Colgate-Palmolive Company

Portfolio Summary

74

Total Pending OAs

42

Non-Final OAs

28

Final Rejections

4

Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 22 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

7

Overdue

0

Due this week

8

Due this month

1

Due in next 60 days

6

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. 22 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

Overdue (7)Due ≤ 30 days (8)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (6)

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.

23

Hard (31%)

46

Medium (62%)

5

Easy (7%)

0

Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

Bucket	Cases
§101 + other	5 (7%)
§103 only	27 (36%)
§102 only	1 (1%)
§112 only	1 (1%)
Double-patenting only	4 (5%)
Double-patenting + other	18 (24%)
Multi-statute (no §101)	18 (24%)

Industry Mix

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

55

Life Sciences

74% of docket

1

Information Tech

1% of docket

0

Communications

0% of docket

0

Semiconductors

0% of docket

7

Mechanical / Eng

9% of docket

11

Business / Other

15% 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.

740 h

Manual time on pending OAs

148 h

Time saved (low, 20%)

259 h

Time saved (mid, 35%)

6.5 wks

FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

Examiner	Apps on this docket	Allow rate	Interview lift
ROBERTS, LEZAH	11	48.6%	+35.6%
LIU, TRACY	8	54.5%	+27.3%
HARRIS, BRITTANY SHARON	3	47.1%	+24.5%
WRIGHT, SARAH C	3	41.4%	+46.2%
OGDEN JR, NECHOLUS	2	69.8%	+23.3%
KAMM, JUDITH MARIE	2	45.8%	+59.4%
ABBAS, ABDULRAHMAN MUSTAFA	2	53.4%	+40.2%
WEBB, WALTER E	2	46.4%	+18.7%
SANGHERA, STEVEN G.S.	1	30.0%	+29.1%
KO, TONY	1	87.9%	+2.5%

Hard Cases (23)

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
18093654	ORAL GEL COMPOSITIONS	SASAN, ARADHANA	182d overdue
18256515	Oral Care Compositions with a Natural Sweetener System	WEBB, WALTER E	52d overdue
17784881	Home Care Compositions	HARRIS, BRITTANY SHARON	4d overdue
18724716	Oral Care Compositions and Methods for the Same	ROSSI, JULIA ANNE LORRAIN	14d
17738399	Methods for Determining Equivalent Alkane Carbon Number	ADAMS, MICHELLE	23d
18240795	Personal Care Compositions	BABSON, NICOLE PLOURDE	34d
18396983	Oral Care Implement	DELRUE, BRIAN CHRISTOPHER	75d
19182826	Oral Health Care Assessment Devices And Methods	SANGHERA, STEVEN G.S.	—

Interview Candidates (34)

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
18194527	Skin Care Compositions	WRIGHT, SARAH C	58d overdue
18256515	Oral Care Compositions with a Natural Sweetener System	WEBB, WALTER E	52d overdue
18543423	Oral Care Compositions	ROBERTS, LEZAH	24d overdue
17784881	Home Care Compositions	HARRIS, BRITTANY SHARON	4d overdue
18515651	Oral Care Compositions	LIU, TRACY	15d
16949912	Viscosity Stable SLS Free Toothpastes Containing Zinc Compounds and Arginine	LIU, TRACY	26d
18251017	Oral Care Compositions Comprising Ascorbic Acid Derivatives	LIU, TRACY	29d
18043753	Oral Care Compositions	LIU, TRACY	85d

Top Art Units

Art Unit	Apps
1612	18
1614	9
1761	5
1613	5
1619	5
3723	3
1615	3
3772	2
1611	2
1616	2

