Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

Suntory Holdings Limited

51 pending office actions • 17 art units • 37 examiners • 0 of 51 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 25 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

51
Total Pending OAs
27
Non-Final OAs
20
Final Rejections
4
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 25 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

14
Overdue
1
Due this week
8
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
2
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 25 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (14)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (8)Due later (2)

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.

25
Hard (49%)
26
Medium (51%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other7 (14%)
§103 only24 (47%)
§102 only1 (2%)
Double-patenting + other1 (2%)
Multi-statute (no §101)18 (35%)

Industry Mix

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

40
Life Sciences
78% of docket
1
Information Tech
2% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
2% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
8% of docket
5
Business / Other
10% 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.

510 h
Manual time on pending OAs
102 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
178 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
4.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LACHICA, ERICSON M 3 30.5% +34.9%
YOO, HONG THI 3 45.7% +26.0%
STULII, VERA 3 32.7% +24.7%
SILVERMAN, JANICE Y 2 36.4% +53.4%
MORENO, LARK JULIA 2 0.0% +0.0%
GERLA, STEPHANIE RAE 2 15.9% +31.1%
JACOBSON, MICHELE LYNN 2 26.6% +32.4%
DUBOIS, PHILIP A 2 25.0% +25.0%
HAWKINS, AMANDA SALATA 2 4.3% -4.8%
LEBLANC, KATHERINE DEGUIRE 2 34.5% +36.1%

Hard Cases (31)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18287123 BLOOD SUGAR CONSTITUTION DETERMINATION DEVICE, BLOOD SUGAR CONSTITUTION DETERMINATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM LAM, ELIZA ANNE 111d overdue
18275133 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM HENRY, MATTHEW D 105d overdue
17797946 BEER-FLAVORED BEVERAGE JACOBSON, MICHELE LYNN 74d overdue
18285409 COMPOSITION FOR INCREASING RED BLOOD CELLS AND/OR HEMOGLOBIN CHONG, YONG SOO 71d overdue
18291675 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE TURNER, FELICIA C 45d overdue
18034764 ENHANCED-SWEETNESS BEVERAGES GERLA, STEPHANIE RAE 32d overdue
18286634 COMPOSITION FOR STIMULATING IMMUNE CELL METABOLISM MAHLUM, JONATHAN DAVIS 31d overdue
18285521 ANTI-ANXIETY COMPOSITION MOTEVALLI, OROD 28d overdue

