Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
62 pending office actions • 21 art units • 44 examiners • 0 of 62 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 52 patents granted in the last 365 days
Cargill Incorporated has 61 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters span 42 examiners and 22 art units, creating a large and widely distributed prosecution portfolio with substantial coordination demands.
MERRIAM, ANDREW E is the busiest examiner, with 6 pending matters. This is a significant concentration within the examiner record, although the broader distribution shows that most prosecution activity remains spread across other examiners and art units.
The difference between the pending-action volume and the examiner and art-unit coverage indicates that multiple matters share examination resources. Counsel should identify related disclosures and claim themes, coordinate responses where positions overlap, and preserve distinct arguments where the assigned art unit presents different prior-art or claim-construction issues.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 25 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 25 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 3 (5%) |
| §103 only | 22 (35%) |
| §102 only | 1 (2%) |
| §112 only | 3 (5%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (2%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 10 (16%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 21 (34%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (2%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MERRIAM, ANDREW E | 5 | 28.3% | +33.9% |
| JACOBSON, MICHELE LYNN | 4 | 28.1% | +33.9% |
| GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A | 3 | 36.0% | +34.9% |
| O'HERN, BRENT T | 3 | 78.5% | +19.4% |
| DUBOIS, PHILIP A | 3 | 25.6% | +26.3% |
| GLIMM, CARRIE LYNN STOFFEL | 2 | 25.3% | +12.9% |
| TURNER, FELICIA C | 2 | 26.2% | +30.2% |
| SWEENEY, MAURA ELIZABETH | 2 | 7.0% | -8.9% |
| BEKKER, KELLY JO | 2 | 16.8% | +35.1% |
| DURYEE, ALEXANDER MARSH | 2 | 33.3% | +41.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17999943 | VEGAN COMPOSITION FOR BAKING | MERRIAM, ANDREW E | 160d overdue |
| 17745216 | REDUCTION OF FUMONISIN IN CORN PROTEIN PRODUCTS | GLIMM, CARRIE LYNN STOFFEL | 91d overdue |
| 18260101 | NATURAL OIL-BASED COMPOSITION THAT MIMICS PETROLATUM AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME | JANOSKO, CHASITY PAIGE | 36d overdue |
| 18260117 | NATURAL OIL-BASED PETROLATUM AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME | SCOTLAND, REBECCA LYNN | 31d overdue |
| 18558579 | COCOA COMPOSITION | BEKKER, KELLY JO | 10d overdue |
| 18040178 | REMOVAL OF UNWANTED MINERAL OIL HYDROCARBONS | JACOBSON, MICHELE LYNN | 5d overdue |
| 18721672 | SHORT-PATH EVAPORATION PROCESSES | JACOBSON, MICHELE LYNN | 12d |
| 18721669 | SHORT-PATH EVAPORATION PROCESSES | JACOBSON, MICHELE LYNN | 12d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17999943 | VEGAN COMPOSITION FOR BAKING | MERRIAM, ANDREW E | 160d overdue |
| 17745216 | REDUCTION OF FUMONISIN IN CORN PROTEIN PRODUCTS | GLIMM, CARRIE LYNN STOFFEL | 91d overdue |
| 18558579 | COCOA COMPOSITION | BEKKER, KELLY JO | 10d overdue |
| 18040178 | REMOVAL OF UNWANTED MINERAL OIL HYDROCARBONS | JACOBSON, MICHELE LYNN | 5d overdue |
| 18721672 | SHORT-PATH EVAPORATION PROCESSES | JACOBSON, MICHELE LYNN | 12d |
| 18721669 | SHORT-PATH EVAPORATION PROCESSES | JACOBSON, MICHELE LYNN | 12d |
| 18721668 | SHORT-PATH EVAPORATION PROCESSES | JACOBSON, MICHELE LYNN | 12d |
| 18044592 | CONFECTIONERY COMPOSITIONS | MERRIAM, ANDREW E | 13d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1791 | 15 |
| 1793 | 11 |
| 1792 | 7 |
| 1759 | 4 |
| 1612 | 2 |
| 1652 | 2 |
| 1731 | 2 |
| 1611 | 2 |
| 1657 | 2 |
| 3735 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19113566 | OLEOSOME COMPOSITION | SCHLIENTZ, NATHAN W | 1612 | §101§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2025 |
| 19108912 | INTEGRATED LIQUID CONTAINER SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLY THEREOF | REYNOLDS, STEVEN ALAN | 3735 | §103 | Final Rejection | 65d | Pending | Mar 05, 2025 |
