Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
1 pending office actions • 0 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Upcycled Foods Inc. currently has 1 pending office action within its company patent portfolio. This single active case is being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner, AXTELL, ASHLEY, who is also designated as the busiest examiner for the portfolio. The concentration of the entire active portfolio into 1 pending office action indicates a very specific and singular focus for the company's current patenting efforts.
AXTELL, ASHLEY is responsible for the 1 pending office action, making her the primary point of contact at the patent office. With 0 distinct art units reported, the application may be undergoing a specialized review or is in a preliminary stage of the examination process. The presence of only 1 distinct examiner simplifies the communication channel, as all current feedback originates from a single source.
For Upcycled Foods Inc., the resolution of this 1 pending office action is the primary goal of their current intellectual property strategy. The involvement of AXTELL, ASHLEY as the sole examiner for the 1 pending action provides a streamlined environment for the company. This focused workload allows the legal team to dedicate all resources to the specific technical requirements of this single filing while navigating the 0 distinct art units assigned.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AXTELL, ASHLEY | 1 | 13.2% | +25.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18920803 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS RELATED TO COCOA SUBSTITUTES DERIVED FROM SPENT COFFEE GROUNDS | AXTELL, ASHLEY | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18920803 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS RELATED TO COCOA SUBSTITUTES DERIVED FROM SPENT COFFEE GROUNDS | AXTELL, ASHLEY | — |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18920803 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS RELATED TO COCOA SUBSTITUTES DERIVED FROM SPENT COFFEE GROUNDS | AXTELL, ASHLEY | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2024 |
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