Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Planted Foods AG

Technology area: Chemistry & Materials

4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Planted Foods AG has 4 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters involve 4 distinct examiners across 2 distinct art units, showing examiner-level breadth alongside recurring art-unit placement.

GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. A coordinated review can look for art-unit themes, while each response should remain tailored to the assigned examiner and application record.

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

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

2
Hard (50%)
2
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (25%)
§102 only1 (25%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

4
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.

40 h
Manual time on pending OAs
8 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
14 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A 1 36.0% +34.9%
LEBLANC, KATHERINE DEGUIRE 1 34.6% +36.0%
LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO 1 8.9% +12.3%
KOHLER, STEPHANIE A 1 32.3% +31.4%

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
18713848 METHOD OF MAKING A FIBROUS FUNGUS-CONTAINING FOOD PRODUCT AND PRODUCTS THEREOF GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A —
18441338 FOODSTUFFS AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO —

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18041525 METHOD OF PRODUCING A FUNGUS-BASED FOOD PRODUCT BY PROVIDING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL SCAFFOLD AND A FUNGUS-BASED FOOD PRODUCT OBTAINABLE BY SUCH A METHOD KOHLER, STEPHANIE A 34d
18713848 METHOD OF MAKING A FIBROUS FUNGUS-CONTAINING FOOD PRODUCT AND PRODUCTS THEREOF GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A —
18700150 FREEZE STRUCTURED AND ENZYMATICALLY CROSSLINKED FOOD MATERIALS LEBLANC, KATHERINE DEGUIRE —
18441338 FOODSTUFFS AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1791 3
1759 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18713848 METHOD OF MAKING A FIBROUS FUNGUS-CONTAINING FOOD PRODUCT AND PRODUCTS THEREOF GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A 1759 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 28, 2024
18700150 FREEZE STRUCTURED AND ENZYMATICALLY CROSSLINKED FOOD MATERIALS LEBLANC, KATHERINE DEGUIRE 1791 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 10, 2024
18441338 FOODSTUFFS AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO 1791 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 14, 2024
18041525 METHOD OF PRODUCING A FUNGUS-BASED FOOD PRODUCT BY PROVIDING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL SCAFFOLD AND A FUNGUS-BASED FOOD PRODUCT OBTAINABLE BY SUCH A METHOD KOHLER, STEPHANIE A 1791 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Feb 13, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Planted Foods AG have?

Planted Foods AG has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 4 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Planted Foods AG applications?

Elizabeth A Gwartney has the most, with 1 of Planted Foods AG's pending office actions.

What technology area are Planted Foods AG's patent applications in?

Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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