Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
7 pending office actions • 5 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Impossible Foods Inc. currently manages 6 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These matters are distributed among 5 distinct examiners, suggesting a range of interactions with USPTO staff. The company's filings are also spread across 5 distinct art units, indicating that their chemical and material innovations cover several specialized technical classifications.
GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A is the busiest examiner for the company, currently overseeing 2 pending office actions. While the other pending office actions are handled by different individuals, GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A has a higher concentration of the company's current workload. This distribution across 5 distinct examiners helps the company avoid excessive reliance on a single examiner's perspective.
The involvement of 5 distinct art units for 6 pending office actions shows technical variety in the company's portfolio. GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A, with 2 pending office actions, is the only examiner handling more than one matter. This level of activity in Chemistry & Materials reflects an active approach to securing patent protection for their food technology innovations.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 3 (43%) |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A | 2 | 36.0% | +34.9% |
| TAYLOR, AUSTIN PARKER | 1 | 42.2% | +27.7% |
| BOWERS, ERIN M | 1 | 54.7% | +9.8% |
| RAVINDRA, KRISHNA NUGGEHALLI | 1 | 47.1% | +36.5% |
| DACE DENITO, ALEXANDRA GERALDINE | 1 | 54.5% | +32.6% |
| SHELLHAMMER, JAMES PAUL | 1 | 10.0% | +18.8% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18066890 | GENETIC FACTOR TO INCREASE EXPRESSION OF RECOMBINANT PROTEINS | RAVINDRA, KRISHNA NUGGEHALLI | 6d |
| 18989155 | NON-ANIMAL-BASED WHOLE-CUT FOOD PRODUCTS | TAYLOR, AUSTIN PARKER | — |
| 18672962 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR AFFECTING THE FLAVOR AND AROMA PROFILE OF CONSUMABLES | GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A | — |
| 18672903 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR CONSUMABLES | GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A | — |
| 17905082 | MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR PROTEIN PRODUCTION | SHELLHAMMER, JAMES PAUL | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18066890 | GENETIC FACTOR TO INCREASE EXPRESSION OF RECOMBINANT PROTEINS | RAVINDRA, KRISHNA NUGGEHALLI | 6d |
| 18989155 | NON-ANIMAL-BASED WHOLE-CUT FOOD PRODUCTS | TAYLOR, AUSTIN PARKER | — |
| 18672962 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR AFFECTING THE FLAVOR AND AROMA PROFILE OF CONSUMABLES | GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A | — |
| 18672903 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR CONSUMABLES | GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A | — |
| 17942951 | GROUND MEAT REPLICAS | DACE DENITO, ALEXANDRA GERALDINE | — |
| 17905082 | MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR PROTEIN PRODUCTION | SHELLHAMMER, JAMES PAUL | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1759 | 2 |
| 1636 | 2 |
| 1792 | 1 |
| 1653 | 1 |
| 1793 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18989155 | NON-ANIMAL-BASED WHOLE-CUT FOOD PRODUCTS | TAYLOR, AUSTIN PARKER | 1792 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18672962 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR AFFECTING THE FLAVOR AND AROMA PROFILE OF CONSUMABLES | GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A | 1759 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2024 |
| 18672903 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR CONSUMABLES | GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A | 1759 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2024 |
| 18307144 | SECRETION OF HEME-CONTAINING POLYPEPTIDES | BOWERS, ERIN M | 1653 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 26, 2023 |
| 18066890 | GENETIC FACTOR TO INCREASE EXPRESSION OF RECOMBINANT PROTEINS | RAVINDRA, KRISHNA NUGGEHALLI | 1636 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 6d | Pending | Dec 15, 2022 |
| 17942951 | GROUND MEAT REPLICAS | DACE DENITO, ALEXANDRA GERALDINE | 1636 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2022 |
| 17905082 | MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR PROTEIN PRODUCTION | SHELLHAMMER, JAMES PAUL | 1793 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 26, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialImpossible Foods Inc. has 7 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 6 examiners.
Elizabeth A Gwartney has the most, with 2 of Impossible Foods Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