Pending Office Actions

App #	Title	Examiner	Art Unit	Statutes	Status	Due in	AI	Filed
19182826	Oral Health Care Assessment Devices And Methods	SANGHERA, STEVEN G.S.	3684	§101§102§103§112	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Apr 18, 2025
19110202	Oral Health Monitoring Device	KO, TONY	—	§102§103	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Mar 10, 2025
18976986	Concentrated Multi-Purpose Cleaning Composition	OGDEN JR, NECHOLUS	—	§102§103	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Dec 11, 2024
18973959	Oral Care Compositions	WISTNER, SARAH CLINKSCALES	—	§102§103DP	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Dec 09, 2024
18962927	Personal Care Products	KAMM, JUDITH MARIE	—	§103§112	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Nov 27, 2024
18865761	Technologies for Simultaneous Sampling of More Than One Sample Plane Using a Mirrored Pinhole Array	CALEY, MICHAEL H	—	§103	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Nov 14, 2024
18946278	WET-SETTING ADHESIVES FOR ORAL ENVIRONMENT AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF	MAI, HAO D	3772	§103	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Nov 13, 2024
18930363	Home Care Compositions	BOYER, CHARLES I	—	§102§103	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Oct 29, 2024
18852844	TOOTHBRUSH MANUFACTURING CONTROL USING KINETIC IMAGING	TEKLE, DANIEL T	2481	§103	Non-Final OA	28d	Pending	Sep 30, 2024
18902326	Personal Care Compositions	MILLER, MAKENNA RYLEIGH	—	§102§103§112	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Sep 30, 2024
18884323	Oral Care Compositions	TRUONG, QUANGLONG N	—	§103	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Sep 13, 2024
18827142	Personal Care Compositions	OGDEN JR, NECHOLUS	—	§103	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Sep 06, 2024
18795430	Oral Care Personal Challenges System and Method	HENSON, KATINA N	3723	DP	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Aug 06, 2024
18787155	Oral Care Compositions	FUBARA, BLESSING M	—	DP	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Jul 29, 2024
18759942	Films and Their Use in Home Care Compositions	DOUYON, LORNA M	1761	§102§103§112	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Jun 30, 2024
18724716	Oral Care Compositions and Methods for the Same	ROSSI, JULIA ANNE LORRAIN	1615	§102§103§112Other	Final Rejection	14d	Pending	Jun 27, 2024
18717936	Oral Care Compositions with Hyaluronic Acid	LEE, SIN J	1613	§102§103§112	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Jun 07, 2024
18715218	Personal Care Compositions	HOERNER, PAUL ELLSWORTH	1611	§103	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	May 31, 2024
18621369	PERSONAL CARE COMPOSITIONS	BURKE, MATTHEW RYAN	1619	§102§103§112DP	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Mar 29, 2024
18608448	Oral Care Compositions and Methods of Use	ROBERTS, LEZAH	1612	§103	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Mar 18, 2024
18599930	SKIN CARE COMPOSITIONS	BAZARGANI, ARYA AHMADI	1613	§103§112Other	Final Rejection	—	Pending	Mar 08, 2024
18690057	Oral Irrigator and Method of Using the Same	JONES, AISLINN MOIRA	—	§102§103	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Mar 07, 2024
18594760	Oral Care Compositions and Methods of Use	STEVENS, MARK V	1613	§103§112DP	Final Rejection	28d overdue	Pending	Mar 04, 2024
18589027	Compositions and Methods for Reducing Pet Hair Adhesion to Fabric	HARRIS, BRITTANY SHARON	1761	§103§112	Final Rejection	—	Pending	Feb 27, 2024
18400940	PEROXYMONOSULFATE ORAL WHITENING COMPOSITIONS	HUANG, GIGI GEORGIANA	1613	DP	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Dec 29, 2023
18396983	Oral Care Implement	DELRUE, BRIAN CHRISTOPHER	3745	§102§103	Non-Final OA	75d	Pending	Dec 27, 2023
18544750	PERSONAL CARE COMPOSITIONS	ABBAS, ABDULRAHMAN MUSTAFA	1612	§103DP	Final Rejection	—	Pending	Dec 19, 2023
18544591	Oral Care Compositions	CHI, AMANDA LYNN	1613	§103DP	Final Rejection	—	Pending	Dec 19, 2023
18544959	ORAL CARE COMPOSITIONS	EVANS, JASMINE AFIYA	1616	§102§103§112DP	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Dec 19, 2023
18545210	Enamel Repair Visualization and Quantification	BERA, HENA RAKESHKUMAR	1798	§101§102§103§112	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Dec 19, 2023
18543423	Oral Care Compositions	ROBERTS, LEZAH	1612	§102§103§112DP	Final Rejection	24d overdue	Pending	Dec 18, 2023
18531066	Novel Chlorhexidine Salts and Related Compositions and Methods	YU, HONG	1614	§102	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Dec 06, 2023
18517201	Oral Care Compositions	ROBERTS, LEZAH	1612	§103DPOther	Final Rejection	—	Pending	Nov 22, 2023
18515651	Oral Care Compositions	LIU, TRACY	1614	§103DP	Non-Final OA	15d	Pending	Nov 21, 2023
18513925	Oral Care Compositions	ROBERTS, LEZAH	1612	§103Other	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Nov 20, 2023
18512294	Micellar Mouthwash Composition	ROBERTS, LEZAH	1612	§103	Final Rejection	—	Pending	Nov 17, 2023
