Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Arla Foods Amba

5 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 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.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
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 (3)Due ≤ 30 days (2)

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%)
5
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only5 (100%)

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
LEBLANC, KATHERINE DEGUIRE 2 33.9% +35.7%
HAWKINS, AMANDA SALATA 1 0.0% +0.0%
DUBOIS, PHILIP A 1 25.0% +25.4%
FERNANDEZ, SUSAN EMILY 1 52.1% +60.9%

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17254759 ACIDIC BETA-LACTOGLOBULIN BEVERAGE PREPARATION DUBOIS, PHILIP A 36d overdue
17774294 HIGH PROTEIN, MICELLAR CASEIN-CONTAINING NUTRITIONAL LIQUIDS ENRICHED WITH POLYPHENOLS AND METHOD OF PRODUCTION HAWKINS, AMANDA SALATA 21d

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
17254759 ACIDIC BETA-LACTOGLOBULIN BEVERAGE PREPARATION DUBOIS, PHILIP A 36d overdue
17795290 NOVEL HIGH PROTEIN, ACIDIFIED DAIRY PRODUCT, ITS METHOD OF PRODUCTION AND A NOVEL WHEY PROTEIN POWDER FOR PRODUCING THE ACIDIFIED DAIRY PRODUCT LEBLANC, KATHERINE DEGUIRE 30d overdue
17254748 NOVEL METHOD FOR PREPARING ALPHA-LACTALBUMIN-ENRICHED COMPOSITIONS, RELATED PRODUCTS AND USES E.G. IN INFANT FORMULAS FERNANDEZ, SUSAN EMILY 9d overdue
17766980 DAIRY-BASED PRODUCT, FOOD PRODUCT, METHOD OF PRODUCING AND USE OF THEREOF LEBLANC, KATHERINE DEGUIRE 15d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1791 3
1793 1
1651 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
17795290 NOVEL HIGH PROTEIN, ACIDIFIED DAIRY PRODUCT, ITS METHOD OF PRODUCTION AND A NOVEL WHEY PROTEIN POWDER FOR PRODUCING THE ACIDIFIED DAIRY PRODUCT LEBLANC, KATHERINE DEGUIRE 1791 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Jul 26, 2022
17774294 HIGH PROTEIN, MICELLAR CASEIN-CONTAINING NUTRITIONAL LIQUIDS ENRICHED WITH POLYPHENOLS AND METHOD OF PRODUCTION HAWKINS, AMANDA SALATA 1793 §103 Final Rejection 21d Pending May 04, 2022
17766980 DAIRY-BASED PRODUCT, FOOD PRODUCT, METHOD OF PRODUCING AND USE OF THEREOF LEBLANC, KATHERINE DEGUIRE 1791 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Apr 06, 2022
17254759 ACIDIC BETA-LACTOGLOBULIN BEVERAGE PREPARATION DUBOIS, PHILIP A 1791 §103 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Dec 21, 2020
17254748 NOVEL METHOD FOR PREPARING ALPHA-LACTALBUMIN-ENRICHED COMPOSITIONS, RELATED PRODUCTS AND USES E.G. IN INFANT FORMULAS FERNANDEZ, SUSAN EMILY 1651 §103 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Dec 21, 2020

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