Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

Conopco, Inc. d/b/a Unilever

85 pending office actions • 25 art units • 65 examiners • 0 of 85 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 104 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

85
Total Pending OAs
57
Non-Final OAs
19
Final Rejections
9
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 44 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

26
Overdue
2
Due this week
11
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
3
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. 44 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (26)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (11)Due ≤ 60 days (2)Due later (3)

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 (53%)
37
Medium (44%)
3
Easy (4%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (2%)
§101 + other2 (2%)
§103 only29 (34%)
Double-patenting only3 (4%)
Double-patenting + other8 (9%)
Multi-statute (no §101)41 (48%)

Industry Mix

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

66
Life Sciences
78% of docket
1
Information Tech
1% of docket
1
Communications
1% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
5% of docket
13
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.

850 h
Manual time on pending OAs
170 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
298 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
7.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
DOUYON, LORNA M 4 57.0% +71.8%
PURDY, KYLE A 3 41.0% +36.5%
PAUL, SHREYA 3 100.0% +0.0%
ASDJODI, MOHAMMADREZA 3 59.0% +47.0%
ALAWADI, SARAH 3 37.7% +38.4%
DELCOTTO, GREGORY R 3 53.9% +75.8%
HARRIS, BRITTANY SHARON 2 47.1% +24.5%
VIGIL, TORIANA NICHOLE 2 53.6% +21.2%
HELM, CARALYNNE E 2 28.8% +49.4%
BOYER, CHARLES I 2 70.3% +19.5%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18866584 A HARD SURFACE CLEANING COMPOSITION PAUL, SHREYA
18866576 A HARD SURFACE CLEANING COMPOSITION PAUL, SHREYA
18866578 A HARD SURFACE CLEANING COMPOSITION PAUL, SHREYA

Hard Cases (46)

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
18029734 HAIR CARE COMPOSITION KOSAR, ANDREW D 53d overdue
18591613 COSMETIC AEROSOL PRODUCT PURDY, KYLE A 45d overdue
18286771 USE OF A CATIONIC POLYMER FOR REINFECTION PREVENTION ALAWADI, SARAH 31d overdue
18294373 DEODORANT COMPOSITIONS WEBB, WALTER E 24d overdue
18701953 ANTIDANDRUFF HAIR COMPOSITION COMPRISING A CATIONIC CELLULOSE AND A SILICONE COMPOUND JOHNSON, DANIELLE D 22d overdue
18841633 CONTAINER WITH FLEXIBLE PORTION ANGWIN, DAVID PATRICK 19d overdue

Interview Candidates (24)

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
17297836 NON-ALUMINIUM ANTIPERSPIRANT COMPOSITIONS HELM, CARALYNNE E 164d overdue
18033962 CONCENTRATED NON-AQUEOUS FABRIC CONDITIONERS BOYER, CHARLES I 146d overdue
18591613 COSMETIC AEROSOL PRODUCT PURDY, KYLE A 45d overdue
18286771 USE OF A CATIONIC POLYMER FOR REINFECTION PREVENTION ALAWADI, SARAH 31d overdue
17787649 HAIR TREATMENT COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS VIGIL, TORIANA NICHOLE 24d overdue
18693790 FABRIC SOFTENING COMPOSITION BOYER, CHARLES I 22d overdue
18700528 A personal care composition comprising vitamin K2 and hydroxystearic acid HELM, CARALYNNE E 17d overdue
18696027 COMPOSITION DOUYON, LORNA M 10d overdue

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1761 14
1619 9
1613 5
1612 5
1792 5
1611 4
1615 4
1791 4
1617 3
1767 2

