Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
6 pending office actions • 5 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 13 patents granted in the last 365 days
Frieslandcampina Nederland B V currently has 6 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed across 6 distinct examiners, meaning every pending matter is being reviewed by a different individual. This distribution requires the company to manage 6 unique examiner relationships simultaneously, which can lead to varied prosecution outcomes across the portfolio.
The portfolio spans 5 distinct art units, which is nearly as many as the 6 pending office actions. This high ratio of art units to pending actions suggests that the company's Chemistry & Materials innovations are diverse and fall into several different classification categories. The busiest examiner is RAGHU, GANAPATHIRAM, who is responsible for 1 pending office action.
With 6 distinct examiners and 5 distinct art units involved, there is very little concentration in the prosecution of these 6 pending office actions. Practitioners should expect a variety of examination approaches, as the busiest examiner only handles 1 pending action, representing a small fraction of the total pending workload. This spread indicates that the company's legal strategy must be adaptable to the specific requirements of 5 different art units.
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 | 1 (17%) |
| §112 only | 1 (17%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RAGHU, GANAPATHIRAM | 1 | 73.7% | +26.5% |
| STEADMAN, DAVID J | 1 | 57.7% | +29.7% |
| LE, EMILY M | 1 | 17.9% | -3.7% |
| GERLA, STEPHANIE RAE | 1 | 16.3% | +30.6% |
| NORTON, JOHN J | 1 | 67.5% | +28.3% |
| ZILBERING, ASSAF | 1 | 35.3% | +27.6% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18392755 | POWDERED WHIPPING AGENT PROVIDING ENHANCED WHIPPED FOOD TEXTURE | GERLA, STEPHANIE RAE | 26d overdue |
| 18845860 | ENZYMATIC PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF LACTULOSE | RAGHU, GANAPATHIRAM | — |
| 18720565 | IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENRICHED MILK FRACTION | LE, EMILY M | — |
| 18517499 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPENSING A PORTION OF A HOT MILK-CONTAINING BEVERAGE COMPONENT OR BEVERAGE, AND USE OF A THICK FILM HEATER | NORTON, JOHN J | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18392755 | POWDERED WHIPPING AGENT PROVIDING ENHANCED WHIPPED FOOD TEXTURE | GERLA, STEPHANIE RAE | 26d overdue |
| 18845860 | ENZYMATIC PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF LACTULOSE | RAGHU, GANAPATHIRAM | — |
| 18841340 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING HIGH PURITY GALACTO-OLIGOSACCHARIDE | STEADMAN, DAVID J | — |
| 18517499 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPENSING A PORTION OF A HOT MILK-CONTAINING BEVERAGE COMPONENT OR BEVERAGE, AND USE OF A THICK FILM HEATER | NORTON, JOHN J | — |
| 17801608 | PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF A FIBROUS PRODUCT | ZILBERING, ASSAF | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1652 | 1 |
| 1656 | 1 |
| 1793 | 1 |
| 1791 | 1 |
| 1792 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18845860 | ENZYMATIC PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF LACTULOSE | RAGHU, GANAPATHIRAM | 1652 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 10, 2024 |
| 18841340 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING HIGH PURITY GALACTO-OLIGOSACCHARIDE | STEADMAN, DAVID J | 1656 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 23, 2024 |
| 18720565 | IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENRICHED MILK FRACTION | LE, EMILY M | 1793 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 14, 2024 |
| 18392755 | POWDERED WHIPPING AGENT PROVIDING ENHANCED WHIPPED FOOD TEXTURE | GERLA, STEPHANIE RAE | 1791 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | 26d overdue | Pending | Dec 21, 2023 |
| 18517499 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPENSING A PORTION OF A HOT MILK-CONTAINING BEVERAGE COMPONENT OR BEVERAGE, AND USE OF A THICK FILM HEATER | NORTON, JOHN J | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2023 |
| 17801608 | PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF A FIBROUS PRODUCT | ZILBERING, ASSAF | 1792 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 23, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialFrieslandcampina Nederland B V has 6 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 6 examiners.
Ganapathiram Raghu has the most, with 1 of Frieslandcampina Nederland B V's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
