Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

ExxonMobil

10 pending office actions • 5 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
3
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. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (3)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.

0
Hard (0%)
8
Medium (80%)
0
Easy (0%)
2
Unknown (20%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only7 (70%)
§102 only1 (10%)
No statute on record2 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

10
Life Sciences
100% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% 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.

100 h
Manual time on pending OAs
20 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
35 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CEPLUCH, ALYSSA L 3 62.1% +25.4%
NGUYEN, TAM M 2 77.2% +11.3%
MILLER, JONATHAN 2 80.1% +18.6%
LEE, RIP A 1 83.3% -4.3%
FROST, ANTHONY J 1 52.3% +19.7%
YOO, SUN JAE 1 71.0% +0.0%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17995717 RECYCLE CONTENT POLYPROPYLENE LEE, RIP A 230d overdue

Interview Candidates (8)

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
17755320 PROCESSES AND SYSTEMS FOR MAKING RECYCLE CONTENT HYDROCARBONS THROUGH AN ETHYLENE FRACTIONATOR CEPLUCH, ALYSSA L 22d
17755344 PROCESSES AND SYSTEMS FOR FORMATION OF RECYCLE-CONTENT HYDROCARBON COMPOSITIONS NGUYEN, TAM M 34d
18691472 RECOVERY OF RECYCLE CONTENT CO2 FROM PYROLYSIS GAS MILLER, JONATHAN 46d
18691481 PYROLYSIS GAS TREATMENT USING ABSORBER-STRIPPER SYSTEM MILLER, JONATHAN 46d
18567956 CHEMICAL RECYCLING FACILITY AND PROCESS WITH ENHANCED INTEGRATION CEPLUCH, ALYSSA L 75d
17995715 RECYCLE CONTENT AMORPHOUS POLYOLEFINS FROST, ANTHONY J 78d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1772 5
1771 2
1762 1
1782 1
1621 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18610459 PROCESSES AND SYSTEMS FOR MAKING RECYCLE CONTENT HYDROCARBONS NGUYEN, TAM M 1771 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Mar 20, 2024
18692899 HOT RECYCLED CONTENT PYROLYSIS VAPOR DIRECTLY TO CROSS-OVER SECTION OF CRACKER FURNACE CEPLUCH, ALYSSA L 1772 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Mar 18, 2024
18691472 RECOVERY OF RECYCLE CONTENT CO2 FROM PYROLYSIS GAS MILLER, JONATHAN 1772 Other Final Rejection 46d Pending Mar 13, 2024
18691481 PYROLYSIS GAS TREATMENT USING ABSORBER-STRIPPER SYSTEM MILLER, JONATHAN 1772 Other Final Rejection 46d Pending Mar 13, 2024
18567956 CHEMICAL RECYCLING FACILITY AND PROCESS WITH ENHANCED INTEGRATION CEPLUCH, ALYSSA L 1772 §103 Non-Final OA 75d Pending Dec 07, 2023
17995717 RECYCLE CONTENT POLYPROPYLENE LEE, RIP A 1762 §102 Non-Final OA 230d overdue Pending Oct 07, 2022
17995715 RECYCLE CONTENT AMORPHOUS POLYOLEFINS FROST, ANTHONY J 1782 §103 Final Rejection 78d Pending Oct 07, 2022
17755320 PROCESSES AND SYSTEMS FOR MAKING RECYCLE CONTENT HYDROCARBONS THROUGH AN ETHYLENE FRACTIONATOR CEPLUCH, ALYSSA L 1772 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Apr 27, 2022
17755344 PROCESSES AND SYSTEMS FOR FORMATION OF RECYCLE-CONTENT HYDROCARBON COMPOSITIONS NGUYEN, TAM M 1771 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Apr 27, 2022
17755341 RECYCLE CONTENT ETHYLENE OXIDE OR ALKYLENE GLYCOLS YOO, SUN JAE 1621 §103 Non-Final OA 61d Pending Apr 27, 2022

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