Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
WM. WRIGLEY JR. Company has 3 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are handled by 2 distinct examiners across 2 distinct art units. This distribution indicates that the company is managing multiple reviews within its primary technical field. For the applicant, the use of 2 distinct art units means that their innovations are being evaluated against different sets of prior art and examination standards, requiring a more varied prosecution strategy within the Chemistry & Materials sector.
The busiest examiner, PRAKASH, SUBBALAKSHMI, is responsible for 2 pending office actions. This accounts for 2 of the 3 total pending office actions. With 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, the company must balance the requirements of a primary examiner while also managing a single action with another reviewer. Practitioners should focus on the specific tendencies of PRAKASH, SUBBALAKSHMI, as this examiner has a significant influence over the majority of the portfolio's current status. The presence of 3 pending office actions indicates an active phase of prosecution for the company's current filings.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 | 2 (50%) |
| §112 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (25%) |
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 | 45.7% | +36.1% |
| KERSHAW, KELLY P | 1 | 17.7% | +16.0% |
| MERRIAM, ANDREW E | 1 | 26.8% | +32.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18443775 | CHEWING GUMS AND CONFECTIONS HAVING INCLUSIONS OF STABILIZED PLANT PIECES | KERSHAW, KELLY P | 36d |
| 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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18443775 | CHEWING GUMS AND CONFECTIONS HAVING INCLUSIONS OF STABILIZED PLANT PIECES | KERSHAW, KELLY P | 36d |
| 18843027 | DEEP CLEANING CHEWING GUM | PRAKASH, SUBBALAKSHMI | — |
| 18692450 | FRUIT-CONTAINING CONFECTIONS | PRAKASH, SUBBALAKSHMI | — |
| 16973258 | EDIBLE CONFECTIONERY COATINGS INCLUDING CALCIUM CARBONATE | MERRIAM, ANDREW E | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1791 | 2 |
| 1793 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18843027 | DEEP CLEANING CHEWING GUM | PRAKASH, SUBBALAKSHMI | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 |
| 18692450 | FRUIT-CONTAINING CONFECTIONS | PRAKASH, SUBBALAKSHMI | 1793 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 15, 2024 |
| 18443775 | CHEWING GUMS AND CONFECTIONS HAVING INCLUSIONS OF STABILIZED PLANT PIECES | KERSHAW, KELLY P | 1791 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 36d | Pending | Feb 16, 2024 |
| 16973258 | EDIBLE CONFECTIONERY COATINGS INCLUDING CALCIUM CARBONATE | MERRIAM, ANDREW E | 1791 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 08, 2020 |
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