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Portfolio Summary

55

Total Pending OAs

35

Non-Final OAs

17

Final Rejections

3

Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 54 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

23

Overdue

2

Due this week

15

Due this month

7

Due in next 60 days

7

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. 54 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

Overdue (23)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (15)Due ≤ 60 days (7)Due later (7)

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.

1

Hard (2%)

45

Medium (82%)

2

Easy (4%)

7

Unknown (13%)

Rejection Statute Mix

Bucket	Cases
§101 only	1 (2%)
§103 only	43 (78%)
§102 only	2 (4%)
§112 only	2 (4%)
No statute on record	7 (13%)

Industry Mix

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

46

Life Sciences

84% of docket

0

Information Tech

0% of docket

3

Communications

5% of docket

0

Semiconductors

0% of docket

5

Mechanical / Eng

9% of docket

1

Business / Other

2% 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.

550 h

Manual time on pending OAs

110 h

Time saved (low, 20%)

192 h

Time saved (mid, 35%)

4.8 wks

FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

Examiner	Apps on this docket	Allow rate	Interview lift
DOUYON, LORNA M	3	56.9%	+71.8%
PAUL, SHREYA	3	—	—
MINSKEY, JACOB T	2	68.8%	+33.4%
CALANDRA, ANTHONY J	2	63.0%	+17.8%
CARRILLO, BIBI SHARIDAN	2	62.2%	-17.0%
KEYWORTH, PETER	2	58.0%	+23.7%
PATEL, PRANAV N	2	68.2%	+22.1%
SCOTT, ANGELA C	2	62.5%	+20.0%
BORI, IBRAHIM D	2	43.1%	+38.0%
BLACK-CHILDRESS, RAJSHEED O	1	62.4%	+24.5%

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #	Title	Examiner	Due in
17150947	FOOD SAFETY PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT MODELS	SANTIAGO-MERCED, FRANCIS Z	26d

Interview Candidates (16)

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
18347015	CONTINUOUS CASTING SPRAY WATER PERFORMANCE MONITORING AND WATER CONTROL CHEMISTRY	KEYWORTH, PETER	73d overdue
16839174	CLEAN-IN-PLACE USING ULTRASOFT WATER	KEYWORTH, PETER	56d overdue
18067942	COLOR CHANGING POLYMERIC RESIN COMPOSITIONS	SCOTT, ANGELA C	50d overdue
18410674	SCALE INHIBITION FOR PULP DIGESTERS	CALANDRA, ANTHONY J	45d overdue
18053987	INTERACTION BETWEEN QUATERNARY COMPOUNDS AND ANIONIC SURFACTANTS - FOAM ENHANCEMENT AND STABILIZATION AND PREFERRED FOAMING ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOSITIONS	BORI, IBRAHIM D	22d overdue
17684989	AUTOMATED MODULATION OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMISTRY APPLICATION IN WATER SYSTEMS	PATEL, PRANAV N	19d overdue
18778835	WIRE TREATMENT FOR DUST CONTROL	MINSKEY, JACOB T	9d overdue
17248254	REDUCED INHALATION HAZARD OF QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS-PH DRIVEN PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE	BORI, IBRAHIM D	4d overdue

Top Art Units

Art Unit	Apps
1761	11
1748	7
1777	5
1629	3
2685	2
1714	2
1771	2
1766	2
1711	2
1772	2

