Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Ekaterra Tea Manufacturing Usa LLC is handling 3 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These 3 actions are being reviewed by 3 distinct examiners, indicating a lack of examiner overlap. However, the portfolio is concentrated within 2 distinct art units, which suggests some technical similarity between at least two of the applications. AXTELL, ASHLEY is the busiest examiner, with 1 busiest examiner pending action. With 3 pending office actions in total, the company must navigate the examination styles of three different individuals.
The involvement of 2 distinct art units means the company is interacting with two different specialized groups within the patent office. This distribution requires a strategy that accounts for both the 3 distinct examiners and the 2 distinct art units. Practitioners should note that having 3 distinct examiners for 3 pending office actions prevents any single examiner from gaining an overarching view of the company's technology. Managing 2 distinct art units requires an understanding of the specific internal policies and tendencies of those groups. This structure balances technical concentration with examiner-level dispersion. The 3 pending office actions are spread such that no single examiner manages more than one case. This level of dispersion requires a robust tracking system to maintain consistency across the 3 pending office actions.
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 (67%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AXTELL, ASHLEY | 1 | 13.2% | +25.7% |
| MORENO, LARK JULIA | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| HAWKINS, AMANDA SALATA | 1 | 15.4% | +40.9% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18248365 | A ZINC FORTIFIED TEA COMPOSITION | HAWKINS, AMANDA SALATA | 35d |
| 18874052 | AN IRON FORTIFIED INSTANT BEVERAGE COMPOSITION | AXTELL, ASHLEY | — |
| 18257503 | AN IRON FORTIFIED TEA COMPOSITION | MORENO, LARK JULIA | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18248365 | A ZINC FORTIFIED TEA COMPOSITION | HAWKINS, AMANDA SALATA | 35d |
| 18874052 | AN IRON FORTIFIED INSTANT BEVERAGE COMPOSITION | AXTELL, ASHLEY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1793 | 2 |
| 1792 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18874052 | AN IRON FORTIFIED INSTANT BEVERAGE COMPOSITION | AXTELL, ASHLEY | 1792 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18257503 | AN IRON FORTIFIED TEA COMPOSITION | MORENO, LARK JULIA | 1793 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 14, 2023 |
| 18248365 | A ZINC FORTIFIED TEA COMPOSITION | HAWKINS, AMANDA SALATA | 1793 | §103 | Final Rejection | 35d | Pending | Apr 07, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialEkaterra Tea Manufacturing Usa LLC has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 3 examiners.
Ashley Axtell has the most, with 1 of Ekaterra Tea Manufacturing Usa LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
