Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Heilala Vanilla Limited operates a patent portfolio within the Chemistry & Materials technology area, currently managing 1 pending office action. This 1 pending office action reflects a specific engagement with the patent system, likely related to a particular chemical extraction technique. The 1 pending office action suggests that the company is not currently pursuing a high volume of simultaneous patent applications.
The portfolio's prosecution is centralized, with 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit handling the active case. This level of concentration means that the company's patent strategy is focused on a single point of contact within the USPTO. The 1 to 1 ratio between the portfolio and the 1 distinct examiner allows for a consistent prosecution narrative but offers no diversification across different art units.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is TRAN, LIEN THUY, who is responsible for the 1 pending office action. Because TRAN, LIEN THUY is the only examiner listed, the company's immediate patenting prospects are dependent on the review of this individual. The 1 pending office action represents the total active workload and the primary focus of the company's current intellectual property efforts.
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) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRAN, LIEN THUY | 1 | 28.7% | +26.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18252972 | IMPROVEMENTS TO EXTRACTION METHODS, EXTRACTION SYSTEMS, COMPOUNDS AND FORMULATIONS | TRAN, LIEN THUY | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18252972 | IMPROVEMENTS TO EXTRACTION METHODS, EXTRACTION SYSTEMS, COMPOUNDS AND FORMULATIONS | TRAN, LIEN THUY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1793 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18252972 | IMPROVEMENTS TO EXTRACTION METHODS, EXTRACTION SYSTEMS, COMPOUNDS AND FORMULATIONS | TRAN, LIEN THUY | 1793 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 15, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialHeilala Vanilla Limited has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Lien Thuy Tran has the most, with 1 of Heilala Vanilla Limited's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
