Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
5 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. is currently managing 5 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This level of activity suggests a steady pipeline of patent applications undergoing review. The prosecution effort is distributed among 4 distinct examiners, which indicates a moderate level of variety in the individuals reviewing the company's technical claims.
The portfolio is also active across 4 distinct art units. This distribution across multiple art units suggests that the company's chemistry and materials innovations span several different specialized classifications at the patent office. The busiest examiner, GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A, is currently handling 2 pending office actions.
With GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A managing 2 of the 5 pending actions, there is a slight concentration of work with a single examiner compared to the rest of the portfolio. However, the involvement of 4 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units overall ensures that the company's patent outcomes are not overly dependent on a single point of review. Practitioners should monitor the specific trends in the art units involved to optimize their response strategies.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 2 (40%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (60%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A | 2 | 36.0% | +34.8% |
| TURNER, FELICIA C | 1 | 26.3% | +30.1% |
| LACHICA, ERICSON M | 1 | 30.0% | +35.4% |
| HA, JULIE | 1 | 75.7% | +44.0% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18272662 | LOW ALCOHOL BEER-TASTE BEVERAGE | LACHICA, ERICSON M | 11d overdue |
| 18283358 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING PLANT-BASED MILK-FERMENTED LIQUID | TURNER, FELICIA C | 21d |
| 18282850 | LOW-ALCOHOL BEER-TASTE BEVERAGE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A | — |
| 17920598 | LACTIC ACID BACTERIA GROWTH PROMOTER | HA, JULIE | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18272662 | LOW ALCOHOL BEER-TASTE BEVERAGE | LACHICA, ERICSON M | 11d overdue |
| 18283358 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING PLANT-BASED MILK-FERMENTED LIQUID | TURNER, FELICIA C | 21d |
| 18283304 | LOW-ALCOHOL BEER-TASTE BEVERAGE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A | — |
| 18282850 | LOW-ALCOHOL BEER-TASTE BEVERAGE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A | — |
| 17920598 | LACTIC ACID BACTERIA GROWTH PROMOTER | HA, JULIE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1759 | 2 |
| 1793 | 1 |
| 1792 | 1 |
| 1654 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18283304 | LOW-ALCOHOL BEER-TASTE BEVERAGE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A | 1759 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 21, 2023 |
| 18283358 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING PLANT-BASED MILK-FERMENTED LIQUID | TURNER, FELICIA C | 1793 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 21d | Pending | Sep 21, 2023 |
| 18282850 | LOW-ALCOHOL BEER-TASTE BEVERAGE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A | 1759 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2023 |
| 18272662 | LOW ALCOHOL BEER-TASTE BEVERAGE | LACHICA, ERICSON M | 1792 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 11d overdue | Pending | Jul 17, 2023 |
| 17920598 | LACTIC ACID BACTERIA GROWTH PROMOTER | HA, JULIE | 1654 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2022 |
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