Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

ALBEMARLE Corporation

8 pending office actions • 8 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

5
Hard (62%)
3
Medium (38%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (38%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (62%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

8
Life Sciences
100% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
JONES, CHRISTOPHER P 1 76.0% +24.9%
GODO, OLATUNJI A 1 85.8% +9.4%
CALDERON, DAVID ANDREW 1 100.0% +0.0%
KOLB, KATARZYNA I 1 44.7% +16.3%
CLARY, KAYLA ELAINE 1 66.7% +23.7%
KEKIA, OMAR M 1 67.3% +22.2%
FRANCIS, ADAM JOSEPH 1 74.0% +24.4%
CHIU, TAK LIANG 1 50.0% +34.3%

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18019311 ADDITIVES FOR FLAME RETARDED POLYOLEFINS KOLB, KATARZYNA I 21d
18580424 Processes For Suppressing Emission of Mercury Vapor JONES, CHRISTOPHER P
18283992 Flame Retardants for Battery Electrolytes GODO, OLATUNJI A
18261303 FCC CATALYST ADDITIVE WITH PSEUDO SOLID STATE CRYSTALLIZED ZEOLITE CALDERON, DAVID ANDREW
17777350 Flame Retardants For Lithium Batteries CLARY, KAYLA ELAINE

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18019311 ADDITIVES FOR FLAME RETARDED POLYOLEFINS KOLB, KATARZYNA I 21d
17777360 Flame Retardants For Battery Electrolytes KEKIA, OMAR M 29d
18580424 Processes For Suppressing Emission of Mercury Vapor JONES, CHRISTOPHER P
17777350 Flame Retardants For Lithium Batteries CLARY, KAYLA ELAINE
17777357 Flame Retardants For Battery Electrolytes FRANCIS, ADAM JOSEPH
17637623 Processes For Reducing Environmental Availability of Environmental Pollutants CHIU, TAK LIANG

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1776 1
1752 1
1742 1
1767 1
1721 1
1722 1
1728 1
1777 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18580424 Processes For Suppressing Emission of Mercury Vapor JONES, CHRISTOPHER P 1776 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 18, 2024
18283992 Flame Retardants for Battery Electrolytes GODO, OLATUNJI A 1752 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 25, 2023
18261303 FCC CATALYST ADDITIVE WITH PSEUDO SOLID STATE CRYSTALLIZED ZEOLITE CALDERON, DAVID ANDREW 1742 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 13, 2023
18019311 ADDITIVES FOR FLAME RETARDED POLYOLEFINS KOLB, KATARZYNA I 1767 §103§112 Final Rejection 21d Pending Feb 02, 2023
17777350 Flame Retardants For Lithium Batteries CLARY, KAYLA ELAINE 1721 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending May 17, 2022
17777360 Flame Retardants For Battery Electrolytes KEKIA, OMAR M 1722 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending May 17, 2022
17777357 Flame Retardants For Battery Electrolytes FRANCIS, ADAM JOSEPH 1728 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 17, 2022
17637623 Processes For Reducing Environmental Availability of Environmental Pollutants CHIU, TAK LIANG 1777 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 23, 2022

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