Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
81 pending office actions • 17 art units • 47 examiners • 0 of 81 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 90 patents granted in the last 365 days
Colgate- Palmolive Company has 1 pending office action currently. This matter is in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The prosecution is handled by 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit.
ASDJODI, MOHAMMADREZA is the busiest examiner, with 1 busiest examiner pending action. This 1 action is the same as the 1 pending office action for the whole portfolio. This means ASDJODI, MOHAMMADREZA is the examiner the company is currently working with.
The 1 distinct art unit shows the work is not spread across different groups. For a practitioner, this pending office action in Chemistry & Materials requires focusing on the specific style of ASDJODI, MOHAMMADREZA. The concentration in the assigned art unit simplifies the administrative tracking of the case.
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.
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.
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 | 5 (6%) |
| §103 only | 24 (30%) |
| §112 only | 5 (6%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (1%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 27 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 19 (23%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROBERTS, LEZAH | 10 | 48.4% | +35.1% |
| LIU, TRACY | 10 | 54.5% | +27.3% |
| WEBB, WALTER E | 6 | 46.3% | +18.8% |
| HARRIS, BRITTANY SHARON | 3 | 48.6% | +31.7% |
| WRIGHT, SARAH C | 3 | 41.6% | +46.0% |
| PETRITSCH, AMANDA MICHELLE | 2 | 57.1% | +28.1% |
| BOYER, CHARLES I | 2 | 70.4% | +19.6% |
| OGDEN JR, NECHOLUS | 2 | 69.8% | +23.5% |
| RODGERS, THOMAS RAYMOND | 2 | 58.6% | +59.2% |
| STEVENS, MARK V | 2 | 65.5% | +41.6% |
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 |
| 18059651 | ORAL CARE SYSTEM, IMPLEMENT, AND/OR KIT | HOLIZNA, CALEB ANDREW | 8d overdue |
| 18240795 | Personal Care Compositions | BABSON, NICOLE PLOURDE | 34d |
| 19182826 | Oral Health Care Assessment Devices And Methods | SANGHERA, STEVEN G.S. | — |
| 19110202 | Oral Health Monitoring Device | KO, TONY | — |
| 19009576 | Cleansing Composition Comprising a Nonionic and Cationic Surfactant Mixture And a Cationic Antibacterial Agent | BOYER, CHARLES I | — |
| 18976986 | Concentrated Multi-Purpose Cleaning Composition | OGDEN JR, NECHOLUS | — |
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 |
| 18594760 | Oral Care Compositions and Methods of Use | STEVENS, MARK V | 28d overdue |
| 18543423 | Oral Care Compositions | ROBERTS, LEZAH | 24d overdue |
| 17784881 | Home Care Compositions | HARRIS, BRITTANY SHARON | 4d overdue |
| 17950735 | Oral Care Compositions and Methods | ROBERTS, LEZAH | 14d |
| 18515651 | Oral Care Compositions | LIU, TRACY | 15d |
| 18043679 | Oral Care Compositions | LIU, TRACY | 22d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1612 | 18 |
| 1614 | 11 |
| 1619 | 7 |
| 1613 | 4 |
| 1761 | 4 |
| 3723 | 3 |
| 1615 | 3 |
| 3772 | 2 |
| 1611 | 2 |
| 1798 | 2 |
| 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 |
| 19044040 | Peroxymonosulfate Whitening Strips | WEBB, WALTER E | — | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 03, 2025 |
| 19018357 | Peroxymonosulfate Oral Whitening Compositions | PETRITSCH, AMANDA MICHELLE | — | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2025 |
| 19011108 | Oral Care Compositions and Methods of Use | WEBB, WALTER E | — | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2025 |
| 19009576 | Cleansing Composition Comprising a Nonionic and Cationic Surfactant Mixture And a Cationic Antibacterial Agent | BOYER, CHARLES I | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 03, 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 |
| 18951152 | Oral Care Compositions | PALLAY, MICHAEL B | — | §102§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 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§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2024 |
| 18934025 | Process For Whitening Teeth And Composition and Kit Therefor | MAEWALL, SNIGDHA | — | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2024 |
| 18930363 | Home Care Compositions | BOYER, CHARLES I | — | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 29, 2024 |
| 18902326 | Personal Care Compositions | MILLER, MAKENNA RYLEIGH | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
| 18827142 | Personal Care Compositions | OGDEN JR, NECHOLUS | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2024 |
| 18808749 | Metal Salt Compositions | WEBB, WALTER E | 1612 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 19, 2024 |
| 18795301 | Teeth Cleaning Device | RODGERS, THOMAS RAYMOND | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 06, 2024 |
| 18795430 | Oral Care Personal Challenges System and Method | HENSON, KATINA N | 3723 | §101DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 06, 2024 |
| 18794334 | ORAL CARE IMPLEMENT | RODGERS, THOMAS RAYMOND | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 05, 2024 |
| 18794579 | Oral Care Implement | GUIDOTTI, LAURA COLE | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 05, 2024 |
| 18787155 | Oral Care Compositions | FUBARA, BLESSING M | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2024 |
