Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Tanaka Foods Co. Ltd. currently manages 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This matter is handled by 1 distinct examiner within 1 distinct art unit. The company's current prosecution efforts are focused on a single, specific technical advancement.
JACOBSON, MICHELE LYNN is the busiest examiner for the company, overseeing the 1 pending office action. As the only 1 distinct examiner for the portfolio, this individual is responsible for all current pending decisions. This centralization simplifies the prosecution process for the company's 1 pending office action.
The presence of 1 distinct art unit suggests that the company's technology is situated in a very specific area of Chemistry & Materials. With only 1 pending office action, the company's current interaction with the patent office is limited but precise. This data reflects a portfolio with a narrow and well-defined technical scope for the 1 distinct examiner.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| JACOBSON, MICHELE LYNN | 1 | 28.1% | +33.9% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18597478 | SHEET-SHAPED FOOD PRODUCT | JACOBSON, MICHELE LYNN | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18597478 | SHEET-SHAPED FOOD PRODUCT | JACOBSON, MICHELE LYNN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1793 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18597478 | SHEET-SHAPED FOOD PRODUCT | JACOBSON, MICHELE LYNN | 1793 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialTanaka Foods Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Michele Lynn Jacobson has the most, with 1 of Tanaka Foods Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
