Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

ExxonMobil

18 pending office actions • 5 art units • 12 examiners • 0 of 18 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 18 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

18
Total Pending OAs
13
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
2
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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (2)Due later (2)

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.

5
Hard (28%)
12
Medium (67%)
1
Easy (6%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only12 (67%)
Double-patenting only1 (6%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (28%)

Industry Mix

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

14
Life Sciences
78% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
4
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.

180 h
Manual time on pending OAs
36 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
63 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
NGUYEN, TAM M 4 77.2% +11.5%
GRAHAM, CHANTEL LORAN 2 71.8% +11.3%
CEPLUCH, ALYSSA L 2 62.4% +24.8%
STEIN, MICHELLE 2 44.4% +34.9%
TOOMER, CEPHIA D 1 74.2% +2.5%
BOYER, RANDY 1 70.4% +8.2%
MILLER, JONATHAN 1 80.1% +18.6%
CUTLIFF, YATE KAI RENE 1 79.8% +24.2%
TESKIN, FRED M 1 89.6% +7.9%
LEE, RIP A 1 83.5% -4.3%

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
17995717 RECYCLE CONTENT POLYPROPYLENE LEE, RIP A 230d overdue
18691481 PYROLYSIS GAS TREATMENT USING ABSORBER-STRIPPER SYSTEM MILLER, JONATHAN 46d

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18692899 HOT RECYCLED CONTENT PYROLYSIS VAPOR DIRECTLY TO CROSS-OVER SECTION OF CRACKER FURNACE CEPLUCH, ALYSSA L 2d overdue
18567956 CHEMICAL RECYCLING FACILITY AND PROCESS WITH ENHANCED INTEGRATION CEPLUCH, ALYSSA L 75d
18567802 RECYCLED CONTENT OXO PRODUCTS CUTLIFF, YATE KAI RENE
17995718 RECYCLE CONTENT POLYETHYLENE TESKIN, FRED M
17760374 CHEMICAL RECYCLING OF PLASTIC-DERIVED STREAMS TO A CRACKER SEPARATION ZONE WITH ENHANCED ENERGY EFFICIENCY CORALLO, CATRIONA MARY

Interview Candidates (12)

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
18692899 HOT RECYCLED CONTENT PYROLYSIS VAPOR DIRECTLY TO CROSS-OVER SECTION OF CRACKER FURNACE CEPLUCH, ALYSSA L 2d overdue
18610459 PROCESSES AND SYSTEMS FOR MAKING RECYCLE CONTENT HYDROCARBONS NGUYEN, TAM M 19d
17755344 PROCESSES AND SYSTEMS FOR FORMATION OF RECYCLE-CONTENT HYDROCARBON COMPOSITIONS NGUYEN, TAM M 34d
18691481 PYROLYSIS GAS TREATMENT USING ABSORBER-STRIPPER SYSTEM MILLER, JONATHAN 46d
18567956 CHEMICAL RECYCLING FACILITY AND PROCESS WITH ENHANCED INTEGRATION CEPLUCH, ALYSSA L 75d
18889556 COMPOSITIONS FROM THE CHEMICAL RECYCLING OF PLASTIC-DERIVED STREAMS AND USES THEREOF GRAHAM, CHANTEL LORAN
18845497 RECOVERY OF VALUABLE CHEMICAL PRODUCTS FROM RECYCLE CONTENT PYROLYSIS OIL NGUYEN, TAM M
18825139 CRACKING C8+ FRACTION OF PYOIL GRAHAM, CHANTEL LORAN

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1771 7
1772 3
1762 2
1732 1
1693 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18889556 COMPOSITIONS FROM THE CHEMICAL RECYCLING OF PLASTIC-DERIVED STREAMS AND USES THEREOF GRAHAM, CHANTEL LORAN §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 19, 2024
18847292 RECOVERY OF HEAT FROM DOWNSTREAM DISTILLATION TOOMER, CEPHIA D 1771 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 16, 2024
18845497 RECOVERY OF VALUABLE CHEMICAL PRODUCTS FROM RECYCLE CONTENT PYROLYSIS OIL NGUYEN, TAM M §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 10, 2024
18825139 CRACKING C8+ FRACTION OF PYOIL GRAHAM, CHANTEL LORAN §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 05, 2024
18658580 THERMAL PYOIL TO A GAS FED CRACKER FURNACE BOYER, RANDY 1771 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 08, 2024
18610459 PROCESSES AND SYSTEMS FOR MAKING RECYCLE CONTENT HYDROCARBONS NGUYEN, TAM M 1771 §103Other Final Rejection 19d Pending Mar 20, 2024
18692899 HOT RECYCLED CONTENT PYROLYSIS VAPOR DIRECTLY TO CROSS-OVER SECTION OF CRACKER FURNACE CEPLUCH, ALYSSA L 1772 §103§112 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Mar 18, 2024
18692904 REDUCING THE CARBON FOOTPRINT OF CHEMICAL RECYCLING FACILITIES NGUYEN, TAM M 1771 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 18, 2024
18691481 PYROLYSIS GAS TREATMENT USING ABSORBER-STRIPPER SYSTEM MILLER, JONATHAN 1772 §103Other Non-Final OA 46d Pending Mar 13, 2024
18567956 CHEMICAL RECYCLING FACILITY AND PROCESS WITH ENHANCED INTEGRATION CEPLUCH, ALYSSA L 1772 §103§112 Non-Final OA 75d Pending Dec 07, 2023
18567802 RECYCLED CONTENT OXO PRODUCTS CUTLIFF, YATE KAI RENE §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 07, 2023
17995718 RECYCLE CONTENT POLYETHYLENE TESKIN, FRED M 1762 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 07, 2022
17995717 RECYCLE CONTENT POLYPROPYLENE LEE, RIP A 1762 §103 Final Rejection 230d overdue Pending Oct 07, 2022
17760374 CHEMICAL RECYCLING OF PLASTIC-DERIVED STREAMS TO A CRACKER SEPARATION ZONE WITH ENHANCED ENERGY EFFICIENCY CORALLO, CATRIONA MARY 1732 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 09, 2022
17755634 CELLULOSE ESTERS COMPRISING RECYCLE CONTENT BUTYRYL OLSON, ANDREA STEFFEL 1693 §103 Non-Final OA 78d Pending May 04, 2022
17755330 PROCESSES AND SYSTEMS FOR FORMATION OF RECYCLE-CONTENT HYDROCARBON COMPOSITIONS STEIN, MICHELLE 1771 DP Non-Final OA Pending Apr 27, 2022
17755344 PROCESSES AND SYSTEMS FOR FORMATION OF RECYCLE-CONTENT HYDROCARBON COMPOSITIONS NGUYEN, TAM M 1771 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Apr 27, 2022
16881032 OPTIMUM STEAM ADDITION TO CRACKING COILS TO CRACK PYOIL STEIN, MICHELLE 1771 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 22, 2020

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