Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Mamame Whole Foods Pte. Ltd. currently manages 1 pending office action within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This single active matter represents the company's current focus at the USPTO. The case is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, which allows for a direct and focused dialogue between the applicant and the examiner.
The prosecution is situated within 1 distinct art unit. This indicates that the technology is highly specialized within the chemistry sector. Because the portfolio is limited to 1 distinct art unit, the practitioner can focus on the specific examination standards and precedents relevant to that particular department.
GERLA, STEPHANIE RAE is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. As the sole examiner involved in the company's current prosecution, GERLA, STEPHANIE RAE will have a significant impact on the eventual outcome of the claims. Understanding the specific examination style of GERLA, STEPHANIE RAE is critical.
With 1 pending office action, the prosecution strategy is focused on a single set of requirements. The practitioner can devote resources to addressing the specific concerns raised in the Chemistry & Materials area. This environment allows for a targeted response to the office action issued by the USPTO.
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 | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GERLA, STEPHANIE RAE | 1 | 16.7% | +33.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18465328 | TEMPEH CHIPS WITH IMPROVED ACID VALUE STABILITY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | GERLA, STEPHANIE RAE | 83d |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18465328 | TEMPEH CHIPS WITH IMPROVED ACID VALUE STABILITY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | GERLA, STEPHANIE RAE | 83d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1791 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18465328 | TEMPEH CHIPS WITH IMPROVED ACID VALUE STABILITY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | GERLA, STEPHANIE RAE | 1791 | §103 | Final Rejection | 83d | Pending | Sep 12, 2023 |
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