Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Miyoshi Oil & Fat Co. Ltd. currently has 2 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These matters are distributed among 2 distinct examiners, ensuring that each application receives an independent review. The presence of 2 pending actions indicates a steady but limited volume of ongoing prosecution activity for the company. This distribution suggests that the applicant is pursuing multiple technical developments that are being evaluated on their own merits by different patent office personnel.
The company's active cases are located in 2 distinct art units, which suggests that the technical focus of the applications may differ enough to require review by different specialized groups. YOO, HONG THI is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending office action currently assigned. Because this examiner handles 1 of the 2 pending matters, they are responsible for half of the total active workload. This distribution means that the company's success in this prosecution cycle is split between the decisions of two different examiners across two separate administrative units, requiring a tailored approach for each case.
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 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| YOO, HONG THI | 1 | 45.8% | +26.0% |
| SHELLHAMMER, JAMES PAUL | 1 | 10.0% | +18.8% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18217327 | FLAVORED OIL, FOOD COMPRISING FLAVORED OIL, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING FLAVORED OIL | YOO, HONG THI | — |
| 18252345 | OIL AND/OR FAT COMPOSITION, AND BEVERAGE OR FOOD PRODUCT | SHELLHAMMER, JAMES PAUL | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18217327 | FLAVORED OIL, FOOD COMPRISING FLAVORED OIL, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING FLAVORED OIL | YOO, HONG THI | — |
| 18252345 | OIL AND/OR FAT COMPOSITION, AND BEVERAGE OR FOOD PRODUCT | SHELLHAMMER, JAMES PAUL | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1792 | 1 |
| 1793 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18217327 | FLAVORED OIL, FOOD COMPRISING FLAVORED OIL, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING FLAVORED OIL | YOO, HONG THI | 1792 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 30, 2023 |
| 18252345 | OIL AND/OR FAT COMPOSITION, AND BEVERAGE OR FOOD PRODUCT | SHELLHAMMER, JAMES PAUL | 1793 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2023 |
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