Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
14 pending office actions • 7 art units • 14 examiners • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
KIKKOMAN Corporation currently manages 14 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These matters are assigned to 14 distinct examiners, meaning every pending case is being reviewed by a different individual. This one-to-one ratio between 14 pending office actions and 14 distinct examiners indicates a highly decentralized examination process.
The portfolio's reach extends across 7 distinct art units, showing a diverse technical range within the Chemistry & Materials sector. GURSKI, AMANDA KAREN, is the busiest examiner, but they are responsible for only 1 pending office action. Since the busiest examiner pending count is 1, the workload is evenly spread across all 14 distinct examiners. Practitioners must navigate 7 distinct art units without the benefit of examiner overlap, requiring a flexible strategy to address the 14 different perspectives currently active in the portfolio.
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 + other | 1 (7%) |
| §103 only | 6 (43%) |
| §112 only | 2 (14%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (7%) |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GURSKI, AMANDA KAREN | 1 | 33.7% | +29.2% |
| BEKKER, KELLY JO | 1 | 16.7% | +35.4% |
| ROBINSON, HOPE A | 1 | 67.7% | +43.1% |
| CHOWDHURY, IQBAL HOSSAIN | 1 | 73.7% | +57.4% |
| SMITH, CHAIM A | 1 | 39.2% | +51.2% |
| MERCHLINSKY, JOSEPH CULLEN | 1 | 5.9% | -6.3% |
| LANKFORD JR, LEON B | 1 | 70.0% | +31.6% |
| TURNER, FELICIA C | 1 | 26.3% | +30.1% |
| GERLA, STEPHANIE RAE | 1 | 16.7% | +33.0% |
| JACOBSON, MICHELE LYNN | 1 | 28.0% | +32.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18691627 | SOY SAUCE RICH IN ORGANIC ACID | MERCHLINSKY, JOSEPH CULLEN | 40d |
| 18019872 | Food/Beverage Article | GERLA, STEPHANIE RAE | 40d |
| 17911562 | Fermented Soy Beverage Concentrate and Method for Producing the Same | JACOBSON, MICHELE LYNN | 63d |
| 19133345 | EVALUATION VALUE ESTIMATION SYSTEM, EVALUATION VALUE ESTIMATION METHOD, EVALUATION VALUE ESTIMATION DEVICE, EVALUATION VALUE ESTIMATION PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM ON WHICH SAID PROGRAM IS RECORDED | GURSKI, AMANDA KAREN | — |
| 18879527 | FERMENTED SEASONING | BEKKER, KELLY JO | — |
| 18867974 | NUCLEIC ACID MODIFIED TO OBTAIN ENHANCED ERGOTHIONEINE PRODUCTIVITY, AND MICROORGANISM HAVING GENETIC MODIFICATION | ROBINSON, HOPE A | — |
| 18751259 | LIQUID CONCENTRATE FOR SEASONING, WOOD PIECE USABLE AS FERMENTATION INDEX FOR SEASONING, KIT FOR MANUFACTURING SEASONING, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEASONING, SEASONING, AND THICKENED SEASONING | SMITH, CHAIM A | — |
| 18041146 | Seasoning From Malted Rice Used as Raw Material | TURNER, FELICIA C | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18019872 | Food/Beverage Article | GERLA, STEPHANIE RAE | 40d |
| 17911562 | Fermented Soy Beverage Concentrate and Method for Producing the Same | JACOBSON, MICHELE LYNN | 63d |
| 19133345 | EVALUATION VALUE ESTIMATION SYSTEM, EVALUATION VALUE ESTIMATION METHOD, EVALUATION VALUE ESTIMATION DEVICE, EVALUATION VALUE ESTIMATION PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM ON WHICH SAID PROGRAM IS RECORDED | GURSKI, AMANDA KAREN | — |
| 18879527 | FERMENTED SEASONING | BEKKER, KELLY JO | — |
| 18867974 | NUCLEIC ACID MODIFIED TO OBTAIN ENHANCED ERGOTHIONEINE PRODUCTIVITY, AND MICROORGANISM HAVING GENETIC MODIFICATION | ROBINSON, HOPE A | — |
| 18729704 | RECOMBINANTLY EXPRESSED GLUTAMATE OXIDASE | CHOWDHURY, IQBAL HOSSAIN | — |