Pending Office Actions

App #	Title	Examiner	Art Unit	Statutes	Status	Due in	AI	Filed
18965704	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BIRD CONTROL USING LASER	BLACK-CHILDRESS, RAJSHEED O	2685	§103	Non-Final OA	28d	Pending	Dec 02, 2024
18909596	PALLET STATION	TOPOLSKI, MAGDALENA	3642	§103	Final Rejection	56d	Pending	Oct 08, 2024
18893453	SYSTEM AND TECHNIQUE FOR DETECTING CLEANING CHEMICAL USAGE TO CONTROL CLEANING EFFICACY	PREVIL, DANIEL	2685	§103	Non-Final OA	103d overdue	Pending	Sep 23, 2024
18828448	FLYING INSECT ATTRACTION STATION	ARK, DARREN W	3647	§103	Non-Final OA	36d overdue	Pending	Sep 09, 2024
18778004	CLEANING COMPOSITIONS EMPLOYING EXTENDED CHAIN ANIONIC SURFACTANTS	DIGGS, TANISHA	1761	§103	Final Rejection	84d	Pending	Jul 19, 2024
18778835	WIRE TREATMENT FOR DUST CONTROL	MINSKEY, JACOB T	1748	Other	Non-Final OA	9d overdue	Pending	Jul 19, 2024
18746876	WASH AND RINSE ARM SYSTEM FOR DISH WASHER	ZHANG, RICHARD Z	1714	§103	Non-Final OA	22d overdue	Pending	Jun 18, 2024
18732997	STRENGTH SYNERGY BETWEEN POLYMER AND PAPERMAKING STRENGTH AID	FORTUNA, JOSE A	1748	§103	Non-Final OA	33d	Pending	Jun 04, 2024
18668114	DRAINAGE AIDS AND THE USE THEREOF	MINSKEY, JACOB T	1748	§103	Non-Final OA	20d	Pending	May 17, 2024
18663443	ANTIFOULING AGENTS FOR PLASTIC-DERIVED SYNTHETIC FEEDSTOCKS	GRAHAM, CHANTEL LORAN	1771	§103	Non-Final OA	30d overdue	Pending	May 14, 2024
18660726	ALKOXYLATED (HYDROXYALKYL)AMINOPHENOL POLYMERS AND METHODS OF USE	FANG, SHANE	1766	Other	Non-Final OA	19d	Pending	May 10, 2024
18633061	USE OF ALCOHOL ALKOXYLATE SURFACTANTS FOR IMPROVED DISSOLUTION AND STABILITY IN TABLETED PRODUCTS	ELHILO, EISA B	1761	§103	Non-Final OA	8d overdue	Pending	Apr 11, 2024
18624327	ANTIMICROBIAL CLEANING COMPOSITIONS WITH HARD WATER TOLERANCE	MRUK, BRIAN P	1761	Other	Non-Final OA	8d overdue	Pending	Apr 02, 2024
18607242	SOLIDIFYING LIQUID AMINE OXIDE, BETAINE, AND/OR SULTAINE SURFACTANTS WITH A BINDER AND OPTIONAL CARRIER	DOUYON, LORNA M	1761	§103	Final Rejection	42d	Pending	Mar 15, 2024
18605918	COMPOSITIONS WITH REDUCED SOLID HYDROXIDE ALKALINITY FOR EFFECTIVE REMOVAL OF PROTEIN SOILS AND ENZYME STABILITY THROUGHOUT MULTI-CYCLE DISPENSING	PAUL, SHREYA	1761	§103	Non-Final OA	14d	Pending	Mar 15, 2024
18606681	ALKOXIDE-BASED SOLIDIFICATION VIA CONTROL OF REACTION EQUILIBRIUM AND KINETICS	PAUL, SHREYA	1761	§103	Non-Final OA	49d	Pending	Mar 15, 2024
18599953	EFFICIENT STABILIZER IN CONTROLLING SELF ACCELERATED DECOMPOSITION TEMPERATURE OF PEROXYCARBOXYLIC ACID COMPOSITIONS WITH MINERAL ACIDS	NEAGU, IRINA	1629	Other	Non-Final OA	28d	Pending	Mar 08, 2024
18681285	USE OF MODIFIED LIGNIN AS A WET END STRENGTH ADDITIVE	RUSSELL, STEPHEN MATTHEW	1748	§103	Final Rejection	43d overdue	Pending	Feb 05, 2024
18422774	SOLID CONTROLLED RELEASE CAUSTIC DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS	DOUYON, LORNA M	1761	§103	Final Rejection	28d	Pending	Jan 25, 2024
