Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Metabolic Technologies, LLC

3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Portfolio Summary

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

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due later (1)

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%)
1
Medium (33%)
0
Easy (0%)
2
Unknown (67%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (33%)
No statute on record2 (67%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
100% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% 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.

30 h
Manual time on pending OAs
6 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
10 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SANCHEZ, JUSTIN CHRISTOPHER 1 86.5% +11.5%
WHITE, DAWANNA SHAR-DAY 1 62.3% +24.5%
LI, CHANGQING 1 30.0% +34.0%

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17350521 Compositions and Methods of Use of Beta-Hydroxy-Beta-methylbutyrate (HMB) for Improving Muscle Mass, Strength and Muscular Function Without Exercise WHITE, DAWANNA SHAR-DAY 31d overdue
18095314 Nutritional Intervention for Improving Muscular Function and Strength SANCHEZ, JUSTIN CHRISTOPHER 22d
14209614 Liquids and Foodstuffs Containing beta-hydroxy-beta-methylbutyrate (HMB) in the Free Acid Form and Methods of Manufacturing or Producing the Same LI, CHANGQING 83d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1622 1
1627 1
1791 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18095314 Nutritional Intervention for Improving Muscular Function and Strength SANCHEZ, JUSTIN CHRISTOPHER 1622 Other Final Rejection 22d Pending Jan 10, 2023
17350521 Compositions and Methods of Use of Beta-Hydroxy-Beta-methylbutyrate (HMB) for Improving Muscle Mass, Strength and Muscular Function Without Exercise WHITE, DAWANNA SHAR-DAY 1627 Other Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Jun 17, 2021
14209614 Liquids and Foodstuffs Containing beta-hydroxy-beta-methylbutyrate (HMB) in the Free Acid Form and Methods of Manufacturing or Producing the Same LI, CHANGQING 1791 §103 Final Rejection 83d Pending Mar 13, 2014

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