Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Nihon Shokuhin Kako Co. Ltd.

3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

3
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
2
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.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
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 (2)Due ≤ 30 days (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%)
3
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (67%)
§102 only1 (33%)

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
MCNEIL, JENNIFER C 1 23.5% +13.2%
TRAN, LIEN THUY 1 28.3% +26.2%
LEBLANC, KATHERINE DEGUIRE 1 33.9% +35.7%

Hard Cases (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17923082 PROCESSED EDIBLE POWDER, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PROCESSED EDIBLE POWDER, FRIED FOOD COATING, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING FRIED FOOD COATING, AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING TEXTURE OF FRIED FOOD COATING TRAN, LIEN THUY 97d overdue
18027178 OIL-OR-FAT PROCESSED STARCH HAVING EXCEPTIONAL DISPERSIBILITY, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND APPLICATION OF SAME MCNEIL, JENNIFER C 11d overdue

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
17923082 PROCESSED EDIBLE POWDER, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PROCESSED EDIBLE POWDER, FRIED FOOD COATING, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING FRIED FOOD COATING, AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING TEXTURE OF FRIED FOOD COATING TRAN, LIEN THUY 97d overdue
18027178 OIL-OR-FAT PROCESSED STARCH HAVING EXCEPTIONAL DISPERSIBILITY, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND APPLICATION OF SAME MCNEIL, JENNIFER C 11d overdue
17919029 OIL-OR-FAT PROCESSED STARCH, COATING FOR FRIED FOODS, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAID COATING, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING FRIED FOODS LEBLANC, KATHERINE DEGUIRE 29d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1793 2
1791 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18027178 OIL-OR-FAT PROCESSED STARCH HAVING EXCEPTIONAL DISPERSIBILITY, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND APPLICATION OF SAME MCNEIL, JENNIFER C 1793 §103 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending Mar 20, 2023
17923082 PROCESSED EDIBLE POWDER, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PROCESSED EDIBLE POWDER, FRIED FOOD COATING, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING FRIED FOOD COATING, AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING TEXTURE OF FRIED FOOD COATING TRAN, LIEN THUY 1793 §103 Final Rejection 97d overdue Pending Nov 03, 2022
17919029 OIL-OR-FAT PROCESSED STARCH, COATING FOR FRIED FOODS, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAID COATING, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING FRIED FOODS LEBLANC, KATHERINE DEGUIRE 1791 §102 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Oct 14, 2022

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