Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Coty Inc.

Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials

9 pending office actions • 8 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Coty Inc. has 9 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. The docket involves 9 distinct examiners and 8 distinct art units, indicating broad examiner distribution with limited repetition across art units.

OSMAN BILAL AHMED, AFAF is the busiest listed examiner, with 1 pending matter. No concentrated examiner relationship appears in the data, so response planning should remain specific to each application and its examination setting.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (1)

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.

7
Hard (78%)
2
Medium (22%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (11%)
§103 only2 (22%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (67%)

Industry Mix

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

8
Life Sciences
89% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
11% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
OSMAN BILAL AHMED, AFAF 1 16.1% +13.9%
MOREAU, NASHARA LOUISE 1 66.7% -80.0%
ANTHONY, JOSEPH DAVID 1 73.2% +5.3%
CHANG, KYUNG SOOK 1 60.5% +40.8%
HINES, LATOSHA D 1 51.4% +21.6%
ALAWADI, SARAH 1 37.7% +38.3%
LIU, TRACY 1 54.5% +26.9%
PHAN, DOAN THI-THUC 1 42.8% +47.6%
BORI, IBRAHIM D 1 43.9% +39.0%

Hard Cases (7)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
16967911 FRAGRANCE COMPOSITIONS AND USES THEREOF BORI, IBRAHIM D 9d overdue
19481832 QUANTIFYING CARBON OFFSET THROUGH INCENTIVIZING REUSE OF FUNCTIONAL ITEMS AS A DECORATIVE ITEM OSMAN BILAL AHMED, AFAF —
18703886 TOPICAL COMPOSITION AND USES THEREOF MOREAU, NASHARA LOUISE —
18700645 CHELANT AND CYCLODEXTRIN COMPOSITIONS ANTHONY, JOSEPH DAVID —
18695700 FRAGRANCE FORMULATION HINES, LATOSHA D —
18550068 ANTIPERSPIRANT COMPOSITION ALAWADI, SARAH —
18000678 FRAGRANCE COMPOSITION COMPRISING A FRAGRANCE COMPONET AND A NON-ODOROUS FRAGRANCE MODULATOR PHAN, DOAN THI-THUC —

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
16967911 FRAGRANCE COMPOSITIONS AND USES THEREOF BORI, IBRAHIM D 9d overdue
18696874 COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING OR2AT4 AGONISTS CHANG, KYUNG SOOK 41d
18255526 MASCARA COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF MAKING LIU, TRACY 70d
19481832 QUANTIFYING CARBON OFFSET THROUGH INCENTIVIZING REUSE OF FUNCTIONAL ITEMS AS A DECORATIVE ITEM OSMAN BILAL AHMED, AFAF —
18695700 FRAGRANCE FORMULATION HINES, LATOSHA D —
18550068 ANTIPERSPIRANT COMPOSITION ALAWADI, SARAH —
18000678 FRAGRANCE COMPOSITION COMPRISING A FRAGRANCE COMPONET AND A NON-ODOROUS FRAGRANCE MODULATOR PHAN, DOAN THI-THUC —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1613 2
3622 1
1655 1
1764 1
1771 1
1619 1
1614 1
1629 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19481832 QUANTIFYING CARBON OFFSET THROUGH INCENTIVIZING REUSE OF FUNCTIONAL ITEMS AS A DECORATIVE ITEM OSMAN BILAL AHMED, AFAF 3622 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 05, 2025
18703886 TOPICAL COMPOSITION AND USES THEREOF MOREAU, NASHARA LOUISE 1655 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 23, 2024
18700645 CHELANT AND CYCLODEXTRIN COMPOSITIONS ANTHONY, JOSEPH DAVID 1764 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 11, 2024
18696874 COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING OR2AT4 AGONISTS CHANG, KYUNG SOOK 1613 §103 Final Rejection 41d Pending Mar 28, 2024
18695700 FRAGRANCE FORMULATION HINES, LATOSHA D 1771 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 26, 2024
18550068 ANTIPERSPIRANT COMPOSITION ALAWADI, SARAH 1619 §102§103§112Other Final Rejection — Pending Sep 11, 2023
18255526 MASCARA COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF MAKING LIU, TRACY 1614 §103 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Jun 01, 2023
18000678 FRAGRANCE COMPOSITION COMPRISING A FRAGRANCE COMPONET AND A NON-ODOROUS FRAGRANCE MODULATOR PHAN, DOAN THI-THUC 1613 §103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 04, 2022
16967911 FRAGRANCE COMPOSITIONS AND USES THEREOF BORI, IBRAHIM D 1629 §103§112 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Aug 06, 2020

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Coty Inc. have?

Coty Inc. has 9 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 8 art units and 9 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Coty Inc. applications?

Afaf Osman Bilal Ahmed has the most, with 1 of Coty Inc.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Coty Inc.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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