Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
9 pending office actions • 4 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
Nissin Foods Holdings Co., Ltd. is currently managing 10 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These 10 pending office actions are distributed among 10 distinct examiners, showing that every pending application is being handled by a different individual. This distribution among 10 distinct examiners indicates a lack of examiner concentration in the company's current portfolio.
The 10 pending office actions are further spread across 5 distinct art units. This distribution across 5 distinct art units suggests that the company's chemistry and materials innovations fall into several different specialized technical categories at the USPTO. KERSHAW, KELLY P is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently responsible for 1 pending office action. With many examiners and art units involved, the company must manage a variety of examiner preferences while focusing its efforts within the specialized groups that oversee its current pending workload.
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 (11%) |
| §101 + other | 2 (22%) |
| §103 only | 4 (44%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (22%) |
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 | 17.7% | +16.0% |
| LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO | 1 | 8.9% | +12.3% |
| LACHICA, ERICSON M | 1 | 30.0% | +35.4% |
| MERCHLINSKY, JOSEPH CULLEN | 1 | 5.9% | -6.3% |
| LEBLANC, KATHERINE DEGUIRE | 1 | 34.6% | +35.8% |
| CHEN, TSE W | 1 | 55.0% | +25.4% |
| CATINA, MICHAEL ANTHONY | 1 | 31.5% | +30.3% |
| TRAN, THIEN JASON | 1 | 74.7% | +21.4% |
| TRAN, LIEN THUY | 1 | 28.6% | +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 |
| 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 | — |
| 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 | — |
| 18041960 | BLOOD SUGAR LEVEL ESTIMATION DEVICE, BLOOD SUGAR LEVEL ESTIMATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | TRAN, THIEN JASON | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — |
| 18865124 | PLANT PROTEIN COMPOSITION | LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO | — |
| 18850253 | BITTER TASTE MASKING AGENT FOR POTASSIUM CHLORIDE | LACHICA, ERICSON M | — |
| 18246964 | DRIED GRAIN-LIKE GRANULES | LEBLANC, KATHERINE DEGUIRE | — |
| 18042118 | yGT ESTIMATION DEVICE, yGT ESTIMATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | CHEN, TSE W | — |
| 18041960 | BLOOD SUGAR LEVEL ESTIMATION DEVICE, BLOOD SUGAR LEVEL ESTIMATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | TRAN, THIEN JASON | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1791 | 2 |
| 3791 | 2 |
| 3792 | 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 | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 12, 2024 |
| 18850253 | BITTER TASTE MASKING AGENT FOR POTASSIUM CHLORIDE | LACHICA, ERICSON M | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2024 |
| 18883289 | FOODS THAT MEET PRESCRIBED NUTRITIONAL STANDARDS | MERCHLINSKY, JOSEPH CULLEN | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2024 |
| 18246964 | DRIED GRAIN-LIKE GRANULES | LEBLANC, KATHERINE DEGUIRE | 1791 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2023 |
| 18042118 | yGT ESTIMATION DEVICE, yGT ESTIMATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | CHEN, TSE W | 3791 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 17, 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 |
| 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 |
| 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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