Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Mizkan Co. Ltd. has 2 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. Both actions are assigned to a distinct examiner working in a distinct art unit. CARRIE LYNN STOFFEL GLIMM is the busiest examiner, handling 2 pending office actions. This concentration shows that the company's current prosecution is entirely managed by a unique individual, which may allow for a highly consistent approach across the pending matters.
The involvement of 1 distinct examiner for the 2 pending office actions indicates a high level of examiner overlap. Because the cases are situated within 1 distinct art unit, the company's current patent strategy is focused on a specific technical domain. GLIMM's oversight of the entire pending portfolio means that her individual examination style will be the determining factor for all current outcomes. Practitioners can leverage this centralization by ensuring that arguments made in the office actions are consistent, as they will be reviewed by the same examiner in the same art unit framework.
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 |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting + other | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GLIMM, CARRIE LYNN STOFFEL | 2 | 25.6% | +14.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18981322 | COOKED-RICE IMPROVER HAVING FLAVOR IMPROVING ACTION | GLIMM, CARRIE LYNN STOFFEL | — |
| 18583430 | FERMENTED FOOD PRODUCT, METHOD FOR PRODUCING FERMENTED FOOD PRODUCT, AND METHOD FOR IMPARTING TEXTURE AND SWEETNESS TO FERMENTED FOOD PRODUCT | GLIMM, CARRIE LYNN STOFFEL | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18981322 | COOKED-RICE IMPROVER HAVING FLAVOR IMPROVING ACTION | GLIMM, CARRIE LYNN STOFFEL | — |
| 18583430 | FERMENTED FOOD PRODUCT, METHOD FOR PRODUCING FERMENTED FOOD PRODUCT, AND METHOD FOR IMPARTING TEXTURE AND SWEETNESS TO FERMENTED FOOD PRODUCT | GLIMM, CARRIE LYNN STOFFEL | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1793 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18981322 | COOKED-RICE IMPROVER HAVING FLAVOR IMPROVING ACTION | GLIMM, CARRIE LYNN STOFFEL | 1793 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 |
| 18583430 | FERMENTED FOOD PRODUCT, METHOD FOR PRODUCING FERMENTED FOOD PRODUCT, AND METHOD FOR IMPARTING TEXTURE AND SWEETNESS TO FERMENTED FOOD PRODUCT | GLIMM, CARRIE LYNN STOFFEL | 1793 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2024 |
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