Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
56 pending office actions • 20 art units • 44 examiners • 0 of 56 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 81 patents granted in the last 365 days
Borealis AG has 55 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The portfolio spans 43 distinct examiners and 21 distinct art units, creating broad variation in examination settings and requiring structured matter-level oversight.
LENIHAN, JEFFREY S is the busiest examiner, with 4 pending matters. Counsel can coordinate recurring chemistry and materials positions where supported, while prioritizing examiner-specific prosecution work across the portfolio.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 16 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 16 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 19 (34%) |
| §102 only | 2 (4%) |
| §112 only | 10 (18%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (2%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 3 (5%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 21 (38%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LENIHAN, JEFFREY S | 4 | 73.0% | +17.0% |
| REDDY, KARUNA P | 3 | 42.6% | +10.4% |
| NGUYEN, CHAU N | 2 | 68.0% | +14.1% |
| SHUKLA, KRUPA | 2 | 15.2% | +22.5% |
| BOYLE, ROBERT C | 2 | 69.7% | -2.8% |
| HEINCER, LIAM J | 2 | 55.8% | +26.0% |
| BROOKS, KREGG T | 2 | 57.1% | +1.5% |
| BHUSHAN, KUMAR R | 2 | 73.5% | +32.6% |
| DARLING, DEVIN MITCHELL | 2 | 61.0% | +20.9% |
| HANDVILLE, BRIAN | 1 | 51.3% | +28.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18265621 | HIGHLY TRACK RESISTANT POLYETHYLENE COMPOSITIONS FOR WIRE AND CABLE APPLICATIONS | MCKINNON, LASHAWNDA T | 43d overdue |
| 18855698 | MULTI-LAYERED ARTICLE | SHUKLA, KRUPA | 14d |
| 17926293 | POLYMER FOR POWER CABLE INSULATION | DARLING, DEVIN MITCHELL | 29d |
| 18290950 | FLAME RETARDANT POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITION COMPRISING A BIOPOLYMER | SHUKLA, KRUPA | 39d |
| 17925617 | GLASS FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE WITH NARROW MWD POLYPROPYLENE | REUTHER, ARRIE L | 56d |
| 18997191 | DELAMINATION OF MULTILAYER FILMS USING AN AQUEOS/ORGANIC EMULSION | KONVES, ADRIANNA N | — |
| 18874848 | CABLE | NGUYEN, CHAU N | — |
| 18853796 | MULTILAYERED FILM | UTT, ETHAN A | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18271319 | COMPOSITION | NGUYEN, CHAU N | 19d overdue |
| 17765907 | POLYMER COMPOSITION SUITABLE FOR MAKING BLOWN FILMS | DARLING, DEVIN MITCHELL | 5d |
| 18855698 | MULTI-LAYERED ARTICLE | SHUKLA, KRUPA | 14d |
| 17926293 | POLYMER FOR POWER CABLE INSULATION | DARLING, DEVIN MITCHELL | 29d |
| 18290950 | FLAME RETARDANT POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITION COMPRISING A BIOPOLYMER | SHUKLA, KRUPA | 39d |
| 19122182 | MULTILAYER FILM | HANDVILLE, BRIAN | — |
| 18874848 | CABLE | NGUYEN, CHAU N | — |
| 18700115 | POLYETHYLENE COMPOSITION FOR A FILM LAYER | REDDY, KARUNA P | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1764 | 13 |
| 1766 | 9 |
| 1765 | 5 |
| 1763 | 4 |
| 1783 | 3 |
| 1762 | 3 |
| 2841 | 2 |
| 1787 | 2 |
| 1782 | 2 |
| 1767 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19122182 | MULTILAYER FILM | HANDVILLE, BRIAN | 1783 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 17, 2025 |
| 18997191 | DELAMINATION OF MULTILAYER FILMS USING AN AQUEOS/ORGANIC EMULSION | KONVES, ADRIANNA N | 1748 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 21, 2025 |
| 18874848 | CABLE | NGUYEN, CHAU N | 2848 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 |
| 18855700 | SUBMARINE CABLE | MAYO III, WILLIAM H | 2841 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2024 |
| 18855698 | MULTI-LAYERED ARTICLE | SHUKLA, KRUPA | 1787 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Oct 10, 2024 |
