Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
8 pending office actions • 4 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
TAKASAGO INTERNATIONAL Corporation is currently managing 8 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These 8 pending office actions are spread across 8 distinct examiners, which means every active case is being reviewed by a different individual. The prosecution activity is distributed among 4 distinct art units.
The busiest examiner, TRAN, LIEN THUY, is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This distribution shows a level of diversification in the examination process. Because the 4 distinct art units are involved, the company must address a variety of technical standards and examiner preferences.
Managing the 8 distinct examiners requires coordination to maintain progress in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The 8 pending office actions represent the prosecution front for the company. The role of TRAN, LIEN THUY is an individual examiner relationship the company must maintain alongside the other examiners.
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.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 2 (25%) |
| §103 only | 3 (38%) |
| §102 only | 1 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUBOIS, PHILIP A | 1 | 25.5% | +26.3% |
| TRAN, LIEN THUY | 1 | 28.6% | +26.5% |
| TAYLOR, AUSTIN PARKER | 1 | 42.9% | +27.5% |
| BURKE, MATTHEW RYAN | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| WALKER, AJA ARYANNA | 1 | 57.1% | +50.0% |
| WHEELER, THURMAN MICHAEL | 1 | 45.8% | +23.5% |
| DIVIESTI, KARLA ISOBEL | 1 | 3.4% | +20.0% |
| ROBERTS, LEZAH | 1 | 48.4% | +35.1% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18285598 | FLAVOR COMPOSITION AND FOOD AND BEVERAGE | DUBOIS, PHILIP A | — |
| 18879032 | CARBONATION SENSATION IMPARTING OR ENHANCING AGENT | TRAN, LIEN THUY | — |
| 18856467 | PRODUCTION METHOD FOR FLAVOR COMPOSITION | TAYLOR, AUSTIN PARKER | — |
| 18770080 | DEODORANT FRAGRANCE COMPOSITION | BURKE, MATTHEW RYAN | — |
| 18309894 | ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOSITIONS | WHEELER, THURMAN MICHAEL | — |
| 17911747 | METHOD FOR DECOLORIZING ESSENTIAL OIL | DIVIESTI, KARLA ISOBEL | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17423793 | USE OF COOLING MATERIALS FOR THE REDUCTION OR INHIBITION OF SALTINESS IN ORALLY ADMINISTERED, IMBIBED OR INGESTED CONSUMER PRODUCTS | ROBERTS, LEZAH | 30d overdue |
| 18285598 | FLAVOR COMPOSITION AND FOOD AND BEVERAGE | DUBOIS, PHILIP A | — |
| 18879032 | CARBONATION SENSATION IMPARTING OR ENHANCING AGENT | TRAN, LIEN THUY | — |
| 18856467 | PRODUCTION METHOD FOR FLAVOR COMPOSITION | TAYLOR, AUSTIN PARKER | — |
| 18516361 | FRAGRANCE COMPOSITION | WALKER, AJA ARYANNA | — |
| 18309894 | ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOSITIONS | WHEELER, THURMAN MICHAEL | — |
| 17911747 | METHOD FOR DECOLORIZING ESSENTIAL OIL | DIVIESTI, KARLA ISOBEL | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1619 | 2 |
| 1793 | 1 |
| 1792 | 1 |
| 1612 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18285598 | FLAVOR COMPOSITION AND FOOD AND BEVERAGE | DUBOIS, PHILIP A | — | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 03, 2025 |
| 18879032 | CARBONATION SENSATION IMPARTING OR ENHANCING AGENT | TRAN, LIEN THUY | 1793 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2024 |
| 18856467 | PRODUCTION METHOD FOR FLAVOR COMPOSITION | TAYLOR, AUSTIN PARKER | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2024 |
| 18770080 | DEODORANT FRAGRANCE COMPOSITION | BURKE, MATTHEW RYAN | 1619 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2024 |
| 18516361 | FRAGRANCE COMPOSITION | WALKER, AJA ARYANNA | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2023 |
| 18309894 | ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOSITIONS | WHEELER, THURMAN MICHAEL | 1619 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 01, 2023 |
| 17911747 | METHOD FOR DECOLORIZING ESSENTIAL OIL | DIVIESTI, KARLA ISOBEL | 1792 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 15, 2022 |
| 17423793 | USE OF COOLING MATERIALS FOR THE REDUCTION OR INHIBITION OF SALTINESS IN ORALLY ADMINISTERED, IMBIBED OR INGESTED CONSUMER PRODUCTS | ROBERTS, LEZAH | 1612 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 30d overdue | Pending | Jul 16, 2021 |
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