Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
VALIO OY currently has 3 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. This distribution indicates that while the portfolio is focused on chemical and material sciences, the specific applications are diverse enough to be assigned to different specialized groups and individuals within the USPTO.
LI, CHANGQING is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently overseeing 2 pending office actions. This means that 2 of the 3 active prosecution matters are being handled by a single person, making their individual examination style a critical factor for the portfolio's overall progress. The remaining pending action is assigned to a second distinct examiner, providing a degree of variety in the prosecution experience.
The involvement of 2 distinct art units suggests that the 3 pending office actions cover a range of technical sub-fields. For a practitioner, the fact that LI, CHANGQING handles 2 pending office actions allows for some efficiency in communication and strategy. However, the presence of 2 distinct art units means that the practitioner must still be prepared for the different procedural nuances that may exist between these 2 administrative divisions.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LI, CHANGQING | 2 | 29.3% | +33.6% |
| GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A | 1 | 36.0% | +34.8% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18254189 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING NON-DAIRY PROTEIN PREPARATION, AND PROTEIN PREPARATION | LI, CHANGQING | 83d |
| 18254215 | NON-DAIRY PROTEIN BASED EDIBLE PRODUCT AND, PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | LI, CHANGQING | 83d |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18254189 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING NON-DAIRY PROTEIN PREPARATION, AND PROTEIN PREPARATION | LI, CHANGQING | 83d |
| 18254215 | NON-DAIRY PROTEIN BASED EDIBLE PRODUCT AND, PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | LI, CHANGQING | 83d |
| 18470049 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MILK PRODUCT AND A MILK PRODUCT | GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1791 | 2 |
| 1759 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18470049 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MILK PRODUCT AND A MILK PRODUCT | GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A | 1759 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2023 |
| 18254189 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING NON-DAIRY PROTEIN PREPARATION, AND PROTEIN PREPARATION | LI, CHANGQING | 1791 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | 83d | Pending | May 24, 2023 |
| 18254215 | NON-DAIRY PROTEIN BASED EDIBLE PRODUCT AND, PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | LI, CHANGQING | 1791 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | 83d | Pending | May 24, 2023 |
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