Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
64 pending office actions • 27 art units • 48 examiners • 0 of 64 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 41 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 29 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. 29 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 only | 3 (5%) |
| §103 only | 41 (64%) |
| §102 only | 3 (5%) |
| §112 only | 2 (3%) |
| Double-patenting only | 10 (16%) |
| No statute on record | 5 (8%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHAN, DOAN THI-THUC | 8 | 42.5% | +49.1% |
| SILVERMAN, JANICE Y | 4 | 36.5% | +53.3% |
| CHAO, ALLEN | 2 | 80.0% | +0.0% |
| LI, CHANGQING | 2 | 29.6% | +32.9% |
| MERRIAM, ANDREW E | 2 | 24.4% | +34.9% |
| LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO | 2 | 2.6% | -3.2% |
| GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A | 2 | 36.4% | +34.9% |
| KRUER, KEVIN R | 2 | 26.9% | +29.5% |
| MI, QIUWEN | 1 | 68.3% | +49.7% |
| MITCHELL, EDWIN COLEMAN | 1 | 31.7% | +64.7% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18293768 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING A OXACYLOHEXANE OR OXACYLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE | CHAO, ALLEN | — |
| 18293766 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING A OXACYLOHEXANE OR OXACYLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE | CHAO, ALLEN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18328840 | Flavored Food and Beverage Products | LI, CHANGQING | 85d overdue |
| 18553520 | AQUEOUS COMPOSITION SENSORIAL IMPACT DETERMINATION METHOD, AQUEOUS COMPOSITION INGREDIENT QUANTITY DETERMINATION METHOD AND CORRESPONDING SYSTEMS | PARK, HYUN D | 44d overdue |
| 18566390 | FLAVOR-MODIFYING COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING LACTASE | LI, CHANGQING | — |
| 18262520 | HYDROXY- AND METHOXY-SUBSTITUTED FLAVONOIDS AND THEIR USE | MERRIAM, ANDREW E | — |
| 18262314 | FIBER BLENDS, SWEETENED FIBER BLENDS, AND THEIR COMESTIBLE USE | LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO | — |
| 18322079 | COMPOSITION SOLUBILITY IN AN AQUEOUS ENVIRONMENT COMPRISING A SURFACTANT MOLECULE DETERMINATION METHOD AND SYSTEM | BARBEE, MANUEL L | — |
| 18251425 | COMPOSITIONS THAT REDUCE PEROXIDE OFF TASTE AND USES THEREOF | MERRIAM, ANDREW E | — |
| 18247402 | COMPOSITIONS TO LIMIT OR ELIMINATE THE PERCEPTION OF SWEAT MALODOR | ZHANG SPIERING, DONGXIU | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18328840 | Flavored Food and Beverage Products | LI, CHANGQING | 85d overdue |
| 18550549 | COATED CORE-SHELL MICROCAPSULES | PHAN, DOAN THI-THUC | 71d overdue |
| 18293854 | ARTHROPOD CONTROL PRODUCTS | MI, QIUWEN | 21d |
| 17420517 | LETTUCE EXTRACT | GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A | 29d |
| 18562700 | Licorice Compounds and Their Use as Flavor Modifiers | SILVERMAN, JANICE Y | 34d |
| 18258548 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING POLYESTER MICROCAPSULES | PHAN, DOAN THI-THUC | 54d |
| 18571965 | FLAVOR NANOEMULSIONS FOR BEVERAGE AND PERSONAL CARE APPLICATIONS | SILVERMAN, JANICE Y | 70d |
| 18260302 | HYBRID MICROCAPSULES COMPRISING A REGENERATED BIOPOLYMER | PHAN, DOAN THI-THUC | 84d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1613 | 13 |
| 1791 | 9 |
| 1792 | 8 |
| 1793 | 4 |
| 1622 | 2 |
| 1612 | 2 |
| 1615 | 2 |
| 1761 | 2 |
| 1759 | 2 |
| 1787 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18293854 | ARTHROPOD CONTROL PRODUCTS | MI, QIUWEN | 1655 | §102 | Final Rejection | 21d | Pending | Jan 31, 2024 |
| 18293863 | PLANT PROTEIN-BASED MICROCAPSULES | MITCHELL, EDWIN COLEMAN | 1619 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2024 |
| 18293768 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING A OXACYLOHEXANE OR OXACYLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE | CHAO, ALLEN | 1622 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2024 |
| 18293766 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING A OXACYLOHEXANE OR OXACYLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE | CHAO, ALLEN | 1622 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2024 |
| 18291519 | SWEETENED COMPOSITION | WATTS, JENNA A | 1791 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2024 |
| 18290873 | MICROCAPSULES HAVING A MINERAL LAYER | MAEWALL, SNIGDHA | 1612 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2024 |
