Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 01, 2026

Nestlé S.A.

Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials

172 pending office actions • 47 art units • 118 examiners • 0 of 172 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 147 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Nestlé S.A. currently has 167 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These matters are distributed across 113 distinct examiners, which suggests a diverse array of perspectives are being applied to the company's applications. The portfolio is active in 46 distinct art units, reflecting a broad technical scope that likely covers various aspects of food science and material compositions. Managing 167 pending office actions requires significant resources to maintain consistency across these many different examination groups.

The busiest examiner for the company is SMITH, CHAIM A, who is currently overseeing 9 busiest examiner pending office actions. While this is the highest concentration for any individual official, the workload is largely spread among the other distinct examiners. This distribution indicates that the portfolio is generally fragmented across the 46 distinct art units. Practitioners should be prepared for a wide variety of examiner behaviors given that 113 distinct examiners are currently reviewing the company's active filings.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

172
Total Pending OAs
109
Non-Final OAs
58
Final Rejections
5
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 65 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

23
Overdue
1
Due this week
24
Due this month
12
Due in next 60 days
5
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. 65 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (23)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (24)Due ≤ 60 days (12)Due later (5)

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.

85
Hard (49%)
75
Medium (44%)
11
Easy (6%)
1
Unknown (1%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only3 (2%)
§101 + other13 (8%)
§103 only46 (27%)
§102 only2 (1%)
§112 only7 (4%)
Double-patenting only4 (2%)
Double-patenting + other27 (16%)
Multi-statute (no §101)69 (40%)
No statute on record1 (1%)

Industry Mix

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

122
Life Sciences
71% of docket
1
Information Tech
1% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
1% of docket
24
Mechanical / Eng
14% of docket
24
Business / Other
14% 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.

1,720 h
Manual time on pending OAs
344 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
602 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
15.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SMITH, CHAIM A 9 39.2% +51.2%
LACHICA, ERICSON M 9 30.0% +35.4%
AXTELL, ASHLEY 6 13.2% +25.7%
O'HERN, BRENT T 5 78.5% +19.8%
YOO, HONG THI 5 45.8% +26.0%
STULII, VERA 4 32.8% +24.8%
MUKHOPADHYAY, BHASKAR 3 28.2% +37.0%
SILVERMAN, JANICE Y 3 36.7% +53.8%
PRAKASH, SUBBALAKSHMI 3 45.7% +36.1%
MCNEIL, JENNIFER C 3 23.9% +19.1%

Hard Cases (94)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17416584 NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITION FOR INDUCING A FEELING OF SATIETY, A BETTER SLEEP AND/OR LIMITING NOCTURNAL AWAKING IN INFANTS OR YOUNG CHILDREN SABILA, MERCY HELLEN 161d overdue
16691997 EDIBLE CHEW FOR A HUMAN CHILD AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE EDIBLE CHEW KERSHAW, KELLY P 46d overdue
18579392 METHOD OF MAKING A POWDER EGG ANALOGUE PRAKASH, SUBBALAKSHMI 36d overdue
18258097 SYSTEM FOR DISPENSING INDIVIDUAL PORTIONS OF BEVERAGES PRECURSOR KASZTEJNA, MATTHEW JOHN 16d overdue
18042858 HYGIENIC WASTE INGREDIENT REMOVAL DODSON, JUSTIN C 10d overdue
16462808 CREAMERS COMPOSITIONS O'HERN, BRENT T 9d overdue
18259153 ENZYMATIC RECYCLING OF POLYURETHANES BY A COMBINATION OF CUTINASES AND ESTERASES EIX, EMILY FAY 8d overdue
18510861 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING ANIMAL HEALTH, NUTRITION, AND/OR WELLNESS RECOMMENDATIONS UTAMA, ROBERT J 5d overdue

Interview Candidates (50)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18579392 METHOD OF MAKING A POWDER EGG ANALOGUE PRAKASH, SUBBALAKSHMI 36d overdue
16462808 CREAMERS COMPOSITIONS O'HERN, BRENT T 9d overdue
18254058 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO PREDICT AN INDIVIDUALS MICROBIOME STATUS AND PROVIDE PERSONALIZED RECOMMENDATIONS TO MAINTAIN OR IMPROVE THE MICROBIOME STATUS O'HERN, BRENT T 9d overdue
17999077 BENEFICIAL EFFECT OF POACEAE AND/OR LEGUMINOSEAE FIBER ON SURVIVABILITY AND METABOLIC ACTIVITY OF BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM SILVERMAN, JANICE Y 5d overdue
18126692 SMOOTH, SHELF-STABLE PRODUCT AND METHODS OF PRODUCING SAME O'HERN, BRENT T 3d overdue
18697166 BEVERAGE OR FOODSTUFF CONTAINER AND PREPARATION SYSTEM LACHICA, ERICSON M 8d
18249327 CAPSULE, FOOD OR BEVERAGE PREPARATION MACHINE FOR PROCESSING A CAPSULE, AND FOOD OR BEVERAGE PREPARATION PROCESS IMPLEMENTING SUCH A FOOD OR BEVERAGE PREPARATION MACHINE AND CAPSULE SMITH, CHAIM A 9d
18571885 SOLUBLE COFFEE POWDER MCNEIL, JENNIFER C 12d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1792 33
1791 23
1793 16
3761 11
1654 4
3715 3
3754 3
1653 3
1655 3
1693 3