| 18744029 | Oral Care Compositions | KWON, JOHN SEUNGJAI | 1615 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 14, 2024 |
| 18738288 | Zinc Phosphate Complex | STEVENS, MARK V | 1613 | §103DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2024 |
| 18715218 | Personal Care Compositions | HOERNER, PAUL ELLSWORTH | 1611 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
| 18621369 | PERSONAL CARE COMPOSITIONS | BURKE, MATTHEW RYAN | 1619 | §103DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 29, 2024 |
| 18615273 | Oral Care Implement Kit | HOLIZNA, CALEB ANDREW | 3723 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2024 |
| 18693194 | Dispensing Apparatus | RANDALL, JR., KELVIN L | 3651 | §112 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Mar 19, 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§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 08, 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 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2024 |
| 18429854 | Personal Care Compositions | BABSON, NICOLE PLOURDE | 1619 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 23d | Pending | Feb 01, 2024 |
| 18400940 | PEROXYMONOSULFATE ORAL WHITENING COMPOSITIONS | HUANG, GIGI GEORGIANA | 1613 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 29, 2023 |
| 18396092 | Multicolored Oral Care Compositions and Methods for the Same | PURDY, KYLE A | 1611 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2023 |
| 18545210 | Enamel Repair Visualization and Quantification | BERA, HENA RAKESHKUMAR | 1798 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2023 |
| 18543423 | Oral Care Compositions | ROBERTS, LEZAH | 1612 | §102§103§112DP | Final Rejection | 24d overdue | Pending | Dec 18, 2023 |
| 18531033 | Mouthwash Compositions and Methods | ROBERTS, LEZAH | 1612 | §103 | Final Rejection | 46d | Pending | Dec 06, 2023 |
| 18517201 | Oral Care Compositions | ROBERTS, LEZAH | 1612 | §103DPOther | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2023 |
| 18516422 | Oral Care Compositions | LIU, TRACY | 1614 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 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 |
| 18512276 | Mouthwash Composition | LIU, TRACY | 1614 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 17, 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 | §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 | §103§112DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 19, 2023 |
| 18210789 | Oral Compositions and Related Methods | BARBER, KIMBERLY | 1615 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 16, 2023 |
| 18257819 | MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE FOR TESTING AQUEOUS SAMPLES CONTAINING BIOMATERIALS | RAMIREZ, ALEX | 1798 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 15, 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 | Non-Final OA | 15d | Pending | Jun 02, 2023 |
| 18318100 | Sunscreen Compositions and Methods of Use | WRIGHT, SARAH C | 1619 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 16, 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 |
| 18296782 | Oral Care Compositions and Methods for the Same | LIU, TRACY | 1614 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 06, 2023 |
| 18194527 | Skin Care Compositions | WRIGHT, SARAH C | 1619 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | 58d overdue | Pending | Mar 31, 2023 |
| 18043695 | Oral Care Compositions | WELLES, COLMAN THOMAS | 1612 | §103DP | Final Rejection | 49d | Pending | Mar 01, 2023 |
| 18043703 | Oral Care Compositions | LIU, TRACY | 1614 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | 85d | Pending | Mar 01, 2023 |
| 18043679 | Oral Care Compositions | LIU, TRACY | 1614 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | 22d | 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 |
| 18109223 | Oral Care Compositions | WEBB, WALTER E | 1612 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 13, 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 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2022 |
| 18059651 | ORAL CARE SYSTEM, IMPLEMENT, AND/OR KIT | HOLIZNA, CALEB ANDREW | 3723 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 8d overdue | Pending | Nov 29, 2022 |
| 17950735 | Oral Care Compositions and Methods | ROBERTS, LEZAH | 1612 | §112 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Sep 22, 2022 |
| 17941484 | Personal Care Compositions | HARRIS, BRITTANY SHARON | 1761 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 09, 2022 |
| 17879364 | Personal Care Compositions | MI, QIUWEN | 1655 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 02, 2022 |
| 17790010 | Personal Care Compositions | WERTZ, ASHLEE ELIZABETH | 1612 | §103DP | 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 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Jun 13, 2022 |
| 17826961 | Oral Care Compositions and Methods | PETRITSCH, AMANDA MICHELLE | 1612 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 27, 2022 |
| 17770089 | Film Compositions | YU, HONG | 1614 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 19, 2022 |
| 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 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 24, 2021 |
| 17309195 | Deodorant Compositions | GOTFREDSON, GAREN | 1619 | §103 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | May 05, 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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