Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
8 pending office actions • 5 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Nissin Foods Holdings Co., Ltd. has 7 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The docket spans 7 examiners and 5 art units, showing examiner diversity with some concentration in technical examination groups.
KERSHAW, KELLY P is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Portfolio management should emphasize shared art-unit issues and application-specific response strategies rather than a dominant examiner relationship.
The art-unit structure provides a basis for coordinating technical explanations and claim terminology across matters. Separate examiner assignments still require attention to individual prosecution histories and response practices.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 1 (12%) |
| §101 + other | 1 (12%) |
| §103 only | 4 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MERCHLINSKY, JOSEPH CULLEN | 2 | 5.9% | -6.3% |
| KERSHAW, KELLY P | 1 | 17.7% | +16.0% |
| LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO | 1 | 8.9% | +12.3% |
| LACHICA, ERICSON M | 1 | 29.8% | +35.2% |
| CHEN, TSE W | 1 | 55.0% | +25.4% |
| SASS, KIMBERLY A. | 1 | 53.8% | +51.1% |
| TRAN, LIEN THUY | 1 | 28.7% | +26.5% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17906835 | RAW CHINESE NOODLES, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, METHOD FOR SUPPRESSING STORAGE ODOR OF RAW CHINESE NOODLES, AND AGENT FOR SUPPRESSING STORAGE ODOR OF RAW CHINESE NOODLES | TRAN, LIEN THUY | 36d overdue |
| 18041939 | HbA1c RISK ESTIMATION DEVICE, HbA1c RISK ESTIMATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | SASS, KIMBERLY A. | 41d |
| 19107214 | FROZEN FOOD FOR MICROWAVE COOKING AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | KERSHAW, KELLY P | — |
| 18865124 | PLANT PROTEIN COMPOSITION | LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO | — |
| 18850253 | BITTER TASTE MASKING AGENT FOR POTASSIUM CHLORIDE | LACHICA, ERICSON M | — |
| 18883289 | FOODS THAT MEET PRESCRIBED NUTRITIONAL STANDARDS | MERCHLINSKY, JOSEPH CULLEN | — |
| 18042118 | yGT ESTIMATION DEVICE, yGT ESTIMATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | CHEN, TSE W | — |
| 17906838 | METHYL CELLULOSE SLURRY, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, MEAT-LIKE PROTEIN PROCESSED FOOD PRODUCT CONTAINING THE METHYL CELLULOSE SLURRY, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE PROCESSED FOOD PRODUCT | MERCHLINSKY, JOSEPH CULLEN | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17906835 | RAW CHINESE NOODLES, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, METHOD FOR SUPPRESSING STORAGE ODOR OF RAW CHINESE NOODLES, AND AGENT FOR SUPPRESSING STORAGE ODOR OF RAW CHINESE NOODLES | TRAN, LIEN THUY | 36d overdue |
| 18041939 | HbA1c RISK ESTIMATION DEVICE, HbA1c RISK ESTIMATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | SASS, KIMBERLY A. | 41d |
| 19107214 | FROZEN FOOD FOR MICROWAVE COOKING AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | KERSHAW, KELLY P | — |
| 18865124 | PLANT PROTEIN COMPOSITION | LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO | — |
| 18850253 | BITTER TASTE MASKING AGENT FOR POTASSIUM CHLORIDE | LACHICA, ERICSON M | — |
| 18042118 | yGT ESTIMATION DEVICE, yGT ESTIMATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | CHEN, TSE W | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1791 | 4 |
| 1792 | 1 |
| 3791 | 1 |
| 3686 | 1 |
| 1793 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19107214 | FROZEN FOOD FOR MICROWAVE COOKING AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | KERSHAW, KELLY P | 1791 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 |
| 18865124 | PLANT PROTEIN COMPOSITION | LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO | 1791 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 12, 2024 |
| 18850253 | BITTER TASTE MASKING AGENT FOR POTASSIUM CHLORIDE | LACHICA, ERICSON M | 1792 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2024 |
| 18883289 | FOODS THAT MEET PRESCRIBED NUTRITIONAL STANDARDS | MERCHLINSKY, JOSEPH CULLEN | 1791 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2024 |
| 18042118 | yGT ESTIMATION DEVICE, yGT ESTIMATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | CHEN, TSE W | 3791 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 17, 2023 |
| 18041939 | HbA1c RISK ESTIMATION DEVICE, HbA1c RISK ESTIMATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | SASS, KIMBERLY A. | 3686 | §101 | Final Rejection | 41d | Pending | Feb 16, 2023 |
| 17906838 | METHYL CELLULOSE SLURRY, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, MEAT-LIKE PROTEIN PROCESSED FOOD PRODUCT CONTAINING THE METHYL CELLULOSE SLURRY, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE PROCESSED FOOD PRODUCT | MERCHLINSKY, JOSEPH CULLEN | 1791 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2022 |
| 17906835 | RAW CHINESE NOODLES, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, METHOD FOR SUPPRESSING STORAGE ODOR OF RAW CHINESE NOODLES, AND AGENT FOR SUPPRESSING STORAGE ODOR OF RAW CHINESE NOODLES | TRAN, LIEN THUY | 1793 | §103 | Final Rejection | 36d overdue | Pending | Sep 20, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialNissin Foods Holdings Co., Ltd. has 8 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 7 examiners.
Joseph Cullen Merchlinsky has the most, with 2 of Nissin Foods Holdings Co., Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
