Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Takasago International Corporation

7 pending office actions • 6 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due later (1)

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.

0
Hard (0%)
6
Medium (86%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (14%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only6 (86%)
No statute on record1 (14%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
86% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
14% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ZILBERING, ASSAF 1 33.7% +27.0%
STULII, VERA 1 32.5% +24.7%
JACOBSON, MICHELE LYNN 1 25.5% +31.8%
ROMERO, KRISTEN WANG 1 71.4% +29.6%
BASET, NESHAT 1 29.7% +28.0%
ROBERTS, LEZAH 1 48.7% +36.3%
LEBLANC, KATHERINE DEGUIRE 1 33.9% +35.7%

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
17863571 METHOD FOR MEASURING THE RESPONSE TO OLFACTIVE STIMULI BASET, NESHAT 4d overdue
17925907 FLAVOR COMPOSITION, AND FOOD AND BEVERAGE JACOBSON, MICHELE LYNN 62d

Interview Candidates (7)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17909941 CERAMIDE GROWTH PROMOTING AGENT ROMERO, KRISTEN WANG 45d overdue
17423793 USE OF COOLING MATERIALS FOR THE REDUCTION OR INHIBITION OF SALTINESS IN ORALLY ADMINISTERED, IMBIBED OR INGESTED CONSUMER PRODUCTS ROBERTS, LEZAH 30d overdue
17863571 METHOD FOR MEASURING THE RESPONSE TO OLFACTIVE STIMULI BASET, NESHAT 4d overdue
18019956 CARBONATED BEVERAGE, METHOD FOR PREPARING FLAVOR COMPOSITION, AND METHOD FOR SUPPRESSING EFFERVESCENCE OF CARBONATED BEVERAGE STULII, VERA 13d
16976268 SPRAY-DRIED COMPOSITION LEBLANC, KATHERINE DEGUIRE 22d
18294732 METHOD FOR SUPPRESSING FOAMING IN CARBONATED BEVERAGE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING CARBONATED BEVERAGE, CARBONATED BEVERAGE WITH SUPPRESSED FOAMING ZILBERING, ASSAF 28d
17925907 FLAVOR COMPOSITION, AND FOOD AND BEVERAGE JACOBSON, MICHELE LYNN 62d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1791 2
1792 1
1793 1
1624 1
3798 1
1612 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18294732 METHOD FOR SUPPRESSING FOAMING IN CARBONATED BEVERAGE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING CARBONATED BEVERAGE, CARBONATED BEVERAGE WITH SUPPRESSED FOAMING ZILBERING, ASSAF 1792 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Feb 02, 2024
18019956 CARBONATED BEVERAGE, METHOD FOR PREPARING FLAVOR COMPOSITION, AND METHOD FOR SUPPRESSING EFFERVESCENCE OF CARBONATED BEVERAGE STULII, VERA 1791 §103 Final Rejection 13d Pending Feb 06, 2023
17925907 FLAVOR COMPOSITION, AND FOOD AND BEVERAGE JACOBSON, MICHELE LYNN 1793 §103 Non-Final OA 62d Pending Nov 17, 2022
17909941 CERAMIDE GROWTH PROMOTING AGENT ROMERO, KRISTEN WANG 1624 Other Final Rejection 45d overdue Pending Sep 07, 2022
17863571 METHOD FOR MEASURING THE RESPONSE TO OLFACTIVE STIMULI BASET, NESHAT 3798 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Jul 13, 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 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Jul 16, 2021
16976268 SPRAY-DRIED COMPOSITION LEBLANC, KATHERINE DEGUIRE 1791 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Aug 27, 2020

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