Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
8 pending office actions • 4 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 24 patents granted in the last 365 days
Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC has 7 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. Those matters are distributed among 5 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units, indicating that prosecution is spread across multiple USPTO channels rather than concentrated in a single examination group.
JACOBSON, MICHELE LYNN is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. Counsel reviewing this portfolio should account for examiner-specific practice while also coordinating positions across the related art units. The distribution supports a matter-by-matter prosecution plan, with particular attention to maintaining consistent claim strategy across the portfolio.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 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. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 4 (50%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (25%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (12%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| JACOBSON, MICHELE LYNN | 2 | 28.1% | +33.9% |
| NGUYEN, THANH H | 2 | 18.5% | +34.3% |
| THAKUR, VIREN A | 1 | 13.3% | +26.5% |
| VOLZ, ELIZABETH J | 1 | 66.7% | +19.0% |
| LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO | 1 | 8.9% | +12.3% |
| GERLA, STEPHANIE RAE | 1 | 16.3% | +30.6% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18563086 | PLANT-BASED CHEESE PRODUCT AND METHOD OF MAKING A PLANT-BASED CHEESE PRODUCT | JACOBSON, MICHELE LYNN | 97d overdue |
| 17094581 | Low Water Coffee And Tea Beverage Concentrates And Methods For Making The Same | GERLA, STEPHANIE RAE | 6d |
| 19222297 | REFRIGERATED SANDWICH PRODUCT, AND DOUGH FORMULATION FOR USE IN REFRIGERATED SANDWICH PRODUCTS | THAKUR, VIREN A | — |
| 18698946 | PLANT-BASED CHEESE PRODUCT AND METHOD OF MAKING A PLANT-BASED CHEESE PRODUCT | LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO | — |
| 18087552 | Plant-Based Cheese Product And Method Of Making A Plant-Based Cheese Product | JACOBSON, MICHELE LYNN | — |
| 17504820 | PACKAGED FOOD PRODUCT AND PROCESS AND PACKAGING THEREFOR | NGUYEN, THANH H | — |
| 16690713 | Container for Dispensing Multiple Doses of a Concentrated Liquid | NGUYEN, THANH H | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18563086 | PLANT-BASED CHEESE PRODUCT AND METHOD OF MAKING A PLANT-BASED CHEESE PRODUCT | JACOBSON, MICHELE LYNN | 97d overdue |
| 17094581 | Low Water Coffee And Tea Beverage Concentrates And Methods For Making The Same | GERLA, STEPHANIE RAE | 6d |
| 18907250 | Container and Lid | VOLZ, ELIZABETH J | 28d |
| 19222297 | REFRIGERATED SANDWICH PRODUCT, AND DOUGH FORMULATION FOR USE IN REFRIGERATED SANDWICH PRODUCTS | THAKUR, VIREN A | — |
| 18698946 | PLANT-BASED CHEESE PRODUCT AND METHOD OF MAKING A PLANT-BASED CHEESE PRODUCT | LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO | — |
| 18087552 | Plant-Based Cheese Product And Method Of Making A Plant-Based Cheese Product | JACOBSON, MICHELE LYNN | — |
| 17504820 | PACKAGED FOOD PRODUCT AND PROCESS AND PACKAGING THEREFOR | NGUYEN, THANH H | — |
| 16690713 | Container for Dispensing Multiple Doses of a Concentrated Liquid | NGUYEN, THANH H | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1792 | 3 |
| 1791 | 2 |
| 1793 | 2 |
| 3733 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19222297 | REFRIGERATED SANDWICH PRODUCT, AND DOUGH FORMULATION FOR USE IN REFRIGERATED SANDWICH PRODUCTS | THAKUR, VIREN A | 1792 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 29, 2025 |
| 18907250 | Container and Lid | VOLZ, ELIZABETH J | 3733 | §103 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 |
| 18698946 | PLANT-BASED CHEESE PRODUCT AND METHOD OF MAKING A PLANT-BASED CHEESE PRODUCT | LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO | 1791 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 05, 2024 |
| 18563086 | PLANT-BASED CHEESE PRODUCT AND METHOD OF MAKING A PLANT-BASED CHEESE PRODUCT | JACOBSON, MICHELE LYNN | 1793 | §103 | Final Rejection | 97d overdue | Pending | Nov 21, 2023 |
| 18087552 | Plant-Based Cheese Product And Method Of Making A Plant-Based Cheese Product | JACOBSON, MICHELE LYNN | 1793 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 22, 2022 |
| 17504820 | PACKAGED FOOD PRODUCT AND PROCESS AND PACKAGING THEREFOR | NGUYEN, THANH H | 1792 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 19, 2021 |
| 17094581 | Low Water Coffee And Tea Beverage Concentrates And Methods For Making The Same | GERLA, STEPHANIE RAE | 1791 | §103 | Final Rejection | 6d | Pending | Nov 10, 2020 |
| 16690713 | Container for Dispensing Multiple Doses of a Concentrated Liquid | NGUYEN, THANH H | 1792 | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2019 |
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Start Free TrialKraft Foods Group Brands LLC has 8 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 6 examiners.
Michele Lynn Jacobson has the most, with 2 of Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