18415040	EFFICIENT SURFACTANT SYSTEM ON PLASTIC AND ALL TYPES OF WARE	LEE, DOUGLAS	1714	Other	Final Rejection	34d	Pending	Jan 17, 2024
18410817	USE OF AN ANIONIC ADDITIVE TO IMPROVE DRY STRENGTH COMPOSITION PERFORMANCE	CALANDRA, ANTHONY J	1748	§103	Final Rejection	—	Pending	Jan 11, 2024
18410674	SCALE INHIBITION FOR PULP DIGESTERS	CALANDRA, ANTHONY J	1748	§103	Non-Final OA	45d overdue	Pending	Jan 11, 2024
18406965	CREPING ADHESIVES AND PROCESSES FOR MAKING AND USING SAME	KAUCHER, MARK S	1764	Other	Non-Final OA	40d	Pending	Jan 08, 2024
18405173	METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MONITORING CHLORINE IN A POOL	DRODGE, JOSEPH W	1773	§112	Non-Final OA	13d	Pending	Jan 05, 2024
18405496	MOTION BASED DYNAMIC TENSIOMETER FOR DETECTING THE PRESENCE OF SURFACTANTS	ABDI, AMARA	2668	§103	Non-Final OA	58d overdue	Pending	Jan 05, 2024
18390789	COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR INHIBITING OXIDATION OF NATURAL OIL BASED COMPOSITION USING AMINOPHENOL ANTIOXIDANT	LI, CHANGQING	1791	§103	Non-Final OA	12d	Pending	Dec 20, 2023
18541640	CLEANING COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF FOR STARCH AND FATS	PAUL, SHREYA	1761	§103	Non-Final OA	23d overdue	Pending	Dec 15, 2023
18527732	ACIDIC RINSE AID COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF	CARRILLO, BIBI SHARIDAN	1711	§103	Non-Final OA	6d	Pending	Dec 04, 2023
18512810	ADHESIVE REMOVER COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE	KUMAR, PREETI	1761	§103	Final Rejection	21d	Pending	Nov 17, 2023
18487218	INTERACTION BETWEEN ANTIMICROBIAL QUATERNARY COMPOUNDS AND ANIONIC SURFACTANTS	SONG, JIANFENG	1613	Other	Non-Final OA	14d	Pending	Oct 16, 2023
18486508	SOLID DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF ADJUSTING THE DISPENSE RATE OF SOLID DETERGENTS USING SOLID ANIONIC SURFACTANTS	DOUYON, LORNA M	1761	§103	Non-Final OA	20d	Pending	Oct 13, 2023
18347015	CONTINUOUS CASTING SPRAY WATER PERFORMANCE MONITORING AND WATER CONTROL CHEMISTRY	KEYWORTH, PETER	1777	§103	Non-Final OA	73d overdue	Pending	Jul 05, 2023
18330021	DEVELOPMENT OF EXTENSIONAL VISCOSITY FOR REDUCED ATOMIZATION FOR DILUTED CONCENTRATE SPRAYER APPLICATIONS	BOYER, CHARLES I	1761	§103	Final Rejection	83d	Pending	Jun 06, 2023
18302666	HIGH-EFFICIENCY STRENGTH PROGRAM USED FOR MAKING PAPER IN HIGH CHARGE DEMAND SYSTEM	DIAMOND, ALAN D	3991	§103	Non-Final OA	76d	Pending	Apr 18, 2023
18295999	RECIRCULATING CHEMICAL-SANITIZING WASHING MACHINE	CARRILLO, BIBI SHARIDAN	1711	§103	Non-Final OA	38d overdue	Pending	Apr 05, 2023
18295481	CLEAN-IN-PLACE METHODS FOR FERMENTATION OPERATIONS	PATEL, PRANAV N	1777	§102	Final Rejection	62d	Pending	Apr 04, 2023
18175919	OXIDATIVE STABILITY TEST METHODS FOR CHEMICALLY RECYCLED PLASTIC FEEDSTOCKS	ROBINSON, RENEE E	1772	§103	Final Rejection	70d	Pending	Feb 28, 2023