18553804	Liquid Personal Care Compositions and Methods for the Same	VIGIL, TORIANA NICHOLE	1612	§103§112DP	Final Rejection	84d	Pending	Oct 03, 2023
18463723	Oral Compositions and Methods	ROBERTS, LEZAH	1612	§103Other	Final Rejection	—	Pending	Sep 08, 2023
18549085	Methods of Enhancing Natural Defense in the Oral Cavity	ROBERTS, LEZAH	1612	§103	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Sep 05, 2023
18240795	Personal Care Compositions	BABSON, NICOLE PLOURDE	1619	§102§103§112Other	Final Rejection	34d	Pending	Aug 31, 2023
18360665	Oral Care Compositions	ROBERTS, LEZAH	1612	§103	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Jul 27, 2023
18354302	COMPOSITIONS AND RELATED METHODS	WEBB, WALTER E	1612	§102§103§112DP	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Jul 18, 2023
18259606	Metal Complexes and Methods for the Same	COUGHLIN, MATTHEW P	1626	§103§112	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Jun 28, 2023
18258251	Oral Care Compositions Comprising Stannous Pyrophosphate and a Water-Soluble Alkali Metal Polyphosphate, and Methods	LIU, TRACY	1614	§103§112DP	Final Rejection	—	Pending	Jun 19, 2023
18258267	Oral Care Compositions and Methods	LIU, TRACY	1614	DP	Final Rejection	—	Pending	Jun 19, 2023
18210789	Oral Compositions and Related Methods	BARBER, KIMBERLY	1615	§103Other	Final Rejection	—	Pending	Jun 16, 2023
18256515	Oral Care Compositions with a Natural Sweetener System	WEBB, WALTER E	1612	§102§103	Final Rejection	52d overdue	Pending	Jun 08, 2023
18328049	Skin Care Compositions and Methods of Use	BAKSHI, PANCHAM	1623	§103§112DP	Final Rejection	15d	Pending	Jun 02, 2023
18318100	Sunscreen Compositions and Methods of Use	WRIGHT, SARAH C	1619	§103	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	May 16, 2023
18253005	Stand for an Oral Care Implement, Oral Care Implement System Including the Same, and Related Method	GUIDOTTI, LAURA COLE	3723	§102§103	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	May 15, 2023
18251017	Oral Care Compositions Comprising Ascorbic Acid Derivatives	LIU, TRACY	1614	§103	Final Rejection	29d	Pending	Apr 28, 2023
18250384	Films and Oral Care Compositions Comprising Same	ROBERTS, LEZAH	1612	§103DP	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Apr 25, 2023
18305746	Personal Care Composition	ARMSTRONG, SUSANNAH SIPPLE	1616	§103	Non-Final OA	15d overdue	Pending	Apr 24, 2023
18296782	Oral Care Compositions and Methods for the Same	LIU, TRACY	1614	§103	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Apr 06, 2023
18194527	Skin Care Compositions	WRIGHT, SARAH C	1619	§103DP	Final Rejection	58d overdue	Pending	Mar 31, 2023
18043753	Oral Care Compositions	LIU, TRACY	1614	§103	Final Rejection	85d	Pending	Mar 02, 2023
18043703	Oral Care Compositions	LIU, TRACY	1614	§103DP	Non-Final OA	85d	Pending	Mar 01, 2023
18042932	Method of Electrochemically Boosting Tooth Whitening	EIDE, HEIDI MARIE	3772	§103	Final Rejection	8d	Pending	Feb 24, 2023
18042484	Personal Care Compositions	WRIGHT, SARAH C	1619	§103	Final Rejection	—	Pending	Feb 22, 2023
18167664	Microbially Induced Inflammation Produces Changes in Distinct Healthy Tissues in Human Oral Cavity	DICKENS, AMELIA NICOLE	1645	§112	Final Rejection	63d	Pending	Feb 10, 2023
18093654	ORAL GEL COMPOSITIONS	SASAN, ARADHANA	1615	§101§103§112Other	Non-Final OA	182d overdue	Pending	Jan 05, 2023
18085249	Cleaning Compositions	DELCOTTO, GREGORY R	1761	§103	Final Rejection	—	Pending	Dec 20, 2022
18001107	Toothbrush and Anchor Wire Therefor	HAWKINS, JASON KHALIL	3723	§103	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Dec 08, 2022
17992102	Oral Care Compositions and Methods for the Same	KAMM, JUDITH MARIE	1611	§101§103§112	Final Rejection	—	Pending	Nov 22, 2022
17941484	Personal Care Compositions	HARRIS, BRITTANY SHARON	1761	§103	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Sep 09, 2022
17869203	Oral Care Compositions	PETRITSCH, AMANDA MICHELLE	1612	§103DPOther	Non-Final OA	71d	Pending	Jul 20, 2022
17790010	Personal Care Compositions	WERTZ, ASHLEE ELIZABETH	1612	§103Other	Final Rejection	—	Pending	Jun 29, 2022
17786227	Recyclable Packaging	SHUKLA, KRUPA	1787	§103	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Jun 16, 2022
17784881	Home Care Compositions	HARRIS, BRITTANY SHARON	1761	§103§112	Non-Final OA	4d overdue	Pending	Jun 13, 2022
17738399	Methods for Determining Equivalent Alkane Carbon Number	ADAMS, MICHELLE	1797	§101§102§103§112	Non-Final OA	23d	Pending	May 06, 2022
17392722	Oral Care Compositions Containing Abrasives and Cocamidopropyl Betaine	ROBERTS, LEZAH	1612	§103§112	Final Rejection	—	Pending	Aug 03, 2021
17309858	Methods of Inhibiting Neutrophil Recruitment to the Gingival Crevice	ROBERTS, LEZAH	1612	§103Other	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Jun 24, 2021
17309387	Personal Care Compositions	ABBAS, ABDULRAHMAN MUSTAFA	1612	§103DP	Final Rejection	—	Pending	May 24, 2021
16949912	Viscosity Stable SLS Free Toothpastes Containing Zinc Compounds and Arginine	LIU, TRACY	1614	§103	Non-Final OA	26d	Pending	Nov 20, 2020

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