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19477709 A SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING AN INTEGRITY OF TUBE-FEED PACKAGING HODGE, LINDA J 3731 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 22, 2025
19265202 METHODS OF MONITORING FEEDING BEHAVIORS OF PETS PHAM, QUANG — DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 10, 2025
19128411 LOCKABLE TOP-OPENING FREEZER MILEF, ELDA G 3694 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 08, 2025
19108848 BOTTLE FOR CARBONATED BEVERAGES HAVING AN IMPROVED PETALOID BASE KMET, LAUREN ELIZABETH 3735 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 05, 2025
19103532 A BULK DISPENSER PANCHOLI, VISHAL J — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 12, 2025
18997732 METHOD FOR IMPROVING FLOWERING OF A PLANT OF THE FAMILY RUBIACEAE BELL, KENT L 1661 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 22, 2025
18856438 CENTRIFUGAL CHAMBER WITH CAPSULE POSITIONING GUIDE KHLOK, BONITA — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 11, 2024
18827346 USE OF WHEY PROTEIN MICELLES FOR IMPROVING INSULIN PROFILE IN DIABETIC PATIENTS MUKHOPADHYAY, BHASKAR — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 06, 2024
18840745 COMPLEX COACERVATES OF LACTOFERRIN AND OSTEOPONTIN SCOTLAND, REBECCA LYNN 1615 §103§112Other Final Rejection — Pending Aug 22, 2024
18717836 PRENATAL SUPPLEMENT COMPOSITIONS FOR INCREASING BREASTMILK MICRONUTRIENT LEVELS HOLT, ANDRIAE M 1614 §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 07, 2024
18710266 A CAPSULE FOR THE PREPARATION OF A BEVERAGE AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAID CAPSULE SMITH, CHAIM A 1791 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending May 15, 2024
18705432 SYMBIOTIC CULTURE OF BACTERIA AND YEAST FOR PRODUCTION OF WATER KEFIR CHAWLA, JYOTI 1791 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 26, 2024
18574816 BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM TRANSITIONAL MICROORGANISMS, COMPOSITIONS AND USES THEREOF DICKENS, AMELIA NICOLE 1645 §101§102§103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 28, 2023
18545906 AERATED CREAMERS, PACKAGED READY-TO-USE AERATED CREAMERS, AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SUCH CREAMERS WATTS, JENNA A 1791 §103§112 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Dec 19, 2023
18510861 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING ANIMAL HEALTH, NUTRITION, AND/OR WELLNESS RECOMMENDATIONS UTAMA, ROBERT J 3715 §101Other Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Nov 16, 2023
18333294 METHODS OF ENHANCING PALATABILITY AND/OR REDUCING SUGAR IN WET PET FOODS SILVERMAN, JANICE Y 1792 §103DP Final Rejection — Pending Jun 12, 2023
18139588 RECOVERY DIETARY SUPPLEMENT FALKOWITZ, ANNA R 1600 §101 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Apr 26, 2023
18126692 SMOOTH, SHELF-STABLE PRODUCT AND METHODS OF PRODUCING SAME O'HERN, BRENT T 1793 — Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Mar 27, 2023
17736496 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS USING AT LEAST ONE OF OLEUROPEIN OR A METABOLITE THEREOF TO TREAT OR PREVENT MUSCLE FATIGUE FROM EXERCISE AND/OR FOR RESISTANCE TO MUSCLE FATIGUE FROM EXERCISE IVANOVA, SVETLANA M 1627 §103DPOther Final Rejection — Pending May 04, 2022
17474273 USE OF WHEY PROTEIN MICELLES FOR ENHANCING ENERGY EXPENDITURE AND SATIETY MUKHOPADHYAY, BHASKAR 1792 §103 Final Rejection 33d Pending Sep 14, 2021
16691997 EDIBLE CHEW FOR A HUMAN CHILD AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE EDIBLE CHEW KERSHAW, KELLY P 1791 §103§112 Final Rejection 46d overdue Pending Nov 22, 2019
16462808 CREAMERS COMPOSITIONS O'HERN, BRENT T 1793 §103§112 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending May 21, 2019
19182768 ACTUATOR NOZZLE FOR AEROSOL PACKAGING, AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SUCH ACTUATOR NOZZLES AND AEROSOL PACKAGINGS WALCZAK, DAVID J — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 18, 2025
19020382 SUSTAINED RELEASE MELATONIN COMPOSITIONS TRUONG, QUANGLONG N — §103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 14, 2025
