 1793 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 21, 2020 |
| 17254759 | ACIDIC BETA-LACTOGLOBULIN BEVERAGE PREPARATION | DUBOIS, PHILIP A | 1791 | §103 | Final Rejection | 36d overdue | Pending | Dec 21, 2020 |
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Start Free TrialArla Foods Amba has 7 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 5 examiners.
Lien Thuy Tran has the most, with 2 of Arla Foods Amba's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
