Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 12, 2026

Herbstreith & Fox GmbH & Co. KG Pektin-Fabriken

8 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
3
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

3
Hard (38%)
4
Medium (50%)
1
Easy (12%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§112 only1 (12%)
Double-patenting + other4 (50%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (38%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

8
Life Sciences
100% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KRISHNAN, GANAPATHY 3 52.4% +0.5%
LE, EMILY M 2 17.6% -3.1%
KERSHAW, KELLY P 1 16.8% +15.1%
FRONDA, CHRISTIAN L 1 82.6% +14.0%
JACOBSON, MICHELE LYNN 1 26.6% +32.4%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18247726 LOW METHOXYL, HIGHLY CALCIUM-REACTIVE PECTIN AND PROCESS FOR ITS PREPARATION FRONDA, CHRISTIAN L

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18040414 PECTIN-CONTAINING PLANT FIBER COMPOSITION FOR PLANT-BASED ICE CREAM JACOBSON, MICHELE LYNN 15d
18039757 MULTI-COMPONENT SYSTEM FOR PREPARING PLANT-BASED SAUCES AND/OR SOUPS KERSHAW, KELLY P
18009133 USE OF AN ACTIVATABLE PECTIN-CONTAINING APPLE FIBER FOR PRODUCING PRODUCTS LE, EMILY M
18009301 USE OF AN ACTIVATABLE PECTIN-CONTAINING CITRUS FIBER FOR PRODUCING PRODUCTS LE, EMILY M

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18040414 PECTIN-CONTAINING PLANT FIBER COMPOSITION FOR PLANT-BASED ICE CREAM JACOBSON, MICHELE LYNN 15d
18039757 MULTI-COMPONENT SYSTEM FOR PREPARING PLANT-BASED SAUCES AND/OR SOUPS KERSHAW, KELLY P
18247726 LOW METHOXYL, HIGHLY CALCIUM-REACTIVE PECTIN AND PROCESS FOR ITS PREPARATION FRONDA, CHRISTIAN L

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1693 3
1793 3
1791 1
1652 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18039757 MULTI-COMPONENT SYSTEM FOR PREPARING PLANT-BASED SAUCES AND/OR SOUPS KERSHAW, KELLY P 1791 §112 Final Rejection Pending Oct 12, 2023
18247726 LOW METHOXYL, HIGHLY CALCIUM-REACTIVE PECTIN AND PROCESS FOR ITS PREPARATION FRONDA, CHRISTIAN L 1652 §102§103DP Non-Final OA Pending Apr 03, 2023
18040429 USE OF AN ACTIVATABLE, DE-ESTERIFIED, PECTIN-CONVERTED FRUIT FIBER FOR THE MANUFACTURING OF PRODUCTS KRISHNAN, GANAPATHY 1693 §103DP Non-Final OA Pending Feb 03, 2023
18040421 USE OF AN ACTIVATABLE, DE-ESTERIFIED FRUIT FIBER FOR THE MANUFACTURING OF PRODUCTS KRISHNAN, GANAPATHY 1693 §103DP Non-Final OA 84d Pending Feb 02, 2023
18040414 PECTIN-CONTAINING PLANT FIBER COMPOSITION FOR PLANT-BASED ICE CREAM JACOBSON, MICHELE LYNN 1793 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Feb 02, 2023
18009133 USE OF AN ACTIVATABLE PECTIN-CONTAINING APPLE FIBER FOR PRODUCING PRODUCTS LE, EMILY M 1793 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Dec 08, 2022
18009301 USE OF AN ACTIVATABLE PECTIN-CONTAINING CITRUS FIBER FOR PRODUCING PRODUCTS LE, EMILY M 1793 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Dec 08, 2022
18009296 USE OF AN ACTIVATED PECTIN-CONTAINING CITRUS FIBER FOR PRODUCING PRODUCTS KRISHNAN, GANAPATHY 1693 §103DP Non-Final OA Pending Dec 08, 2022

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