| 18578404 | POLYAMIDE-BASED MICROCAPSULES | TRUONG, QUANGLONG N | 1615 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 11, 2024 |
| 18575300 | TEXTILE ARTICLES FOR TUMBLE-DRYING | KUMAR, PREETI | 1761 | Other | Non-Final OA | 12d | Pending | Dec 28, 2023 |
| 18571965 | FLAVOR NANOEMULSIONS FOR BEVERAGE AND PERSONAL CARE APPLICATIONS | SILVERMAN, JANICE Y | 1792 | §103 | Final Rejection | 70d | Pending | Dec 19, 2023 |
| 18566390 | FLAVOR-MODIFYING COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING LACTASE | LI, CHANGQING | 1791 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 01, 2023 |
| 18562700 | Licorice Compounds and Their Use as Flavor Modifiers | SILVERMAN, JANICE Y | 1792 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | Nov 20, 2023 |
| 18290476 | POLYAMIDE-BASED MICROCAPSULES | PHAN, DOAN THI-THUC | 1613 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2023 |
| 18498543 | COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING ESSENTIAL OILS | CONIGLIO, AUDREA JUNE BUCKLEY | 1617 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 79d overdue | Pending | Oct 31, 2023 |
| 18553520 | AQUEOUS COMPOSITION SENSORIAL IMPACT DETERMINATION METHOD, AQUEOUS COMPOSITION INGREDIENT QUANTITY DETERMINATION METHOD AND CORRESPONDING SYSTEMS | PARK, HYUN D | 2857 | §101 | Final Rejection | 44d overdue | Pending | Sep 29, 2023 |
| 18477239 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD AND SYSTEM TO PROVIDE ALTERNATIVE FLAVOR COMPOSITIONS | GIULIANI, GIUSEPPI J | 2153 | §103 | Final Rejection | 74d overdue | Pending | Sep 28, 2023 |
| 18551399 | ANTIMICROBIAL PERFUMING CONSUMER PRODUCTS | KIFLE, BRUCK | 1624 | — | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2023 |
| 18282412 | FUNCTIONALIZED CHITOSAN PREPARATION | ARNOLD, ERNST V | 1613 | DP | Final Rejection | 9d | Pending | Sep 15, 2023 |
| 18550549 | COATED CORE-SHELL MICROCAPSULES | PHAN, DOAN THI-THUC | 1613 | DP | Final Rejection | 71d overdue | Pending | Sep 14, 2023 |
| 18281893 | CROSSLINKED CORE-SHELL MICROCAPSULES | PHAN, DOAN THI-THUC | 1613 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2023 |
| 18263048 | COMPACT SCENT DELIVERY DEVICE AND COMPACT SCENT DELIVERY SYSTEM | HOPKINS, ROBERT A | 1776 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 5d overdue | Pending | Jul 26, 2023 |
| 18262520 | HYDROXY- AND METHOXY-SUBSTITUTED FLAVONOIDS AND THEIR USE | MERRIAM, ANDREW E | 1791 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 21, 2023 |
| 18262314 | FIBER BLENDS, SWEETENED FIBER BLENDS, AND THEIR COMESTIBLE USE | LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO | 1791 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 20, 2023 |
| 18260297 | A SYNERGISTIC PERFUMING COMPOSITION | JANOSKO, CHASITY PAIGE | 1613 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 13d | Pending | Jul 03, 2023 |
| 18260302 | HYBRID MICROCAPSULES COMPRISING A REGENERATED BIOPOLYMER | PHAN, DOAN THI-THUC | 1613 | §103 | Final Rejection | 84d | Pending | Jul 03, 2023 |
| 18259066 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING MICROCAPSULES | PHAN, DOAN THI-THUC | 1613 | §103 | Final Rejection | 84d | Pending | Jun 22, 2023 |
| 18258548 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING POLYESTER MICROCAPSULES | PHAN, DOAN THI-THUC | 1613 | Other | Non-Final OA | 54d | Pending | Jun 20, 2023 |
| 18258084 | A SYNERGISTIC PERFUMING COMPOSITION | BERRIOS, JENNIFER A | 1613 | Other | Final Rejection | 74d overdue | Pending | Jun 16, 2023 |
| 18255978 | HALOSCENT IN DRY SHAMPOO | PHAN, DOAN THI-THUC | 1613 | DP | Final Rejection | 84d | Pending | Jun 05, 2023 |
| 18328840 | Flavored Food and Beverage Products | LI, CHANGQING | 1791 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 85d overdue | Pending | Jun 05, 2023 |
| 18322079 | COMPOSITION SOLUBILITY IN AN AQUEOUS ENVIRONMENT COMPRISING A SURFACTANT MOLECULE DETERMINATION METHOD AND SYSTEM | BARBEE, MANUEL L | — | §101 | 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 | Final Rejection | 82d | Pending | May 15, 2023 |
| 18252054 | USES OF FAT BLENDS AND EMULSIONS THEREOF | DIVIESTI, KARLA ISOBEL | 1792 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 23d | Pending | May 08, 2023 |
