Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc.

6 pending office actions • 5 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
2
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.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
4
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 (2)Due ≤ 60 days (4)

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%)
5
Medium (83%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (17%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (33%)
§102 only3 (50%)
No statute on record1 (17%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
83% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
17% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CARREIRO, CAITLIN ANN 1 45.5% +40.3%
SPAINE, ROBERT FRANKLIN 1
CHEONG, CHEOM-GIL 1 65.0% +54.4%
JANOSKO, CHASITY PAIGE 1 15.4% +75.0%
HINES, JANA A 1 53.2% +39.3%
FONSECA LOPEZ, FRANCINI ALVARENGA 1 25.0% +66.7%

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
17518151 MICROBIOME AND METOBOLOME CLUSTERS TO EVALUATE SKIN HEALTH FONSECA LOPEZ, FRANCINI ALVARENGA 28d overdue
18282663 CONCENTRATED COMPOSITION AND USES OF SAME JANOSKO, CHASITY PAIGE 33d

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18038519 METHODS OF PREVENTING, DELAYING OR AMELIORATING ATOPIC DISEASES HINES, JANA A 37d overdue
17518151 MICROBIOME AND METOBOLOME CLUSTERS TO EVALUATE SKIN HEALTH FONSECA LOPEZ, FRANCINI ALVARENGA 28d overdue
18282663 CONCENTRATED COMPOSITION AND USES OF SAME JANOSKO, CHASITY PAIGE 33d
18769839 EASILY REPLACEABLE ADHESIVE BANDAGE FOR ADVANCED WOUND HEALING AND METHOD CARREIRO, CAITLIN ANN 34d
18429870 Cutibacterium Acnes Biomimetic, Prebiotic, Probiotic and Postbiotic Compositions for Treatment of Skin Conditions CHEONG, CHEOM-GIL 53d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1645 2
3786 1
1655 1
1613 1
1685 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18769839 EASILY REPLACEABLE ADHESIVE BANDAGE FOR ADVANCED WOUND HEALING AND METHOD CARREIRO, CAITLIN ANN 3786 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Jul 11, 2024
18610473 MELTING MASSAGE BAR SPAINE, ROBERT FRANKLIN 1655 Other Non-Final OA 54d Pending Mar 20, 2024
18429870 Cutibacterium Acnes Biomimetic, Prebiotic, Probiotic and Postbiotic Compositions for Treatment of Skin Conditions CHEONG, CHEOM-GIL 1645 §102 Non-Final OA 53d Pending Feb 01, 2024
18282663 CONCENTRATED COMPOSITION AND USES OF SAME JANOSKO, CHASITY PAIGE 1613 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Sep 18, 2023
18038519 METHODS OF PREVENTING, DELAYING OR AMELIORATING ATOPIC DISEASES HINES, JANA A 1645 §102 Non-Final OA 37d overdue Pending May 24, 2023
17518151 MICROBIOME AND METOBOLOME CLUSTERS TO EVALUATE SKIN HEALTH FONSECA LOPEZ, FRANCINI ALVARENGA 1685 §102 Final Rejection 28d overdue Pending Nov 03, 2021

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