Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
11 pending office actions • 3 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days
Arla Foods Amba has 11 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed across 3 distinct art units. The company is working with 9 distinct examiners.
The busiest examiner, TRAN, LIEN THUY, is responsible for 2 pending office actions. This examiner handles a small portion of the 11 total actions. The presence of 9 distinct examiners across 3 art units suggests that multiple examiners are often working within the same technical groups for this portfolio. This distribution requires practitioners to adapt to various examiner styles even within a limited number of art units.
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 (18%) |
| §103 only | 5 (45%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (9%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (27%) |
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 | 28.6% | +26.5% |
| HAWKINS, AMANDA SALATA | 2 | 12.0% | +45.2% |
| TAYLOR, AUSTIN PARKER | 1 | 42.9% | +27.5% |
| KERSHAW, KELLY P | 1 | 17.7% | +16.0% |
| SWEENEY, MAURA ELIZABETH | 1 | 5.4% | -6.8% |
| YOO, HONG THI | 1 | 45.8% | +26.0% |
| DIOU BERDECIA, LUIS EUGENIO | 1 | 50.0% | +21.5% |
| KIM, BRYAN | 1 | 28.4% | +36.8% |
| DUBOIS, PHILIP A | 1 | 25.5% | +26.3% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 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 | — |
| 18884534 | ACIDIC BETA-LACTOGLOBULIN BEVERAGE PREPARATION | TAYLOR, AUSTIN PARKER | — |
| 18779671 | PALATABLE EXTENSIVELY HYDROLYSED WHEY PROTEIN HYDROLYSATES | KERSHAW, KELLY P | — |
| 18698587 | A METHOD OF PRODUCING MINERALISED, LACTOSE-REDUCED MILK PRODUCT AND THE MILK PRODUCT RESULTING FROM THE METHOD | SWEENEY, MAURA ELIZABETH | — |
| 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 | — |
| 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 | — |
| 18562255 | HIGH PROTEIN, MICELLAR CASEIN-CONTAINING NUTRITIONAL LIQUIDS ENRICHED WITH CATECHIN-COMPOUNDS AND METHOD OF PRODUCTION | YOO, HONG THI | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — |
| 18884534 | ACIDIC BETA-LACTOGLOBULIN BEVERAGE PREPARATION | TAYLOR, AUSTIN PARKER | — |
| 18779671 | PALATABLE EXTENSIVELY HYDROLYSED WHEY PROTEIN HYDROLYSATES | KERSHAW, KELLY P | — |
| 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 | — |
| 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 | — |
| 18562255 | HIGH PROTEIN, MICELLAR CASEIN-CONTAINING NUTRITIONAL LIQUIDS ENRICHED WITH CATECHIN-COMPOUNDS AND METHOD OF PRODUCTION | YOO, HONG THI | — |
| 18547133 | IMMUNOGENIC PROTEIN HYDROLYSATE WITH REDUCED ALLERGENICITY | DIOU BERDECIA, LUIS EUGENIO | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1793 | 4 |
| 1792 | 3 |
| 1791 | 2 |
| 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 |
| 18884534 | ACIDIC BETA-LACTOGLOBULIN BEVERAGE PREPARATION | TAYLOR, AUSTIN PARKER | — | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 18779671 | PALATABLE EXTENSIVELY HYDROLYSED WHEY PROTEIN HYDROLYSATES | KERSHAW, KELLY P | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 22, 2024 |
| 18698587 | A METHOD OF PRODUCING MINERALISED, LACTOSE-REDUCED MILK PRODUCT AND THE MILK PRODUCT RESULTING FROM THE METHOD | SWEENEY, MAURA ELIZABETH | 1791 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 04, 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 |
| 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 |
| 18562255 | HIGH PROTEIN, MICELLAR CASEIN-CONTAINING NUTRITIONAL LIQUIDS ENRICHED WITH CATECHIN-COMPOUNDS AND METHOD OF PRODUCTION | YOO, HONG THI | 1792 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 17, 2023 |
| 18547133 | IMMUNOGENIC PROTEIN HYDROLYSATE WITH REDUCED ALLERGENICITY | DIOU BERDECIA, LUIS EUGENIO | 1792 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 18, 2023 |
| 17254732 | INSTANT BEVERAGE POWDER BASED ON BLG | KIM, BRYAN | 1792 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 21, 2020 |
| 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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