Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
5 pending office actions • 2 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Planted Foods AG currently has 5 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed among 5 distinct examiners, meaning each pending matter is being reviewed by a different individual. This distribution suggests a variety of examination perspectives for the company's current filings. Despite having 5 distinct examiners, the portfolio is concentrated within 2 distinct art units, indicating that multiple examiners are working within the same technical groups.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is O'HERN, BRENT T, who is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. Since there are 5 pending office actions and 5 distinct examiners, each examiner is responsible for a single action. This distribution across 5 distinct examiners within 2 distinct art units allows the company to receive feedback from different perspectives while remaining within 2 technical specialties. The 1 busiest examiner pending action for O'HERN, BRENT T is a portion of the total pending workload.
In the Chemistry & Materials sector, having 5 pending office actions in 2 distinct art units suggests a focused development of technology across a few key areas. The 5 distinct examiners provide diversity in the examination process. This structure for the 5 pending office actions means that the company must navigate the specific standards of 2 distinct art units while addressing the individual concerns of 5 distinct examiners, including O'HERN, BRENT T.
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.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (20%) |
| §102 only | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (60%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| O'HERN, BRENT T | 1 | 78.5% | +19.8% |
| GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A | 1 | 36.0% | +34.8% |
| LEBLANC, KATHERINE DEGUIRE | 1 | 34.6% | +35.8% |
| LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO | 1 | 8.9% | +12.3% |
| KOHLER, STEPHANIE A | 1 | 31.9% | +31.1% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18863061 | APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING PLANT-BASED PROTEINACEOUS FOOD ITEMS, SET OF FOOD ITEMS AND METHOD OF PROCESSING | O'HERN, BRENT T | — |
| 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 | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due 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 |
| 18863061 | APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING PLANT-BASED PROTEINACEOUS FOOD ITEMS, SET OF FOOD ITEMS AND METHOD OF PROCESSING | O'HERN, BRENT T | — |
| 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 | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1791 | 3 |
| 1759 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18863061 | APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING PLANT-BASED PROTEINACEOUS FOOD ITEMS, SET OF FOOD ITEMS AND METHOD OF PROCESSING | O'HERN, BRENT T | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 05, 2024 |
| 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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