18869460 SQUEEZABLE BOTTLE FOR ASEPTIC FILLING WITH VISCOUS FOOD, PACKAGED VISCOUS PRODUCT, PREFORM AND METHOD OF FILLING A SQUEEZABLE BOTTLE LONG, DONNELL ALAN 3754 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 26, 2024
18866387 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS USING A COMBINATION OF FISETIN AND QUERCETIN FOR CELLULAR ENERGY BARSKY, JARED — §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 15, 2024
18866428 METHOD FOR THE PREPARATION OF A NUTRITIONAL POWDER SILVERMAN, JANICE Y — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 15, 2024
18862714 CAPSULE FOR PRODUCING A BEVERAGE THAKUR, VIREN A 1792 §103§112DPOther Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 04, 2024
18856132 BAG-IN-BOX PACKAGE DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R 3734 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 11, 2024
18855014 PROCESS FOR TREATING PROTEIN-CONTAINING COMPOSITIONS LI, CHANGQING — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 08, 2024
18843278 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS TO POTENTIATE MUSCULOSKELETAL EFFECT OF ONE OR MORE ANABOLIC AMINO ACIDS ON BONE HEALTH YOO, HONG THI — §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 02, 2024
18843065 USE OF A COMPOSITION FOR MANAGING POSTPRANDIAL GLUCOSE RESPONSE AND ASSOCIATED DISORDERS MOEHLMAN, ANDREW TERRY — §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 30, 2024
18775601 CAPSULE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREPARING A BEVERAGE BY CENTRIFUGATION SMITH, CHAIM A 1791 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 17, 2024
18760455 CAPSULE FOR PREPARING A BEVERAGE SUCH AS COFFEE AND THE LIKE LACHICA, ERICSON M 1792 §103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 01, 2024
18722832 SHELF-STABLE FERMENTED PLANT-BASED FOOD PRODUCT PACKAGED IN A FLEXIBLE CONTAINER AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SUCH PRODUCT YOO, HONG THI 1792 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 21, 2024
18722147 BEVERAGE PREPARATION BY STABLE CAPSULE CENTRIFUGATION WEN, KEVIN GUANHUA 1791 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 20, 2024
18722117 BEVERAGE PREPARATION WITH A FLEXIBLE OUTLET VALVE EVANGELISTA, THEODORE JUSTINE 1791 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 20, 2024
18722325 LOW SUGAR-BASED FOOD COMPOSITIONS WITH ROASTED INGREDIENT LE, EMILY M 1793 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 20, 2024
18721362 FERMENTED HEMP BEVERAGE LE, EMILY M 1793 §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 18, 2024
18721413 FERMENTED READY TO DRINK HEMP BEVERAGE STULII, VERA 1791 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 18, 2024
18721401 FERMENTED CAMOMILE BEVERAGE STULII, VERA 1791 §102§103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 18, 2024
18721391 FERMENTED TEA BEVERAGE STULII, VERA 1792 §102§103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 18, 2024
18721384 FERMENTED VERBENA BEVERAGE STULII, VERA 1792 §102§103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 18, 2024
18720716 COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING UROLITHIN FOR TREATING MUSCLE DECLINE AND A KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION WELLS, LAUREN QUINLAN — §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 17, 2024
18720344 A CHOCOLATE PRODUCT COMPRISING A MILK ANALOGUE PRODUCT MERRIAM, ANDREW E 1791 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 14, 2024
18717883 LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS TO INCREASE AGMATINE PRODUCTION BY MICROBIOTA WILLIAMS, EMMALEE RAE 1653 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 07, 2024
18717291 BEVERAGE MENU CREATION SHIH, HAOSHIAN 2179 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 06, 2024
18717201 CAPSULE FOR THE PREPARATION OF A BEVERAGE AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAID CAPSULE LACHICA, ERICSON M 1792 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 06, 2024
18648962 BEVERAGE PREPARATION MACHINE WITH ENHANCED PUMP CONTROL O'HERN, BRENT T 1793 §112 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 29, 2024