| 18855036 | FILM | ZHANG, MICHAEL N | 1781 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 08, 2024 |
| 18853796 | MULTILAYERED FILM | UTT, ETHAN A | 1783 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2024 |
| 18853881 | MULTILAYERED FILM | MANGOHIG, THOMAS A | 1788 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2024 |
| 18846869 | MULTILAYERED FILM | POWERS, LAURA C | 1782 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 18718910 | A MECHANICAL POLYOLEFIN RECYCLING PROCESS | HUSON, MONICA ANNE | 1765 | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2024 |
| 18700162 | POLYETHYLENE COMPOSITION FOR A FILM LAYER | BOYLE, ROBERT C | 1764 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2024 |
| 18700115 | POLYETHYLENE COMPOSITION FOR A FILM LAYER | REDDY, KARUNA P | 1764 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2024 |
| 18700171 | POLYETHYLENE COMPOSITION FOR A FILM LAYER | FISCHER, JUSTIN R | 1749 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2024 |
| 18700144 | POLYETHYLENE COMPOSITION FOR A FILM LAYER | BOYLE, ROBERT C | 1764 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2024 |
| 18699789 | FLAME RETARDANT POLYMER COMPOSITIONS | PHILLIPS, SAVANNAH GRACE | 1763 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 09, 2024 |
| 18699331 | PROPYLENE COMPOSITION FOR FOAMING WITH HIGH MELT FLOW RATE | REDDY, KARUNA P | 1764 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 08, 2024 |
| 18694578 | POLYMER COMPOSITION | HEINCER, LIAM J | 1767 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 22, 2024 |
| 18684744 | HIGH MELT FLOW POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITION | BUTCHER, ROBERT T | 1764 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 19, 2024 |
| 18683818 | Process for Producing a Polyolefin with Low Volatile Content | BROOKS, KREGG T | 1764 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 15, 2024 |
| 18293920 | POLYETHYLENE COPOLYMER FOR A FILM LAYER | LENIHAN, JEFFREY S | 1765 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2024 |
| 18293939 | POLYETHYLENE COPOLYMER FOR A FILM LAYER | FANG, SHANE | 1766 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2024 |
| 18290950 | FLAME RETARDANT POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITION COMPRISING A BIOPOLYMER | SHUKLA, KRUPA | 1787 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 39d | Pending | Jan 22, 2024 |
| 18290963 | FLAME RETARDANT COMPOSITION COMPRISING A HIGH MELT STRENGTH POLYPROPYLENE | ZHANG, RUIYUN | 1782 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2024 |
| 18290932 | FLAME RETARDANT POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITION COMPRISING A SYNERGIST | REDDY, KARUNA P | 1764 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2024 |
| 18576833 | MONOLAYER BLOWN FILM | BHUSHAN, KUMAR R | 1766 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 05, 2024 |
| 18575941 | POLYETHYLENE FOR USE IN THE PRODUCTION OF CROSSLINKED POLYETHYLENE (PEX) | LENIHAN, JEFFREY S | 1765 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2024 |
| 18573573 | PROCESS FOR POLYMERISING OLEFINS HAVING NARROW PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION | TESKIN, FRED M | 1762 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 22, 2023 |
| 18572946 | Polyethylene composition with improved processability | LEE, RIP A | 1762 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 21, 2023 |
| 18572920 | Polyethylene Copolymer For A Film Layer | BROOKS, KREGG T | 1764 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 21, 2023 |
| 18572405 | IMPROVING CATALYST PERFORMANCE IN MULTI-STAGE POLYOLEFIN PRODUCTION | RODD, CHRISTOPHER M | 1766 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2023 |
| 18572410 | UTILIZATION OF 1-HEXENE IN MULTI-STAGE POLYOLEFIN PRODUCTION | KAUCHER, MARK S | 1764 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2023 |
