Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Clariant International Ltd.

7 pending office actions • 7 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
1
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 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.

0
Hard (0%)
6
Medium (86%)
1
Easy (14%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only5 (71%)
§102 only1 (14%)
§112 only1 (14%)

Industry Mix

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

7
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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SPAINE, ROBERT FRANKLIN 1
NGUYEN, CAM N 1 84.8% +12.1%
DU, SURBHI M 1 69.0% +30.2%
LAZARO, DOMINIC 1 63.1% +31.3%
HARRIS, BRITTANY SHARON 1 51.9% +32.9%
GERMAIN, ADAM ADRIEN 1 11.8% -17.4%
LIU, ZHEN 1 42.0% +45.8%

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
18200001 HIGH TEMPERATURE METHANOL STEAM REFORMING CATALYST NGUYEN, CAM N 72d 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
17704116 Novel Cationic Collectors for Improving a Process for Froth Flotation of Silicates GERMAIN, ADAM ADRIEN 60d

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17299638 ANTIMICROBIAL POLYMER COMPOSITION FOR SHELF-LIFE EXTENSION LIU, ZHEN 84d overdue
18200001 HIGH TEMPERATURE METHANOL STEAM REFORMING CATALYST NGUYEN, CAM N 72d overdue
18030176 Compositions Comprising Silybum Marianum Extract As A Senotherapeutic Agent LAZARO, DOMINIC 3d overdue
17926058 Soil Release Polyesters For Use In Detergent Compositions HARRIS, BRITTANY SHARON 5d
18032474 Process For Preparing Polyether Alcohols Having A Low Metal Ion Content DU, SURBHI M 30d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1655 1
1736 1
1765 1
1611 1
1761 1
1777 1
1767 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18688795 Prunella vulgaris extract and use thereof SPAINE, ROBERT FRANKLIN 1655 §103 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Mar 04, 2024
18200001 HIGH TEMPERATURE METHANOL STEAM REFORMING CATALYST NGUYEN, CAM N 1736 §112 Non-Final OA 72d overdue 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 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Apr 04, 2023
17926058 Soil Release Polyesters For Use In Detergent Compositions HARRIS, BRITTANY SHARON 1761 §103 Final Rejection 5d Pending Nov 17, 2022
17704116 Novel Cationic Collectors for Improving a Process for Froth Flotation of Silicates GERMAIN, ADAM ADRIEN 1777 §103 Non-Final OA 60d Pending Mar 25, 2022
17299638 ANTIMICROBIAL POLYMER COMPOSITION FOR SHELF-LIFE EXTENSION LIU, ZHEN 1767 §103 Non-Final OA 84d overdue Pending Jun 03, 2021

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