Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

BASF Corporation

10 pending office actions • 6 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

7
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
2
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. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (7)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (2)

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.

1
Hard (10%)
9
Medium (90%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (10%)
§103 only9 (90%)

Industry Mix

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

7
Life Sciences
70% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
10% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
20% 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.

100 h
Manual time on pending OAs
20 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
35 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
DAVIS, SHENG HAN 4 65.9% +35.2%
GAVIA, NYLA EMANI ANN 1 80.8% +11.8%
AYALA DELGADO, ANTHONY 1 79.7% +17.6%
FIORITO, JAMES A 1 70.8% +29.1%
PATEL, SMITA S 1 70.3% +56.9%
STANEK, KELSEY L 1 80.6% +15.8%
TAYLOR, JORDAN W 1 67.1% +40.1%

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
17999216 EXHAUST GAS TREATMENT SYSTEM COMPRISING A MULTIFUNCTIONAL CATALYST STANEK, KELSEY L 3d overdue

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18549195 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA FOR PROVIDING A MAINTENANCE RECOMMENDATION FOR A CATALYST GAVIA, NYLA EMANI ANN 53d

Interview Candidates (10)

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
18252243 ZONED CATALYTIC ARTICLE FIORITO, JAMES A 133d overdue
18043090 OXIDATION CATALYST COMPRISING A PLATINUM GROUP METAL AND A BASE METAL OR METALLOID OXIDE PATEL, SMITA S 77d overdue
18010222 Zeolite-Containing SCR Catalyst DAVIS, SHENG HAN 49d overdue
17907557 MULTI-FUNCTIONAL CATALYSTS FOR THE OXIDATION OF NO, THE OXIDATION OF NH3 AND THE SELECTIVE CATALYTIC REDUCTION OF NOX DAVIS, SHENG HAN 4d overdue
18503604 PROCESS FOR PREPARING A ZEOLITIC MATERIAL HAVING FRAMEWORK TYPE AEI DAVIS, SHENG HAN 3d overdue
17999216 EXHAUST GAS TREATMENT SYSTEM COMPRISING A MULTIFUNCTIONAL CATALYST STANEK, KELSEY L 3d overdue
17608184 SELECTIVE CATALYTIC REDUCTION CATALYST COMPRISING COPPER CARBONATE DAVIS, SHENG HAN 3d overdue
17593396 LAYERED TRI-METALLIC CATALYTIC ARTICLE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE CATALYTIC ARTICLE TAYLOR, JORDAN W 27d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1732 5
2857 1
3746 1
1731 1
3741 1
1738 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18503604 PROCESS FOR PREPARING A ZEOLITIC MATERIAL HAVING FRAMEWORK TYPE AEI DAVIS, SHENG HAN 1732 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Nov 07, 2023
18549195 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA FOR PROVIDING A MAINTENANCE RECOMMENDATION FOR A CATALYST GAVIA, NYLA EMANI ANN 2857 §101 Non-Final OA 53d Pending Sep 06, 2023
18254249 Particulate Filter Having A Centralized-Distributed Functional Material Layer And Process For Preparing The Same AYALA DELGADO, ANTHONY 3746 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending May 24, 2023
18252243 ZONED CATALYTIC ARTICLE FIORITO, JAMES A 1731 §103 Non-Final OA 133d overdue Pending May 09, 2023
18043090 OXIDATION CATALYST COMPRISING A PLATINUM GROUP METAL AND A BASE METAL OR METALLOID OXIDE PATEL, SMITA S 1732 §103 Non-Final OA 77d overdue Pending Feb 27, 2023
18010222 Zeolite-Containing SCR Catalyst DAVIS, SHENG HAN 1732 §103 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Dec 14, 2022
17999216 EXHAUST GAS TREATMENT SYSTEM COMPRISING A MULTIFUNCTIONAL CATALYST STANEK, KELSEY L 3741 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Nov 18, 2022
17907557 MULTI-FUNCTIONAL CATALYSTS FOR THE OXIDATION OF NO, THE OXIDATION OF NH3 AND THE SELECTIVE CATALYTIC REDUCTION OF NOX DAVIS, SHENG HAN 1732 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Sep 28, 2022
17608184 SELECTIVE CATALYTIC REDUCTION CATALYST COMPRISING COPPER CARBONATE DAVIS, SHENG HAN 1732 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Nov 02, 2021
17593396 LAYERED TRI-METALLIC CATALYTIC ARTICLE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE CATALYTIC ARTICLE TAYLOR, JORDAN W 1738 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Sep 17, 2021

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