Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Asahi Breweries, Ltd. is currently managing 1 pending office action within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This single matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, DUBOIS, PHILIP A, who is also the busiest examiner for the portfolio. The prosecution activity is concentrated in 1 distinct art unit, suggesting a specific technical application for the company's current filings. DUBOIS, PHILIP A is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action, which constitutes the entire pending workload for the applicant.
The involvement of 1 distinct examiner across 1 distinct art unit indicates a streamlined prosecution environment. Because the 1 pending office action is the only active matter, the company's strategy is entirely dependent on the feedback from DUBOIS, PHILIP A. This concentration in the Chemistry & Materials sector means there is no jurisdictional variety to navigate at this time. For practitioners, the 1 busiest examiner pending action represents a focused opportunity to address the specific requirements of a single examiner and art unit, allowing for a highly targeted legal strategy.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18547867 | LOW-ALCOHOL BEVERAGE | DUBOIS, PHILIP A | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18547867 | LOW-ALCOHOL BEVERAGE | DUBOIS, PHILIP A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1791 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18547867 | LOW-ALCOHOL BEVERAGE | DUBOIS, PHILIP A | 1791 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 24, 2023 |
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