Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B V

7 pending office actions • 4 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
3
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (3)

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

0
Hard (0%)
5
Medium (71%)
2
Easy (29%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only5 (71%)
§112 only2 (29%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

5
Life Sciences
71% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
29% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KIM, BRYAN 2 28.7% +36.7%
RAIMUND, CHRISTOPHER W 1 72.6% +24.9%
ZILBERING, ASSAF 1 33.7% +27.0%
NORTON, JOHN J 1 67.2% +29.3%
MORENO, LARK JULIA 1 0.0% +0.0%
KIRKWOOD, SPENCER HAMMETT 1 50.6% +12.3%

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17799907 A COMPOSITION FOR FORMING A BEVERAGE MORENO, LARK JULIA 92d overdue
18269251 METHOD OF ROASTING COFFEE BEANS KIM, BRYAN 30d overdue
18269170 METHOD OF ROASTING COFFEE BEANS KIM, BRYAN 34d

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17740346 CAPSULE, A SYSTEM FOR PREPARING A POTABLE BEVERAGE FROM SUCH A CAPSULE AND USE OF SUCH A CAPSULE IN A BEVERAGE PREPARATION DEVICE KIRKWOOD, SPENCER HAMMETT 104d overdue
18269251 METHOD OF ROASTING COFFEE BEANS KIM, BRYAN 30d overdue
18572716 NON-DAIRY CREAMER COMPOSITION ZILBERING, ASSAF 9d
18269170 METHOD OF ROASTING COFFEE BEANS KIM, BRYAN 34d
18021793 BEVERAGE PREPARATION MACHINE AND COOLING MODULE NORTON, JOHN J 34d
18697394 IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO BEVERAGE CAPSULES RAIMUND, CHRISTOPHER W 47d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1792 3
3761 2
1746 1
1793 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18697394 IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO BEVERAGE CAPSULES RAIMUND, CHRISTOPHER W 1746 §103 Non-Final OA 47d Pending Mar 29, 2024
18572716 NON-DAIRY CREAMER COMPOSITION ZILBERING, ASSAF 1792 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Dec 20, 2023
18269170 METHOD OF ROASTING COFFEE BEANS KIM, BRYAN 1792 §112 Final Rejection 34d Pending Jun 22, 2023
18269251 METHOD OF ROASTING COFFEE BEANS KIM, BRYAN 1792 §103 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Jun 22, 2023
18021793 BEVERAGE PREPARATION MACHINE AND COOLING MODULE NORTON, JOHN J 3761 §112 Final Rejection 34d Pending Feb 16, 2023
17799907 A COMPOSITION FOR FORMING A BEVERAGE MORENO, LARK JULIA 1793 §103 Final Rejection 92d overdue Pending Aug 15, 2022
17740346 CAPSULE, A SYSTEM FOR PREPARING A POTABLE BEVERAGE FROM SUCH A CAPSULE AND USE OF SUCH A CAPSULE IN A BEVERAGE PREPARATION DEVICE KIRKWOOD, SPENCER HAMMETT 3761 §103 Non-Final OA 104d overdue Pending May 09, 2022

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