18004445	STRENGTH IMPROVEMENT VIA SPRAYBOOM APPLICATION	CORDRAY, DENNIS R	1748	§103	Final Rejection	34d	Pending	Jan 05, 2023
18067942	COLOR CHANGING POLYMERIC RESIN COMPOSITIONS	SCOTT, ANGELA C	1767	§103	Non-Final OA	50d overdue	Pending	Dec 19, 2022
18053987	INTERACTION BETWEEN QUATERNARY COMPOUNDS AND ANIONIC SURFACTANTS - FOAM ENHANCEMENT AND STABILIZATION AND PREFERRED FOAMING ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOSITIONS	BORI, IBRAHIM D	1629	§102	Non-Final OA	22d overdue	Pending	Nov 09, 2022
17974260	BLENDS OF ETHYLENE VINYL ACETATE COPOLYMER AND AN ACRYLATE-CONTAINING COPOLYMER AS POUR POINT DEPRESSANTS	SCOTT, ANGELA C	1767	§103	Final Rejection	19d	Pending	Oct 26, 2022
17973334	System and Method of Monitoring Adiabatic Cooling Media	GAYE, SAMBA NMN	3763	§103	Final Rejection	86d	Pending	Oct 25, 2022
17917538	COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS TO INHIBIT FOULING OF AMMONIUM SALTS	HERNANDEZ, JACKSON J	1627	§103	Non-Final OA	14d	Pending	Oct 06, 2022
17944698	SOLID, NON-PHOSPHOROUS, SCALE AND CORROSION INHIBITOR COMPOSITION FOR COOLING WATER TREATMENT	PERRIN, CLARE M	1779	§103	Non-Final OA	8d overdue	Pending	Sep 14, 2022
17859581	SYSTEM AND TECHNIQUE FOR INVERTING POLYMERS UNDER ULTRA-HIGH SHEAR	COOLEY, CHARLES E	1774	§103	Non-Final OA	3d overdue	Pending	Jul 07, 2022
17708642	EXTRACTION SOLVENTS FOR PLASTIC-DERIVED SYNTHETIC FEEDSTOCK	JEONG, YOUNGSUL	1772	§103	Non-Final OA	61d	Pending	Mar 30, 2022
17686810	COATINGS FOR ELECTRODES IN ELECTRIC ARC FURNACES	OLIVA, STEPHANIE RENEE	3761	§103	Non-Final OA	31d overdue	Pending	Mar 04, 2022
17684989	AUTOMATED MODULATION OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMISTRY APPLICATION IN WATER SYSTEMS	PATEL, PRANAV N	1777	§103	Non-Final OA	19d overdue	Pending	Mar 02, 2022
17632625	VOLATILE FATTY ACID CONTROL	ROYCE, LIAM A	1777	§103	Non-Final OA	17d overdue	Pending	Feb 03, 2022
17346615	STABLE IODINE-CONTAINING ANTIMICROBIAL TEAT DIP COMPOSITIONS	PEEBLES, KATHERINE	1617	§103	Final Rejection	15d	Pending	Jun 14, 2021
17150947	FOOD SAFETY PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT MODELS	SANTIAGO-MERCED, FRANCIS Z	3625	§101	Non-Final OA	26d	Pending	Jan 15, 2021
17248254	REDUCED INHALATION HAZARD OF QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS-PH DRIVEN PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE	BORI, IBRAHIM D	1629	§103	Non-Final OA	4d overdue	Pending	Jan 15, 2021
17104658	ANTI-FOULING COMPOSITIONS FOR USE IN CRUDE OIL PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING	LI, AIQUN	1766	§103	Final Rejection	4d overdue	Pending	Nov 25, 2020
17009226	CONVEYOR LUBRICANTS INCLUDING EMULSIONS AND METHODS EMPLOYING THEM	OLADAPO, TAIWO	1771	§112	Non-Final OA	6d	Pending	Sep 01, 2020
16839174	CLEAN-IN-PLACE USING ULTRASOFT WATER	KEYWORTH, PETER	1777	§103	Final Rejection	56d overdue	Pending	Apr 03, 2020

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