Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Henny Penny Corporation is currently managing 2 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. This distribution indicates that each of the pending office actions is being handled by a different examiner in a different administrative section. Examiner KERR, ELIZABETH M is identified as the busiest examiner, though they are only responsible for 1 pending office action.
This 1 action is part of the total workload. The involvement of 2 distinct art units suggests that the company's filings cover different technical sub-sectors within the broader Chemistry & Materials field. Managing multiple examiners across different units requires a coordination effort to ensure consistency. The company must adapt its prosecution strategy to the specific requirements and examiner tendencies found in each separate administrative environment. Practitioners should monitor the specific habits of KERR, ELIZABETH M while also tracking the other active files. This structure means that the outcome of one case may not necessarily predict the results of the other.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KERR, ELIZABETH M | 1 | 64.8% | +27.9% |
| KRASNOW, NICHOLAS R | 1 | 66.4% | +12.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18748713 | FRYER INCLUDING AUTOMATIC BASKET SHAKER LIFT AND VISION-BASED CONTROLS OF COOKING CYCLES AND COOKING MEDIUM SERVICING | KERR, ELIZABETH M | — |
| 18552103 | AUTOMATED FOOD FRYING SYSTEMS | KRASNOW, NICHOLAS R | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18748713 | FRYER INCLUDING AUTOMATIC BASKET SHAKER LIFT AND VISION-BASED CONTROLS OF COOKING CYCLES AND COOKING MEDIUM SERVICING | KERR, ELIZABETH M | — |
| 18552103 | AUTOMATED FOOD FRYING SYSTEMS | KRASNOW, NICHOLAS R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1792 | 1 |
| 1744 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18748713 | FRYER INCLUDING AUTOMATIC BASKET SHAKER LIFT AND VISION-BASED CONTROLS OF COOKING CYCLES AND COOKING MEDIUM SERVICING | KERR, ELIZABETH M | 1792 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2024 |
| 18552103 | AUTOMATED FOOD FRYING SYSTEMS | KRASNOW, NICHOLAS R | 1744 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 22, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialHenny Penny Corporation has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Elizabeth M Kerr has the most, with 1 of Henny Penny Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
