Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
5 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Ava Food Labs, Inc. currently manages 5 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These matters are distributed across 2 distinct art units, indicating a focused but multi-disciplinary prosecution strategy for their chemical innovations. The portfolio involves 3 distinct examiners, which requires the applicant to navigate different individual examination styles and preferences within the USPTO.
PHILIP A DUBOIS is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, handling 3 of the 5 pending actions. This concentration means that a significant portion of the company's active prosecution is subject to the specific tendencies and requirements of a single examiner. Practitioners should monitor the outcomes of the actions under DUBOIS to identify potential patterns in how he interprets the relevant Chemistry & Materials claims. Successfully managing the 3 actions under his review while simultaneously addressing the remaining actions across 2 distinct art units is essential for the portfolio's progress.
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 |
|---|---|
| §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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUBOIS, PHILIP A | 3 | 25.5% | +26.3% |
| JACOBSON, MICHELE LYNN | 1 | 28.0% | +32.9% |
| STULII, VERA | 1 | 32.8% | +24.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16971533 | ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES PRODUCED FROM INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS | DUBOIS, PHILIP A | 70d overdue |
| 18761227 | MOSCATO WINE REPLICAS PRODUCED FROM INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS | DUBOIS, PHILIP A | — |
| 18696600 | BRANDY REPLICAS | JACOBSON, MICHELE LYNN | — |
| 17282309 | BOURBON REPLICAS PRODUCED FROM INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS | 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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16971533 | ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES PRODUCED FROM INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS | DUBOIS, PHILIP A | 70d overdue |
| 18761227 | MOSCATO WINE REPLICAS PRODUCED FROM INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS | DUBOIS, PHILIP A | — |
| 18696600 | BRANDY REPLICAS | JACOBSON, MICHELE LYNN | — |
| 17617181 | SAKE REPLICAS PRODUCED FROM INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS | STULII, VERA | — |
| 17282309 | BOURBON REPLICAS PRODUCED FROM INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS | DUBOIS, PHILIP A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1791 | 4 |
| 1793 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18761227 | MOSCATO WINE REPLICAS PRODUCED FROM INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS | DUBOIS, PHILIP A | 1791 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 01, 2024 |
| 18696600 | BRANDY REPLICAS | JACOBSON, MICHELE LYNN | 1793 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2024 |
| 17617181 | SAKE REPLICAS PRODUCED FROM INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS | STULII, VERA | 1791 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 07, 2021 |
| 17282309 | BOURBON REPLICAS PRODUCED FROM INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS | DUBOIS, PHILIP A | 1791 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 01, 2021 |
| 16971533 | ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES PRODUCED FROM INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS | DUBOIS, PHILIP A | 1791 | §103 | Final Rejection | 70d overdue | Pending | Aug 20, 2020 |
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