Prosecution Insights
Last updated: September 29, 2026

Conopco, Inc. d/b/a Unilever

Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials

92 pending office actions • 27 art units • 69 examiners • 0 of 92 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 108 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

92
Total Pending OAs
56
Non-Final OAs
25
Final Rejections
11
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 35 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

17
Overdue
2
Due this week
11
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
4
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. 35 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (17)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (11)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (4)

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.

45
Hard (49%)
46
Medium (50%)
1
Easy (1%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (2%)
§101 + other2 (2%)
§103 only36 (39%)
Double-patenting only1 (1%)
Double-patenting + other10 (11%)
Multi-statute (no §101)41 (45%)

Industry Mix

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

65
Life Sciences
71% of docket
1
Information Tech
1% of docket
1
Communications
1% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
5% of docket
20
Business / Other
22% 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.

920 h
Manual time on pending OAs
184 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
322 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
8.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PAUL, SHREYA 5 100.0% +0.0%
ASDJODI, MOHAMMADREZA 4 59.1% +46.9%
MRUK, BRIAN P 3 74.3% +27.8%
PURDY, KYLE A 3 41.0% +35.9%
PRAGANI, RAJAN 2 53.3% +70.0%
HARRIS, BRITTANY SHARON 2 48.6% +31.7%
DOUYON, LORNA M 2 56.8% +72.0%
BOYER, CHARLES I 2 70.4% +19.7%
PEEBLES, KATHERINE 2 35.6% +48.8%
SANGHERA, SYMREN K 2 51.2% +12.6%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18878200 STABLE WASH COMPOSITION WITH BIODEGRADABLE THICKENER PAUL, SHREYA —
18866584 A HARD SURFACE CLEANING COMPOSITION PAUL, SHREYA —

Hard Cases (45)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17642595 PREMIX AND COMPOSITION AND METHODS OF PREPARING THE SAME KWON, YONG SOK 252d overdue
17297836 NON-ALUMINIUM ANTIPERSPIRANT COMPOSITIONS HELM, CARALYNNE E 164d overdue
17611705 ISOTROPIC LIQUID CLEANSERS COMPRISING ACYL ISETHIONATE AND METHYL ACYL TAURATE SURFACTANT MIXTURES PHAN, DOAN THI-THUC 59d overdue
18591613 COSMETIC AEROSOL PRODUCT PURDY, KYLE A 45d overdue
18294373 DEODORANT COMPOSITIONS WEBB, WALTER E 24d overdue
18841633 CONTAINER WITH FLEXIBLE PORTION ANGWIN, DAVID PATRICK 19d overdue
18037359 TOPICAL SANITISING COMPOSITION COMPRISING MINIMAL AMOUNTS OF AN ANTIMICROBIAL LIPID CHANG, KYUNG SOOK 17d overdue
18015446 AEROSOL PRODUCT STEINKE, SEAN JAMES 8d overdue

Interview Candidates (22)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18033962 CONCENTRATED NON-AQUEOUS FABRIC CONDITIONERS BOYER, CHARLES I 146d overdue
18682132 FILMS AND CAPSULES ASDJODI, MOHAMMADREZA 59d overdue
18591613 COSMETIC AEROSOL PRODUCT PURDY, KYLE A 45d overdue
18020138 DETERGENT COMPOSITION HARRIS, BRITTANY SHARON 2d overdue
18700272 FILMS AND CAPSULES DOUYON, LORNA M 9d
18701947 CONTAINER FOR FOOD PRODUCTS SANGHERA, SYMREN K 14d
18289722 PACKAGE CONTAINING WATER-SOLUBLE CAPSULES SANGHERA, SYMREN K 63d
19103716 LAUNDRY COMPOSITION COMPRISING CARRAGEENAN, BENEFIT AGENT AND SODIUM CHLORIDE MRUK, BRIAN P —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1761 15
1619 8
1613 5
1617 5
1612 4
1615 4
1611 4
3735 3
1792 3
1791 3

