Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Reflux Gourmet LLC is currently navigating 3 pending office actions in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. These matters are being reviewed by 3 distinct examiners across 2 distinct art units. This distribution indicates that while the examiners are all different, there is some consolidation at the art unit level. The 3 pending office actions are each being handled by a different individual, providing a variety of perspectives on the portfolio.
The busiest examiner is LACHICA, ERICSON M, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. Because there are 3 distinct examiners for the active cases, each matter is receiving an independent evaluation. However, since these actions are contained within only 2 distinct art units, practitioners may find some commonality in the examination styles or prior art being cited across the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals portfolio. The presence of 2 distinct art units suggests that the matters are technically related enough to be grouped within a limited number of specialized departments at the patent office.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 3 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LACHICA, ERICSON M | 1 | 29.8% | +35.2% |
| GALSTER, SAMUEL LEONARD | 1 | 52.1% | +42.2% |
| LEE, HOI YAN NMN | 1 | 37.5% | +76.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18755489 | FUNCTIONAL GUM COMPRISING AN ALGINATE BLEND | LACHICA, ERICSON M | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17856527 | ALGINATE, POLYLYSINE, AND SEED PRESERVATIVE NUTRITIONAL PRODUCT AND DIGESTIVE AID | LEE, HOI YAN NMN | 23d overdue |
| 17856542 | METHOD FOR NEUTRALIZING STOMACH ACID USING ALGINATE, POLYLYSINE, AND SEED PRESERVATIVES | GALSTER, SAMUEL LEONARD | 15d overdue |
| 18755489 | FUNCTIONAL GUM COMPRISING AN ALGINATE BLEND | LACHICA, ERICSON M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1693 | 2 |
| 1617 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18755489 | FUNCTIONAL GUM COMPRISING AN ALGINATE BLEND | LACHICA, ERICSON M | 1617 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2024 |
| 17856542 | METHOD FOR NEUTRALIZING STOMACH ACID USING ALGINATE, POLYLYSINE, AND SEED PRESERVATIVES | GALSTER, SAMUEL LEONARD | 1693 | §103 | Final Rejection | 15d overdue | Pending | Jul 01, 2022 |
| 17856527 | ALGINATE, POLYLYSINE, AND SEED PRESERVATIVE NUTRITIONAL PRODUCT AND DIGESTIVE AID | LEE, HOI YAN NMN | 1693 | §103 | Final Rejection | 23d overdue | Pending | Jul 01, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialReflux Gourmet LLC has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 3 examiners.
Ericson M Lachica has the most, with 1 of Reflux Gourmet LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
