Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
24 pending office actions • 8 art units • 18 examiners • 0 of 24 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 27 patents granted in the last 365 days
The Coca-Cola Company maintains 25 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These active cases are distributed among 19 distinct examiners and 9 distinct art units. MORNHINWEG, JEFFREY P is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently handling 4 pending office actions. While the pending matters are spread across many individuals, the busiest examiner manages 4 of these cases, representing a small concentration of the workload.
The use of 19 distinct examiners across 9 distinct art units shows that the company's chemical and materials research spans a variety of specialized classifications. With 25 pending actions in total, the prosecution strategy involves a broad range of reviewers, which may lead to diverse outcomes across the portfolio. The fact that the busiest examiner only handles a small portion of the total actions indicates that no single person dominates the company's current patent office interactions. This distribution across 9 art units reflects the multifaceted nature of the company's current innovations.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 (8%) |
| §103 only | 10 (42%) |
| §102 only | 1 (4%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 11 (46%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MORNHINWEG, JEFFREY P | 4 | 36.7% | +32.2% |
| LACHICA, ERICSON M | 2 | 29.8% | +35.2% |
| YOO, HONG THI | 2 | 46.0% | +25.3% |
| NGUYEN, THANH H | 2 | 18.5% | +34.3% |
| COLLINS, MICHAEL | 1 | 70.8% | +22.9% |
| WALCZAK, DAVID J | 1 | 74.1% | +17.7% |
| ZILBERING, ASSAF | 1 | 35.3% | +27.6% |
| MUKHOPADHYAY, BHASKAR | 1 | 28.2% | +37.0% |
| LI, CHANGQING | 1 | 29.2% | +33.1% |
| FIEBIG, RUSSELL G | 1 | 62.6% | +25.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17600745 | Compositions Containing Brazzein | MORNHINWEG, JEFFREY P | 100d overdue |
| 18042949 | HEART OF PALM PUREE | RODGERS, ARIEL M | 19d overdue |
| 18286090 | FREEZE-DRIED BEVERAGE SOLIDIFIED PRODUCT | MCCLAIN, TYNESHA L. | 17d overdue |
| 16606329 | Sweetness and Taste Improvement of Steviol Glycoside and Mogroside Sweeteners with Dihydrochalcones | LACHICA, ERICSON M | 5d |
| 18003280 | WHOLE SOY FOODSTUFF AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME | YOO, HONG THI | 9d |
| 17800668 | JUICE FILTRATION SYSTEM AND METHODS | SHELLHAMMER, JAMES PAUL | 21d |
| 18577834 | BEVERAGE CONTAINING CITRUS FIBER AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR | LI, CHANGQING | 26d |
| 18573906 | ORALLY CONSUMABLE COMPOSITION WITH PLANT EXTRACT | FIEBIG, RUSSELL G | 26d |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17600745 | Compositions Containing Brazzein | MORNHINWEG, JEFFREY P | 100d overdue |
| 18544847 | STEVIA EXTRACTS | MORNHINWEG, JEFFREY P | 46d overdue |
| 16606329 | Sweetness and Taste Improvement of Steviol Glycoside and Mogroside Sweeteners with Dihydrochalcones | LACHICA, ERICSON M | 5d |
| 18003280 | WHOLE SOY FOODSTUFF AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME | YOO, HONG THI | 9d |
| 18577834 | BEVERAGE CONTAINING CITRUS FIBER AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR | LI, CHANGQING | 26d |
| 18573906 | ORALLY CONSUMABLE COMPOSITION WITH PLANT EXTRACT | FIEBIG, RUSSELL G | 26d |
| 19018617 | REMOTE ORDER AUTHENTICATION ON A KIOSK | COLLINS, MICHAEL | — |
| 18874002 | MECHANICAL CARBONATED BEVERAGE DISPENSING SYSTEM | WALCZAK, DAVID J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1792 | 10 |
| 1793 | 6 |
| 1791 | 2 |
| 3754 | 1 |
| 1655 | 1 |
| 1658 | 1 |
| 3733 | 1 |
| 3734 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19018617 | REMOTE ORDER AUTHENTICATION ON A KIOSK | COLLINS, MICHAEL | — | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2025 |
| 18874002 | MECHANICAL CARBONATED BEVERAGE DISPENSING SYSTEM | WALCZAK, DAVID J | 3754 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18848338 | Enchanted Hydration Beverages with Improved Taste | ZILBERING, ASSAF | 1792 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 18, 2024 |
