Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
5 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
WM. WRIGLEY JR. Company has 5 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters involve 4 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units, so at least one examiner and one art unit handle more than one pending matter. This creates some opportunity for coordinated prosecution treatment within the shared assignments.
PRAKASH, SUBBALAKSHMI is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. Counsel should assess whether the matters share claim or technical issues, while keeping separate response records for each application.
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 (20%) |
| §112 only | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (60%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRAKASH, SUBBALAKSHMI | 2 | 45.6% | +36.2% |
| GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A | 1 | 36.0% | +34.9% |
| THAKUR, VIREN A | 1 | 13.3% | +26.5% |
| MERRIAM, ANDREW E | 1 | 28.3% | +33.9% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18294050 | MINERAL-FREE CHEWING GUM BASES AND CHEWING GUM COMPOSITIONS | GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A | — |
| 17263014 | PROCESS FOR REDUCING TEMPERING TIME FOR DEPOSITED CONFECTIONERY PRODUCTS | THAKUR, VIREN A | — |
| 16973258 | EDIBLE CONFECTIONERY COATINGS INCLUDING CALCIUM CARBONATE | MERRIAM, ANDREW E | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18843027 | DEEP CLEANING CHEWING GUM | PRAKASH, SUBBALAKSHMI | — |
| 18692450 | FRUIT-CONTAINING CONFECTIONS | PRAKASH, SUBBALAKSHMI | — |
| 18294050 | MINERAL-FREE CHEWING GUM BASES AND CHEWING GUM COMPOSITIONS | GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A | — |
| 17263014 | PROCESS FOR REDUCING TEMPERING TIME FOR DEPOSITED CONFECTIONERY PRODUCTS | THAKUR, VIREN A | — |
| 16973258 | EDIBLE CONFECTIONERY COATINGS INCLUDING CALCIUM CARBONATE | MERRIAM, ANDREW E | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1793 | 2 |
| 1759 | 1 |
| 1792 | 1 |
| 1791 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18843027 | DEEP CLEANING CHEWING GUM | PRAKASH, SUBBALAKSHMI | 1793 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 |
| 18692450 | FRUIT-CONTAINING CONFECTIONS | PRAKASH, SUBBALAKSHMI | 1793 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 15, 2024 |
| 18294050 | MINERAL-FREE CHEWING GUM BASES AND CHEWING GUM COMPOSITIONS | GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A | 1759 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2024 |
| 17263014 | PROCESS FOR REDUCING TEMPERING TIME FOR DEPOSITED CONFECTIONERY PRODUCTS | THAKUR, VIREN A | 1792 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 25, 2021 |
| 16973258 | EDIBLE CONFECTIONERY COATINGS INCLUDING CALCIUM CARBONATE | MERRIAM, ANDREW E | 1791 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 08, 2020 |
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Start Free TrialWM. WRIGLEY JR. Company has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 4 examiners.
Subbalakshmi Prakash has the most, with 2 of WM. WRIGLEY JR. Company's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
