Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
6 pending office actions • 6 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Colonial Chemical Inc. manages a portfolio in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area with 6 pending office actions. These 6 actions are distributed among 6 distinct examiners, indicating a wide variety of individual perspectives involved in the prosecution process. The busiest examiner, SCOTLAND, REBECCA LYNN, is responsible for 1 pending office action, which confirms that the workload is balanced with one case per examiner.
The portfolio is also spread across 6 distinct art units, matching the number of 6 pending office actions and 6 distinct examiners. This suggests a broad technical range within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals sector, as every single pending matter is being handled by a different examiner in a different art unit. For the practitioner, this means there is no overlap in personnel or technical groups across the 6 pending office actions. This requires 6 unique prosecution strategies tailored to the specific standards of 6 different art units and 6 distinct examiners to move the portfolio forward.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting only | 1 (17%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCOTLAND, REBECCA LYNN | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| ROBERTS, LEZAH | 1 | 48.4% | +35.1% |
| BARZACH, JEFFREY EUGENE | 1 | 57.1% | +40.6% |
| CRAIGO, BAHAR ALAWI | 1 | 47.1% | +27.3% |
| OGDEN JR, NECHOLUS | 1 | 69.8% | +23.5% |
| REDDY, KARUNA P | 1 | 42.5% | +10.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18683236 | ENHANCED DEPOSITION OF HAIR AND SKIN CONDITIONING INGREDIENTS USING HYDROXYPROPYL BISHYDROXYETHYLDIMONIUM CHLORIDE | SCOTLAND, REBECCA LYNN | 72d overdue |
| 18571699 | SULFONATE-FUNCTIONALIZED ALKYL POLYGLUCOSIDES AS SULFATE-FREE SURFACTANTS FOR TOOTHPASTE AND MOUTHWASH | ROBERTS, LEZAH | — |
| 17630415 | Disodium Lauryl Sulfosuccinate Composition | OGDEN JR, NECHOLUS | — |
| 17603335 | SUGAR-BASED, ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY SURFACTANTS FOR EMULSION POLYMERIZATION | REDDY, KARUNA P | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18571699 | SULFONATE-FUNCTIONALIZED ALKYL POLYGLUCOSIDES AS SULFATE-FREE SURFACTANTS FOR TOOTHPASTE AND MOUTHWASH | ROBERTS, LEZAH | — |
| 18268585 | SUGAR-BASED, ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY PIGMENT AND MINERAL DISPERSANTS | BARZACH, JEFFREY EUGENE | — |
| 17777958 | Citrate-Functionalized Polymeric Surfactants Based Upon Alkyl Polyglucosides | CRAIGO, BAHAR ALAWI | — |
| 17630415 | Disodium Lauryl Sulfosuccinate Composition | OGDEN JR, NECHOLUS | — |
| 17603335 | SUGAR-BASED, ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY SURFACTANTS FOR EMULSION POLYMERIZATION | REDDY, KARUNA P | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1615 | 1 |
| 1612 | 1 |
| 1731 | 1 |
| 1699 | 1 |
| 1761 | 1 |
| 1764 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18683236 | ENHANCED DEPOSITION OF HAIR AND SKIN CONDITIONING INGREDIENTS USING HYDROXYPROPYL BISHYDROXYETHYLDIMONIUM CHLORIDE | SCOTLAND, REBECCA LYNN | 1615 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 72d overdue | Pending | Feb 12, 2024 |
| 18571699 | SULFONATE-FUNCTIONALIZED ALKYL POLYGLUCOSIDES AS SULFATE-FREE SURFACTANTS FOR TOOTHPASTE AND MOUTHWASH | ROBERTS, LEZAH | 1612 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2023 |
| 18268585 | SUGAR-BASED, ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY PIGMENT AND MINERAL DISPERSANTS | BARZACH, JEFFREY EUGENE | 1731 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2023 |
| 17777958 | Citrate-Functionalized Polymeric Surfactants Based Upon Alkyl Polyglucosides | CRAIGO, BAHAR ALAWI | 1699 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 18, 2022 |
| 17630415 | Disodium Lauryl Sulfosuccinate Composition | OGDEN JR, NECHOLUS | 1761 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 26, 2022 |
| 17603335 | SUGAR-BASED, ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY SURFACTANTS FOR EMULSION POLYMERIZATION | REDDY, KARUNA P | 1764 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 12, 2021 |
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