18705417 CAPSULE FOR THE PREPARATION OF A BEVERAGE LACHICA, ERICSON M 1792 §103§112 Non-Final OA 85d Pending Apr 26, 2024
18705367 METHOD FOR PRODUCING MILK LIKE PRODUCTS ABEYRATNE-PERERA, HASHANTHI KOMITIGE — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 26, 2024
18705362 METHOD FOR PRODUCING MILK LIKE PRODUCTS SCHUBERG, LAURA J — §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 26, 2024
18705420 CAPSULE FOR THE PREPARATION OF A BEVERAGE SMITH, CHAIM A 1791 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 26, 2024
18703803 PRODUCTS TO TREAT AND/OR PREVENT MENSTRUAL SYMPTOMS HOFFMAN, SUSAN COE 1655 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 23, 2024
18703105 COMPOSITION DEKARSKE, MADELINE MCGUIRE 1622 §102DP Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 19, 2024
18703117 COMPOSITION TRAN, ERIC — §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 19, 2024
18640509 BEVERAGE OR FOODSTUFF CONTAINER CONSUMPTION MONITORING METHOD ORTIZ ROMAN, DENISSE Y 3627 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 19, 2024
18700594 ERGONOMIC BEVERAGE MACHINE TRAN, TIFFANY T — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 11, 2024
18700600 NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITION FOR IMPROVING SLEEP YOO, HONG THI 1621 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 11, 2024
18698920 BEVERAGE PREPARATION MACHINE WITH SIMPLE ERGONOMIC OPENING-CLOSURE MACHNESS, ARIELLA — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 05, 2024
18697166 BEVERAGE OR FOODSTUFF CONTAINER AND PREPARATION SYSTEM LACHICA, ERICSON M 1792 §103DP Final Rejection 8d Pending Mar 29, 2024
18696762 BEVERAGE OR FOODSTUFF PREPARATION SYSTEM SMITH, CHAIM A 1791 §103§112 Final Rejection 28d Pending Mar 28, 2024
18696780 BEVERAGE OR FOODSTUFF PREPARATION SYSTEM SMITH, CHAIM A 1791 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 28, 2024
18696813 BEVERAGE OR FOODSTUFF PREPARATION SYSTEM LACHICA, ERICSON M 1792 §103§112Other Final Rejection — Pending Mar 28, 2024
18696849 A NON-DAIRY CHEESE ANALOGUE COMPOSITION CHAWLA, JYOTI 1791 §103 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Mar 28, 2024
18696790 BEVERAGE OR FOODSTUFF PREPARATION SYSTEM AXTELL, ASHLEY 1792 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 28, 2024
18696187 METHOD FOR DETECTING AND/OR QUANTIFYING MOOD DISORDER AND/OR IMPROVEMENTS OF THE MOOD DISORDER STATUS USING TRIGONELLINE AS BIOMARKER AND IMPROVED METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS THEREOF FRITCHMAN, REBECCA M — §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 27, 2024
18695431 BIODEGRADABLE LAMINATING FILM AND CONTAINER MADE OUT OF IT KHAN, TAHSEEN 1781 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 26, 2024
18695440 COMPOSITIONS FOR USE PARK, HAEJIN S 1614 §103DP Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Mar 26, 2024
18617315 METHOD AND PACKAGING MACHINE FOR MANUFACTURING A COMPOSTABLE POD FOR BREWING PRODUCTS AND COMPOSTABLE POD FOR BREWING PRODUCTS FERRERO, EDUARDO R 1791 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 26, 2024
18694279 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A BOTTLE HUSON, MONICA ANNE 1742 §103 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Mar 21, 2024
18612192 BEVERAGE PREPARATION MACHINE WITH CAPSULE RECOGNITION AXTELL, ASHLEY 1792 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 21, 2024
18693789 USE OF MULBERRY EXTRACT FOR IMPROVING SLEEP QUALITY AND/OR SUBSEQUENT BEHAVIOURAL OUTCOMES AMIN, ALPA NILESH 1655 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 20, 2024
18693797 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS LOWERING GLYCEMIC RESPONSE TO IMPROVE SLEEP QUALITY AND/OR SUBSEQUENT BEHAVIOURAL OUTCOMES DESAI, ANAND U 1655 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 20, 2024
18691104 BEVERAGE CONTAINER WITH A MOISTURE AND OXYGEN BARRIER FUNCTION AXTELL, ASHLEY 1792 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 12, 2024
18691114 CAPSULE WITH A MOISTURE AND OXYGEN BARRIER FUNCTION LACHICA, ERICSON M 1792 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 12, 2024
18683538 POSTBIOTIC CHEONG, CHEOM-GIL 1645 §112DP Final Rejection — Pending Feb 14, 2024
