Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
5 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Kirin Holdings Kabushiki Kaisha maintains 5 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are spread across 5 distinct examiners, showing a high degree of examiner diversity relative to the total number of pending matters. The portfolio involves 4 distinct art units, which indicates that the company's chemical and materials innovations are being reviewed across several specialized technical groups at the patent office. This breadth across 4 distinct art units suggests a variety of technical applications within the chemistry field.
CHAWLA, JYOTI is identified as the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. Since every pending matter is assigned to a different person, each examiner is currently handling exactly one case. This one to one ratio between pending actions and examiners means the applicant must navigate different individual perspectives without any overlap in examiner assignments. Managing the docket requires a strategy that accounts for the specific preferences and historical patterns of each individual assigned to the cases.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 1 (20%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (60%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHAWLA, JYOTI | 1 | 52.7% | +30.3% |
| CORDERO, LINA M | 1 | 71.6% | +37.5% |
| DICKENS, AMELIA NICOLE | 1 | 47.6% | +21.1% |
| HAWKINS, AMANDA SALATA | 1 | 12.0% | +45.2% |
| ESSEX, LAURA ANN | 1 | 60.5% | +35.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18281991 | PACKAGED TEA BEVERAGE IN WHICH PAPER ODOR IS SUPPRESSED, AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR SAME | HAWKINS, AMANDA SALATA | 21d |
| 18719027 | FERMENTATION COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | CHAWLA, JYOTI | — |
| 18693404 | SUPPLEMENT COMPOUNDING AND PREPARATION TERMINAL, SUPPLEMENT SUPPLY SYSTEM, AND SUPPLEMENT COMPOUNDING AND PREPARATION METHOD | CORDERO, LINA M | — |
| 18287081 | GROWTH PROMOTER FOR LACTIC ACID COCCI | DICKENS, AMELIA NICOLE | — |
| 17259778 | COMPOSITION FOR USE IN IMPROVING ATTENTION FUNCTION AND JUDGEMENT FUNCTION | ESSEX, LAURA ANN | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18281991 | PACKAGED TEA BEVERAGE IN WHICH PAPER ODOR IS SUPPRESSED, AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR SAME | HAWKINS, AMANDA SALATA | 21d |
| 18719027 | FERMENTATION COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | CHAWLA, JYOTI | — |
| 18693404 | SUPPLEMENT COMPOUNDING AND PREPARATION TERMINAL, SUPPLEMENT SUPPLY SYSTEM, AND SUPPLEMENT COMPOUNDING AND PREPARATION METHOD | CORDERO, LINA M | — |
| 18287081 | GROWTH PROMOTER FOR LACTIC ACID COCCI | DICKENS, AMELIA NICOLE | — |
| 17259778 | COMPOSITION FOR USE IN IMPROVING ATTENTION FUNCTION AND JUDGEMENT FUNCTION | ESSEX, LAURA ANN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1791 | 1 |
| 1645 | 1 |
| 1793 | 1 |
| 1675 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18719027 | FERMENTATION COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | CHAWLA, JYOTI | 1791 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2024 |
| 18693404 | SUPPLEMENT COMPOUNDING AND PREPARATION TERMINAL, SUPPLEMENT SUPPLY SYSTEM, AND SUPPLEMENT COMPOUNDING AND PREPARATION METHOD | CORDERO, LINA M | — | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 19, 2024 |
| 18287081 | GROWTH PROMOTER FOR LACTIC ACID COCCI | DICKENS, AMELIA NICOLE | 1645 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 16, 2023 |
| 18281991 | PACKAGED TEA BEVERAGE IN WHICH PAPER ODOR IS SUPPRESSED, AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR SAME | HAWKINS, AMANDA SALATA | 1793 | §103DP | Final Rejection | 21d | Pending | Sep 14, 2023 |
| 17259778 | COMPOSITION FOR USE IN IMPROVING ATTENTION FUNCTION AND JUDGEMENT FUNCTION | ESSEX, LAURA ANN | 1675 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 12, 2021 |
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