Firmenich SA

Portfolio Summary

45

Total Pending OAs

23

Non-Final OAs

19

Final Rejections

3

Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 43 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

18

Overdue

0

Due this week

14

Due this month

6

Due in next 60 days

5

Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 43 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

Overdue (18)Due ≤ 30 days (14)Due ≤ 60 days (6)Due later (5)

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

2

Hard (4%)

32

Medium (71%)

2

Easy (4%)

9

Unknown (20%)

Rejection Statute Mix

Bucket	Cases
§101 only	2 (4%)
§103 only	26 (58%)
§102 only	6 (13%)
§112 only	1 (2%)
Double-patenting only	1 (2%)
No statute on record	9 (20%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

37

Life Sciences

82% of docket

4

Information Tech

9% of docket

0

Communications

0% of docket

2

Semiconductors

4% of docket

2

Mechanical / Eng

4% of docket

0

Business / Other

0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

450 h

Manual time on pending OAs

90 h

Time saved (low, 20%)

158 h

Time saved (mid, 35%)

3.9 wks

FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

Examiner	Apps on this docket	Allow rate	Interview lift
PHAN, DOAN THI-THUC	9	42.7%	+49.8%
SILVERMAN, JANICE Y	3	36.2%	+52.8%
WHITELEY, JESSICA	3	88.5%	+7.1%
LI, CHANGQING	2	30.0%	+34.0%
MI, QIUWEN	1	68.2%	+49.9%
KERSHAW, KELLY P	1	17.7%	+16.8%
KUMAR, PREETI	1	31.1%	+45.0%
O'HERN, BRENT T	1	77.3%	+20.4%
CONIGLIO, AUDREA JUNE BUCKLEY	1	52.9%	+21.3%
PARK, HYUN D	1	41.1%	+23.0%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #	Title	Examiner	Due in
18249968	IMPROVED FRESHNESS IMPARTING COMPOSITIONS	WHITELEY, JESSICA	71d overdue
18251272	FRAGRANCE COMPOSITIONS	WHITELEY, JESSICA	67d overdue
18138349	ENOL ETHER PROPERFUME	WHITELEY, JESSICA	22d

Hard Cases (3)

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
18553520	AQUEOUS COMPOSITION SENSORIAL IMPACT DETERMINATION METHOD, AQUEOUS COMPOSITION INGREDIENT QUANTITY DETERMINATION METHOD AND CORRESPONDING SYSTEMS	PARK, HYUN D	44d overdue
18291463	POWDERED COMPOSITION	KERSHAW, KELLY P	14d
18003149	FRAGRANCE INGREDIENT SPATIAL RECOGNISABILITY PREDICTION METHODS AND FRAGRANCE COMPOSITION SPATIAL RECOGNISABILITY PREDICTION METHODS	SATANOVSKY, ALEXANDER	33d

Interview Candidates (20)

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
18558323	FLAVORED FIBER BLENDS AND THEIR COMESTIBLE USE	LI, CHANGQING	147d overdue
18328840	Flavored Food and Beverage Products	LI, CHANGQING	85d overdue
18498543	COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING ESSENTIAL OILS	CONIGLIO, AUDREA JUNE BUCKLEY	79d overdue
18550549	COATED CORE-SHELL MICROCAPSULES	PHAN, DOAN THI-THUC	71d overdue
18553520	AQUEOUS COMPOSITION SENSORIAL IMPACT DETERMINATION METHOD, AQUEOUS COMPOSITION INGREDIENT QUANTITY DETERMINATION METHOD AND CORRESPONDING SYSTEMS	PARK, HYUN D	44d overdue
17995734	COMPOSITIONS FOR REDUCING OFF TASTES AND USES THEREOF	SILVERMAN, JANICE Y	3d overdue
18575300	TEXTILE ARTICLES FOR TUMBLE-DRYING	KUMAR, PREETI	12d
18291463	POWDERED COMPOSITION	KERSHAW, KELLY P	14d

Top Art Units

Art Unit	Apps
1613	13
1791	6
1792	6
1793	3
1763	3
2857	2
1655	1
1761	1
1617	1
2153	1

