Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
5 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Fonterra Co-Operative Group Limited has 5 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. The work spans 5 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units, combining examiner-level dispersion with some art-unit overlap. Counsel must therefore manage separate examiner relationships while looking for recurring issues within shared examination settings.
ARMATO JR, DENNIS IGNATIUS is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. The available data does not identify a dominant examiner, so each application merits its own review of the action, cited technology, and claim strategy. Common technical terminology and disclosure support can promote consistency across the portfolio, while art-unit-specific practice should guide individual responses.
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 | 1 (20%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (60%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARMATO JR, DENNIS IGNATIUS | 1 | 42.9% | +80.0% |
| GURLEY, JAMI MICHELLE | 1 | 54.8% | +14.3% |
| MCNEIL, JENNIFER C | 1 | 23.7% | +20.0% |
| MOREAU, NASHARA LOUISE | 1 | 66.7% | -80.0% |
| MORNHINWEG, JEFFREY P | 1 | 36.7% | +32.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18543604 | METHODS FOR INCREASING MENTAL WELL-BEING AND/OR HAPPINESS | ARMATO JR, DENNIS IGNATIUS | 16d overdue |
| 18564539 | DAIRY PRODUCT AND PROCESS | MCNEIL, JENNIFER C | 12d |
| 18564242 | FOOD SUPPLEMENT | MOREAU, NASHARA LOUISE | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18543604 | METHODS FOR INCREASING MENTAL WELL-BEING AND/OR HAPPINESS | ARMATO JR, DENNIS IGNATIUS | 16d overdue |
| 18564539 | DAIRY PRODUCT AND PROCESS | MCNEIL, JENNIFER C | 12d |
| 18571576 | RECOMBINANT PROTEINS | GURLEY, JAMI MICHELLE | — |
| 18247424 | DAIRY PRODUCT AND PROCESS | MORNHINWEG, JEFFREY P | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1793 | 2 |
| 1651 | 1 |
| 1647 | 1 |
| 1655 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18543604 | METHODS FOR INCREASING MENTAL WELL-BEING AND/OR HAPPINESS | ARMATO JR, DENNIS IGNATIUS | 1651 | §102§103Other | Final Rejection | 16d overdue | Pending | Dec 18, 2023 |
| 18571576 | RECOMBINANT PROTEINS | GURLEY, JAMI MICHELLE | 1647 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2023 |
| 18564539 | DAIRY PRODUCT AND PROCESS | MCNEIL, JENNIFER C | 1793 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Nov 27, 2023 |
| 18564242 | FOOD SUPPLEMENT | MOREAU, NASHARA LOUISE | 1655 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2023 |
| 18247424 | DAIRY PRODUCT AND PROCESS | MORNHINWEG, JEFFREY P | 1793 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 30, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialFonterra Co-Operative Group Limited has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 5 examiners.
Dennis Ignatius Armato Jr. has the most, with 1 of Fonterra Co-Operative Group Limited's pending office actions.
Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
