Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Kewpie Jyozo Co. Ltd. has 2 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These 2 actions are distributed among 2 distinct examiners, ensuring that each application is reviewed by a different person. The workload is also split across 2 distinct art units, which suggests that the company's current applications cover different technical niches within the broader chemistry field. The busiest examiner, ZILBERING, ASSAF, is responsible for 1 pending office action.
Given that there are 2 pending office actions and 2 distinct examiners, the busiest examiner pending count of 1 confirms that the workload is not clustered under a single individual. This distribution across 2 distinct art units means that the company must adapt to different sets of art unit practices. Practitioners should prepare for two unique prosecution paths, as the 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units offer no overlap in the current pending workload. The resolution of these 2 pending office actions will provide insights into the company's standing across multiple Chemistry & Materials sectors.
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 | 2 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZILBERING, ASSAF | 1 | 35.3% | +27.6% |
| 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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18036010 | COOKED RICE IMPROVER AND METHOD OF PRODUCING COOKED RICE | 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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18038303 | EMULSIFIED COMPOSITION, AND FOOD OR DRINK PRODUCT | ZILBERING, ASSAF | 5d |
| 18036010 | COOKED RICE IMPROVER AND METHOD OF PRODUCING COOKED RICE | SHELLHAMMER, JAMES PAUL | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1792 | 1 |
| 1793 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18038303 | EMULSIFIED COMPOSITION, AND FOOD OR DRINK PRODUCT | ZILBERING, ASSAF | 1792 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 5d | Pending | May 23, 2023 |
| 18036010 | COOKED RICE IMPROVER AND METHOD OF PRODUCING COOKED RICE | SHELLHAMMER, JAMES PAUL | 1793 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialKewpie Jyozo Co. Ltd. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Assaf Zilbering has the most, with 1 of Kewpie Jyozo Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
