Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

IFP Energies Nouvelles

15 pending office actions • 10 art units • 13 examiners • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 48 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

15
Total Pending OAs
11
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 15 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

6
Overdue
0
Due this week
5
Due this month
1
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. 15 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (6)Due ≤ 30 days (5)Due ≤ 60 days (1)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.

1
Hard (7%)
11
Medium (73%)
0
Easy (0%)
3
Unknown (20%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (7%)
§103 only11 (73%)
No statute on record3 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

12
Life Sciences
80% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
3
Semiconductors
20% 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.

150 h
Manual time on pending OAs
30 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
52 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
OLADAPO, TAIWO 2 53.0% +11.3%
NGUYEN, TAM M 2 77.2% +11.3%
PO, MING CHEUNG 1 37.5% +14.0%
CHONG, JASON Y 1 73.9% +16.5%
MANG, LAL C 1 76.7% +13.2%
RUMP, RICHARD M 1 74.5% +20.0%
TSO, EDWARD H 1 87.3% +6.9%
LIANG, LEONARD S 1 61.7% +3.7%
KUYKENDALL, ALYSSA LEE 1 11.1% +94.1%
LEE, HOI YAN NMN 1 43.1% +77.9%

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
18030131 METHOD FOR OPTIMISED MANAGEMENT OF THE SEQUENCING OF VEHICLE CHARGING ON A LOCAL ELECTRICITY GRID TSO, EDWARD H 30d overdue

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
18018068 DEVICE FOR RADIAL SEPARATION IN SIMULATED MOVING BED KUYKENDALL, ALYSSA LEE 13d
18534778 METHOD OF DETERMINING A FREE SURFACE ELEVATION OF A WATER BODY USING A RADAR AND A DRONE MANG, LAL C 65d

Interview Candidates (10)

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
18710960 RENEWABLE JET PRODUCTION FROM CATALYTIC PYROLYSIS FEEDSTOCK CHONG, JASON Y 16d overdue
18713994 HYDROCRACKING CATALYST COMPRISING A ZEOLITE Y HAVING A LATTICE PARAMETER STRICTLY GREATER THAN 24.50 ANGSTROM AND A BETA ZEOLITE WITH A Y/BETA RATIO OF BETWEEN 5 AND 12 FOR THE PRODUCTION OF NAPHTHA OLADAPO, TAIWO 5d overdue
18713324 HYDROCRACKING CATALYST COMPRISING A ZEOLITE Y AND A ZEOLITE BETA WITH A Y/BETA RATIO STRICTLY GREATER THAN 12 FOR NAPHTHA PRODUCTION OLADAPO, TAIWO 5d overdue
18269133 METHOD FOR OLIGOMERISATION IN A GAS/LIQUID REACTOR COMPRISING A CENTRAL DUCT NGUYEN, TAM M 3d overdue
18018068 DEVICE FOR RADIAL SEPARATION IN SIMULATED MOVING BED KUYKENDALL, ALYSSA LEE 13d
17621987 LIQUID PHASE SEPARATION OF 2G SUGARS BY ADSORPTION ON A FAU ZEOLITE HAVING A SI/AL ATOMIC RATIO GREATER THAN 1.5 LEE, HOI YAN NMN 13d
18720522 PROCESS FOR RECOVERING MERCAPTANS, WITH SPECIFIC NI/NIO RATIO AND TEMPERATURE SELECTION PO, MING CHEUNG 14d
18267371 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A CATALYST COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE GROUP VIB METAL, AT LEAST ONE GROUP VIIIB METAL AND A CARRIER BASED ON OXIDE(S) RUMP, RICHARD M 61d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1771 5
2857 2
1772 1
1759 1
2859 1
1774 1
1693 1
1656 1
1712 1
1653 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18720522 PROCESS FOR RECOVERING MERCAPTANS, WITH SPECIFIC NI/NIO RATIO AND TEMPERATURE SELECTION PO, MING CHEUNG 1771 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jun 14, 2024
18713994 HYDROCRACKING CATALYST COMPRISING A ZEOLITE Y HAVING A LATTICE PARAMETER STRICTLY GREATER THAN 24.50 ANGSTROM AND A BETA ZEOLITE WITH A Y/BETA RATIO OF BETWEEN 5 AND 12 FOR THE PRODUCTION OF NAPHTHA OLADAPO, TAIWO 1771 §103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending May 28, 2024
18713324 HYDROCRACKING CATALYST COMPRISING A ZEOLITE Y AND A ZEOLITE BETA WITH A Y/BETA RATIO STRICTLY GREATER THAN 12 FOR NAPHTHA PRODUCTION OLADAPO, TAIWO 1771 §103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending May 24, 2024
18710960 RENEWABLE JET PRODUCTION FROM CATALYTIC PYROLYSIS FEEDSTOCK CHONG, JASON Y 1772 §103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending May 16, 2024
18534778 METHOD OF DETERMINING A FREE SURFACE ELEVATION OF A WATER BODY USING A RADAR AND A DRONE MANG, LAL C 2857 §101 Non-Final OA 65d Pending Dec 11, 2023
18284446 UPGRADING OF THE AROMATICS ORIGINATING FROM CATALYTIC CRACKED GASOLINES TO THE AROMATICS COMPLEX NGUYEN, TAM M 1771 §103 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Sep 27, 2023
18269133 METHOD FOR OLIGOMERISATION IN A GAS/LIQUID REACTOR COMPRISING A CENTRAL DUCT NGUYEN, TAM M 1771 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Jun 22, 2023
18267371 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A CATALYST COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE GROUP VIB METAL, AT LEAST ONE GROUP VIIIB METAL AND A CARRIER BASED ON OXIDE(S) RUMP, RICHARD M 1759 §103 Non-Final OA 61d Pending Jun 14, 2023
18030131 METHOD FOR OPTIMISED MANAGEMENT OF THE SEQUENCING OF VEHICLE CHARGING ON A LOCAL ELECTRICITY GRID TSO, EDWARD H 2859 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Apr 04, 2023
18042059 METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN ELECTROFACIES INTERPRETATION OF MEASUREMENTS CARRIED OUT IN A WELL LIANG, LEONARD S 2857 §103 Final Rejection 42d Pending Feb 17, 2023
18018068 DEVICE FOR RADIAL SEPARATION IN SIMULATED MOVING BED KUYKENDALL, ALYSSA LEE 1774 §103 Final Rejection 13d Pending Jan 26, 2023
17621987 LIQUID PHASE SEPARATION OF 2G SUGARS BY ADSORPTION ON A FAU ZEOLITE HAVING A SI/AL ATOMIC RATIO GREATER THAN 1.5 LEE, HOI YAN NMN 1693 Other Non-Final OA 13d Pending Dec 22, 2021
17295198 METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ENZYMES BY A STRAIN BELONGING TO A FILAMENTOUS FUNGUS STEADMAN, DAVID J 1656 Other Final Rejection 16d Pending May 19, 2021
17295206 METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ACTIVE LAYER OF AN ELECTRODE FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL REDUCTION REACTIONS PENNY, TABATHA L 1712 §103 Final Rejection 32d overdue Pending May 19, 2021
14239690 PROCESS FOR PRODUCING CELLULASES USING A FILAMENTOUS FUNGUS SUITABLE FOR A FERMENTER, HAVING A LOW VOLUMETRIC OXYGEN TRANSFER COEFFICIENT KLA MOSS, NATALIE M 1653 Other Non-Final OA 28d Pending May 28, 2014

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