Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

FMC Corporation

8 pending office actions • 5 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

2
Hard (25%)
4
Medium (50%)
2
Easy (25%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (38%)
§112 only2 (25%)
Double-patenting + other1 (12%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (25%)

Industry Mix

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

7
Life Sciences
88% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
12% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HIRT, ERIN E 2 40.2% +21.9%
KOSAR, ANDREW D 1 41.4% +31.8%
COLEMAN, BRENDA LIBBY 1 74.6% +15.6%
WERTZ, ASHLEE ELIZABETH 1 51.1% +39.8%
PAK, JOHN D 1 52.2% +37.6%
SCHLIENTZ, NATHAN W 1 41.2% -19.1%
KWON, JOHN SEUNGJAI 1 45.1% +20.2%

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18018323 SUBSTITUTED HALOALKYL SULFONANILIDE HERBICIDES PAK, JOHN D
17912235 PROCESSES FOR PREPARING SUSPENSION CONCENTRATE FORMULATIONS COMPRISING PESTICIDAL MIXTURES HIRT, ERIN E

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
18267619 FUNGICIDAL OXADIAZOLES AND THEIR MIXTURES WERTZ, ASHLEE ELIZABETH 45d overdue
18419734 HERBICIDAL MIXTURE, COMPOSITION AND METHOD HIRT, ERIN E 27d
18856302 NOVEL SULFONATE BENZAMIDE COMPOUNDS FOR CONTROLLING INVERTEBRATE PESTS KOSAR, ANDREW D
18839283 PROCESSES FOR THE PREPARATION OF N-(1-METHYLCYCLOPROPYL)-2-(3-PYRIDINYL)-2H-INDAZOLE-4-CARBOXAMIDE AND INTERMEDIATES THEREOF COLEMAN, BRENDA LIBBY
18018323 SUBSTITUTED HALOALKYL SULFONANILIDE HERBICIDES PAK, JOHN D
17912235 PROCESSES FOR PREPARING SUSPENSION CONCENTRATE FORMULATIONS COMPRISING PESTICIDAL MIXTURES HIRT, ERIN E
17051926 AQUEOUS CAPSULE SUSPENSION CONCENTRATES CONTAINING A HERBICIDAL SAFENER AND A PESTICIDAL ACTIVE SUBSTANCE KWON, JOHN SEUNGJAI

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1616 3
1625 1
1612 1
1699 1
1615 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18856302 NOVEL SULFONATE BENZAMIDE COMPOUNDS FOR CONTROLLING INVERTEBRATE PESTS KOSAR, ANDREW D 1625 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 11, 2024
18839283 PROCESSES FOR THE PREPARATION OF N-(1-METHYLCYCLOPROPYL)-2-(3-PYRIDINYL)-2H-INDAZOLE-4-CARBOXAMIDE AND INTERMEDIATES THEREOF COLEMAN, BRENDA LIBBY §112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 16, 2024
18419734 HERBICIDAL MIXTURE, COMPOSITION AND METHOD HIRT, ERIN E 1616 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Jan 23, 2024
18267619 FUNGICIDAL OXADIAZOLES AND THEIR MIXTURES WERTZ, ASHLEE ELIZABETH 1612 §103DP Final Rejection 45d overdue Pending Jun 15, 2023
18018323 SUBSTITUTED HALOALKYL SULFONANILIDE HERBICIDES PAK, JOHN D 1699 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jan 27, 2023
18159265 PYRROLIDINONES HERBICIDES SCHLIENTZ, NATHAN W 1616 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 25, 2023
17912235 PROCESSES FOR PREPARING SUSPENSION CONCENTRATE FORMULATIONS COMPRISING PESTICIDAL MIXTURES HIRT, ERIN E 1616 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Sep 16, 2022
17051926 AQUEOUS CAPSULE SUSPENSION CONCENTRATES CONTAINING A HERBICIDAL SAFENER AND A PESTICIDAL ACTIVE SUBSTANCE KWON, JOHN SEUNGJAI 1615 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 30, 2020

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