| 19106274 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF 1,2-BETA-OLIGOGLUCANS | KINGDON, CATHY | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 25, 2025 |
| 18863699 | GENETICALLY MODIFIED YEAST AND FERMENTATION PROCESSES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF RIBITOL | STEADMAN, DAVID J | 1656 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 07, 2024 |
| 18863697 | GENETICALLY MODIFIED YEAST AND FERMENTATION PROCESSES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF XYLITOL | SPANGLER, JOSEPH RANKIN | — | §101§102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 07, 2024 |
| 18863702 | GENETICALLY MODIFIED YEAST AND FERMENTATION PROCESSES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF XYLITOL | RAGHU, GANAPATHIRAM | 1652 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 07, 2024 |
| 18863705 | GENETICALLY MODIFIED YEAST AND FERMENTATION PROCESSES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ARABITOL | ROBINSON, HOPE A | 1652 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 07, 2024 |
| 18863121 | CHEESE SUBSTITUTE PRODUCT | GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A | 1759 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 05, 2024 |
| 18862285 | TREATED SOY PROTEIN PRODUCT AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME | O'HERN, BRENT T | — | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2024 |
| 18862370 | TREATED VEGETABLE PROTEIN PRODUCT AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME | O'HERN, BRENT T | 1793 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2024 |
| 18856237 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING BISCUIT FILLINGS | GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A | 1759 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2024 |
| 18899072 | SENSOR SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A THICKNESS OF A MATERIAL BODY | BRYANT, REBECCA CAROLE | 2877 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
| 18834675 | SUNFLOWER OLEOSOME FRACTION AND PROCESS FOR PREPARING IT | GLIMM, CARRIE LYNN STOFFEL | 1793 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2024 |
| 18724797 | ALTERNATIVE PROTEIN CRUMBLES | O'HERN, BRENT T | 1793 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2024 |
| 18721672 | SHORT-PATH EVAPORATION PROCESSES | JACOBSON, MICHELE LYNN | 1793 | §103DP | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Jun 19, 2024 |
| 18721669 | SHORT-PATH EVAPORATION PROCESSES | JACOBSON, MICHELE LYNN | 1793 | §103DP | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Jun 19, 2024 |
| 18721668 | SHORT-PATH EVAPORATION PROCESSES | JACOBSON, MICHELE LYNN | 1793 | §103DP | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Jun 19, 2024 |
| 18721352 | ENGINEERED WOOD ADHESIVES INCLUDING ENHANCED PROTEIN PEA FLOUR AND ENGINEERED WOOD THEREFROM | KRUER, KEVIN R | 1787 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2024 |
| 18719331 | PROCESS FOR REMOVING IMPURITIES FROM VEGETABLE OIL | GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A | 1759 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2024 |
| 18734147 | CORN PROTEIN ISOLATE AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING SAME | TURNER, FELICIA C | 1793 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2024 |
| 18715942 | SENSORY MODIFIERS FOR REDUCED SUGAR COCOA COMPOSITIONS | MERRIAM, ANDREW E | 1791 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 03, 2024 |
| 18704746 | IMPROVED FORMULATIONS OF PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS FOR MASKING ODOR OR REDUCING PERSPIRATION | ABBAS, ABDULRAHMAN MUSTAFA | 1612 | §103 | Final Rejection | 39d | Pending | Apr 25, 2024 |
| 18694544 | MEAT SUBSTITUTE PRODUCTS FREE OF METHYLCELLULOSE | SWEENEY, MAURA ELIZABETH | 1791 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | Mar 22, 2024 |
| 18689965 | MEAT ANALOGUE PRODUCTS COMPRISING MODIFIED STARCH | DUBOIS, PHILIP A | 1791 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2024 |
| 18682721 | ANTI-CAKING COMPOSITION FOR SALT | KERSHAW, KELLY P | 1791 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 09, 2024 |
| 18580260 | SAUCE GLAZING APPARATUS AND APPLICATION METHOD | TADESSE, YEWEBDAR T | 1717 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 18, 2024 |
