Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Isp Investments LLC

12 pending office actions • 7 art units • 12 examiners • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

12
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
1
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (1)

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.

9
Hard (75%)
2
Medium (17%)
1
Easy (8%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (25%)
§103 only1 (8%)
§102 only1 (8%)
Double-patenting only1 (8%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

9
Life Sciences
75% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
3
Business / Other
25% 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.

120 h
Manual time on pending OAs
24 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
42 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
OH, TAYLOR V 1 81.2% +15.3%
MILLER, MAKENNA RYLEIGH 1
ENGLISH, CONNOR KENNEDY 1 55.8% +54.3%
AHVAZI, BIJAN 1 63.4% +47.3%
WERTZ, ASHLEE ELIZABETH 1 51.1% +39.8%
LENIHAN, JEFFREY S 1 73.3% +16.7%
BOYLE, ROBERT C 1 69.5% -2.7%
LEE, DORIS L 1 58.6% +8.6%
PHAN, DOAN THI-THUC 1 42.6% +48.0%
YU, HONG 1 31.1% +5.5%

Hard Cases (9)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18015689 BIODEGRADABLE MICROCAPSULES. PROCESS FOR PREPARING THE SAME AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF PHAN, DOAN THI-THUC 66d overdue
18571558 SUSPENDING POLYMER COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF WERTZ, ASHLEE ELIZABETH 17d overdue
18259972 PROCESS FOR REMOVAL OF THIO-BASED END GROUPS FROM RAFT POLYMERS DERIVED FROM MONOMERS COMPRISING LACTAM AND ACRYLOYL MOIETIES BOYLE, ROBERT C 15d overdue
17573055 SKIN CARE COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING A TERPOLYMER, PROCESS FOR PREPARING THE SAME AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF BERRIOS, JENNIFER A 11d overdue
18255023 BLOCK COPOLYMERS DERVIED FROM SHORT AND LONG ALKYL CHAIN ACRYLATES OR ACRYLAMIDES AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF LEE, DORIS L 33d
18843215 SCLAREOL OR SCLAREOLIDE FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF INFLAMMATORY SKIN CONDITIONS OH, TAYLOR V
18722364 AN ANTIMICROBIAL LIQUID COMPOSITION, PROCESS FOR PREPARING THE SAME AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF ENGLISH, CONNOR KENNEDY
18698298 RADIATION SENSITIVE COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING A COMBINATION OF METALS OR METALLOID COMPOUNDS AHVAZI, BIJAN

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18015689 BIODEGRADABLE MICROCAPSULES. PROCESS FOR PREPARING THE SAME AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF PHAN, DOAN THI-THUC 66d overdue
18571558 SUSPENDING POLYMER COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF WERTZ, ASHLEE ELIZABETH 17d overdue
18843215 SCLAREOL OR SCLAREOLIDE FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF INFLAMMATORY SKIN CONDITIONS OH, TAYLOR V
18722364 AN ANTIMICROBIAL LIQUID COMPOSITION, PROCESS FOR PREPARING THE SAME AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF ENGLISH, CONNOR KENNEDY
18698298 RADIATION SENSITIVE COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING A COMBINATION OF METALS OR METALLOID COMPOUNDS AHVAZI, BIJAN
18558920 BLOCK COPOLYMERS DERIVED FROM SHORT AND LONG ALKYL CHAIN ACRYLATES OR ACRYLAMIDES AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF LENIHAN, JEFFREY S

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1764 2
1613 2
1611 1
1763 1
1612 1
1614 1
1619 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18843215 SCLAREOL OR SCLAREOLIDE FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF INFLAMMATORY SKIN CONDITIONS OH, TAYLOR V §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 30, 2024
18729490 BIODEGRADABLE MICROCAPSULES WITH IMPROVED STORAGE STABILITY, PROCESS FOR PREPARING THE SAME AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF MILLER, MAKENNA RYLEIGH 1611 DP Non-Final OA Pending Jul 16, 2024
18722364 AN ANTIMICROBIAL LIQUID COMPOSITION, PROCESS FOR PREPARING THE SAME AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF ENGLISH, CONNOR KENNEDY §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 21, 2024
18698298 RADIATION SENSITIVE COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING A COMBINATION OF METALS OR METALLOID COMPOUNDS AHVAZI, BIJAN 1763 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 03, 2024
18571558 SUSPENDING POLYMER COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF WERTZ, ASHLEE ELIZABETH 1612 §103§112Other Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Dec 18, 2023
18558920 BLOCK COPOLYMERS DERIVED FROM SHORT AND LONG ALKYL CHAIN ACRYLATES OR ACRYLAMIDES AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF LENIHAN, JEFFREY S §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 03, 2023
18259972 PROCESS FOR REMOVAL OF THIO-BASED END GROUPS FROM RAFT POLYMERS DERIVED FROM MONOMERS COMPRISING LACTAM AND ACRYLOYL MOIETIES BOYLE, ROBERT C 1764 §102§103 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Jun 29, 2023
18255023 BLOCK COPOLYMERS DERVIED FROM SHORT AND LONG ALKYL CHAIN ACRYLATES OR ACRYLAMIDES AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF LEE, DORIS L 1764 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 33d Pending May 30, 2023
18015689 BIODEGRADABLE MICROCAPSULES. PROCESS FOR PREPARING THE SAME AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF PHAN, DOAN THI-THUC 1613 §102§103§112Other Final Rejection 66d overdue Pending Jan 11, 2023
18011903 AN ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOSITION, PROCESS FOR PREPARING THE SAME AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF YU, HONG 1614 §102 Final Rejection Pending Dec 21, 2022
17573055 SKIN CARE COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING A TERPOLYMER, PROCESS FOR PREPARING THE SAME AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF BERRIOS, JENNIFER A 1613 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Jan 11, 2022
17430158 DRY POWDER COMPOSITIONS, METHOD OF USING THE SAME MATTISON, LORI K 1619 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Aug 11, 2021

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