Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
7 pending office actions • 6 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days
Heineken Supply Chain B V is currently managing 8 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 8 pending office actions are distributed among 8 distinct examiners, showing that every pending application is being handled by a different individual. This distribution among 8 distinct examiners indicates a lack of examiner concentration in the company's current portfolio.
The 8 pending office actions are further spread across 7 distinct art units. This distribution across 7 distinct art units suggests that the company's mechanical and medical innovations are technically diverse and fall under many different specialized divisions at the USPTO. CARROLL, JEREMY W is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently responsible for 1 pending office action. With many examiners and art units involved, the company must manage a wide range of examiner preferences and art unit standards across its 8 pending matters.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 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. 3 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 (14%) |
| §103 only | 1 (14%) |
| §102 only | 1 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (57%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARROLL, JEREMY W | 1 | 74.8% | +12.3% |
| GRANO, ERNESTO ARTURIO | 1 | 61.2% | +25.3% |
| FOLLANSBEE, YVONNE TRANG | 1 | 53.7% | +28.5% |
| ALLEN, JEFFREY R | 1 | 48.1% | +26.7% |
| TRAN, LIEN THUY | 1 | 28.6% | +26.5% |
| PATTERSON, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER | 1 | 48.6% | +39.3% |
| DAGENAIS, KRISTEN A | 1 | 63.8% | +20.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18711931 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING BEVERAGE MANUFACTURING ANALYSIS | FOLLANSBEE, YVONNE TRANG | 91d overdue |
| 17777126 | CONTAINER WITH A COATING LAYER | DAGENAIS, KRISTEN A | 71d overdue |
| 17777220 | BEVERAGE DISPENSING ASSEMBLY PREVENTING MICRO-ORGANISM REFLUX | PATTERSON, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER | 31d overdue |
| 19107225 | Method and Device for Preparing and Dispensing a Post-Mixed Beverage | CARROLL, JEREMY W | — |
| 18019542 | BAG IN CONTAINER AND ADAPTER FOR CONNECTING A BAG IN CONTAINER TO A TAPPING DEVICE | ALLEN, JEFFREY R | — |
| 17984941 | SINGLE-SERVE CAPSULE FOR PREPARING A BEER-LIKE BEVERAGE | 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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18711931 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING BEVERAGE MANUFACTURING ANALYSIS | FOLLANSBEE, YVONNE TRANG | 91d overdue |
| 17777126 | CONTAINER WITH A COATING LAYER | DAGENAIS, KRISTEN A | 71d overdue |
| 17777220 | BEVERAGE DISPENSING ASSEMBLY PREVENTING MICRO-ORGANISM REFLUX | PATTERSON, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER | 31d overdue |
| 19107225 | Method and Device for Preparing and Dispensing a Post-Mixed Beverage | CARROLL, JEREMY W | — |
| 19057139 | Container and Valve for a Container | GRANO, ERNESTO ARTURIO | — |
| 18019542 | BAG IN CONTAINER AND ADAPTER FOR CONNECTING A BAG IN CONTAINER TO A TAPPING DEVICE | ALLEN, JEFFREY R | — |
| 17984941 | SINGLE-SERVE CAPSULE FOR PREPARING A BEER-LIKE BEVERAGE | TRAN, LIEN THUY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3735 | 1 |
| 2117 | 1 |
| 3733 | 1 |
| 1793 | 1 |
| 3754 | 1 |
| 1717 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19107225 | Method and Device for Preparing and Dispensing a Post-Mixed Beverage | CARROLL, JEREMY W | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 |
| 19057139 | Container and Valve for a Container | GRANO, ERNESTO ARTURIO | 3735 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 19, 2025 |
| 18711931 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING BEVERAGE MANUFACTURING ANALYSIS | FOLLANSBEE, YVONNE TRANG | 2117 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 91d overdue | Pending | May 21, 2024 |
| 18019542 | BAG IN CONTAINER AND ADAPTER FOR CONNECTING A BAG IN CONTAINER TO A TAPPING DEVICE | ALLEN, JEFFREY R | 3733 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 03, 2023 |
| 17984941 | SINGLE-SERVE CAPSULE FOR PREPARING A BEER-LIKE BEVERAGE | TRAN, LIEN THUY | 1793 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 10, 2022 |
| 17777220 | BEVERAGE DISPENSING ASSEMBLY PREVENTING MICRO-ORGANISM REFLUX | PATTERSON, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER | 3754 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 31d overdue | Pending | May 16, 2022 |
| 17777126 | CONTAINER WITH A COATING LAYER | DAGENAIS, KRISTEN A | 1717 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 71d overdue | Pending | May 16, 2022 |
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