Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
19 pending office actions • 3 art units • 13 examiners • 0 of 19 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Fuji Oil Holdings Inc. has 19 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters involve 13 examiners but only 3 art units, showing broad examiner distribution within a comparatively concentrated set of technology groups. This structure may support art-unit-level issue tracking even though responses remain distributed among many examiners.
LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO is the busiest examiner, with 3 pending matters. That is the largest identified examiner assignment, but it covers only part of the portfolio. Counsel should use the repeated art-unit context to coordinate positions while tailoring arguments to the individual examiners.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 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. 5 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 + other | 1 (5%) |
| §103 only | 9 (47%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 9 (47%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO | 3 | 8.9% | +12.3% |
| MERRIAM, ANDREW E | 2 | 28.3% | +33.9% |
| PRAKASH, SUBBALAKSHMI | 2 | 45.6% | +36.2% |
| MCCLAIN, TYNESHA L. | 2 | 15.7% | +24.3% |
| LI, CHANGQING | 2 | 29.2% | +33.1% |
| DUBOIS, PHILIP A | 1 | 25.6% | +26.3% |
| NGUYEN, THANH H | 1 | 18.5% | +34.3% |
| GERLA, STEPHANIE RAE | 1 | 16.3% | +30.6% |
| MORNHINWEG, JEFFREY P | 1 | 36.7% | +32.2% |
| 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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18570054 | MASKING FLAVORANT | LI, CHANGQING | 13d |
| 18028759 | PLANT-BASED SOUP BASE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND SOUP AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO | 16d |
| 18548811 | VEGETABLE MOULDED CHEESE-LIKE FOOD PRODUCT | LI, CHANGQING | 20d |
| 18996364 | ACIDIC MILK BEVERAGE CONTAINING LIVE LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM | DUBOIS, PHILIP A | — |
| 18860928 | METHOD FOR IMPARTING ANIMAL-FAT-LIKE FLAVOR IN PROCESSED FOOD PRODUCT | NGUYEN, THANH H | — |
| 18849123 | FAT FOR IMPROVING CHOCOLATE | MERRIAM, ANDREW E | — |
| 18843695 | SHEA BUTTER FRACTION | MERRIAM, ANDREW E | — |
| 18727693 | OILY FOOD FOR COATING AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, COMPOSITE FOOD AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING GLOSS | GERLA, STEPHANIE RAE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18689913 | OILY FOOD CONTAINING HEAT-GENERATING MATERIAL | KOHLER, STEPHANIE A | 1d overdue |
| 18570054 | MASKING FLAVORANT | LI, CHANGQING | 13d |
| 18028759 | PLANT-BASED SOUP BASE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND SOUP AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO | 16d |
| 18548811 | VEGETABLE MOULDED CHEESE-LIKE FOOD PRODUCT | LI, CHANGQING | 20d |
| 18996364 | ACIDIC MILK BEVERAGE CONTAINING LIVE LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM | DUBOIS, PHILIP A | — |
| 18860928 | METHOD FOR IMPARTING ANIMAL-FAT-LIKE FLAVOR IN PROCESSED FOOD PRODUCT | NGUYEN, THANH H | — |
| 18849123 | FAT FOR IMPROVING CHOCOLATE | MERRIAM, ANDREW E | — |
| 18844054 | LIQUID OIL AND/OR FAT FOR WATER-IN-OIL EMULSIONS, WATER-IN-OIL EMULSION, AND METHOD FOR INHIBITING SYNERESIS OF WATER-IN-OIL EMULSION | PRAKASH, SUBBALAKSHMI | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1791 | 11 |
| 1793 | 6 |
| 1792 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18996364 | ACIDIC MILK BEVERAGE CONTAINING LIVE LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM | DUBOIS, PHILIP A | 1791 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18860928 | METHOD FOR IMPARTING ANIMAL-FAT-LIKE FLAVOR IN PROCESSED FOOD PRODUCT | NGUYEN, THANH H | 1791 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2024 |
| 18849123 | FAT FOR IMPROVING CHOCOLATE | MERRIAM, ANDREW E | 1791 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2024 |
| 18844054 | LIQUID OIL AND/OR FAT FOR WATER-IN-OIL EMULSIONS, WATER-IN-OIL EMULSION, AND METHOD FOR INHIBITING SYNERESIS OF WATER-IN-OIL EMULSION | PRAKASH, SUBBALAKSHMI | 1793 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 05, 2024 |
| 18843695 | SHEA BUTTER FRACTION | MERRIAM, ANDREW E | 1791 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 03, 2024 |
| 18727693 | OILY FOOD FOR COATING AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, COMPOSITE FOOD AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING GLOSS | GERLA, STEPHANIE RAE | 1791 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 10, 2024 |
| 18715727 | POWDERY OIL OR FAT CONTAINING HIGHLY UNSATURATED FATTY ACID | MORNHINWEG, JEFFREY P | 1793 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 02, 2024 |
| 18669871 | EGG COAGULATION PROMOTER | LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO | 1791 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 21, 2024 |
| 18669879 | THICKENING PROMOTER FOR EGG SAUCE | LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO | 1791 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 21, 2024 |
| 18689913 | OILY FOOD CONTAINING HEAT-GENERATING MATERIAL | KOHLER, STEPHANIE A | 1791 | §103 | Final Rejection | 1d overdue | Pending | Mar 07, 2024 |
| 18689851 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING MEAT-LIKE PROCESSED FOOD | MCCLAIN, TYNESHA L. | 1793 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2024 |
| 18293760 | OIL-IN-WATER EMULSION CONTAINING INTERESTERIFIED OIL AND/OR FAT | PRAKASH, SUBBALAKSHMI | 1793 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2024 |
| 18570054 | MASKING FLAVORANT | LI, CHANGQING | 1791 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 13d | Pending | Dec 13, 2023 |
| 18284603 | PROTEIN-CONTAINING OIL AND FAT EMULSIFIED COMPOSITION FOR PRODUCING EMULSIFIED FOODS | DIVIESTI, KARLA ISOBEL | 1792 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 28, 2023 |
| 18282794 | CHOCOLATE CONTAINING MEDIUM-CHAIN-BOUND TRIGLYCERIDE | BEKKER, KELLY JO | 1792 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2023 |
| 18548811 | VEGETABLE MOULDED CHEESE-LIKE FOOD PRODUCT | LI, CHANGQING | 1791 | §103 | Final Rejection | 20d | Pending | Sep 01, 2023 |
| 18271846 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING FISH FRY-LIKE FOOD | SHELLHAMMER, JAMES PAUL | 1793 | §103 | Final Rejection | 23d | Pending | Jul 11, 2023 |
| 18028759 | PLANT-BASED SOUP BASE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND SOUP AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO | 1791 | §103 | Final Rejection | 16d | Pending | Mar 28, 2023 |
| 17910833 | PLANT-BASED CHEESE-LIKE FOOD AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | MCCLAIN, TYNESHA L. | 1793 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialFuji Oil Holdings Inc. has 19 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 13 examiners.
Deborah Yang-Hao Liu has the most, with 3 of Fuji Oil Holdings Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