Interview Candidates (19)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17797946 BEER-FLAVORED BEVERAGE JACOBSON, MICHELE LYNN 74d overdue
17763038 SOLID COMPOSITION HAVING GREEN LAVER SCENT LACHICA, ERICSON M 35d overdue
18034764 ENHANCED-SWEETNESS BEVERAGES GERLA, STEPHANIE RAE 32d overdue
18293508 MINERAL-CONTAINING COMPOSITION FOR ADDITION TO FOOD YOO, HONG THI 4d overdue
18029279 CONTAINER-PACKED CARBONATED BEVERAGE YOO, HONG THI 8d
17958943 PACKAGED ALCOHOL BEVERAGE INCLUDING STEVIOL GLYCOSIDE DUBOIS, PHILIP A 13d
18557605 BEVERAGES GERLA, STEPHANIE RAE 16d
17788482 METHOD FOR PRODUCING DE-ALCOHOLIZED BEVERAGE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AROMA COMPONENT DERIVED FROM ALCOHOL-CONTAINING BEVERAGE LEBLANC, KATHERINE DEGUIRE 27d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1791 12
1793 9
1792 9
1623 2
1693 2
2422 1
3754 1
2853 1
1617 1
3681 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18700527 ESTIMATION MODEL GENERATING APPARATUS, RIVER FLOW RATE ESTIMATING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR PRODUCING ESTIMATION MODEL, RIVER FLOW RATE ESTIMATING METHOD, AND PROGRAM TRAN, TRANG U 2422 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 30, 2025
19117730 BEVERAGE SERVER CARROLL, JEREMY W 3754 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 02, 2025
18871973 PRINTING SYSTEM AND PRINTING METHOD MCMILLION, TRACEY M 2853 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 05, 2024
18871978 PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL, AND PROGRAM JEREZ LORA, WILLIAM A §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 05, 2024
18717079 BEVERAGE CONTAINING ALIPHATIC ALCOHOL AND GABA SILVERMAN, JANICE Y 1791 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 04, 2024
18841497 BEVERAGE CONTAINING ERIOCITRIN AND JUICE SILVERMAN, JANICE Y §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 26, 2024
18730561 W/O/W EMULSION CONTAINING INOSITOL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME JUSTICE, GINA CHIEUN YU 1617 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 19, 2024
18728706 COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR MICROORGANISM GROWTH SUPPRESSION IN COMPOSITION FOR ORAL USE, AND AGENT FOR POTENTIATION OF MICROORGANISM-GROWTH-SUPPRESSING EFFECT OF QUERCETIN OR GLYCOSIDE THEREOF CORNET, JEAN P §101§102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 12, 2024
18727439 BEVERAGE CONTAINING COMPONENT DERIVED FROM WOODEN CONTAINER LACHICA, ERICSON M §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 09, 2024
18721314 BEER-FLAVORED BEVERAGE MORENO, LARK JULIA 1793 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 18, 2024
18708426 COMPOSITION FOR INHIBITING HISTAMINE-N-METHYLTRANSFERASE HSU, GRACE CHING §102DP Non-Final OA Pending May 08, 2024
18631814 FUNCTIONAL COMPONENT-CONTAINING BEVERAGE FILLED IN SPRAYING CONTAINER MORENO, LARK JULIA 1793 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 8d Pending Apr 10, 2024
18691270 COFFEE BEANS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING COFFEE BEANS YOO, HONG THI 1792 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 12, 2024
18294355 COFFEE BEAN EXTRACT WITH IMPROVED FLAVOR, FOOD OR BEVERAGE, PACKAGED BEVERAGE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING COFFEE BEAN EXTRACT CHAWLA, JYOTI 1791 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 01, 2024
18293508 MINERAL-CONTAINING COMPOSITION FOR ADDITION TO FOOD YOO, HONG THI 1792 §103§112 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Jan 30, 2024
18291690 CARBONATED ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE MUKHOPADHYAY, BHASKAR 1792 §103 Final Rejection 15d Pending Jan 24, 2024
18291675 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE TURNER, FELICIA C 1793 §103§112 Final Rejection 45d overdue Pending Jan 24, 2024
18567883 SWEETENER COMPOSITION MORNHINWEG, JEFFREY P 1793 §103 Final Rejection 8d Pending Dec 07, 2023
18557605 BEVERAGES GERLA, STEPHANIE RAE 1791 §103§112 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Oct 27, 2023
18287123 BLOOD SUGAR CONSTITUTION DETERMINATION DEVICE, BLOOD SUGAR CONSTITUTION DETERMINATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM LAM, ELIZA ANNE 3681 §101§103 Final Rejection 111d overdue Pending Oct 16, 2023
18286634 COMPOSITION FOR STIMULATING IMMUNE CELL METABOLISM MAHLUM, JONATHAN DAVIS 1625 §101§102Other Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Oct 12, 2023
18286687 STEVIA PLANT RICH IN NUTRITIONAL COMPONENT KRUSE, DAVID H 1663 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 12, 2023