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19103716 LAUNDRY COMPOSITION COMPRISING CARRAGEENAN, BENEFIT AGENT AND SODIUM CHLORIDE MRUK, BRIAN P — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 13, 2025
19100849 A PHOTOPROTECTIVE COMPOSITION RONEY, CELESTE A 1612 §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 03, 2025
18997677 EMULSION DEODORANT COMPOSITIONS PRAGANI, RAJAN — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 22, 2025
18878339 STABLE WASH COMPOSITION WITH UNSATURATED ZWITTERIONIC SURFACTANT PAUL, SHREYA — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 23, 2024
18878200 STABLE WASH COMPOSITION WITH BIODEGRADABLE THICKENER PAUL, SHREYA — §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 23, 2024
18987867 Pearlescent Wash Composition ARNOLD, ERNST V 1613 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 19, 2024
18875953 ANTI-ACNE COMPOSITION PRAGANI, RAJAN — §103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 17, 2024
18869253 COMPOSITION PAUL, SHREYA 1761 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 25, 2024
18869264 COMPOSITION HARRIS, BRITTANY SHARON — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 25, 2024
18869252 COMPOSITION CONTAINING ENZYME PAUL, SHREYA 1761 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 25, 2024
18869260 COMPOSITION DOUYON, LORNA M — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 25, 2024
18869170 COMPOSITION BOYER, CHARLES I 1761 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 25, 2024
18868369 MICROCAPSULE AND METHOD MELENDEZ, ARMAND 1759 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 22, 2024
18867064 CONCENTRATED CLEANSING COMPOSITIONS KASSA, TIGABU — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 19, 2024
18867060 CONCENTRATED CONDITIONING COMPOSITIONS PURDY, KYLE A — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 19, 2024
18866584 A HARD SURFACE CLEANING COMPOSITION PAUL, SHREYA — §103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 18, 2024
18865623 ANTIPERSPIRANT COMPOSITION ROSENTHAL, ANDREW S — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 13, 2024
18864978 A HIGH SPF GEL COMPOSITION VIGIL, TORIANA NICHOLE — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 12, 2024
18859559 CUP AND BLANK FOR FORMING DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R — §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 24, 2024
18846707 HAIR CARE COMPOSITION YOUNG, MICAH PAUL — §102§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 13, 2024
18846467 A SKIN BRIGHTENING COMPOSITION ABBAS, ABDULRAHMAN MUSTAFA — §103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 12, 2024
18845484 A SOLID CLEANSING COMPOSITION BABSON, NICOLE PLOURDE — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 10, 2024
18845242 CONCENTRATED FABRIC CONDITIONER ASDJODI, MOHAMMADREZA — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 09, 2024
18843752 PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A STRUCTURED PROTEIN PRODUCT MORNHINWEG, JEFFREY P — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 04, 2024
18841633 CONTAINER WITH FLEXIBLE PORTION ANGWIN, DAVID PATRICK 3754 §103§112 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Aug 26, 2024
18837856 COMPOSITION ASDJODI, MOHAMMADREZA — §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 12, 2024
18796471 RED COLORANT FREE OF COCHINEAL RED AND COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING THE SAME KAMM, JUDITH MARIE — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 07, 2024
18723758 BAR COMPOSITION HAVING ENHANCED ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY PALENIK, JEFFREY T 1615 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 24, 2024
18723765 LIQUID COMPOSITION HAVING ENHANCED ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY PURDY, KYLE A 1611 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 24, 2024
18719387 COSMETIC SWEAT MANAGEMENT COMPOSITIONS PEEBLES, KATHERINE 1617 §103DP Final Rejection — Pending Jun 13, 2024
