Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
6 pending office actions • 4 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
Danone S A currently has a focus in its patent prosecution, with 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This single action is being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner, MORNHINWEG, JEFFREY P. As the busiest examiner for the company, MORNHINWEG, JEFFREY P is responsible for the entirety of the pending workload with 1 pending office action. The prosecution is limited to 1 distinct art unit, reflecting a specific technical or administrative placement for the company's current filing.
With only 1 active matter, the company's immediate patent strategy is dependent on the interaction with this single examiner and art unit. The concentration of 1 pending office action under 1 distinct examiner in 1 distinct art unit means there is no dispersion of risk or variety in the review process. For Danone S A, the outcome of this single action with MORNHINWEG, JEFFREY P will define the current state of its chemistry-related intellectual property. This focused administrative footprint suggests a specific innovation is currently under review rather than a broad portfolio of chemical developments.
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 | 3 (50%) |
| §102 only | 2 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (17%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGUYEN, NGHI V | 1 | 53.6% | +50.8% |
| DIVIESTI, KARLA ISOBEL | 1 | 3.2% | +16.7% |
| PRAKASH, SUBBALAKSHMI | 1 | 45.6% | +36.2% |
| LI, CHANGQING | 1 | 29.2% | +33.1% |
| DUBOIS, PHILIP A | 1 | 25.6% | +26.3% |
| LACHICA, ERICSON M | 1 | 29.8% | +35.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18574612 | LACTOBACILLUS BULGARICUS FOR USE IN PREPARATION OF FERMENTED PRODUCTS | LI, CHANGQING | 12d |
| 17759141 | FERMENTED PLANT-BASED PROBIOTIC COMPOSITIONS AND PROCESSES OF PREPARING THE SAME | LACHICA, ERICSON M | 28d |
| 18723844 | PLANT-BASED COMPOSITION AND PROCESS OF PREPARING THE SAME | DIVIESTI, KARLA ISOBEL | — |
| 17927303 | LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS FOR USE IN PREVENTING OR TREATING MINERAL DEFICIENCY | 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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18574612 | LACTOBACILLUS BULGARICUS FOR USE IN PREPARATION OF FERMENTED PRODUCTS | LI, CHANGQING | 12d |
| 17759141 | FERMENTED PLANT-BASED PROBIOTIC COMPOSITIONS AND PROCESSES OF PREPARING THE SAME | LACHICA, ERICSON M | 28d |
| 19395349 | USE OF PASTEURIZED AKKERMANSIA FOR TREATING METABOLIC DISORDERS | NGUYEN, NGHI V | — |
| 18723844 | PLANT-BASED COMPOSITION AND PROCESS OF PREPARING THE SAME | DIVIESTI, KARLA ISOBEL | — |
| 18723841 | PLANT-BASED PROTEIN MIXTURES | PRAKASH, SUBBALAKSHMI | — |
| 17927303 | LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS FOR USE IN PREVENTING OR TREATING MINERAL DEFICIENCY | DUBOIS, PHILIP A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1792 | 2 |
| 1791 | 2 |
| 1653 | 1 |
| 1793 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19395349 | USE OF PASTEURIZED AKKERMANSIA FOR TREATING METABOLIC DISORDERS | NGUYEN, NGHI V | 1653 | §102Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2025 |
| 18723844 | PLANT-BASED COMPOSITION AND PROCESS OF PREPARING THE SAME | DIVIESTI, KARLA ISOBEL | 1792 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2024 |
| 18723841 | PLANT-BASED PROTEIN MIXTURES | PRAKASH, SUBBALAKSHMI | 1793 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2024 |
| 18574612 | LACTOBACILLUS BULGARICUS FOR USE IN PREPARATION OF FERMENTED PRODUCTS | LI, CHANGQING | 1791 | §103 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Dec 27, 2023 |
| 17927303 | LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS FOR USE IN PREVENTING OR TREATING MINERAL DEFICIENCY | DUBOIS, PHILIP A | 1791 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2022 |
| 17759141 | FERMENTED PLANT-BASED PROBIOTIC COMPOSITIONS AND PROCESSES OF PREPARING THE SAME | LACHICA, ERICSON M | 1792 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Jul 20, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialDanone S.A. has 6 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 6 examiners.
Nghi V Nguyen has the most, with 1 of Danone S.A.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