| 18251706 | EXTRUDED PARTICLE | JACOBSON, MICHELE LYNN | 1793 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 03, 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 | 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 |
| 18247717 | CHEMICAL REACTION GRAPH COMPRESSION SOFTWARE, CORRESPONDING METHOD AND ASSOCIATED DATA APPLICATIONS | HICKS, AUSTIN JAMES | 2142 | §103 | Final Rejection | 8d overdue | Pending | Apr 03, 2023 |
| 18247402 | COMPOSITIONS TO LIMIT OR ELIMINATE THE PERCEPTION OF SWEAT MALODOR | ZHANG SPIERING, DONGXIU | 1616 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 30, 2023 |
| 18004300 | ARTHROPOD CONTROL COMPOSITION | PAK, JOHN D | 1699 | DP | Non-Final OA | 18d overdue | Pending | Jan 04, 2023 |
| 18002531 | REDUCTION OF UNDESIRABLE TASTE NOTES IN ORAL CARE PRODUCTS | PETRITSCH, AMANDA MICHELLE | 1612 | Other | Final Rejection | 17d overdue | Pending | Dec 20, 2022 |
| 18067164 | USE OF VOLATILE COMPOSITIONS TO LIMIT OR ELIMINATE THE PERCEPTION OF MALODOR | ROSENTHAL, ANDREW S | 1613 | §103 | Final Rejection | 245d overdue | Pending | Dec 16, 2022 |
| 18000982 | PREVENTION, REDUCTION, OR AMELIORATION OF OLD PERSON SMELL | CHANG, KYUNG SOOK | 1613 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 07, 2022 |
| 18000623 | FLAVOR PARTICLE | SILVERMAN, JANICE Y | 1792 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2022 |
| 17997362 | VOLATILE LIQUID CHEMICAL COMPOUND PHYSICAL PARAMETER DATABASE CONSTRUCTION METHOD, AND PREDICTION MODEL | STOICA, ADRIAN | 2188 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 30d | Pending | Oct 27, 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 | KHAN, ARSHAD HUSSAIN | 1686 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 17, 2022 |
| 17911030 | OIL-IN-WATER EMULSION COMPRISING A SOLID LIPID MATERIAL | BARBER, KIMBERLY | 1615 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2022 |
| 17905012 | Process for Preparing a Flavored Composition | MERCHLINSKY, JOSEPH CULLEN | 1791 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 25, 2022 |
| 17904551 | POWDERED COMPOSITION | MORENO, LARK JULIA | 1793 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 18, 2022 |
| 17757426 | Sheets Comprising Encapsulated Fragrance Compositions and Methods to Manufacture Same | BOYER, CHARLES I | 1761 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 15, 2022 |
| 17634080 | FRAGRANCE COMPOSITION TONALITY DETERMINATION METHOD, FRAGRANCE COMPOSITION DETERMINATION METHOD AND CORRESPONDING SYSTEMS | FONSECA LOPEZ, FRANCINI ALVARENGA | 1685 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 09, 2022 |
| 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 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 01, 2021 |
| 17600962 | POWDERED COMPOSITION COMPRISING A SOLID PLANT-BASED FAT | SILVERMAN, JANICE Y | 1792 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 01, 2021 |
| 17439346 | POLY(AMIDE-ESTER) MICROCAPSULES | PHAN, DOAN THI-THUC | 1613 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 14, 2021 |
| 17434487 | FLAVORED FOOD PRODUCT | LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO | 1791 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 27, 2021 |
| 17434299 | MICROWAVE ASSISTED EXTRACTION OF ESSENTIAL OILS FROM PLANT BIOMASS | HOERNER, PAUL ELLSWORTH | 1611 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 26, 2021 |
| 17420517 | LETTUCE EXTRACT | GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A | 1759 | §112 | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | Jul 02, 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 |
| 17413007 | FLAVOR SYSTEM | DIOU BERDECIA, LUIS EUGENIO | 1792 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 12d | Pending | Jun 11, 2021 |
| 17294750 | SWEETENED DAIRY COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING LACTOSE HYDROLYSIS PRODUCTS AND GLUCOSYLATED NATURAL STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES | TAYLOR, AUSTIN PARKER | 1792 | §103 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | May 18, 2021 |
| 17277827 | POLYMETHOXYFLAVONES AND THEIR USE AS MOUTHFEEL ENHANCERS AND BITTERNESS MASKERS | YOO, HONG THI | 1792 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 19, 2021 |
| 17045060 | POLYMETHOXYFLAVONES AS SWEETNESS ENHANCERS | GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A | 1759 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 02, 2020 |
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