| 18811374 | Concentrates Compromising Stevia Blends and Uses | LACHICA, ERICSON M | 1792 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 21, 2024 |
| 18724958 | Beverages Comprising Protein Sweeteners with Improved Taste and Mouthfeel | YOO, HONG THI | 1792 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2024 |
| 18715653 | METHOD FOR PREPARING LACTOSE-FREE DAIRY PRODUCT CONTAINING GALACTOOLIGOSACCHARIDES, AND DAIRY PRODUCT THEREOF | MUKHOPADHYAY, BHASKAR | 1792 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 03, 2024 |
| 18577834 | BEVERAGE CONTAINING CITRUS FIBER AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR | LI, CHANGQING | 1791 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 26d | Pending | Jan 09, 2024 |
| 18573906 | ORALLY CONSUMABLE COMPOSITION WITH PLANT EXTRACT | FIEBIG, RUSSELL G | 1655 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | 26d | Pending | Dec 22, 2023 |
| 18544847 | STEVIA EXTRACTS | MORNHINWEG, JEFFREY P | 1793 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | 46d overdue | Pending | Dec 19, 2023 |
| 18565042 | AMINO ACID HYDRATION FORMULATION AND METHOD OF USE | REYNOLDS, FRED H | 1658 | §101§102§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 28, 2023 |
| 18286090 | FREEZE-DRIED BEVERAGE SOLIDIFIED PRODUCT | MCCLAIN, TYNESHA L. | 1793 | §103§112Other | Final Rejection | 17d overdue | Pending | Oct 06, 2023 |
| 18260146 | BOTTLE WITH A LIGHT WEIGHTED BASE | ALLEN, JEFFREY R | 3733 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 75d | Pending | Jun 30, 2023 |
| 18319839 | Siamenoside I Sweetened Compositions and Uses of the Same | BEKKER, KELLY JO | 1792 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 18, 2023 |
| 18042949 | HEART OF PALM PUREE | RODGERS, ARIEL M | 1792 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 19d overdue | Pending | Feb 24, 2023 |
| 18014319 | Extract liquid, production method therefor, and container-packed beverage containing same | NGUYEN, THANH H | 1792 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 03, 2023 |
| 18003280 | WHOLE SOY FOODSTUFF AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME | YOO, HONG THI | 1792 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 9d | Pending | Dec 23, 2022 |
| 18056044 | Diterpene Glycosides Isolated from Stevia, Compositions and Methods | MORNHINWEG, JEFFREY P | 1793 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 16, 2022 |
| 17995873 | EASY OPEN CARTON | DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R | 3734 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2022 |
| 17800668 | JUICE FILTRATION SYSTEM AND METHODS | SHELLHAMMER, JAMES PAUL | 1793 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 21d | Pending | Aug 18, 2022 |
| 17800731 | PHASE-STABLE PROTEIN BEVERAGE AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME | NGUYEN, THANH H | 1792 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 18, 2022 |
| 17763922 | SWEETENER BLENDS WITH IMPROVED TASTE | SWEENEY, MAURA ELIZABETH | 1791 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2022 |
| 17600745 | Compositions Containing Brazzein | MORNHINWEG, JEFFREY P | 1793 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 100d overdue | Pending | Oct 01, 2021 |
| 16767020 | Process for Preparing Concentrated Solutions of Steviol Glycosides and Mogrosides, and Uses | MORNHINWEG, JEFFREY P | 1793 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 26, 2020 |
| 16606329 | Sweetness and Taste Improvement of Steviol Glycoside and Mogroside Sweeteners with Dihydrochalcones | LACHICA, ERICSON M | 1792 | §103 | Final Rejection | 5d | Pending | Oct 18, 2019 |
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Start Free TrialThe Coca-Cola Company has 24 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 8 art units and 18 examiners.
Jeffrey P Mornhinweg has the most, with 4 of The Coca-Cola Company's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