Pending Office Actions

App #	Title	Examiner	Art Unit	Statutes	Status	Due in	AI	Filed
18293854	ARTHROPOD CONTROL PRODUCTS	MI, QIUWEN	1655	§102	Non-Final OA	21d	Pending	Jan 31, 2024
18291463	POWDERED COMPOSITION	KERSHAW, KELLY P	1791	§103	Non-Final OA	14d	Pending	Jan 23, 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
18562700	Licorice Compounds and Their Use as Flavor Modifiers	SILVERMAN, JANICE Y	1792	§103	Final Rejection	34d	Pending	Nov 20, 2023
18290476	POLYAMIDE-BASED MICROCAPSULES	PHAN, DOAN THI-THUC	1613	Other	Final Rejection	—	Pending	Nov 14, 2023
18498183	PHLORETIN	O'HERN, BRENT T	1793	Other	Non-Final OA	40d	Pending	Oct 31, 2023
18498543	COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING ESSENTIAL OILS	CONIGLIO, AUDREA JUNE BUCKLEY	1617	§103	Final Rejection	79d overdue	Pending	Oct 31, 2023
18558323	FLAVORED FIBER BLENDS AND THEIR COMESTIBLE USE	LI, CHANGQING	1791	§103	Non-Final OA	147d 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	Non-Final OA	44d overdue	Pending	Sep 29, 2023
18477239	COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD AND SYSTEM TO PROVIDE ALTERNATIVE FLAVOR COMPOSITIONS	GIULIANI, GIUSEPPI J	2153	§103	Non-Final OA	74d overdue	Pending	Sep 28, 2023
18282412	FUNCTIONALIZED CHITOSAN PREPARATION	ARNOLD, ERNST V	1613	Other	Non-Final OA	9d	Pending	Sep 15, 2023
18550549	COATED CORE-SHELL MICROCAPSULES	PHAN, DOAN THI-THUC	1613	Other	Final Rejection	71d overdue	Pending	Sep 14, 2023
18281660	ACETOACETYL POLYMER - BASED MICROCAPSULES	PHAN, DOAN THI-THUC	1613	§103	Final Rejection	28d	Pending	Sep 12, 2023
18462228	PROCESS FOR PREPARING MICROCAPSULES	PHAN, DOAN THI-THUC	1613	Other	Final Rejection	40d	Pending	Sep 06, 2023
18263048	COMPACT SCENT DELIVERY DEVICE AND COMPACT SCENT DELIVERY SYSTEM	HOPKINS, ROBERT A	1776	§102	Non-Final OA	5d overdue	Pending	Jul 26, 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
18258549	PROCESS FOR PREPARING POLYESTER MICROCAPSULES	PHAN, DOAN THI-THUC	1613	§103	Non-Final OA	27d	Pending	Jun 20, 2023
18258548	PROCESS FOR PREPARING POLYESTER MICROCAPSULES	PHAN, DOAN THI-THUC	1613	Other	Final Rejection	54d	Pending	Jun 20, 2023
18258084	A SYNERGISTIC PERFUMING COMPOSITION	BERRIOS, JENNIFER A	1613	Other	Non-Final OA	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
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
18251272	FRAGRANCE COMPOSITIONS	WHITELEY, JESSICA	1763	§102	Non-Final OA	67d overdue	Pending	May 01, 2023
18251276	FLAVOR COMPOSITIONS FOR BEVERAGE AND PERSONAL CARE APPLICATIONS	MORNHINWEG, JEFFREY P	1793	§103	Final Rejection	28d overdue	Pending	May 01, 2023
18138349	ENOL ETHER PROPERFUME	WHITELEY, JESSICA	1763	§102	Non-Final OA	22d	Pending	Apr 24, 2023
18249968	IMPROVED FRESHNESS IMPARTING COMPOSITIONS	WHITELEY, JESSICA	1763	§102	Non-Final OA	71d overdue	Pending	Apr 20, 2023
18247717	CHEMICAL REACTION GRAPH COMPRESSION SOFTWARE, CORRESPONDING METHOD AND ASSOCIATED DATA APPLICATIONS	HICKS, AUSTIN JAMES	2142	§103	Non-Final OA	8d overdue	Pending	Apr 03, 2023
18003149	FRAGRANCE INGREDIENT SPATIAL RECOGNISABILITY PREDICTION METHODS AND FRAGRANCE COMPOSITION SPATIAL RECOGNISABILITY PREDICTION METHODS	SATANOVSKY, ALEXANDER	2857	§101	Non-Final OA	33d	Pending	Dec 22, 2022
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	Non-Final OA	245d overdue	Pending	Dec 16, 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
17995734	COMPOSITIONS FOR REDUCING OFF TASTES AND USES THEREOF	SILVERMAN, JANICE Y	1792	§103	Non-Final OA	3d overdue	Pending	Oct 07, 2022
17904452	FLAVORED PARTICLES DELIVERY SYSTEM	JACOBSON, MICHELE LYNN	1793	§103	Non-Final OA	30d	Pending	Aug 17, 2022
17835845	SYSTEM FOR TRAINING AN ENSEMBLE NEURAL NETWORK DEVICE TO ASSESS PREDICTIVE UNCERTAINTY	CALLE, ANGEL JAVIER	2189	§103	Final Rejection	29d	Pending	Jun 08, 2022
17755132	ENRICHED FLAVOR COMPOSITION	STULII, VERA	1791	§102	Final Rejection	93d overdue	Pending	Apr 21, 2022
17621812	ENRICHED FLAVOR COMPOSITION	LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO	1791	§103	Final Rejection	34d	Pending	Dec 22, 2021
17600949	FAT BLENDS, EMULSIONS THEREOF, AND RELATED USES	DUBOIS, PHILIP A	1791	§103	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Oct 01, 2021
17420517	LETTUCE EXTRACT	GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A	1759	§112	Final Rejection	29d	Pending	Jul 02, 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	Non-Final OA	4d overdue	Pending	May 18, 2021
17252264	FRAGRANCE DELIVERY DEVICE	HO, ANNA THI	3752	§103	Final Rejection	60d overdue	Pending	Dec 14, 2020