Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
14 pending office actions • 9 art units • 14 examiners • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days
International Flavors And Fragrances Inc. has 1 pending office action within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. This active matter is being processed by a distinct examiner in a distinct art unit, representing a narrow point of contact with the patent office for current filings.
The busiest examiner, FUBARA, BLESSING M, is responsible for the 1 pending office action. This individual manages the entirety of the company's current pending prosecution in this specific technical domain.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 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. 6 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 + other | 2 (14%) |
| §103 only | 4 (29%) |
| §102 only | 1 (7%) |
| §112 only | 1 (7%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (29%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRAN, LIEN THUY | 1 | 28.6% | +26.5% |
| BOYER, CHARLES I | 1 | 70.4% | +19.6% |
| KONERU, SUJAY | 1 | 58.2% | +37.6% |
| STEINKE, SEAN JAMES | 1 | 12.5% | +42.9% |
| WITHERSPOON, SIKARL A | 1 | 86.2% | -20.1% |
| PAUL, SHREYA | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| BAHTA, MEDHANIT W | 1 | 80.6% | +28.2% |
| MELLER, MICHAEL V | 1 | 47.1% | +28.2% |
| PAULUS, ERIN VIRGINIA | 1 | 21.1% | +93.8% |
| DIVIESTI, KARLA ISOBEL | 1 | 3.4% | +20.0% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18683046 | CATALYTICAL PROCESS OF MAKING 4-HEXEN-3-ONE | WITHERSPOON, SIKARL A | — |
| 18282838 | SELECTIVE CATALYTIC ALKENE ISOMERIZATION FOR MAKING FRAGRANCE INGREDIENTS OR INTERMEDIATES | BAHTA, MEDHANIT W | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18043818 | SQUALENE HOPENE CYCLASE DERIVATIVES AND USE THEREOF FOR PRODUCING AMBROX | PAULUS, ERIN VIRGINIA | 113d overdue |
| 17340132 | Consumer Products with Improved Aesthetics | KASSA, TIGABU | 44d overdue |
| 17570498 | BIO-DEGRADABLE MICROCAPSULES | VANHORN, ABIGAIL LOUISE | 3d overdue |
| 18875268 | NOVEL GLUCOPYRANOSIDE COMPOSITIONS FOR SWEETNESS ENHANCEMENT | TRAN, LIEN THUY | — |
| 18716334 | METHODS FOR PRODUCING A FRAGRANCE COMPOSITION THAT ELICITS AN EMOTIONAL OR COGNITIVE RESPONSE AND COMPOSITIONS THEREOF | KONERU, SUJAY | — |
| 18702032 | NOVEL 2,2'-(OCTYLIMINO)BIS[ETHANOL] COMPOSITIONS AND USES THEREOF | STEINKE, SEAN JAMES | — |
| 18291489 | BIODEGRADABLE MICROCAPSULES | PAUL, SHREYA | — |
| 17998165 | ROBUST FLAVOR EMULSIONS | DIVIESTI, KARLA ISOBEL | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18043818 | SQUALENE HOPENE CYCLASE DERIVATIVES AND USE THEREOF FOR PRODUCING AMBROX | PAULUS, ERIN VIRGINIA | 113d overdue |
| 18281782 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING ABSOLUTES | MELLER, MICHAEL V | 15d overdue |
| 18875268 | NOVEL GLUCOPYRANOSIDE COMPOSITIONS FOR SWEETNESS ENHANCEMENT | TRAN, LIEN THUY | — |
| 18723811 | BIODEGRADABLE CHITOSAN MICROCAPSULES | BOYER, CHARLES I | — |
| 18716334 | METHODS FOR PRODUCING A FRAGRANCE COMPOSITION THAT ELICITS AN EMOTIONAL OR COGNITIVE RESPONSE AND COMPOSITIONS THEREOF | KONERU, SUJAY | — |
| 18702032 | NOVEL 2,2'-(OCTYLIMINO)BIS[ETHANOL] COMPOSITIONS AND USES THEREOF | STEINKE, SEAN JAMES | — |
| 18282838 | SELECTIVE CATALYTIC ALKENE ISOMERIZATION FOR MAKING FRAGRANCE INGREDIENTS OR INTERMEDIATES | BAHTA, MEDHANIT W | — |
| 17998165 | ROBUST FLAVOR EMULSIONS | DIVIESTI, KARLA ISOBEL | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1619 | 3 |
| 1761 | 2 |
| 1767 | 1 |
| 1692 | 1 |
| 1655 | 1 |
| 1631 | 1 |
| 1792 | 1 |
| 1636 | 1 |
| 1791 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18875268 | NOVEL GLUCOPYRANOSIDE COMPOSITIONS FOR SWEETNESS ENHANCEMENT | TRAN, LIEN THUY | — | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 18723811 | BIODEGRADABLE CHITOSAN MICROCAPSULES | BOYER, CHARLES I | 1761 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2024 |
| 18716334 | METHODS FOR PRODUCING A FRAGRANCE COMPOSITION THAT ELICITS AN EMOTIONAL OR COGNITIVE RESPONSE AND COMPOSITIONS THEREOF | KONERU, SUJAY | 1767 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 04, 2024 |
| 18702032 | NOVEL 2,2'-(OCTYLIMINO)BIS[ETHANOL] COMPOSITIONS AND USES THEREOF | STEINKE, SEAN JAMES | 1619 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 17, 2024 |
| 18683046 | CATALYTICAL PROCESS OF MAKING 4-HEXEN-3-ONE | WITHERSPOON, SIKARL A | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2024 |
| 18291489 | BIODEGRADABLE MICROCAPSULES | PAUL, SHREYA | 1761 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2024 |
| 18282838 | SELECTIVE CATALYTIC ALKENE ISOMERIZATION FOR MAKING FRAGRANCE INGREDIENTS OR INTERMEDIATES | BAHTA, MEDHANIT W | 1692 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2023 |
| 18281782 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING ABSOLUTES | MELLER, MICHAEL V | 1655 | §103 | Final Rejection | 15d overdue | Pending | Sep 13, 2023 |
| 18043818 | SQUALENE HOPENE CYCLASE DERIVATIVES AND USE THEREOF FOR PRODUCING AMBROX | PAULUS, ERIN VIRGINIA | 1631 | §102§103§112DP | Final Rejection | 113d overdue | Pending | Mar 02, 2023 |
| 17998165 | ROBUST FLAVOR EMULSIONS | DIVIESTI, KARLA ISOBEL | 1792 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2022 |
| 17962770 | RELOADABLE MICROCAPSULES | GOTFREDSON, GAREN | 1619 | §103DPOther | Final Rejection | 71d | Pending | Oct 10, 2022 |
| 17570498 | BIO-DEGRADABLE MICROCAPSULES | VANHORN, ABIGAIL LOUISE | 1636 | §102§103Other | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | Jan 07, 2022 |
| 17340132 | Consumer Products with Improved Aesthetics | KASSA, TIGABU | 1619 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 44d overdue | Pending | Jun 07, 2021 |
| 16617314 | CARBOHYDRATE-BASED FLAVOR-CONTAINING GRANULES AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME | KERSHAW, KELLY P | 1791 | §112 | Final Rejection | 97d overdue | Pending | Nov 26, 2019 |
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