Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Casale SA

11 pending office actions • 8 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

8
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
1
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. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (8)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 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.

0
Hard (0%)
11
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only11 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

11
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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KUYKENDALL, ALYSSA LEE 2 11.1% +94.1%
NASSIRI MOTLAGH, ANITA 1 54.8% +25.7%
CARR, DEBORAH D 1 81.6% +2.6%
MORALES, RICARDO D 1 81.4% +16.7%
SPEER, JOSHUA MAXWELL 1 81.8% -2.1%
DAVIS, SHENG HAN 1 65.9% +35.2%
LEUNG, JENNIFER A 1 62.3% +13.0%
BUSHEY, CHARLES S 1 75.5% +21.8%
PENNY, TABATHA L 1 45.5% +22.9%
IQBAL, SYED TAHA 1 80.1% +21.6%

Quick Wins (4)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
16887191 PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A SYNTHESIS GAS IQBAL, SYED TAHA 124d overdue
17914158 USE OF FERRITIC STEEL IN THE HIGH PRESSURE SECTION OF UREA PLANTS MORALES, RICARDO D 42d overdue
17795415 REFORMING PROCESS INTEGRATED WITH GAS TURBINE GENERATOR SPEER, JOSHUA MAXWELL 31d overdue
18260807 PROCESS AND PLANT FOR METHANOL PRODUCTION CARR, DEBORAH D 10d overdue

Hard Cases (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17787810 COMBINED REACTOR FOR HIGH-PRESSURE SYNTHESIS OF MELAMINE KUYKENDALL, ALYSSA LEE 4d overdue
18000997 MULTI-BED AMMONIA CONVERTER KUYKENDALL, ALYSSA LEE 34d

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
18391780 METHOD FOR REMOVING NITROGEN OXIDES FROM COMBUSTION FUMES WITH ON-SITE GENERATION OF AMMONIA NASSIRI MOTLAGH, ANITA 131d overdue
16887191 PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A SYNTHESIS GAS IQBAL, SYED TAHA 124d overdue
17624518 A REACTOR FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF UREA LEUNG, JENNIFER A 71d overdue
17770148 CONTROL OF AN AMMONIA SYNTHESIS LOOP AT PARTIAL LOAD DAVIS, SHENG HAN 66d overdue
17914158 USE OF FERRITIC STEEL IN THE HIGH PRESSURE SECTION OF UREA PLANTS MORALES, RICARDO D 42d overdue
17787810 COMBINED REACTOR FOR HIGH-PRESSURE SYNTHESIS OF MELAMINE KUYKENDALL, ALYSSA LEE 4d overdue
17276607 A PERFORATED-TRAY COLUMN AND A METHOD OF REVAMPING THE SAME BUSHEY, CHARLES S 27d
17259692 UREA GRANULATION PROCESS PENNY, TABATHA L 27d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1774 3
1736 2
1734 1
1691 1
1738 1
1732 1
1776 1
1712 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18391780 METHOD FOR REMOVING NITROGEN OXIDES FROM COMBUSTION FUMES WITH ON-SITE GENERATION OF AMMONIA NASSIRI MOTLAGH, ANITA 1734 §103 Non-Final OA 131d overdue Pending Dec 21, 2023
18260807 PROCESS AND PLANT FOR METHANOL PRODUCTION CARR, DEBORAH D 1691 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Jul 10, 2023
18000997 MULTI-BED AMMONIA CONVERTER KUYKENDALL, ALYSSA LEE 1774 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Dec 07, 2022
17914158 USE OF FERRITIC STEEL IN THE HIGH PRESSURE SECTION OF UREA PLANTS MORALES, RICARDO D 1738 §103 Final Rejection 42d overdue Pending Sep 23, 2022
17795415 REFORMING PROCESS INTEGRATED WITH GAS TURBINE GENERATOR SPEER, JOSHUA MAXWELL 1736 §103 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Jul 26, 2022
17787810 COMBINED REACTOR FOR HIGH-PRESSURE SYNTHESIS OF MELAMINE KUYKENDALL, ALYSSA LEE 1774 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Jun 21, 2022
17770148 CONTROL OF AN AMMONIA SYNTHESIS LOOP AT PARTIAL LOAD DAVIS, SHENG HAN 1732 §103 Final Rejection 66d overdue Pending Apr 19, 2022
17624518 A REACTOR FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF UREA LEUNG, JENNIFER A 1774 §103 Non-Final OA 71d overdue Pending Jan 03, 2022
17276607 A PERFORATED-TRAY COLUMN AND A METHOD OF REVAMPING THE SAME BUSHEY, CHARLES S 1776 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Mar 16, 2021
17259692 UREA GRANULATION PROCESS PENNY, TABATHA L 1712 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Jan 12, 2021
16887191 PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A SYNTHESIS GAS IQBAL, SYED TAHA 1736 §103 Non-Final OA 124d overdue Pending May 29, 2020

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