Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
SÜDZUCKER AG has 4 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters are assigned to 4 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units, so each listed action follows a separate examination path.
RODRIGUEZ-GARCIA, VALERIE is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. The distribution does not indicate a dominant examiner relationship, making application-specific review central to response preparation.
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 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (75%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RODRIGUEZ-GARCIA, VALERIE | 1 | 68.9% | +31.7% |
| DRODGE, JOSEPH W | 1 | 78.3% | +38.0% |
| AXTELL, ASHLEY | 1 | 13.2% | +25.7% |
| DUBOIS, PHILIP A | 1 | 25.6% | +26.3% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18838081 | PROCESS FOR THE OXIDATION OF HYDROXYMETHYLFURFURAL | RODRIGUEZ-GARCIA, VALERIE | — |
| 18722242 | FREE-FLOWING CARBOHYDRATES AND PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION THEREOF | DRODGE, JOSEPH W | — |
| 17761568 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING TRANSPARENTLY SUGAR-COATED CHEWING GUM HAVING COLOURED CARBOHYDRATE PARTICLES | AXTELL, ASHLEY | — |
| 16967941 | LIQUID FUNCTIONALLY IMPROVED ISOMALT | DUBOIS, PHILIP A | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18838081 | PROCESS FOR THE OXIDATION OF HYDROXYMETHYLFURFURAL | RODRIGUEZ-GARCIA, VALERIE | — |
| 18722242 | FREE-FLOWING CARBOHYDRATES AND PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION THEREOF | DRODGE, JOSEPH W | — |
| 17761568 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING TRANSPARENTLY SUGAR-COATED CHEWING GUM HAVING COLOURED CARBOHYDRATE PARTICLES | AXTELL, ASHLEY | — |
| 16967941 | LIQUID FUNCTIONALLY IMPROVED ISOMALT | DUBOIS, PHILIP A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1621 | 1 |
| 1773 | 1 |
| 1792 | 1 |
| 1791 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18838081 | PROCESS FOR THE OXIDATION OF HYDROXYMETHYLFURFURAL | RODRIGUEZ-GARCIA, VALERIE | 1621 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 13, 2024 |
| 18722242 | FREE-FLOWING CARBOHYDRATES AND PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION THEREOF | DRODGE, JOSEPH W | 1773 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2024 |
| 17761568 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING TRANSPARENTLY SUGAR-COATED CHEWING GUM HAVING COLOURED CARBOHYDRATE PARTICLES | AXTELL, ASHLEY | 1792 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 17, 2022 |
| 16967941 | LIQUID FUNCTIONALLY IMPROVED ISOMALT | DUBOIS, PHILIP A | 1791 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 06, 2020 |
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Start Free TrialSÜDZUCKER AG has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 4 examiners.
Valerie Rodriguez-Garcia has the most, with 1 of SÜDZUCKER AG's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