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18987867 Pearlescent Wash Composition ARNOLD, ERNST V 1613 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 19, 2024
18869260 COMPOSITION DOUYON, LORNA M §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 25, 2024
18869264 COMPOSITION HARRIS, BRITTANY SHARON §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 25, 2024
18869266 COMPOSITION BROWN-PETTIGREW, ANGELA C §103§112 Non-Final OA 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 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 18, 2024
18866576 A HARD SURFACE CLEANING COMPOSITION PAUL, SHREYA §103DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 18, 2024
18866578 A HARD SURFACE CLEANING COMPOSITION PAUL, SHREYA 1761 §103DP Non-Final OA 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
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
18837844 COMPOSITION ASDJODI, MOHAMMADREZA 1767 DP Non-Final OA Pending Aug 12, 2024
18837856 COMPOSITION ASDJODI, MOHAMMADREZA DP Non-Final OA Pending Aug 12, 2024
18723765 LIQUID COMPOSITION HAVING ENHANCED ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY PURDY, KYLE A 1611 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 24, 2024
18716615 PERSONAL CARE COMPOSITION MI, QIUWEN 1655 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 05, 2024
18716833 HAIR CONDITIONING COMPOSITION FOR IMPROVED DEPOSITION COHEN, MICHAEL P 1612 §103DPOther Non-Final OA 75d Pending Jun 05, 2024
18716012 HAIR CONDITIONING COMPOSITION FOR IMPROVED DEPOSITION BOATENG, AFUA BAMFOAA 1617 DP Non-Final OA Pending Jun 03, 2024
18714108 HAIR CARE COMPOSITION MEYERS, ELIZABETH ANNE 1617 §103§112 Non-Final OA 23d Pending May 29, 2024
18711635 PERSONAL CARE COMPOSITION HIRT, ERIN E 1616 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 20, 2024
18701947 CONTAINER FOR FOOD PRODUCTS SANGHERA, SYMREN K 3735 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA 14d Pending Apr 17, 2024
18701953 ANTIDANDRUFF HAIR COMPOSITION COMPRISING A CATIONIC CELLULOSE AND A SILICONE COMPOUND JOHNSON, DANIELLE D 1617 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 22d overdue Pending Apr 17, 2024
18700528 A personal care composition comprising vitamin K2 and hydroxystearic acid HELM, CARALYNNE E 1615 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Apr 11, 2024
18696027 COMPOSITION DOUYON, LORNA M 1761 §103§112 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Mar 27, 2024
18693790 FABRIC SOFTENING COMPOSITION BOYER, CHARLES I 1761 §103 Non-Final OA 22d overdue Pending Mar 20, 2024
18693436 CONDITIONING SHAMPOO COMPOSITION PETRITSCH, AMANDA MICHELLE 1612 §102§103DP Non-Final OA 84d Pending Mar 19, 2024
18692122 DETERGENT COMPOSITION DOUYON, LORNA M 1761 §103§112 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Mar 14, 2024
18591613 COSMETIC AEROSOL PRODUCT PURDY, KYLE A 1611 §103§112Other Final Rejection 45d overdue Pending Feb 29, 2024
18684850 FILMS AND CAPSULES ASDJODI, MOHAMMADREZA 1767 §103 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Feb 20, 2024
18683805 FILMS AND CAPSULES JACKSON, MONIQUE R 1787 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Feb 15, 2024
18682443 FILMS AND CAPSULES DOUYON, LORNA M 1761 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Feb 09, 2024
18682378 CLOSURE WITH A DETACHABLE APPLICATOR AND CONTAINER RODRIGUEZ MOLINA, MARCOS JAVIER 3735 §103§112 Final Rejection 19d Pending Feb 08, 2024
18294373 DEODORANT COMPOSITIONS WEBB, WALTER E 1612 §102§103 Final Rejection 24d overdue Pending Feb 01, 2024
18294190 DEODORANT/ANTIPERSPIRANT STICK COMPOSITIONS HOLLOMAN, NANNETTE 1612 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 01, 2024
18292501 HAIRCARE MONITORING AND FEEDBACK CHU, RANDOLPH I 2667 §101Other Final Rejection Pending Jan 26, 2024
18291397 HAIRCARE MONITORING AND FEEDBACK XIAO, DI 2178 §101§103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Jan 23, 2024
18575681 TRANSPARENT COSMETIC AND PERSONAL CARE COMPOSITIONS CHANG, KYUNG SOOK 1613 §112DP Final Rejection Pending Dec 29, 2023
18571916 EMULSION ANTIPERSPIRANT COMPOSITIONS OLSEN, KAELEIGH ELIZABETH 1619 §103DP 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
18561318 COSMETIC COMPOSITION WITH ENHANCED COLOR STABILITY WISTNER, SARAH CLINKSCALES 1616 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 12d Pending Nov 16, 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
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
18286771 USE OF A CATIONIC POLYMER FOR REINFECTION PREVENTION ALAWADI, SARAH 1619 §102§103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Oct 13, 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
18547703 PRODUCT FOR MACHINE DISHWASHING IN THE FORM OF A CAPSULE WITH MULTIPLE COMPARTMENTS DELCOTTO, GREGORY R 1761 §103 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
18265849 COMPOSITION DELCOTTO, GREGORY R 1761 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Jun 07, 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
18039013 METHOD FOR SELECTING PERSONALIZED SKIN CARE COMPOSITION BABSON, NICOLE PLOURDE 1619 §103§112 Final Rejection 13d Pending May 26, 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
18037372 HYDROXYSTEARIC ACID FOR INDUCING GENERATION OF ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDES STEELE, AMBER D 1658 §102§112Other Non-Final OA 6d Pending May 17, 2023
18033962 CONCENTRATED NON-AQUEOUS FABRIC CONDITIONERS BOYER, CHARLES I 1761 §103 Non-Final OA 146d overdue Pending Apr 26, 2023
18029734 HAIR CARE COMPOSITION KOSAR, ANDREW D 1625 §103§112 Final Rejection 53d overdue Pending Mar 31, 2023
18246314 PREBIOTIC COMPOSITION YOO, HONG THI 1792 §103§112 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Mar 22, 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 Final Rejection 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
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
17787649 HAIR TREATMENT COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS VIGIL, TORIANA NICHOLE 1612 §103 Final Rejection 24d overdue Pending Jun 21, 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
17623394 STABILIZATION OF RESORCINOL COMPOUNDS IN COSMETIC COMPOSITIONS CRAIGO, WILLIAM A 1615 §103 Non-Final OA 72d overdue Pending Dec 28, 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
17428489 PLUG CLOSURE KIRSCH, ANDREW THOMAS 3733 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 04, 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
17054241 Emulsified food composition ZILBERING, ASSAF 1792 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 10, 2020
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 Final Rejection Pending Aug 19, 2020
16470751 VARIEGATOR SORKIN, DAVID L 1774 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 18, 2019
15767687 Composition comprising an oil phase DUBOIS, PHILIP A 1791 §103DP Non-Final OA Pending Apr 12, 2018

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