Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Innospec Fuel Specialties LLC

Technology area: Chemistry & Materials

3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Innospec Fuel Specialties LLC has 3 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The actions involve 3 examiners but 1 art unit, indicating examiner-level dispersion within a common art-unit setting.

GRAHAM, CHANTEL LORAN is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel should coordinate separate examiner responses while preserving consistency across the shared art-unit context.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

3
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
2
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.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
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.

0
Hard (0%)
3
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

3
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.

30 h
Manual time on pending OAs
6 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
10 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
GRAHAM, CHANTEL LORAN 1 71.8% +11.5%
TOOMER, CEPHIA D 1 74.4% +2.6%
OLADAPO, TAIWO 1 53.2% +11.8%

Interview Candidates (2)

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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18232019 IMPROVEMENTS IN FUELS OLADAPO, TAIWO 27d
19097235 FUELS GRAHAM, CHANTEL LORAN —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1771 3

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19097235 FUELS GRAHAM, CHANTEL LORAN 1771 §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 01, 2025
18389414 COMPOSITIONS, METHODS AND USES TOOMER, CEPHIA D 1771 §103 Final Rejection 40d Pending Nov 14, 2023
18232019 IMPROVEMENTS IN FUELS OLADAPO, TAIWO 1771 §103 Final Rejection 27d Pending Aug 09, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Innospec Fuel Specialties LLC have?

Innospec Fuel Specialties LLC has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 3 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Innospec Fuel Specialties LLC applications?

Chantel Loran Graham has the most, with 1 of Innospec Fuel Specialties LLC's pending office actions.

What technology area are Innospec Fuel Specialties LLC's patent applications in?

Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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