Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Industrie Rolli Alimentari S P A currently manages 3 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed among 3 distinct examiners. The portfolio is spread across 2 distinct art units, indicating that while the examiners are all different, there is some overlap in the technical classifications of the inventions. This structure suggests that the company's chemical research is concentrated enough to fall into only 2 specialized groups at the USPTO, despite having 3 separate matters in progress.
The busiest examiner for the company is O'HERN, BRENT T, who is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. This shows that the pending workload is evenly divided among the 3 examiners, with each handling exactly 1 action. Practitioners must be prepared to handle 3 different examination styles across 2 different art units. The concentration in Chemistry & Materials suggests a focused R&D effort. Navigating 2 art units requires understanding the specific prior art landscapes and examiner tendencies within those groups to ensure consistent results across the 3 pending actions.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (75%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KIM, BRYAN | 2 | 28.4% | +36.8% |
| O'HERN, BRENT T | 1 | 78.5% | +19.8% |
| PRAKASH, SUBBALAKSHMI | 1 | 45.7% | +36.1% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16083861 | METHOD FOR PREPARING CUT AND FROZEN VEGETABLES | KIM, BRYAN | 59d overdue |
| 18858994 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF PLANT PRODUCTS AS SUBSTITUTES FOR PASTA | O'HERN, BRENT T | — |
| 16071776 | METHOD FOR PREPARING CUT AND FROZEN VEGETABLES | KIM, BRYAN | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16083861 | METHOD FOR PREPARING CUT AND FROZEN VEGETABLES | KIM, BRYAN | 59d overdue |
| 18858994 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF PLANT PRODUCTS AS SUBSTITUTES FOR PASTA | O'HERN, BRENT T | — |
| 18263823 | METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF MEAL FROM PLANT INGREDIENTS | PRAKASH, SUBBALAKSHMI | — |
| 16071776 | METHOD FOR PREPARING CUT AND FROZEN VEGETABLES | KIM, BRYAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1792 | 2 |
| 1793 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18858994 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF PLANT PRODUCTS AS SUBSTITUTES FOR PASTA | O'HERN, BRENT T | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 22, 2024 |
| 18263823 | METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF MEAL FROM PLANT INGREDIENTS | PRAKASH, SUBBALAKSHMI | 1793 | — | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 01, 2023 |
| 16083861 | METHOD FOR PREPARING CUT AND FROZEN VEGETABLES | KIM, BRYAN | 1792 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 59d overdue | Pending | Sep 10, 2018 |
| 16071776 | METHOD FOR PREPARING CUT AND FROZEN VEGETABLES | KIM, BRYAN | 1792 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 20, 2018 |
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