Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
23 pending office actions • 3 art units • 15 examiners • 0 of 23 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Fuji Oil Holdings Inc. currently manages 24 pending office actions. These actions are primarily in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The portfolio is distributed across 16 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units. Changqing Li is the busiest examiner for the company, currently overseeing 3 pending actions.
With 24 pending office actions and 16 distinct examiners, many examiners are handling multiple applications for the company. The focus on 3 distinct art units indicates that despite the high volume of actions, the technical scope remains concentrated within specific areas of Chemistry & Materials. This concentration allows for a more specialized understanding of the company's technology by the patent office. However, the involvement of 16 distinct examiners means that a wide variety of individual examination styles must be managed. Practitioners should be aware that Changqing Li holds a significant portion of the company's current workload. Managing 24 pending office actions requires a robust strategy to handle the high volume of correspondence and deadlines across the various examiners involved in the process.
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 (4%) |
| §103 only | 13 (57%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 9 (39%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LI, CHANGQING | 3 | 29.3% | +33.6% |
| LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO | 3 | 8.9% | +12.3% |
| NGUYEN, THANH H | 2 | 18.5% | +34.3% |
| PRAKASH, SUBBALAKSHMI | 2 | 45.7% | +36.1% |
| MERRIAM, ANDREW E | 2 | 26.8% | +32.4% |
| MCCLAIN, TYNESHA L. | 2 | 15.8% | +24.2% |
| DUBOIS, PHILIP A | 1 | 25.5% | +26.3% |
| HAUK TEODORO, PRICILA NMN | 1 | 50.0% | +0.0% |
| GERLA, STEPHANIE RAE | 1 | 16.7% | +33.0% |
| MORNHINWEG, JEFFREY P | 1 | 36.3% | +32.1% |
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 | — |
| 18832784 | HIGH OIL CONTENT OIL-IN-WATER TYPE EMULSIFIED OIL-AND-FAT COMPOSITION | LI, CHANGQING | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — |
| 18849769 | FLAVORING AGENT | PRAKASH, SUBBALAKSHMI | — |
| 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 | 7 |
| 1793 | 5 |
| 1792 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18996364 | ACIDIC MILK BEVERAGE CONTAINING LIVE LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM | DUBOIS, PHILIP A | — | §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 |
| 18849769 | FLAVORING AGENT | PRAKASH, SUBBALAKSHMI | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2024 |
| 18849123 | FAT FOR IMPROVING CHOCOLATE | MERRIAM, ANDREW E | — | §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 | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 05, 2024 |
| 18843695 | SHEA BUTTER FRACTION | MERRIAM, ANDREW E | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 03, 2024 |
| 18839920 | LIPID PRODUCTION CONTROL FACTOR FOR OLEAGINOUS YEAST | HAUK TEODORO, PRICILA NMN | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 20, 2024 |
| 18832784 | HIGH OIL CONTENT OIL-IN-WATER TYPE EMULSIFIED OIL-AND-FAT COMPOSITION | LI, CHANGQING | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 24, 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 | — | §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 |
| 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 |
| 18154311 | ACIDIC VEGETABLE PROTEIN BEVERAGE | LE, EMILY M | 1793 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2023 |
| 17910833 | PLANT-BASED CHEESE-LIKE FOOD AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | MCCLAIN, TYNESHA L. | 1793 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2022 |
| 17802534 | OILY FOOD MATERIAL FOR COMBINATION USE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | NGUYEN, THANH H | 1792 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 26, 2022 |
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