18294351 A MATERIAL FOR MAKING PACKAGES COMPRISING A POLYHYDROXYALCANOATE RESIN MIXED WITH A VERY HIGH CONTENT OF CELLULOSE MIGGINS, MICHAEL C 1782 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 01, 2024
18293266 BEVERAGE PREPARATION SYSTEM DURAND, PAUL R — §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 29, 2024
18579392 METHOD OF MAKING A POWDER EGG ANALOGUE PRAKASH, SUBBALAKSHMI 1793 §103§112 Final Rejection 36d overdue Pending Jan 15, 2024
18579126 CONTAINER, BEVERAGE OR FOODSTUFF PREPARATION SYSTEM, USE OF SAID CONTAINER AND METHOD OF FORMING A CONTAINER CHABREYRIE, RODOLPHE ANDRE — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 12, 2024
18579099 BEVERAGE OR FOODSTUFF PREPARATION SYSTEM AXTELL, ASHLEY 1792 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 12, 2024
18410553 SYSTEM FOR FLEXIBLE FOOD OR BEVERAGE PACKS BOSS, MARISSA RAE — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 11, 2024
18577113 METHOD O'HERN, BRENT T 1793 §112 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jan 05, 2024
18573525 CAPSULE, SYSTEM COMPRISING SUCH A CAPSULE AND METHOD IMPLEMENTING SUCH A SYSTEM FOR PREPARING A BEVERAGE PRODUCT LACHICA, ERICSON M 1792 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 22, 2023
18572429 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS USING A COMBINATION OF AT LEAST ONE FIBER AND AT LEAST ONE PROBIOTIC TO IMPROVE MICROBIOME RESILIENCE ARIANI, KADE 1651 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 20, 2023
18572534 BEVERAGE PREPARATION MACHINE AND METHOD FOR DISPENSING A LIQUID AMIN, HAMZEH HICHAM 1792 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 20, 2023
18571885 SOLUBLE COFFEE POWDER MCNEIL, JENNIFER C 1793 §112 Final Rejection 12d Pending Dec 19, 2023
18569268 NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MITIGATING INADEQUATE NUTRITIONAL INTAKE OF AN ALTERNATE DAY FASTING REGIMEN COLEMAN, CHARLES P. — §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 12, 2023
18568065 ROASTED COFFEE PRAKASH, SUBBALAKSHMI 1793 §103§112 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Dec 07, 2023
18568090 A HYDROLYZED WHOLE COCONUT PRODUCT, USEFUL FOR EXAMPLE, AS A BEVERAGE OR AS A POWDER FOR DESERTS AND COOKING MCNEIL, JENNIFER C 1793 §103 Final Rejection 61d Pending Dec 07, 2023
18565653 SUGAR REDUCED CEREAL EXTRACT BEKKER, KELLY JO 1792 §103DP Final Rejection 15d Pending Nov 30, 2023
18565358 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ROASTING COFFEE BEANS DODSON, JUSTIN C — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 29, 2023
18559945 FOOD PACKAGING PRODUCED BY ULTRASONIC AND/OR INDUCTION SEALING OF RIGID CELLULOSE BODIES AND METHOD OF PRODUCTION THEREOF RAIMUND, CHRISTOPHER W 1746 §103 Final Rejection 27d Pending Nov 09, 2023
18559869 METHOD FOR DETERMINING PERSONALIZED OMEGA-3 DOSE FRITCHMAN, REBECCA M 1758 §101§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 09, 2023
18559143 EGG ANALOGUE PRODUCT PRAKASH, SUBBALAKSHMI 1793 §112 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Nov 06, 2023
18558793 CAPSULE FOR PREPARING A BEVERAGE BY A BEVERAGE PRODUCTION DEVICE LACHICA, ERICSON M 1792 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 62d Pending Nov 03, 2023
18558965 NOZZLE FOR A STATIC MICRODOSER AND SYSTEM COMPRISING A MICRODOSER WITH SUCH NOZZLE FOR INTRODUCING AN ADDITIVE INTO A CONTAINER GRUBY, RANDALL A 3754 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Nov 03, 2023
18558955 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ESTIMATING, FROM FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE BASED NUTRIENTS INTAKE DATA, THE RELATIVE AMOUNTS OF FAECALIBACTERIUM PRAUSNITZII (FPRAU) IN THE GUT MICROBIOME ECOSYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE FAECALIBACTERIUM PRAUSNITZII SKIBINSKY, ANNA 1631 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 03, 2023
18556001 USE OF MILK PROTEIN FRACTIONS AS A SOURCE OF OSTEOPONTIN MUKHOPADHYAY, BHASKAR 1792 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 18, 2023
18378404 OMEGA-3 FATTY ACID AND VITAMIN D LEVELS TO IDENTIFY AND ATTENUATE COGNITIVE AGING IN INDIVIDUALS KRISHNAN, GANAPATHY 1693 §103DP Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending Oct 10, 2023
