Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Arkema Inc.

16 pending office actions • 11 art units • 16 examiners • 0 of 16 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

16
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
8
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
1
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (1)

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 (31%)
10
Medium (62%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (6%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only10 (62%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (31%)
No statute on record1 (6%)

Industry Mix

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

15
Life Sciences
94% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
6% 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.

160 h
Manual time on pending OAs
32 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
56 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PARK, LISA S 1 77.3% +22.6%
ZEMUI, NATHANAEL T 1 55.7% +24.3%
GRACE, KELSEY C 1 80.5% +13.0%
JOHNSTON, BRIEANN R 1 49.0% +32.8%
KOLB, KATARZYNA I 1 44.7% +16.3%
ROBINSON, MICHAEL 1 62.1% +20.5%
DONAHUE, OLGA LUCIA 1 75.2% +14.5%
PEEBLES, KATHERINE 1 36.0% +49.1%
DOVE, TRACY MAE 1 69.0% +9.9%
FANG, SHANE 1 76.3% +18.8%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18615353 MATERIAL EXTRUSION 3-D PRINTING ON COMPATIBLE THERMOPLASTIC FILM GRACE, KELSEY C

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
17914379 ORGANIC PEROXIDE FORMULATIONS FOR MODIFICATION OF BIO-BASED AND BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS LIU, ZHEN 117d overdue
18290323 STORAGE STABLE PIGMENTED COATING COMPOSITION KOLB, KATARZYNA I 35d overdue
18406815 POLYMER COMPOSITIONS STABILIZED WITH ORGANODISULFIDE BLENDS JOHNSTON, BRIEANN R
18032828 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN ELECTRODE FOR ALL SOLID STATE BATTERY DOVE, TRACY MAE
17777546 ACRYLIC SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR 3D PRINTED FLUOROPOLYMER ARTICLE KRASNOW, NICHOLAS R

Interview Candidates (9)

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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18290323 STORAGE STABLE PIGMENTED COATING COMPOSITION KOLB, KATARZYNA I 35d overdue
18220852 ENCAPSULATION OF PEROXIDES FOR SKIN APPLICATIONS PEEBLES, KATHERINE 17d overdue
18019494 PRODUCTION OF THIOPOLYMERS BY REACTIVE EXTRUSION FANG, SHANE 6d
19434332 PROCESSING AID FOR FREESTANDING ELECTRODE FABRICATION PARK, LISA S
19434362 PROCESSING AID FOR ELECTRODE FABRICATION ZEMUI, NATHANAEL T
18615353 MATERIAL EXTRUSION 3-D PRINTING ON COMPATIBLE THERMOPLASTIC FILM GRACE, KELSEY C
18406815 POLYMER COMPOSITIONS STABILIZED WITH ORGANODISULFIDE BLENDS JOHNSTON, BRIEANN R
18550803 MATTING AGENT RESIN FOR 3D PRINTING ROBINSON, MICHAEL

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1767 3
1729 2
1744 2
1727 1
1742 1
1763 1
1617 1
1725 1
1766 1
1782 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19434332 PROCESSING AID FOR FREESTANDING ELECTRODE FABRICATION PARK, LISA S 1729 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 29, 2025
19434362 PROCESSING AID FOR ELECTRODE FABRICATION ZEMUI, NATHANAEL T 1727 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 29, 2025
18615353 MATERIAL EXTRUSION 3-D PRINTING ON COMPATIBLE THERMOPLASTIC FILM GRACE, KELSEY C 1742 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 25, 2024
18406815 POLYMER COMPOSITIONS STABILIZED WITH ORGANODISULFIDE BLENDS JOHNSTON, BRIEANN R §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 08, 2024
18290323 STORAGE STABLE PIGMENTED COATING COMPOSITION KOLB, KATARZYNA I 1767 §102§103Other Final Rejection 35d overdue Pending Nov 13, 2023
18550803 MATTING AGENT RESIN FOR 3D PRINTING ROBINSON, MICHAEL 1744 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 15, 2023
18272366 CROSSLINKABLE ACRYLIC-MODIFIED EPOXY COATING COMPOSITION DONAHUE, OLGA LUCIA 1763 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 14, 2023
18220852 ENCAPSULATION OF PEROXIDES FOR SKIN APPLICATIONS PEEBLES, KATHERINE 1617 §103Other Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Jul 12, 2023
18032828 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN ELECTRODE FOR ALL SOLID STATE BATTERY DOVE, TRACY MAE 1725 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Apr 20, 2023
18019494 PRODUCTION OF THIOPOLYMERS BY REACTIVE EXTRUSION FANG, SHANE 1766 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Feb 03, 2023
17926155 ELECTRODE BINDER COMPOSITION FOR LITHIUM ION ELECTRICAL STORAGE DEVICES OROZCO, MARIA F 1729 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Nov 18, 2022
17914379 ORGANIC PEROXIDE FORMULATIONS FOR MODIFICATION OF BIO-BASED AND BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS LIU, ZHEN 1767 §102§103 Non-Final OA 117d overdue Pending Sep 26, 2022
17777546 ACRYLIC SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR 3D PRINTED FLUOROPOLYMER ARTICLE KRASNOW, NICHOLAS R 1744 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 17, 2022
17765460 FOAMED FILLER ROD IN OPTICAL FIBER CABLES LAN, YAN 1782 §103 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Mar 31, 2022
17574875 POLYMERS OF HALOALKYL AND HALOALKENYL ETHER (METH)ACRYLATES ROSWELL, JESSICA MARIE 1767 Other Final Rejection Pending Jan 13, 2022
17495051 SILICON- AND ZINC-CONTAINING COUPLING AGENT FOR CELLULOSIC MATERIAL-POLYMER COMPOSITES XU, JIANGTIAN 1700 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 06, 2021

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