Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
11 pending office actions • 9 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 13 patents granted in the last 365 days
Clariant International Ltd. has 13 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters involve 13 examiners and 10 art units, showing broad examiner distribution with some concentration by technical examination group.
SCHLIENTZ, NATHAN W is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. No examiner carries a larger share, so docket oversight should prioritize technology and art-unit coordination.
The separation between examiner and art-unit coverage suggests that common technical issues may recur across different examiner assignments. Counsel can coordinate claim positions at the art-unit level while preserving response flexibility for individual matters.
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.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 3 (27%) |
| §103 only | 2 (18%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (55%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCHLIENTZ, NATHAN W | 1 | 41.3% | -18.8% |
| PO, MING CHEUNG | 1 | 37.7% | +13.8% |
| HINES, LATOSHA D | 1 | 51.4% | +21.6% |
| MILLER, DALE R | 1 | 62.5% | +17.6% |
| SPAINE, ROBERT FRANKLIN | 1 | 75.0% | +0.0% |
| NGUYEN, HA S | 1 | 58.5% | -20.7% |
| REUTHER, ARRIE L | 1 | 70.2% | +12.3% |
| FADHEL, ALI Z | 1 | 76.8% | +8.7% |
| KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K | 1 | 49.8% | +15.4% |
| STEINKE, SEAN JAMES | 1 | 12.5% | +42.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18688795 | Prunella vulgaris extract and use thereof | SPAINE, ROBERT FRANKLIN | 84d |
| 19064820 | FATTY ACID DERIVATIVES FOR USE AS HERBICIDES | SCHLIENTZ, NATHAN W | — |
| 18895632 | Synergistic Blends Of Anti-Agglomerant Gas Hydrate Inhibitors With Quaternary Alkyl Ammonium Compounds | PO, MING CHEUNG | — |
| 18718546 | SHELL CATALYST FOR PRODUCING ALKENYL CARBOXYLIC ACID ESTERS HAVING AN IMPROVED PD AND AU DISTRIBUTION | HINES, LATOSHA D | — |
| 18715756 | COMPOSITION COMPRISING GALACTINOL AND USE THEREOF | MILLER, DALE R | — |
| 18392095 | Catalyst Composition For A Polyester Manufacturing Process | NGUYEN, HA S | — |
| 18549584 | Process and System for Preparing a Target Compound | FADHEL, ALI Z | — |
| 18200036 | WATER-GAS SHIFT REACTION CATALYSTS | KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18895632 | Synergistic Blends Of Anti-Agglomerant Gas Hydrate Inhibitors With Quaternary Alkyl Ammonium Compounds | PO, MING CHEUNG | — |
| 18718546 | SHELL CATALYST FOR PRODUCING ALKENYL CARBOXYLIC ACID ESTERS HAVING AN IMPROVED PD AND AU DISTRIBUTION | HINES, LATOSHA D | — |
| 18715756 | COMPOSITION COMPRISING GALACTINOL AND USE THEREOF | MILLER, DALE R | — |
| 18562248 | Universal Dispersant For Inorganic And Organic Pigments | REUTHER, ARRIE L | — |
| 18200036 | WATER-GAS SHIFT REACTION CATALYSTS | KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K | — |
| 18032856 | Opacifier Compositions | STEINKE, SEAN JAMES | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1692 | 2 |
| 1616 | 1 |
| 1771 | 1 |
| 1655 | 1 |
| 1766 | 1 |
| 1764 | 1 |
| 1738 | 1 |
| 1619 | 1 |
| 1765 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19064820 | FATTY ACID DERIVATIVES FOR USE AS HERBICIDES | SCHLIENTZ, NATHAN W | 1616 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 |
| 18895632 | Synergistic Blends Of Anti-Agglomerant Gas Hydrate Inhibitors With Quaternary Alkyl Ammonium Compounds | PO, MING CHEUNG | 1771 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2024 |
| 18718546 | SHELL CATALYST FOR PRODUCING ALKENYL CARBOXYLIC ACID ESTERS HAVING AN IMPROVED PD AND AU DISTRIBUTION | HINES, LATOSHA D | 1692 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 11, 2024 |
| 18715756 | COMPOSITION COMPRISING GALACTINOL AND USE THEREOF | MILLER, DALE R | — | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 03, 2024 |
| 18688795 | Prunella vulgaris extract and use thereof | SPAINE, ROBERT FRANKLIN | 1655 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 84d | Pending | Mar 04, 2024 |
| 18392095 | Catalyst Composition For A Polyester Manufacturing Process | NGUYEN, HA S | 1766 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 21, 2023 |
| 18562248 | Universal Dispersant For Inorganic And Organic Pigments | REUTHER, ARRIE L | 1764 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 17, 2023 |
| 18549584 | Process and System for Preparing a Target Compound | FADHEL, ALI Z | 1692 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 07, 2023 |
| 18200036 | WATER-GAS SHIFT REACTION CATALYSTS | KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K | 1738 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 22, 2023 |
| 18032856 | Opacifier Compositions | STEINKE, SEAN JAMES | 1619 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 20, 2023 |
| 18032474 | Process For Preparing Polyether Alcohols Having A Low Metal Ion Content | DU, SURBHI M | 1765 | §103 | Final Rejection | 30d | Pending | Apr 18, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialClariant International Ltd. has 11 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 9 art units and 11 examiners.
Nathan W Schlientz has the most, with 1 of Clariant International Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