18549669 GOS PRE-CONDITIONING LACTOBACILLUS STRAINS AND GOS IN FINAL FORMULATION EDWARDS, JESSICA FAYE 1657 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 08, 2023
18548608 METHODS, DEVICES, AND COMPOSITIONS TO MEET NUTRITIONAL NEEDS IN AN ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE MANNER NAJARIAN, LENA 3687 §101§112 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Sep 01, 2023
18547796 HIGH PH CO-EXTRACTION METHOD OF PREPARING A STABLE OIL BODY SOLUTION MERCHLINSKY, JOSEPH CULLEN 1791 §103 Final Rejection 20d Pending Aug 24, 2023
18262634 AERATED FREEZE-DRIED BABY-SNACK NGUYEN, THANH H 1792 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 24, 2023
18259153 ENZYMATIC RECYCLING OF POLYURETHANES BY A COMBINATION OF CUTINASES AND ESTERASES EIX, EMILY FAY 1653 §102§103Other Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Jun 23, 2023
18259159 ENZYMATIC RECYCLING OF POLYURETHANES BY A COMBINATION OF CUTINASES AND LIPASES ROSEBACH, CHRISTINA H.W. 1766 §103§112 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Jun 23, 2023
18258097 SYSTEM FOR DISPENSING INDIVIDUAL PORTIONS OF BEVERAGES PRECURSOR KASZTEJNA, MATTHEW JOHN 3993 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Jun 16, 2023
18257330 SYNTHETIC NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITIONS TAILORED FOR CHINESE INFANTS YOO, HONG THI 1792 §103§112 Final Rejection 13d Pending Jun 14, 2023
18257326 METHOD TO ROAST COFFEE BEANS KIM, BRYAN 1792 §103§112 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Jun 14, 2023
18257320 METHOD TO ROAST COFFEE BEANS KIM, BRYAN 1792 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 14, 2023
18257006 MEAL REPLACEMENT BAR COMPRISING NATURAL AND/OR REAL FOOD INGREDIENTS AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THE MEAL REPLACEMENT BAR LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO 1791 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 12, 2023
18255757 STABLE AQUEOUS COMPOSITION FOR PRETERM TO PROMOTE EARLY POSTNAL GROWTH GALSTER, SAMUEL LEONARD 1693 §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 02, 2023
18255751 COMPOSITION FOR PRETERM INFANTS TO REDUCE TIME TO FULL ENTERAL FEEDING BAKSHI, PANCHAM 1623 §103§112 Final Rejection 56d Pending Jun 02, 2023
18255762 FAT REDUCED GROUND MUCILAGINOUS SEEDS AS AFFORDABLE BINDER TRAN, LIEN THUY 1793 §103 Non-Final OA 68d Pending Jun 02, 2023
18254700 CAPSULE AND SYSTEM FOR PREPARING A BEVERAGE RHUE, ABIGAIL H 3761 §103§112 Final Rejection 13d Pending May 26, 2023
18254058 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO PREDICT AN INDIVIDUALS MICROBIOME STATUS AND PROVIDE PERSONALIZED RECOMMENDATIONS TO MAINTAIN OR IMPROVE THE MICROBIOME STATUS O'HERN, BRENT T 1793 §112 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending May 23, 2023
18199523 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS USING A COMBINATION OF AUTOPHAGY INDUCER AND HIGH PROTEIN FOR INDUCTION OF AUTOPHAGY DABKOWSKI, ERINNE R 1654 §103DP Non-Final OA 22d Pending May 19, 2023
18253623 CELLULOSE BASED MULTILAYER PACKAGING WITH BARRIER PROPERTIES FOR 3D-OBJECTS SHAH, SAMIR 1787 §103 Final Rejection — Pending May 19, 2023
18253432 CLOSURE FOR A CONTAINER SANGHERA, SYMREN K 3735 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 54d Pending May 18, 2023
18251764 PACKAGED LIQUID BEVERAGE BEKKER, KELLY JO 1792 §103 Final Rejection 49d Pending May 04, 2023
18250391 COMPOSTABLE BEVERAGE CONTAINER LACHICA, ERICSON M 1792 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 25, 2023
18250066 ENZYMATIC RECYCLING OF POLYURETHANES BY CUTINASES HURST, JONATHAN M 1799 §103 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Apr 21, 2023
18249327 CAPSULE, FOOD OR BEVERAGE PREPARATION MACHINE FOR PROCESSING A CAPSULE, AND FOOD OR BEVERAGE PREPARATION PROCESS IMPLEMENTING SUCH A FOOD OR BEVERAGE PREPARATION MACHINE AND CAPSULE SMITH, CHAIM A 1791 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Apr 17, 2023
18248972 INFANT OR YOUNG CHILD FORMULA MCNEIL, JENNIFER C 1793 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Apr 13, 2023
18247656 FILTERING UNIT MCGANN, BERNADETTE KAREN 1773 §103§112 Non-Final OA 54d Pending Apr 03, 2023
