Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Ichiran Inc.

1 pending office actions • 0 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Ichiran Inc. currently has 1 pending office action. This single action is being handled by 1 distinct examiner, LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO, who serves as the busiest examiner with 1 pending action. There are 0 distinct art units recorded for this portfolio's current activity, which may reflect the specific nature of the pending matter.

The outcome of the company's current patent efforts rests entirely on the 1 pending office action assigned to examiner LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO. Because there are 0 distinct art units listed, the prosecution is highly concentrated. Practitioners should focus on the specific requirements of the 1 distinct examiner involved. This centralized prosecution profile means that any progress is dependent on the resolution of the 1 pending action currently pending. The workload is minimal but critical, as LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO manages the only active matter for the company.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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.

1
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
100% 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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO 1 8.9% +12.3%

Hard Cases (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue 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 —

Interview Candidates (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue 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 —

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
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 — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 17, 2024

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