Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

SÜDZUCKER AG

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

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
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.

3
Hard (75%)
1
Medium (25%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

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

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
100% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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
ORDAZ, CHRISTIAN JOSE 1 64.7% +91.7%
AXTELL, ASHLEY 1 13.2% +25.7%
LEE, HOI YAN NMN 1 41.0% +79.2%
DUBOIS, PHILIP A 1 24.9% +24.6%

Hard Cases (4)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17275146 METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF A SWEETNER LEE, HOI YAN NMN 5d overdue
18723690 FRUCTOSE SENSING AND SIGNALING IN PLANTS ORDAZ, CHRISTIAN JOSE 22d
17761568 METHOD FOR PRODUCING TRANSPARENTLY SUGAR-COATED CHEWING GUM HAVING COLOURED CARBOHYDRATE PARTICLES AXTELL, ASHLEY
16967941 LIQUID FUNCTIONALLY IMPROVED ISOMALT DUBOIS, PHILIP A

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
17275146 METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF A SWEETNER LEE, HOI YAN NMN 5d overdue
18723690 FRUCTOSE SENSING AND SIGNALING IN PLANTS ORDAZ, CHRISTIAN JOSE 22d
17761568 METHOD FOR PRODUCING TRANSPARENTLY SUGAR-COATED CHEWING GUM HAVING COLOURED CARBOHYDRATE PARTICLES AXTELL, ASHLEY
16967941 LIQUID FUNCTIONALLY IMPROVED ISOMALT DUBOIS, PHILIP A

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1663 1
1792 1
1693 1
1791 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18723690 FRUCTOSE SENSING AND SIGNALING IN PLANTS ORDAZ, CHRISTIAN JOSE 1663 §101§102§112 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Jun 24, 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
17275146 METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF A SWEETNER LEE, HOI YAN NMN 1693 §103§112 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Mar 10, 2021
16967941 LIQUID FUNCTIONALLY IMPROVED ISOMALT DUBOIS, PHILIP A 1791 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 06, 2020

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