Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

Clariant International Ltd.

11 pending office actions • 6 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 13 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due later (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.

7
Hard (64%)
4
Medium (36%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (18%)
§103 only3 (27%)
§102 only1 (9%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (45%)

Industry Mix

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

7
Life Sciences
64% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
4
Business / Other
36% 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
CAMPANELL, FRANCIS C 1 72.8% +9.3%
PO, MING CHEUNG 1 37.4% +13.8%
GULLEDGE, BRIAN M 1 55.6% +26.3%
SPAINE, ROBERT FRANKLIN 1 100.0% +0.0%
PAGANO, ALEXANDER R 1 78.9% +11.1%
SAEED, KAMAL A 1 83.8% +9.6%
FADHEL, ALI Z 1 76.4% +8.8%
KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K 1 50.5% +16.0%
DU, SURBHI M 1 68.1% +27.7%
LAZARO, DOMINIC 1 63.3% +30.8%

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
18571625 PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF N-HYDROXYPYRIDONE COMPOUNDS SAEED, KAMAL A

Hard Cases (7)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18030176 Compositions Comprising Silybum Marianum Extract As A Senotherapeutic Agent LAZARO, DOMINIC 3d overdue
18688795 Prunella vulgaris extract and use thereof SPAINE, ROBERT FRANKLIN 84d
18895632 Synergistic Blends Of Anti-Agglomerant Gas Hydrate Inhibitors With Quaternary Alkyl Ammonium Compounds PO, MING CHEUNG
18839496 COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING PIROCTONE OLAMINE GULLEDGE, BRIAN M
18573548 BIO-BASED ISETHIONATE COMPOUNDS PAGANO, ALEXANDER R
18549584 Process and System for Preparing a Target Compound FADHEL, ALI Z
18200036 WATER-GAS SHIFT REACTION CATALYSTS KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K

Interview Candidates (6)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18030176 Compositions Comprising Silybum Marianum Extract As A Senotherapeutic Agent LAZARO, DOMINIC 3d overdue
18032474 Process For Preparing Polyether Alcohols Having A Low Metal Ion Content DU, SURBHI M 30d
18895632 Synergistic Blends Of Anti-Agglomerant Gas Hydrate Inhibitors With Quaternary Alkyl Ammonium Compounds PO, MING CHEUNG
18839496 COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING PIROCTONE OLAMINE GULLEDGE, BRIAN M
18573548 BIO-BASED ISETHIONATE COMPOUNDS PAGANO, ALEXANDER R
18200036 WATER-GAS SHIFT REACTION CATALYSTS KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1738 2
1655 1
1623 1
1692 1
1765 1
1611 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18871850 ADSORBENT COMPOSITION WITH IMPROVED FILTRATION BEHAVIOR CAMPANELL, FRANCIS C §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 05, 2024
18895632 Synergistic Blends Of Anti-Agglomerant Gas Hydrate Inhibitors With Quaternary Alkyl Ammonium Compounds PO, MING CHEUNG §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 25, 2024
18839496 COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING PIROCTONE OLAMINE GULLEDGE, BRIAN M §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 19, 2024
18688795 Prunella vulgaris extract and use thereof SPAINE, ROBERT FRANKLIN 1655 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Mar 04, 2024
18573548 BIO-BASED ISETHIONATE COMPOUNDS PAGANO, ALEXANDER R §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 22, 2023
18571625 PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF N-HYDROXYPYRIDONE COMPOUNDS SAEED, KAMAL A 1623 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 18, 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
18032474 Process For Preparing Polyether Alcohols Having A Low Metal Ion Content DU, SURBHI M 1765 §103 Final Rejection 30d Pending Apr 18, 2023
18030176 Compositions Comprising Silybum Marianum Extract As A Senotherapeutic Agent LAZARO, DOMINIC 1611 §102§112 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Apr 04, 2023
18018283 CATALYST FOR AMMONIA SYNTHESIS WITH IMPROVED ACTIVITY PIRO, NICHOLAS ANTHONY 1738 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 27, 2023

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