Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Ichiran Inc. has 1 pending office action in Chemistry & Materials. The matter is handled by 1 distinct examiner in 1 distinct art unit, creating a direct examination path.
LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO is the busiest examiner. The concentrated record supports a focused review of claim scope, material definitions, and the specific evidentiary response needed for the action.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO | 1 | 8.9% | +12.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18857525 | COMPOSITION FOR PREPARING BOILING HOT WATER FOR BROTH, INSTANT BROTH NOODLES FOOD WITH SIMMERED BONE TASTE AND METHOD FOR COOKING INSTANT BROTH NOODLES WITH SIMMERED BONE TASTE | LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18857525 | COMPOSITION FOR PREPARING BOILING HOT WATER FOR BROTH, INSTANT BROTH NOODLES FOOD WITH SIMMERED BONE TASTE AND METHOD FOR COOKING INSTANT BROTH NOODLES WITH SIMMERED BONE TASTE | LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1791 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18857525 | COMPOSITION FOR PREPARING BOILING HOT WATER FOR BROTH, INSTANT BROTH NOODLES FOOD WITH SIMMERED BONE TASTE AND METHOD FOR COOKING INSTANT BROTH NOODLES WITH SIMMERED BONE TASTE | LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO | 1791 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 17, 2024 |
IP Author helps IP teams respond to office actions faster with AI-generated responses, examiner analytics, and prosecution intelligence.
Start Free TrialIchiran Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Deborah Yang-Hao Liu has the most, with 1 of Ichiran Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