18286446 COMPOSITION FOR PROMOTING LIPOLYSIS VALLE, ERNESTO 1623 §102 Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Oct 11, 2023
18285521 ANTI-ANXIETY COMPOSITION MOTEVALLI, OROD 1628 §103§112 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Oct 04, 2023
18285409 COMPOSITION FOR INCREASING RED BLOOD CELLS AND/OR HEMOGLOBIN CHONG, YONG SOO 1623 §102§103Other Non-Final OA 71d overdue Pending Oct 03, 2023
18552715 COMPOSITION FOR AMELIORATING OR SUPPRESSING DECLINE OF KIDNEY FUNCTIONS COUGHLIN, MATTHEW P 1626 §101§102§103Other Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Sep 27, 2023
18275133 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM HENRY, MATTHEW D 3625 §101§112 Non-Final OA 105d overdue Pending Jul 31, 2023
18269352 FRUIT JUICE-CONTAINING UNDILUTED SAKE STULII, VERA 1791 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 23, 2023
18268512 BEVERAGE CONTAINING QUASSIN STULII, VERA 1791 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 20, 2023
18265546 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM LAGOY, KYRA RAND 3685 §101§103 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Jun 06, 2023
18034764 ENHANCED-SWEETNESS BEVERAGES GERLA, STEPHANIE RAE 1791 §103Other Final Rejection 32d overdue Pending May 01, 2023
18032882 NON-ALCOHOLIC BEER-TASTE BEVERAGE JACOBSON, MICHELE LYNN 1793 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Apr 20, 2023
18029279 CONTAINER-PACKED CARBONATED BEVERAGE YOO, HONG THI 1792 §103 Final Rejection 8d Pending Mar 29, 2023
18022888 BEER-FLAVORED BEVERAGE LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO 1791 §103 Non-Final OA 73d overdue Pending Feb 23, 2023
18021477 BEER TASTE BEVERAGE DIVIESTI, KARLA ISOBEL 1792 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 15, 2023
18012475 NON-ALCOHOLIC BEER-FLAVORED BEVERAGE STULII, VERA 1791 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 22, 2022
18010688 BEER-TASTE BEVERAGE MCCLAIN, TYNESHA L. 1793 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 15, 2022
18010352 BEER-FLAVORED BEVERAGE LACHICA, ERICSON M 1792 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 14, 2022
17916934 TEA-FRAGRANCE-IMPARTING LIQUID COMPOSITION HAVING GREEN LAVER SCENT NGUYEN, THANH H 1792 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Oct 04, 2022
17958943 PACKAGED ALCOHOL BEVERAGE INCLUDING STEVIOL GLYCOSIDE DUBOIS, PHILIP A 1791 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Oct 03, 2022
17914129 ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE REMOTE PLASMA CVD DEVICE, FILM FORMATION METHOD, AND PLASTIC BOTTLE MANUFACTURING METHOD NUCKOLS, TIFFANY Z 1716 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 23, 2022
17800256 LIQUID MINERAL CONCENTRATE COMPOSITION HAWKINS, AMANDA SALATA 1793 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 17, 2022
17800436 MINERAL-CONTAINING AQUEOUS COMPOSITION HAWKINS, AMANDA SALATA 1793 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 17, 2022
17798348 CONTAINER-PACKED CARBONATED ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LEBLANC, KATHERINE DEGUIRE 1791 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 09, 2022
17797946 BEER-FLAVORED BEVERAGE JACOBSON, MICHELE LYNN 1793 §103 Final Rejection 74d overdue Pending Aug 05, 2022
17788482 METHOD FOR PRODUCING DE-ALCOHOLIZED BEVERAGE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AROMA COMPONENT DERIVED FROM ALCOHOL-CONTAINING BEVERAGE LEBLANC, KATHERINE DEGUIRE 1791 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Jun 23, 2022
17788583 BEVERAGE CONTAINING DISPERSED PLANT OIL BECKER, DREW E 1792 §103 Final Rejection 6d Pending Jun 23, 2022
17772848 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING REVAUDIOSIDE-D-CONTAINING CRYSTALLIZED PRODUCT, AND REVAUDIOSIDE-D-CONTAINING CRYSTALLIZED PRODUCT BRANDSEN, BENJAMIN MICHAEL 1693 §103§112 Non-Final OA 65d Pending Apr 28, 2022
17772872 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING REVAUDIOSIDE-D-CONTAINING CRYSTALLIZED PRODUCT, AND REVAUDIOSIDE-D-CONTAINING CRYSTALLIZED PRODUCT BRANDSEN, BENJAMIN MICHAEL 1693 §103§112 Non-Final OA 65d Pending Apr 28, 2022
17763038 SOLID COMPOSITION HAVING GREEN LAVER SCENT LACHICA, ERICSON M 1792 §103 Final Rejection 35d overdue Pending Mar 23, 2022
17641002 PACKAGED ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE DUBOIS, PHILIP A 1791 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Mar 07, 2022

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