| 18751259 | LIQUID CONCENTRATE FOR SEASONING, WOOD PIECE USABLE AS FERMENTATION INDEX FOR SEASONING, KIT FOR MANUFACTURING SEASONING, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEASONING, SEASONING, AND THICKENED SEASONING | SMITH, CHAIM A | — |
| 18294648 | NOVEL FLAVIN-DEPENDENT LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING STABILITY OF LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE | LANKFORD JR, LEON B | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1791 | 4 |
| 1793 | 3 |
| 1657 | 2 |
| 3625 | 1 |
| 1792 | 1 |
| 1652 | 1 |
| 1655 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19133345 | EVALUATION VALUE ESTIMATION SYSTEM, EVALUATION VALUE ESTIMATION METHOD, EVALUATION VALUE ESTIMATION DEVICE, EVALUATION VALUE ESTIMATION PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM ON WHICH SAID PROGRAM IS RECORDED | GURSKI, AMANDA KAREN | 3625 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 28, 2025 |
| 18879527 | FERMENTED SEASONING | BEKKER, KELLY JO | 1792 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2024 |
| 18867974 | NUCLEIC ACID MODIFIED TO OBTAIN ENHANCED ERGOTHIONEINE PRODUCTIVITY, AND MICROORGANISM HAVING GENETIC MODIFICATION | ROBINSON, HOPE A | 1652 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2024 |
| 18729704 | RECOMBINANTLY EXPRESSED GLUTAMATE OXIDASE | CHOWDHURY, IQBAL HOSSAIN | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2024 |
| 18751259 | LIQUID CONCENTRATE FOR SEASONING, WOOD PIECE USABLE AS FERMENTATION INDEX FOR SEASONING, KIT FOR MANUFACTURING SEASONING, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEASONING, SEASONING, AND THICKENED SEASONING | SMITH, CHAIM A | 1791 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 23, 2024 |
| 18691627 | SOY SAUCE RICH IN ORGANIC ACID | MERCHLINSKY, JOSEPH CULLEN | 1791 | §103 | Final Rejection | 40d | Pending | Mar 13, 2024 |
| 18294648 | NOVEL FLAVIN-DEPENDENT LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING STABILITY OF LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE | LANKFORD JR, LEON B | 1657 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 02, 2024 |
| 18041146 | Seasoning From Malted Rice Used as Raw Material | TURNER, FELICIA C | 1793 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 09, 2023 |
| 18019872 | Food/Beverage Article | GERLA, STEPHANIE RAE | 1791 | §103 | Final Rejection | 40d | Pending | Feb 06, 2023 |
| 17911562 | Fermented Soy Beverage Concentrate and Method for Producing the Same | JACOBSON, MICHELE LYNN | 1793 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 63d | Pending | Sep 14, 2022 |
| 17905506 | CONTAINER-PACKED COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING FLAVOR OF CITRUS JUICE | GLIMM, CARRIE LYNN STOFFEL | 1793 | §103 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Sep 02, 2022 |
| 17801033 | DEVICE FOR EVALUATING STATE OF SAMPLE, SYSTEM CONTAINING SAME, METHOD FOR EVALUATING STATE OF SAMPLE AND LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE USED THEREFOR | MOEHLMAN, ANDREW TERRY | 1655 | §103§112DPOther | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 19, 2022 |
| 17764713 | COMPOSITION PACKED IN CONTAINER, USE THEREOF, AND PROCESSED FOOD PACKED IN CONTAINER | LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO | 1791 | §103 | Final Rejection | 84d overdue | Pending | Mar 29, 2022 |
| 17638837 | Method for Measuring Pentosidine and Measurement Kit | EDWARDS, JESSICA FAYE | 1657 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2022 |
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