Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Swiss Coffee Innovation AG

4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
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%)
1
Medium (25%)
1
Easy (25%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§112 only1 (25%)
Double-patenting + other1 (25%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
75% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
25% 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
LACHICA, ERICSON M 2 30.5% +34.9%
LI, CHANGQING 1 29.6% +33.1%
WALTERS JR, ROBERT S 1 51.5% +50.5%

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
18173367 CAPSULE CONTAINING BEVERAGE POWDER, IN PARTICULAR FOR PREPARING BREWED COFFEE LI, CHANGQING 42d overdue
17608613 CAPSULE CONTAINING MATERIAL SUCH AS BEVERAGE POWDER, IN PARTICULAR FOR PREPARING BREWED COFFEE LACHICA, ERICSON M

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
18173367 CAPSULE CONTAINING BEVERAGE POWDER, IN PARTICULAR FOR PREPARING BREWED COFFEE LI, CHANGQING 42d overdue
18961437 CAPSULE CONTAINING BEVERAGE POWDER, IN PARTICULAR FORPREPARING BREWED COFFEE LACHICA, ERICSON M
17919817 METHOD FOR COATING A COMPACTED POWDER CAKE, IN PARTICULAR FOR PRODUCING A CAPSULE CONTAINING BEVERAGE POWDER WALTERS JR, ROBERT S
17608613 CAPSULE CONTAINING MATERIAL SUCH AS BEVERAGE POWDER, IN PARTICULAR FOR PREPARING BREWED COFFEE LACHICA, ERICSON M

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1791 1
1717 1
1792 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18961437 CAPSULE CONTAINING BEVERAGE POWDER, IN PARTICULAR FORPREPARING BREWED COFFEE LACHICA, ERICSON M §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 26, 2024
18173367 CAPSULE CONTAINING BEVERAGE POWDER, IN PARTICULAR FOR PREPARING BREWED COFFEE LI, CHANGQING 1791 §103§112Other Final Rejection 42d overdue Pending Feb 23, 2023
17919817 METHOD FOR COATING A COMPACTED POWDER CAKE, IN PARTICULAR FOR PRODUCING A CAPSULE CONTAINING BEVERAGE POWDER WALTERS JR, ROBERT S 1717 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 19, 2022
17608613 CAPSULE CONTAINING MATERIAL SUCH AS BEVERAGE POWDER, IN PARTICULAR FOR PREPARING BREWED COFFEE LACHICA, ERICSON M 1792 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 03, 2021

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