18247659 PLANT BASED SOFT SERVE OR FROZEN DESSERT MADE FROM CEREAL AND LEGUMES HAWKINS, AMANDA SALATA 1793 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 03, 2023
18246704 BIODEGRADABLE TOP MEMBRANE FOR A BEVERAGE CAPSULE THAKUR, VIREN A 1792 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 27, 2023
18246553 PROCESS FOR PREPARING SHELF-STABLE PLANT-BASED FERMENTED DAIRY DRINK ANALOGUES AND SHELF-STABLE PLANT-BASED FERMENTED DAIRY DRINK ANALOGUES THEREOF HAWKINS, AMANDA SALATA 1793 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 24, 2023
18246346 COLLECTOR OF BEVERAGE MACHINE WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT FERDOUSI, FAHMIDA NMN 3761 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 23, 2023
18043129 PERSONALISATION OF DIETARY FIBER COMPOSITIONS, METHODS AND SYSTEMS THEREOF ZAMAN, SADARUZ 3715 §101 Final Rejection 8d Pending Feb 27, 2023
18042858 HYGIENIC WASTE INGREDIENT REMOVAL DODSON, JUSTIN C 3761 §103§112 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Feb 24, 2023
18006466 APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR ROASTING AND DISCHARGING COFFEE BEANS CAMPBELL, THOR S 3761 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 23, 2023
18006480 BEVERAGE MACHINE WITH ADJUSTABLE SEALING DEVICE NGUYEN, HUNG D 3761 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA 13d Pending Jan 23, 2023
18005990 MCT FORMULATIONS FOR IMPROVING COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SUCH FORMULATIONS DIVIESTI, KARLA ISOBEL 1792 §103 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Jan 19, 2023
18005621 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A STRIP OF PACKAGES FOR STORING INDIVIDUAL PORTION OF FOOD OR BEVERAGE, AND STRIP OF PACKAGES THUS OBTAINED SMITH, CHAIM A 1791 §103§112 Final Rejection 15d Pending Jan 16, 2023
18005399 COMPOSITIONS TO PROMOTE SWALLOWING SAFETY AND EFFICIENCY JOHNSON, DANIELLE D 1617 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 13, 2023
18005260 BEVERAGE PREPARATION DEVICE ISKRA, JOSEPH W 3761 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 12, 2023
18015102 NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING MIR-3141 SULLIVAN, STEPHANIE LAUREN 1635 §101§103DP Final Rejection — Pending Jan 09, 2023
18002301 COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING MYO-INOSITOL AND THEIR USE IN THE PREVENTION OF POST PARTUM HAEMORRHAGE (PPH) SCHACHERMEYER, SAMANTHA LYNN 1693 §103 Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending Dec 19, 2022
18002293 SYSTEM FOR DISPENSING GROUND COFFEE OLIVA, STEPHANIE RENEE 3761 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 19, 2022
18001889 A NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING 3-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID TO IMPROVE THE GASTROINTESTINAL BARRIER NEAGU, IRINA 1629 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 15, 2022
18001099 APPARATUS FOR ROASTING COFFEE BEANS WEN, KEVIN GUANHUA 3761 §103 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Dec 08, 2022
17999227 USE OF HUMAN MILK OLIGOSACCHARIDES IN NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITIONS FOR ENHANCING BONE DEVELOPMENT AND/OR BONE STRENGTH MERCHLINSKY, JOSEPH CULLEN 1791 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Nov 18, 2022
17999077 BENEFICIAL EFFECT OF POACEAE AND/OR LEGUMINOSEAE FIBER ON SURVIVABILITY AND METABOLIC ACTIVITY OF BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM SILVERMAN, JANICE Y 1792 §103 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Nov 17, 2022
17999137 PERSONALISED RECOMMENDED DAILY INTAKE FOR NUTRIENTS BASED ON INDIVIDUAL GENETIC RISK SCORES KAPUSHOC, STEPHEN THOMAS 1683 §103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 17, 2022
17998173 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS USING SERPIN PRODUCING BACTERIA GOUGH, TIFFANY MAUREEN 1651 §102§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 08, 2022
17996944 SYSTEM FOR CALIBRATION OF ROASTING APPARATUSES DANG, KET D 3761 §112 Final Rejection 14d Pending Oct 24, 2022
17996943 METHOD FOR PRODUCING MILK LIKE PRODUCTS JOHNSON, KARA D 1632 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 24, 2022
