Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
56 pending office actions • 25 art units • 49 examiners • 0 of 56 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 35 patents granted in the last 365 days
Firmenich S.A. has a portfolio of 54 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed across 46 distinct examiners and 23 distinct art units. This wide distribution indicates that the company's patent activities span a broad range of chemical and material science sub-specialties, requiring coordination across many different technical groups.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is SILVERMAN, JANICE Y, who is managing 4 pending office actions. With 54 total actions and 46 examiners, most of the 46 examiners are handling only one matter for the company. This requires the company to manage relationships across 23 different art units simultaneously. The high number of distinct examiners relative to the 23 art units suggests that the company often interacts with multiple examiners within the same unit. This decentralized examiner landscape means that prosecution outcomes are likely influenced by a wide variety of individual examiner preferences across the Chemistry & Materials sector.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 19 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. 19 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 | 5 (9%) |
| §103 only | 18 (32%) |
| §102 only | 3 (5%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (2%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 9 (16%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 20 (36%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SILVERMAN, JANICE Y | 4 | 36.7% | +53.8% |
| CHAO, ALLEN | 2 | 55.6% | +0.0% |
| LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO | 2 | 8.9% | +12.3% |
| MORNHINWEG, JEFFREY P | 2 | 36.3% | +32.1% |
| KRUER, KEVIN R | 2 | 26.8% | +29.4% |
| MEAH, MOHAMMAD Y | 1 | 70.8% | +42.7% |
| LI, CHANGQING | 1 | 29.3% | +33.6% |
| ALLEY, GENEVIEVE S | 1 | 60.3% | +48.2% |
| COHEN, MICHAEL P | 1 | 58.7% | +27.5% |
| CHAWLA, JYOTI | 1 | 52.7% | +30.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18477239 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD AND SYSTEM TO PROVIDE ALTERNATIVE FLAVOR COMPOSITIONS | GIULIANI, GIUSEPPI J | 74d overdue |
| 18251276 | FLAVOR COMPOSITIONS FOR BEVERAGE AND PERSONAL CARE APPLICATIONS | MORNHINWEG, JEFFREY P | 28d overdue |
| 18263048 | COMPACT SCENT DELIVERY DEVICE AND COMPACT SCENT DELIVERY SYSTEM | HOPKINS, ROBERT A | 5d overdue |
| 17294750 | SWEETENED DAIRY COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING LACTOSE HYDROLYSIS PRODUCTS AND GLUCOSYLATED NATURAL STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES | TAYLOR, AUSTIN PARKER | 4d overdue |
| 18291463 | POWDERED COMPOSITION | KERSHAW, KELLY P | 14d |
| 18562700 | Licorice Compounds and Their Use as Flavor Modifiers | SILVERMAN, JANICE Y | 34d |
| 17621812 | ENRICHED FLAVOR COMPOSITION | LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO | 34d |
| 18571965 | FLAVOR NANOEMULSIONS FOR BEVERAGE AND PERSONAL CARE APPLICATIONS | SILVERMAN, JANICE Y | 70d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18251276 | FLAVOR COMPOSITIONS FOR BEVERAGE AND PERSONAL CARE APPLICATIONS | MORNHINWEG, JEFFREY P | 28d overdue |
| 18562700 | Licorice Compounds and Their Use as Flavor Modifiers | SILVERMAN, JANICE Y | 34d |
| 17621812 | ENRICHED FLAVOR COMPOSITION | LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO | 34d |
| 18571965 | FLAVOR NANOEMULSIONS FOR BEVERAGE AND PERSONAL CARE APPLICATIONS | SILVERMAN, JANICE Y | 70d |
| 19006763 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING DRIMANYL ACETATE COMPOUNDS | MEAH, MOHAMMAD Y | — |
| 18867926 | FLAVOR NANOEMULSIONS FOR BEVERAGE AND PERSONAL CARE APPLICATIONS | LI, CHANGQING | — |
| 18892456 | Indane Derivatives for Malodor Counteraction | ALLEY, GENEVIEVE S | — |
| 18840347 | SOLID DELIVERY SYSTEMS | SILVERMAN, JANICE Y | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1791 | 7 |
| 1792 | 5 |
| 1613 | 5 |
| 1793 | 4 |
| 1612 | 2 |
| 1616 | 2 |
| 1761 | 2 |
| 1615 | 2 |
| 1622 | 2 |
| 3752 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19006763 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING DRIMANYL ACETATE COMPOUNDS | MEAH, MOHAMMAD Y | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 31, 2024 |
| 18867926 | FLAVOR NANOEMULSIONS FOR BEVERAGE AND PERSONAL CARE APPLICATIONS | LI, CHANGQING | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2024 |
| 18892456 | Indane Derivatives for Malodor Counteraction | ALLEY, GENEVIEVE S | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 22, 2024 |
