Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 09, 2026

Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd.

8 pending office actions • 5 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

6
Hard (75%)
2
Medium (25%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (25%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (75%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

7
Life Sciences
88% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
12% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
STULII, VERA 2 32.6% +24.8%
GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A 2 36.3% +35.1%
FAN, LYNN Y 1 47.5% +48.7%
TURNER, FELICIA C 1 26.3% +30.3%
LACHICA, ERICSON M 1 30.4% +34.9%
HA, JULIE 1 75.6% +44.2%

Hard Cases (7)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue 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
18842563 AGENT FOR IMPROVING FEMALE MENOPAUSAL SYMPTOM FAN, LYNN Y
18283584 NON-ALCOHOLIC BEER-TASTE BEVERAGE STULII, VERA
18283089 BEER-FLAVORED LOW-ALCOHOL BEVERAGE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF STULII, VERA
18282850 LOW-ALCOHOL BEER-TASTE BEVERAGE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A
17920598 LACTIC ACID BACTERIA GROWTH PROMOTER HA, JULIE

Interview Candidates (8)

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 #TitleExaminerDue 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
18842563 AGENT FOR IMPROVING FEMALE MENOPAUSAL SYMPTOM FAN, LYNN Y
18283584 NON-ALCOHOLIC BEER-TASTE BEVERAGE STULII, VERA
18283304 LOW-ALCOHOL BEER-TASTE BEVERAGE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A
18283089 BEER-FLAVORED LOW-ALCOHOL BEVERAGE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF STULII, VERA
18282850 LOW-ALCOHOL BEER-TASTE BEVERAGE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A
17920598 LACTIC ACID BACTERIA GROWTH PROMOTER HA, JULIE

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1791 2
1759 2
1793 1
1792 1
1654 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18842563 AGENT FOR IMPROVING FEMALE MENOPAUSAL SYMPTOM FAN, LYNN Y §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 29, 2024
18283584 NON-ALCOHOLIC BEER-TASTE BEVERAGE STULII, VERA 1791 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 22, 2023
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
18283089 BEER-FLAVORED LOW-ALCOHOL BEVERAGE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF STULII, VERA 1791 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 20, 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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