Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Frito-Lay Trading Company GmbH has 2 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters are distributed across 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, which may require separate assessments of claim scope and prior-art treatment.
KIM, BRYAN is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Because the busiest-examiner figure does not account for the full portfolio, counsel should preserve a matter-by-matter response plan.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KIM, BRYAN | 1 | 28.2% | +36.6% |
| KOHLER, STEPHANIE A | 1 | 32.3% | +31.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18943289 | VEGETABLE- AND/OR FRUIT-CONTAINING SNACK FOODS AND MANUFACTURE THEREOF | KIM, BRYAN | — |
| 18839627 | Expanded Snack Food Product and Manufacture Thereof | KOHLER, STEPHANIE A | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18943289 | VEGETABLE- AND/OR FRUIT-CONTAINING SNACK FOODS AND MANUFACTURE THEREOF | KIM, BRYAN | — |
| 18839627 | Expanded Snack Food Product and Manufacture Thereof | KOHLER, STEPHANIE A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1792 | 1 |
| 1791 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18943289 | VEGETABLE- AND/OR FRUIT-CONTAINING SNACK FOODS AND MANUFACTURE THEREOF | KIM, BRYAN | 1792 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 |
| 18839627 | Expanded Snack Food Product and Manufacture Thereof | KOHLER, STEPHANIE A | 1791 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 19, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialFrito-Lay Trading Company GmbH has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Bryan Kim has the most, with 1 of Frito-Lay Trading Company GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