| 18840347 | SOLID DELIVERY SYSTEMS | SILVERMAN, JANICE Y | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 21, 2024 |
| 18730196 | Arthropod Control Compositions | COHEN, MICHAEL P | 1612 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2024 |
| 18721300 | BEVERAGE ADDITIVES COMPRISING A CLOUDING AGENT | CHAWLA, JYOTI | 1791 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2024 |
| 18693110 | FRAGRANCE COMPOSITIONS WITH MOISTURIZING BENEFITS | ABBAS, ABDULRAHMAN MUSTAFA | 1623 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2024 |
| 18689307 | IMPROVED PERFUME COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING SULFUR-CONTAINING PRO-FRAGRANCE COMPOUNDS | ZHANG SPIERING, DONGXIU | 1616 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2024 |
| 18688051 | IMPROVED PERFUME COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING SULFUR-CONTAINING PRO-FRAGRANCE COMPOUNDS | BOYER, CHARLES I | 1761 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 29, 2024 |
| 18685614 | FRAGRANCES WITH IMPROVED LONG-LASTING PERFORMANCE | DIAZ, MATTHEW R | — | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 22, 2024 |
| 18684925 | COMPOSITION COMPRISING A NUTRIENT AND A TASTE MODULATOR | MERCHLINSKY, JOSEPH CULLEN | 1791 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 20, 2024 |
| 18681256 | ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOSITIONS | SASAN, ARADHANA | 1615 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 05, 2024 |
| 18293854 | ARTHROPOD CONTROL PRODUCTS | MI, QIUWEN | 1655 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 21d | Pending | Jan 31, 2024 |
| 18293768 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING A OXACYLOHEXANE OR OXACYLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE | CHAO, ALLEN | 1622 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2024 |
| 18293766 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING A OXACYLOHEXANE OR OXACYLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE | CHAO, ALLEN | 1622 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2024 |
| 18291463 | POWDERED COMPOSITION | KERSHAW, KELLY P | 1791 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Jan 23, 2024 |
| 18571965 | FLAVOR NANOEMULSIONS FOR BEVERAGE AND PERSONAL CARE APPLICATIONS | SILVERMAN, JANICE Y | 1792 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 70d | Pending | Dec 19, 2023 |
| 18562700 | Licorice Compounds and Their Use as Flavor Modifiers | SILVERMAN, JANICE Y | 1792 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | Nov 20, 2023 |
| 18498543 | COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING ESSENTIAL OILS | CONIGLIO, AUDREA JUNE BUCKLEY | 1617 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 79d overdue | Pending | Oct 31, 2023 |
| 18556343 | HYDROGENATION OF DIENALS OR DIENONES WITH RHODIUM COMPLEXES UNDER CARBON MONOXIDE FREE ATMOSPHERE | CALDERON, DAVID ANDREW | 1742 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 19, 2023 |
| 18477239 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD AND SYSTEM TO PROVIDE ALTERNATIVE FLAVOR COMPOSITIONS | GIULIANI, GIUSEPPI J | 2153 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 74d overdue | Pending | Sep 28, 2023 |
| 18552034 | PICKERING EMULSIONS STABILIZED BY PARTICLES | ARMSTRONG, SUSANNAH SIPPLE | 1616 | §102§103§112DPOther | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 22, 2023 |
| 18552042 | PICKERING EMULSIONS STABILIZED BY CYCLODEXTRIN | WALKER, AJA ARYANNA | 1761 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 22, 2023 |
| 18282412 | FUNCTIONALIZED CHITOSAN PREPARATION | ARNOLD, ERNST V | 1613 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | 9d | Pending | Sep 15, 2023 |
| 18546239 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING A THIOETHER | MURESAN, ANA Z | 1692 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 11, 2023 |
| 18263048 | COMPACT SCENT DELIVERY DEVICE AND COMPACT SCENT DELIVERY SYSTEM | HOPKINS, ROBERT A | 1776 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 5d overdue | Pending | Jul 26, 2023 |
| 18262314 | FIBER BLENDS, SWEETENED FIBER BLENDS, AND THEIR COMESTIBLE USE | LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO | 1791 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 20, 2023 |
| 18258084 | A SYNERGISTIC PERFUMING COMPOSITION | BERRIOS, JENNIFER A | 1613 | §103DP | Final Rejection | 74d overdue | Pending | Jun 16, 2023 |
| 18255978 | HALOSCENT IN DRY SHAMPOO | PHAN, DOAN THI-THUC | 1613 | §103DP | Final Rejection | 84d | Pending | Jun 05, 2023 |
| 18322140 | COMPOSITION SWEETNESS, BITTERNESS, UMAMI, LICORICE, LINGERING, SOURNESS OR SALTINESS PERCEPTION PREDICTION METHOD AND SYSTEM | PULLIAM, JOSEPH CONSTANTINE | — | §101§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2023 |