| 18286576 | POLYMER COMPOSITION COMPRISING POLYPROPYLENE AND HYDROCARBON RESIN | KHATRI, PRASHANT J | 1783 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 12, 2023 |
| 18285731 | A PROCESS FOR EXTRACTING POLYMERS FROM WASTE MATERIAL | ROSEBACH, CHRISTINA H.W. | 1766 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 05, 2023 |
| 18283952 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING HETEROPHASIC PROPYLENE RESIN | BHUSHAN, KUMAR R | 1766 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2023 |
| 18283086 | POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSTION FOR CABLE INSULATION | HEINCER, LIAM J | 1767 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2023 |
| 18549210 | FLAME RETARDANT POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITION | JOHNSTON, BRIEANN R | 1766 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2023 |
| 18458341 | POLYMER BLEND COMPOSITION FOR WIRE AND CABLE APPLICATIONS WITH ADVANTAGEOUS ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES | LENIHAN, JEFFREY S | 1765 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2023 |
| 18271319 | COMPOSITION | NGUYEN, CHAU N | 2841 | §103 | Final Rejection | 19d overdue | Pending | Jul 07, 2023 |
| 18265621 | HIGHLY TRACK RESISTANT POLYETHYLENE COMPOSITIONS FOR WIRE AND CABLE APPLICATIONS | MCKINNON, LASHAWNDA T | 1789 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 43d overdue | Pending | Jun 06, 2023 |
| 18041717 | REMOVAL OF ODORANTS FROM POST-CONSUMER POLYOLEFIN WASTE | RIETH, STEPHEN EDWARD | 1759 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 23d overdue | Pending | Feb 15, 2023 |
| 18004987 | Polyolefin Composition With Improved Resistance To High Temperature | LENIHAN, JEFFREY S | 1765 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2023 |
| 18073854 | SEMICONDUCTIVE POLYOLEFIN COMPOSITION COMPRISING CARBONACEOUS STRUCTURES, POWER CABLE COMPRISING THE SAME AND USE THEROF | WORRELL, KEVIN | 1789 | §103 | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | Dec 02, 2022 |
| 17926293 | POLYMER FOR POWER CABLE INSULATION | DARLING, DEVIN MITCHELL | 1764 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | Nov 18, 2022 |
| 17926228 | LAYER ELEMENT SUITABLE AS INTEGRATED BACKSHEET FOR A BIFACIAL PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE | WHITE, SADIE | 1721 | §103 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Nov 18, 2022 |
| 17925617 | GLASS FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE WITH NARROW MWD POLYPROPYLENE | REUTHER, ARRIE L | 1764 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 56d | Pending | Nov 16, 2022 |
| 17799302 | EXPANDED POLYPROPYLENE BEADS, A PROCESS FOR PRODUCING EXPANDING POLYPROPYLENE BEADS, MOLDED ARTICLES FORMED FROM EXPANDED POLYPROPYLENE BEADS, AND A PROCESS FOR FORMING SUCH MOLDED ARTICLES | KRYLOVA, IRINA | 1764 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 12d | Pending | Aug 12, 2022 |
| 17773972 | Flame Retardant Polymer Composition | CAI, WENWEN | 1763 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 03, 2022 |
| 17768960 | POLYMER COMPOSITION FOR COATING A POLYOLEFIN FABRIC SUBSTRATE | KHAN, AMINA S | 1761 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 14, 2022 |
| 17765907 | POLYMER COMPOSITION SUITABLE FOR MAKING BLOWN FILMS | DARLING, DEVIN MITCHELL | 1764 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 5d | Pending | Apr 01, 2022 |
| 17640916 | SEMICONDUCTIVE POLYMER COMPOSITION | BLEDSOE, JOSHUA CALEB | 1762 | §103 | Final Rejection | 50d overdue | Pending | Mar 07, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialBorealis AG has 56 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 20 art units and 44 examiners.
Jeffrey S Lenihan has the most, with 4 of Borealis AG's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