18717446 POWDERED COSMETIC COMPOSITION LIU, TRACY 1614 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 07, 2024
18716837 PACKAGE CONTAINING WATER-SOLUBLE CAPSULES ASDJODI, MOHAMMADREZA 1767 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 05, 2024
18716615 PERSONAL CARE COMPOSITION MI, QIUWEN 1655 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 05, 2024
18716390 HAIR CONDITIONING COMPOSITION FOR IMPROVED DEPOSITION SAEED, ALI S 1616 §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 04, 2024
18716012 HAIR CONDITIONING COMPOSITION FOR IMPROVED DEPOSITION BOATENG, AFUA BAMFOAA 1617 §103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 03, 2024
18715134 A SKIN CARE COMPOSITION PEEBLES, KATHERINE 1617 §103 Final Rejection — Pending May 31, 2024
18714108 HAIR CARE COMPOSITION MEYERS, ELIZABETH ANNE 1617 §103§112 Non-Final OA 23d Pending May 29, 2024
18711038 HYDRATABLE CONCENTRATED SURFACTANT COMPOSITIONS OGDEN JR, NECHOLUS 1761 DP Non-Final OA — Pending May 16, 2024
18701947 CONTAINER FOR FOOD PRODUCTS SANGHERA, SYMREN K 3735 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA 14d Pending Apr 17, 2024
18700272 FILMS AND CAPSULES DOUYON, LORNA M 1761 §103 Final Rejection 9d Pending Apr 11, 2024
18693779 FABRIC SOFTENING COMPOSITION ELHILO, EISA B 1761 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 20, 2024
18591613 COSMETIC AEROSOL PRODUCT PURDY, KYLE A 1611 §103§112Other Final Rejection 45d overdue Pending Feb 29, 2024
18683805 FILMS AND CAPSULES JACKSON, MONIQUE R 1787 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Feb 15, 2024
18682378 CLOSURE WITH A DETACHABLE APPLICATOR AND CONTAINER RODRIGUEZ MOLINA, MARCOS JAVIER 3735 §103§112 Final Rejection 19d Pending Feb 08, 2024
18682132 FILMS AND CAPSULES ASDJODI, MOHAMMADREZA 1767 §103DP Final Rejection 59d overdue Pending Feb 08, 2024
18294190 DEODORANT/ANTIPERSPIRANT STICK COMPOSITIONS HOLLOMAN, NANNETTE 1612 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 01, 2024
18294373 DEODORANT COMPOSITIONS WEBB, WALTER E 1612 §102§103 Final Rejection 24d overdue Pending Feb 01, 2024
18292501 HAIRCARE MONITORING AND FEEDBACK CHU, RANDOLPH I 2667 §101Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 26, 2024
18291397 HAIRCARE MONITORING AND FEEDBACK XIAO, DI 2178 §101§103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Jan 23, 2024
18578443 HYDRATABLE CONCENTRATED SURFACTANT COMPOSITIONS MAEWALL, SNIGDHA 1612 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Jan 11, 2024
18575997 METHOD FOR EVALUATING A COSMETIC COMPOSITION OR COMPONENT THEREOF SAMALA, JAGADISHWAR RAO 1618 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 02, 2024
18571916 EMULSION ANTIPERSPIRANT COMPOSITIONS OLSEN, KAELEIGH ELIZABETH 1619 §103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 19, 2023
18572086 METHOD OF MANUFACTURE OF ANTIPERSPIRANT SALTS AL-AWADI, DANAH J 1615 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 19, 2023
18568413 HIGH MOISTURE SILICA GEL SOAP BARS AND PROCESS FOR PREPARING THE SAME ELHILO, EISA B 1761 §103§112 Non-Final OA 77d Pending Dec 08, 2023
18564111 PARTICUALTE BOUILLON COMPOSITION BEKKER, KELLY JO 1792 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 27, 2023
18560954 A METHOD OF PROVIDING HIGH SPF TO A TOPICAL SURFACE OF A BODY PROSSER, ALISSA J 1619 §103Other Final Rejection 6d Pending Nov 15, 2023
18560843 A TABLET COMPOSITION MRUK, BRIAN P 1761 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 14, 2023
18289739 PACKAGE CONTAINING WATER-SOLUBLE CAPSULES YAGER, JAMES C 1782 §103 Final Rejection 62d Pending Nov 06, 2023
18289722 PACKAGE CONTAINING WATER-SOLUBLE CAPSULES SANGHERA, SYMREN K 3735 §103 Final Rejection 63d Pending Nov 06, 2023
18288563 COMPOSITION MRUK, BRIAN P 1761 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 26, 2023
18287365 PROCESS FOR PREPARING FROZEN CONFECTIONERY PRODUCTS BECKER, DREW E 1792 §103§112 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Oct 18, 2023
18286492 CLEANSING COMPOSITION FOR FEMALE INTIMATE HYGIENE ALAWADI, SARAH 1619 §103§112 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Oct 11, 2023