| 18322079 | COMPOSITION SOLUBILITY IN AN AQUEOUS ENVIRONMENT COMPRISING A SURFACTANT MOLECULE DETERMINATION METHOD AND SYSTEM | BARBEE, MANUEL L | — | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2023 |
| 18317882 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF DETERMINATION OF AN EMOTION OR SENSATION PERCEPTION IN RELATION TO AN EXPOSURE TO A FLAVOR OR FRAGRANCE INGREDIENTS | RINES, ROBERT D | 3625 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 82d | Pending | May 15, 2023 |
| 18253036 | CITRUS OIL EXTRACT | TRUONG, QUANGLONG N | 1615 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 15, 2023 |
| 18251425 | COMPOSITIONS THAT REDUCE PEROXIDE OFF TASTE AND USES THEREOF | MERRIAM, ANDREW E | 1791 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 02, 2023 |
| 18251276 | FLAVOR COMPOSITIONS FOR BEVERAGE AND PERSONAL CARE APPLICATIONS | MORNHINWEG, JEFFREY P | 1793 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 28d overdue | Pending | May 01, 2023 |
| 18138349 | ENOL ETHER PROPERFUME | WHITELEY, JESSICA | 1763 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 22d | Pending | Apr 24, 2023 |
| 18004300 | ARTHROPOD CONTROL COMPOSITION | PAK, JOHN D | 1699 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | 18d overdue | Pending | Jan 04, 2023 |
| 18002531 | REDUCTION OF UNDESIRABLE TASTE NOTES IN ORAL CARE PRODUCTS | PETRITSCH, AMANDA MICHELLE | 1612 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | 17d overdue | Pending | Dec 20, 2022 |
| 18067164 | USE OF VOLATILE COMPOSITIONS TO LIMIT OR ELIMINATE THE PERCEPTION OF MALODOR | ROSENTHAL, ANDREW S | 1613 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 245d overdue | Pending | Dec 16, 2022 |
| 18000982 | PREVENTION, REDUCTION, OR AMELIORATION OF OLD PERSON SMELL | CHANG, KYUNG SOOK | 1613 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 07, 2022 |
| 18000623 | FLAVOR PARTICLE | SILVERMAN, JANICE Y | 1792 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2022 |
| 17997534 | FLAVOR PARTICLE | HAWKINS, AMANDA SALATA | 1793 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2022 |
| 17919627 | SWEETENING COMPOSITIONS AND USES THEREOF | MCCLAIN, TYNESHA L. | 1793 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2022 |
| 18047107 | CHEMICAL COMPOUND DATABASE CONSTRUCTION METHOD, COMPOSITION PREDICTION AND ASSEMBLING METHODS AND OBTAINED FRAGRANCES | RIGGS II, LARRY D | 1686 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 17, 2022 |
| 17757694 | Laundry Composition | EASHOO, MARK | 1767 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 17, 2022 |
| 17621812 | ENRICHED FLAVOR COMPOSITION | LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO | 1791 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | Dec 22, 2021 |
| 17604902 | FRAGRANCE DISPENSING EMANATING SUBSTRATE AND METHOD | SCHWARTZ, KEVIN EDWARD | 3752 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 19, 2021 |
| 17600949 | FAT BLENDS, EMULSIONS THEREOF, AND RELATED USES | DUBOIS, PHILIP A | 1791 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 01, 2021 |
| 17434299 | MICROWAVE ASSISTED EXTRACTION OF ESSENTIAL OILS FROM PLANT BIOMASS | HOERNER, PAUL ELLSWORTH | 1611 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 26, 2021 |
| 17420530 | POLY(ESTER UREA) MICROCAPSULES | KRUER, KEVIN R | 1787 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 02, 2021 |
| 17416379 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING POLYAMIDE MICROCAPSULES | KRUER, KEVIN R | 1787 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2021 |
| 17294750 | SWEETENED DAIRY COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING LACTOSE HYDROLYSIS PRODUCTS AND GLUCOSYLATED NATURAL STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES | TAYLOR, AUSTIN PARKER | 1792 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | May 18, 2021 |
| 17278072 | SWEETNER FORMULATIONS AND USES | MORNHINWEG, JEFFREY P | 1793 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 19, 2021 |
| 17277827 | POLYMETHOXYFLAVONES AND THEIR USE AS MOUTHFEEL ENHANCERS AND BITTERNESS MASKERS | YOO, HONG THI | 1792 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 19, 2021 |
| 17252264 | FRAGRANCE DELIVERY DEVICE | HO, ANNA THI | 3752 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 60d overdue | Pending | Dec 14, 2020 |
| 17045060 | POLYMETHOXYFLAVONES AS SWEETNESS ENHANCERS | GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A | 1759 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 02, 2020 |
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