| 18579967 | WATER BASED BARRIER COATING | GUINO-O UZZLE, MARITES A | 1731 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2024 |
| 18572037 | PIGMENT FOR MEAT SUBSTITUTE COMPOSITIONS | CHAWLA, JYOTI | 1791 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2023 |
| 18570053 | SENSORY MODIFIERS FOR DAIRY SUBSTITUTE COMPOSITIONS | BEKKER, KELLY JO | 1792 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2023 |
| 18570050 | SENSORY MODIFIERS FOR PROTEIN COMPOSITIONS | ZILBERING, ASSAF | 1792 | §103 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Dec 13, 2023 |
| 18564916 | METHODS OF PRODUCING DIALKYL MALONATE ESTERS AND USES THEREOF | PARSA, JAFAR F | 1692 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 28, 2023 |
| 18564975 | ENGINEERED WOOD ADHESIVES AND ENGINEERED WOOD PRODUCT THEREFROM | ROLLAND, ALEX A | 1759 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 29d | Pending | Nov 28, 2023 |
| 18558579 | COCOA COMPOSITION | BEKKER, KELLY JO | 1792 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 10d overdue | Pending | Nov 02, 2023 |
| 18454400 | STABILIZED STARCH | GERLA, STEPHANIE RAE | 1791 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 23, 2023 |
| 18546868 | REMOVAL OF UNWANTED MINERAL OIL HYDROCARBONS | CARR, DEBORAH D | 1691 | §112 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Aug 17, 2023 |
| 18260117 | NATURAL OIL-BASED PETROLATUM AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME | SCOTLAND, REBECCA LYNN | 1615 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | 31d overdue | Pending | Jun 30, 2023 |
| 18260101 | NATURAL OIL-BASED COMPOSITION THAT MIMICS PETROLATUM AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME | JANOSKO, CHASITY PAIGE | 1613 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 36d overdue | Pending | Jun 30, 2023 |
| 18260093 | NATURAL OIL-BASED PETROLATUM AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME | MATTISON, LORI K | 1619 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 30, 2023 |
| 18254304 | MEAT SUBSTITUTE PRODUCT | MUKHOPADHYAY, BHASKAR | 1792 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 24, 2023 |
| 18251763 | A LIPID COMPOSITION FOR BAKERY PRODUCTS | MERRIAM, ANDREW E | 1791 | Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 04, 2023 |
| 18248992 | PIGMENT FOR MEAT SUBSTITUTE COMPOSITIONS | HAWKINS, AMANDA SALATA | 1793 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 70d overdue | Pending | Apr 13, 2023 |
| 18044592 | CONFECTIONERY COMPOSITIONS | MERRIAM, ANDREW E | 1791 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 13d | Pending | Mar 09, 2023 |
| 18044596 | NOVEL COATED BULKING AGENT PARTICLES | MERRIAM, ANDREW E | 1791 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 27d | Pending | Mar 09, 2023 |
| 18041463 | METHODS AND EQUIPMENT FOR MAKING IRREGULAR-SHAPED EGG PRODUCTS | TAYLOR, AUSTIN PARKER | 1792 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 28d | Pending | Feb 13, 2023 |
| 18040178 | REMOVAL OF UNWANTED MINERAL OIL HYDROCARBONS | JACOBSON, MICHELE LYNN | 1793 | §103 | Final Rejection | 5d overdue | Pending | Feb 01, 2023 |
| 17999943 | VEGAN COMPOSITION FOR BAKING | MERRIAM, ANDREW E | 1791 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 160d overdue | Pending | Nov 28, 2022 |
| 17999752 | RUMINANT FEED INCLUDING A FATTY ACID-PROTECTED PROTEIN | LOVE, TREVOR M | 1611 | §102 | Final Rejection | 7d | Pending | Nov 23, 2022 |
| 17999736 | FUNCTIONAL SOYBEAN MEAL | SILVERMAN, JANICE Y | 1792 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 23, 2022 |
| 17999765 | ENGINEERED WOOD ADHESIVES AND ENGINEERED WOOD THEREFROM | NILAND, PATRICK DENNIS | 1762 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | 8d | Pending | Nov 23, 2022 |
| 17998898 | INTERESTERIFIED COTTONSEED STEARIN AS ALTERNATIVE FAT | DUBOIS, PHILIP A | 1791 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialCargill Incorporated has 62 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 21 art units and 44 examiners.
Andrew E Merriam has the most, with 5 of Cargill Incorporated's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