17995127 INDICATION-DEPENDENT NUTRIENT CALCULATION AND PRESERVATION PLATFORM GRANT, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER 3715 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 55d Pending Sep 30, 2022
17907143 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PREPARING A BEVERAGE LONG, DONNELL ALAN 3754 §103 Non-Final OA 77d Pending Sep 23, 2022
17760122 BEVERAGE PREPARATION MACHINE WITH CAPSULE RECOGNITION CHEN, KUANGYUE 3761 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 04, 2022
17758824 RECYCLABLE DOSING DEVICE NIA, FATEMEH ESFANDIARI 2855 §103 Final Rejection 20d Pending Jul 14, 2022
17758538 COMPOSTABLE TOP LID STRUCTURE FOR A BEVERAGE PREPARATION CAPSULE SMITH, CHAIM A 1791 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 08, 2022
17757335 THERMALLY UNCONDITIONED BEVERAGE PREPARATION MACHINE ISKRA, JOSEPH W 3761 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Jun 14, 2022
17756872 DIETARY BUTYRATE AND ITS USES MEYERS, ELIZABETH ANNE 1617 §103§112DP Final Rejection 37d overdue Pending Jun 03, 2022
17686054 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS TO POTENTIATE MUSCULOSKELETAL EFFECT OF ONE OR MORE ANABOLIC AMINO ACIDS ON BONE HEALTH YOO, HONG THI 1792 §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 03, 2022
17753227 MYO-INOSITOL AND THE PREVENTION OF PPROM LANDAU, SHARMILA GOLLAMUDI 1657 §103DP Final Rejection — Pending Feb 24, 2022
17597724 FOOD INGREDIENT AND COCOA AND/OR MALT BEVERAGE PRODUCTS AXTELL, ASHLEY 1792 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 20, 2022
17597339 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS USING TRIGONELLINE TO PRODUCE INTRACELLULAR NAD+ SIMMONS, CHRIS E 1622 §101§102 Final Rejection 1d overdue Pending Jan 04, 2022
17596779 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS USING THYMOL AND/OR CARVACROL FOR INDUCTION OF AUTOPHAGY RICCI, CRAIG D 1611 §103 Final Rejection 48d Pending Dec 17, 2021
17596784 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS TO POTENTIATE MUSCULOSKELETAL EFFECT OF ONE OR MORE ANABOLIC AMINO ACIDS RAMACHANDRAN, UMAMAHESWARI 1627 §103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 17, 2021
17595446 DIETARY BUTYRATE AND ITS USES MOU, LIYUAN 1628 §112DP Final Rejection 23d Pending Nov 17, 2021
17595346 CONFECTIONERY AXTELL, ASHLEY 1792 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 15, 2021
17595159 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS USING A COMBINATION OF CALCIUM AND AT LEAST ONE OF OLEUROPEIN OR METABOLITE THEREOF HELM, CARALYNNE E 1615 §103§112DP Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Nov 10, 2021
17434912 A NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITION FOR USE TO ENHANCE EXECUTIVE FUNCTION NGUYEN, NGHI V 1653 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Aug 30, 2021
17416584 NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITION FOR INDUCING A FEELING OF SATIETY, A BETTER SLEEP AND/OR LIMITING NOCTURNAL AWAKING IN INFANTS OR YOUNG CHILDREN SABILA, MERCY HELLEN 1654 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 161d overdue Pending Jun 21, 2021
17415515 DETERMINATION AND QUANTIFICATION OF PROTEOSE PEPTONE CONTENT AND/OR BETA-CASEIN CONTENT AND NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITION WITH REDUCED BETA-CASEIN DERIVED PROTEOSE PEPTONE CONTENT KERSHAW, KELLY P 1791 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 17, 2021
17044684 DIETARY BUTYRATE BORI, IBRAHIM D 1629 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Oct 01, 2020
16954694 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS USING A COMBINATION OF AUTOPHAGY INDUCER AND HIGH PROTEIN FOR INDUCTION OF AUTOPHAGY DABKOWSKI, ERINNE R 1654 DP Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Jun 17, 2020
16954696 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS USING HIGH PROTEIN FOR INDUCTION OF AUTOPHAGY AUDET, MAURY A 1654 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 17, 2020
16490946 METHOD FOR THE PREPARATION OF A BEVERAGE FROM A CAPSULE WITH PREWETTING SMITH, CHAIM A 1791 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 04, 2019

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