Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Gojo Industries Inc.

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

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

6
Overdue
1
Due this week
2
Due this month
0
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. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (6)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 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.

0
Hard (0%)
9
Medium (82%)
2
Easy (18%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only8 (73%)
§102 only1 (9%)
§112 only2 (18%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
55% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
45% 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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BROWE, DAVID 1 25.8% +28.7%
PATTERSON, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER 1 53.8% +63.2%
SCHWARTZ, KEVIN EDWARD 1 52.6% +39.2%
JAVANMARD, SAHAR 1 65.3% +35.6%
SCOTLAND, REBECCA LYNN 1 0.0% +0.0%
ELOSHWAY, NIKI MARINA 1 63.6% +24.1%
CONIGLIO, AUDREA JUNE BUCKLEY 1 52.9% +21.3%
LIEUWEN, CODY J 1 59.5% +46.4%
CHEYNEY, CHARLES 1 56.5% +42.6%
TALBERT, ERIC MICHAEL 1 20.0% +72.0%

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17734459 BATTERY POWERED SELF-ADJUSTING SANITIZER/DISINFECTANT SPRAYER TALBERT, ERIC MICHAEL 112d overdue
18355650 POLYMER ENHANCED HYDROALCOHOLIC DISINFECTING COMPOSITION SCOTLAND, REBECCA LYNN 42d overdue
18613465 ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOSITIONS BROWE, DAVID 36d overdue

Interview Candidates (9)

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
17734459 BATTERY POWERED SELF-ADJUSTING SANITIZER/DISINFECTANT SPRAYER TALBERT, ERIC MICHAEL 112d overdue
18613465 ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOSITIONS BROWE, DAVID 36d overdue
18470859 SURFACTANT BLENDS FOR HYPOHALITE-BASED DISINFECTING COMPOSITIONS JAVANMARD, SAHAR 1d overdue
18163973 REDUCED LOSS OF PRIME FOAM AT-A-DISTANCE DISPENSER SYSTEMS CHEYNEY, CHARLES 1d overdue
18493096 HAND-HELD SPRAYERS AND NOZZLES FOR SPRAYERS SCHWARTZ, KEVIN EDWARD 7d
18169979 REMOTE FOAM GENERATORS AND FOAM AT A DISTANCE DISPENSER SYSTEMS LIEUWEN, CODY J 16d
18595945 THROUGH-THE-WALL DISPENSERS PATTERSON, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER 23d
18177185 METHODS AND COMPOUNDS FOR INCREASING VIRUCIDAL EFFICACY IN HYDROALCOHOLIC SYSTEMS CONIGLIO, AUDREA JUNE BUCKLEY 70d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1617 3
3754 2
3752 2
1622 1
1615 1
3736 1
1758 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18613465 ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOSITIONS BROWE, DAVID 1617 §103 Final Rejection 36d overdue Pending Mar 22, 2024
18595945 THROUGH-THE-WALL DISPENSERS PATTERSON, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER 3754 §103 Non-Final OA 23d Pending Mar 05, 2024
18493096 HAND-HELD SPRAYERS AND NOZZLES FOR SPRAYERS SCHWARTZ, KEVIN EDWARD 3752 §103 Final Rejection 7d Pending Oct 24, 2023
18470859 SURFACTANT BLENDS FOR HYPOHALITE-BASED DISINFECTING COMPOSITIONS JAVANMARD, SAHAR 1622 §102 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Sep 20, 2023
18355650 POLYMER ENHANCED HYDROALCOHOLIC DISINFECTING COMPOSITION SCOTLAND, REBECCA LYNN 1615 §103 Final Rejection 42d overdue Pending Jul 20, 2023
18295450 TABLE TOP DISPENSERS WITH ANTI-REFILL AND ANTI-TAMPERING MECHANISMS ELOSHWAY, NIKI MARINA 3736 §112 Final Rejection 76d Pending Apr 04, 2023
18177185 METHODS AND COMPOUNDS FOR INCREASING VIRUCIDAL EFFICACY IN HYDROALCOHOLIC SYSTEMS CONIGLIO, AUDREA JUNE BUCKLEY 1617 §103 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Mar 02, 2023
18169979 REMOTE FOAM GENERATORS AND FOAM AT A DISTANCE DISPENSER SYSTEMS LIEUWEN, CODY J 3752 §112 Final Rejection 16d Pending Feb 16, 2023
18163973 REDUCED LOSS OF PRIME FOAM AT-A-DISTANCE DISPENSER SYSTEMS CHEYNEY, CHARLES 3754 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Feb 03, 2023
17734459 BATTERY POWERED SELF-ADJUSTING SANITIZER/DISINFECTANT SPRAYER TALBERT, ERIC MICHAEL 1758 §103 Final Rejection 112d overdue Pending May 02, 2022
16796990 ALKALINE DISINFECTING COMPOSITIONS ALLEY, GENEVIEVE S 1617 §103 Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Feb 21, 2020

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