Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Ingredion Incorporated

6 pending office actions • 4 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
3
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Due ≤ 60 days (3)

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.

0
Hard (0%)
6
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only6 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
83% 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
17% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WATTS, JENNA A 1 48.4% +54.2%
DRODGE, JOSEPH W 1 78.2% +38.3%
GURTOWSKI, RICHARD C 1 72.1% +38.5%
KOHLER, STEPHANIE A 1 31.4% +30.4%
DIVIESTI, KARLA ISOBEL 1 4.3% +25.0%
DUCHENEAUX, FRANK D 1 44.3% -13.8%

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
17916072 PLANT-BASED ANALOG MEAT COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE DIVIESTI, KARLA ISOBEL 56d

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18683890 DE-FLAVORED FAVA BEAN PROTEIN CONCENTRATES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE WATTS, JENNA A 39d
18561054 AQUEOUS BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS WITH REDUCED PHOSPHATE LEVELS AND METHODS OF REDUCING PHOSPHATE LEVELS GURTOWSKI, RICHARD C 56d
17916072 PLANT-BASED ANALOG MEAT COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE DIVIESTI, KARLA ISOBEL 56d
18293553 METHODS FOR THERMALLY INHIBITING STARCH DRODGE, JOSEPH W
18552984 ALGINATE-FREE BAKERY CREAMS COMPRISING COLD WATER SWELLABLE STARCH KOHLER, STEPHANIE A

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1791 2
1773 1
1792 1
1788 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18683890 DE-FLAVORED FAVA BEAN PROTEIN CONCENTRATES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE WATTS, JENNA A 1791 §103 Non-Final OA 39d Pending Feb 15, 2024
18293553 METHODS FOR THERMALLY INHIBITING STARCH DRODGE, JOSEPH W §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 30, 2024
18561054 AQUEOUS BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS WITH REDUCED PHOSPHATE LEVELS AND METHODS OF REDUCING PHOSPHATE LEVELS GURTOWSKI, RICHARD C 1773 §103 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Nov 15, 2023
18552984 ALGINATE-FREE BAKERY CREAMS COMPRISING COLD WATER SWELLABLE STARCH KOHLER, STEPHANIE A 1791 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 28, 2023
17916072 PLANT-BASED ANALOG MEAT COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE DIVIESTI, KARLA ISOBEL 1792 §103 Final Rejection 56d Pending Sep 30, 2022
17427320 IMPROVED CORRUGATING ADHESIVES DUCHENEAUX, FRANK D 1788 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 30, 2021

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