Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
11 pending office actions • 7 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days
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.
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.
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 (9%) |
| §101 + other | 3 (27%) |
| §103 only | 3 (27%) |
| §102 only | 1 (9%) |
| §112 only | 1 (9%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (9%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (9%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KERSHAW, KELLY P | 1 | 16.8% | +15.1% |
| LACHICA, ERICSON M | 1 | 30.5% | +34.9% |
| MERCHLINSKY, JOSEPH CULLEN | 1 | 6.3% | -6.7% |
| LEBLANC, KATHERINE DEGUIRE | 1 | 34.5% | +36.1% |
| CABRAL, ROBERT S | 1 | 62.6% | +32.4% |
| STRIEGEL, THEODORE CHARLES | 1 | 20.0% | +20.7% |
| TRAN, THIEN JASON | 1 | 74.1% | +24.2% |
| CATINA, MICHAEL ANTHONY | 1 | 31.3% | +30.3% |
| TRAN, LIEN THUY | 1 | 28.2% | +26.8% |
| WILLIAMS, TERESA S | 1 | 25.2% | +17.8% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 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 |
| 18041928 | BLOOD NEUTRAL FAT ESTIMATION DEVICE, BLOOD NEUTRAL FAT ESTIMATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | CATINA, MICHAEL ANTHONY | 62d |
| 19107214 | FROZEN FOOD FOR MICROWAVE COOKING AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | KERSHAW, KELLY P | — |
| 18883289 | FOODS THAT MEET PRESCRIBED NUTRITIONAL STANDARDS | MERCHLINSKY, JOSEPH CULLEN | — |
| 18041910 | CREATININE RISK ESTIMATION DEVICE, CREATININE RISK ESTIMATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | STRIEGEL, THEODORE CHARLES | — |
| 18041960 | BLOOD SUGAR LEVEL ESTIMATION DEVICE, BLOOD SUGAR LEVEL ESTIMATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | TRAN, THIEN JASON | — |
| 17763129 | COMPLETE NUTRITIOUS FOOD PRODUCT AND PROVIDING SYSTEM THEREOF | WILLIAMS, TERESA S | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18246800 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING HEALTH CONDITIONS | CABRAL, ROBERT S | 42d overdue |
| 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 |
| 18041928 | BLOOD NEUTRAL FAT ESTIMATION DEVICE, BLOOD NEUTRAL FAT ESTIMATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | CATINA, MICHAEL ANTHONY | 62d |
| 19107214 | FROZEN FOOD FOR MICROWAVE COOKING AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | KERSHAW, KELLY P | — |
| 18850253 | BITTER TASTE MASKING AGENT FOR POTASSIUM CHLORIDE | LACHICA, ERICSON M | — |
| 18246964 | DRIED GRAIN-LIKE GRANULES | LEBLANC, KATHERINE DEGUIRE | — |
| 18041910 | CREATININE RISK ESTIMATION DEVICE, CREATININE RISK ESTIMATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | STRIEGEL, THEODORE CHARLES | — |
| 18041960 | BLOOD SUGAR LEVEL ESTIMATION DEVICE, BLOOD SUGAR LEVEL ESTIMATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | TRAN, THIEN JASON | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1791 | 2 |
| 1614 | 1 |
| 3792 | 1 |
| 3791 | 1 |
| 1793 | 1 |
| 3687 | 1 |
| 1792 | 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§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 |
| 18850253 | BITTER TASTE MASKING AGENT FOR POTASSIUM CHLORIDE | LACHICA, ERICSON M | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2024 |
| 18883289 | FOODS THAT MEET PRESCRIBED NUTRITIONAL STANDARDS | MERCHLINSKY, JOSEPH CULLEN | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2024 |
| 18246964 | DRIED GRAIN-LIKE GRANULES | LEBLANC, KATHERINE DEGUIRE | 1791 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2023 |
| 18246800 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING HEALTH CONDITIONS | CABRAL, ROBERT S | 1614 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 42d overdue | Pending | Mar 27, 2023 |
| 18041910 | CREATININE RISK ESTIMATION DEVICE, CREATININE RISK ESTIMATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | STRIEGEL, THEODORE CHARLES | — | §101§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 16, 2023 |
| 18041960 | BLOOD SUGAR LEVEL ESTIMATION DEVICE, BLOOD SUGAR LEVEL ESTIMATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | TRAN, THIEN JASON | 3792 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 16, 2023 |
| 18041928 | BLOOD NEUTRAL FAT ESTIMATION DEVICE, BLOOD NEUTRAL FAT ESTIMATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | CATINA, MICHAEL ANTHONY | 3791 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 62d | Pending | Feb 16, 2023 |
| 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 |
| 17763129 | COMPLETE NUTRITIOUS FOOD PRODUCT AND PROVIDING SYSTEM THEREOF | WILLIAMS, TERESA S | 3687 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 23, 2022 |
| 17762653 | RAW CHINESE NOODLES, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING DISCOLORATION OF RAW CHINESE NOODLES | THAKUR, VIREN A | 1792 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 22, 2022 |
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