Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
9 pending office actions • 6 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 39 patents granted in the last 365 days
Intercontinental Great Brands LLC has 9 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters involve 7 distinct examiners and 6 distinct art units, showing limited repetition across both examiner and technical assignments.
MERRIAM, ANDREW E is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. Those applications may support a focused review of common chemistry and materials issues. The remaining matters should be managed according to their individual prosecution histories and the particular art units handling them.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 1 (11%) |
| §103 only | 4 (44%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (44%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MERRIAM, ANDREW E | 2 | 28.3% | +33.9% |
| TRAN, LIEN THUY | 2 | 28.7% | +26.5% |
| MILLER, ALAN S | 1 | 70.7% | +26.4% |
| CHEUNG, CHUN HOI | 1 | 62.4% | +39.1% |
| ZILBERING, ASSAF | 1 | 35.3% | +27.6% |
| TAYLOR, AUSTIN PARKER | 1 | 42.2% | +27.7% |
| HOFFMAN, SUSAN COE | 1 | 54.2% | +25.7% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17781368 | HIGH-ACID BAKED GOOD AND METHOD OF MAKING BAKED GOOD | MERRIAM, ANDREW E | 97d overdue |
| 18551439 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COATING CONFECTIONERY PRODUCT | MERRIAM, ANDREW E | 35d overdue |
| 18018840 | GLUTEN-FREE BAKED GOODS | TRAN, LIEN THUY | 17d overdue |
| 18035919 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MULTIVARIATE PREDICTIVE MODEL-BASED BAKING PROCESS CONTROL | TAYLOR, AUSTIN PARKER | 70d |
| 19363205 | COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING ENVIRONMENT IMPACT INDICATORS FOR FOOD PRODUCTS | MILLER, ALAN S | — |
| 19104631 | CONTAINER WITH SEALING FLANGE | CHEUNG, CHUN HOI | — |
| 18281541 | A COMPOSITE BROWNIE AND COOKIE COMESTIBLE PRODUCT | TRAN, LIEN THUY | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17781368 | HIGH-ACID BAKED GOOD AND METHOD OF MAKING BAKED GOOD | MERRIAM, ANDREW E | 97d overdue |
| 17628491 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS TO AFFECT HUMAN GUT MICROBES | HOFFMAN, SUSAN COE | 46d overdue |
| 18551439 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COATING CONFECTIONERY PRODUCT | MERRIAM, ANDREW E | 35d overdue |
| 18018840 | GLUTEN-FREE BAKED GOODS | TRAN, LIEN THUY | 17d overdue |
| 18035919 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MULTIVARIATE PREDICTIVE MODEL-BASED BAKING PROCESS CONTROL | TAYLOR, AUSTIN PARKER | 70d |
| 19363205 | COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING ENVIRONMENT IMPACT INDICATORS FOR FOOD PRODUCTS | MILLER, ALAN S | — |
| 19104631 | CONTAINER WITH SEALING FLANGE | CHEUNG, CHUN HOI | — |
| 18842422 | A METHOD FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF A CREAM CHEESE | ZILBERING, ASSAF | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1792 | 2 |
| 1791 | 2 |
| 1793 | 2 |
| 3625 | 1 |
| 3736 | 1 |
| 1655 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19363205 | COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING ENVIRONMENT IMPACT INDICATORS FOR FOOD PRODUCTS | MILLER, ALAN S | 3625 | §101Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 20, 2025 |
| 19104631 | CONTAINER WITH SEALING FLANGE | CHEUNG, CHUN HOI | 3736 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 18, 2025 |
| 18842422 | A METHOD FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF A CREAM CHEESE | ZILBERING, ASSAF | 1792 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2024 |
| 18551439 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COATING CONFECTIONERY PRODUCT | MERRIAM, ANDREW E | 1791 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 35d overdue | Pending | Sep 20, 2023 |
| 18281541 | A COMPOSITE BROWNIE AND COOKIE COMESTIBLE PRODUCT | TRAN, LIEN THUY | 1793 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 11, 2023 |
| 18035919 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MULTIVARIATE PREDICTIVE MODEL-BASED BAKING PROCESS CONTROL | TAYLOR, AUSTIN PARKER | 1792 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 70d | Pending | May 08, 2023 |
| 18018840 | GLUTEN-FREE BAKED GOODS | TRAN, LIEN THUY | 1793 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 17d overdue | Pending | Jan 30, 2023 |
| 17781368 | HIGH-ACID BAKED GOOD AND METHOD OF MAKING BAKED GOOD | MERRIAM, ANDREW E | 1791 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 97d overdue | Pending | May 31, 2022 |
| 17628491 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS TO AFFECT HUMAN GUT MICROBES | HOFFMAN, SUSAN COE | 1655 | §103 | Final Rejection | 46d overdue | Pending | Jan 19, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialIntercontinental Great Brands LLC has 9 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 6 art units and 7 examiners.
Andrew E Merriam has the most, with 2 of Intercontinental Great Brands LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