18554079 HAIR TREATMENT COMPOSITION MATTISON, LORI K 1619 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 05, 2023
18284410 CLEANSING POWDER COMPOSITION ISNOR, ALEXANDRA NICOLE 1611 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 27, 2023
18281381 COSMETIC SKIN CARE COMPOSITION FAY, ZOHREH ALEMZADEH 1617 §103 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Sep 11, 2023
18547703 PRODUCT FOR MACHINE DISHWASHING IN THE FORM OF A CAPSULE WITH MULTIPLE COMPARTMENTS DELCOTTO, GREGORY R 1761 §103§112 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Aug 24, 2023
18272379 AN ANHYDROUS ANTIPERSPIRANT COMPOSITION SCOTLAND, REBECCA LYNN 1615 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 14, 2023
18265324 PERSONAL CARE COMPOSITION GHALI, ISIS A D 1611 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 05, 2023
18039789 CLEANING COMPOSITION DELCOTTO, GREGORY R 1761 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 01, 2023
18037372 HYDROXYSTEARIC ACID FOR INDUCING GENERATION OF ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDES STEELE, AMBER D 1658 §102§112Other Non-Final OA 6d Pending May 17, 2023
18037359 TOPICAL SANITISING COMPOSITION COMPRISING MINIMAL AMOUNTS OF AN ANTIMICROBIAL LIPID CHANG, KYUNG SOOK 1613 §102§103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending May 17, 2023
18139740 PERSONAL CARE COMPOSITION PROSSER, ALISSA J 1619 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 26, 2023
18033962 CONCENTRATED NON-AQUEOUS FABRIC CONDITIONERS BOYER, CHARLES I 1761 §103 Non-Final OA 146d overdue Pending Apr 26, 2023
18020151 SECONDARY ALKANE SULTANATE DETERGENT COMPOSITION CLEVELAND, MICHAEL B 1712 §103 Non-Final OA 52d overdue Pending Feb 07, 2023
18020138 DETERGENT COMPOSITION HARRIS, BRITTANY SHARON 1761 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Feb 07, 2023
18015446 AEROSOL PRODUCT STEINKE, SEAN JAMES 1619 §102§103Other Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Jan 10, 2023
18012109 A UNIT DOSE CAPSULE KUMAR, PREETI 1761 §103 Final Rejection 9d Pending Dec 21, 2022
18011655 SANITIZING COMPOSITION ALAWADI, SARAH 1619 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 20, 2022
18001338 A CONTAINER ACKUN, JACOB K 3736 §103 Non-Final OA 71d Pending Dec 09, 2022
17921365 PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF A FLAVOURING MERRIAM, ANDREW E 1791 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Oct 26, 2022
17795203 LAUNDRY DETERGENT PRODUCT DAVIS, RUTH A 1699 §103 Non-Final OA 73d overdue Pending Jul 25, 2022
17775726 DEODORANT COMPOSITIONS SONG, JIANFENG 1613 §103 Final Rejection — Pending May 10, 2022
17642595 PREMIX AND COMPOSITION AND METHODS OF PREPARING THE SAME KWON, YONG SOK 1613 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 252d overdue Pending Mar 11, 2022
17611705 ISOTROPIC LIQUID CLEANSERS COMPRISING ACYL ISETHIONATE AND METHYL ACYL TAURATE SURFACTANT MIXTURES PHAN, DOAN THI-THUC 1613 §103§112 Final Rejection 59d overdue Pending Nov 16, 2021
17610079 LAUNDRY COMPOSITION KUMAR, PREETI 1761 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 09, 2021
17436112 POLLUTION PROTECTION FACTOR OF COSMETIC COMPOSITIONS ROSSI, VY BUI 1685 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 03, 2021
17428989 EDIBLE COMPOSITION COMPRISING A STRUCTURED AQUEOUS PHASE LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO 1791 §103 Final Rejection 97d overdue Pending Aug 06, 2021
17299800 DRESSING KIM, BRYAN 1792 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Jun 04, 2021
17297836 NON-ALUMINIUM ANTIPERSPIRANT COMPOSITIONS HELM, CARALYNNE E 1615 §103§112 Non-Final OA 164d overdue Pending May 27, 2021
17052915 CLEANSING COMPOSITION MATTISON, LORI K 1619 §103DP Non-Final OA 20d Pending Nov 04, 2020
16970962 AQUEOUS COMPOSITION CONTAINING SALT, ACETIC ACID, AND SUGARS KOHLER, STEPHANIE A 1791 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 19, 2020
16470751 VARIEGATOR SORKIN, DAVID L 1774 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 18, 2019

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