Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

Johnson Matthey plc

17 pending office actions • 8 art units • 17 examiners • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 35 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

17
Total Pending OAs
12
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
0
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

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

9
Hard (53%)
6
Medium (35%)
2
Easy (12%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only6 (35%)
§112 only2 (12%)
Multi-statute (no §101)9 (53%)

Industry Mix

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

13
Life Sciences
76% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
6% of docket
3
Business / Other
18% 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.

170 h
Manual time on pending OAs
34 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
59 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
FORD, RENE D 1 79.8% +23.1%
CHU, YONG LIANG 1 74.9% +3.0%
ZHANG, KELING NMN 1 65.6% +17.2%
HAVLIN, ROBERT H 1 51.6% +27.9%
RAEVIS, ROBERT R 1 83.3% +15.3%
PATEL, SMITA S 1 70.1% +57.1%
MCCAIG, BRIAN A 1 80.4% +13.4%
JOHNSON, CHRISTINA ANN 1 38.2% -9.0%
BERNS, DANIEL J 1 73.0% +34.3%
PATEL, SAGAR S 1 76.0% +34.4%

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
18777563 METHOD OF BACKPRESSURE TESTING MANUFACTURED PARTS RAEVIS, ROBERT R

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
18263661 ACTIVATION OF REDUCED AND PASSIVATED CATALYST ZHANG, KELING NMN 12d
18354660 CATALYTIC FILTER FOR GASOLINE ENGINE EXHAUST TREATMENT BAUM, ZACHARY JOHN 14d
18870224 PROCESS FOR PRODUCING POWER IN A GAS TURBINE FORD, RENE D
18561594 HIGHLY DISPERSED PALLADIUM CATALYSTS CHU, YONG LIANG
18429460 CATALYST ARTICLE HAVING HIGH LOCAL RHODIUM CONCENTRATION MCCAIG, BRIAN A
18293417 A METHOD OF MAKING A CATALYTIC COMPOSITION JOHNSON, CHRISTINA ANN
18495782 COATINGS ON A MONOLITH ARTICLE BERNS, DANIEL J
18477587 SCRF COATINGS LEAVITT, MORDECAI MIZANI

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18557217 PROCESS FOR PREPARING PEXIDARTINIB PATEL, SAGAR S 17d overdue
18263661 ACTIVATION OF REDUCED AND PASSIVATED CATALYST ZHANG, KELING NMN 12d
18870224 PROCESS FOR PRODUCING POWER IN A GAS TURBINE FORD, RENE D
18006681 PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A GAS STREAM COMPRISING CARBON MONOXIDE HAVLIN, ROBERT H
18777563 METHOD OF BACKPRESSURE TESTING MANUFACTURED PARTS RAEVIS, ROBERT R
18437280 SCR CATALYST ARTICLE AND SYSTEMS FOR REDUCING N2O IN EXHAUST GAS PATEL, SMITA S
18429460 CATALYST ARTICLE HAVING HIGH LOCAL RHODIUM CONCENTRATION MCCAIG, BRIAN A
18495782 COATINGS ON A MONOLITH ARTICLE BERNS, DANIEL J

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1732 4
1736 3
1626 2
3741 1
1731 1
1742 1
1735 1
1725 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18870224 PROCESS FOR PRODUCING POWER IN A GAS TURBINE FORD, RENE D 3741 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 27, 2024
18561594 HIGHLY DISPERSED PALLADIUM CATALYSTS CHU, YONG LIANG 1731 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 16, 2023
18263661 ACTIVATION OF REDUCED AND PASSIVATED CATALYST ZHANG, KELING NMN 1732 §102§103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Jul 31, 2023
18006681 PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A GAS STREAM COMPRISING CARBON MONOXIDE HAVLIN, ROBERT H 1626 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 24, 2023
18777563 METHOD OF BACKPRESSURE TESTING MANUFACTURED PARTS RAEVIS, ROBERT R §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 19, 2024
18437280 SCR CATALYST ARTICLE AND SYSTEMS FOR REDUCING N2O IN EXHAUST GAS PATEL, SMITA S 1732 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 09, 2024
18429460 CATALYST ARTICLE HAVING HIGH LOCAL RHODIUM CONCENTRATION MCCAIG, BRIAN A §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 01, 2024
18293417 A METHOD OF MAKING A CATALYTIC COMPOSITION JOHNSON, CHRISTINA ANN §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 30, 2024
18495782 COATINGS ON A MONOLITH ARTICLE BERNS, DANIEL J 1736 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 27, 2023
18557217 PROCESS FOR PREPARING PEXIDARTINIB PATEL, SAGAR S 1626 §112 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Oct 25, 2023
18477587 SCRF COATINGS LEAVITT, MORDECAI MIZANI 1742 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 29, 2023
18355425 SULPHUR TOLERANCE IN Cu-SCR CATALYSTS SIMKINS, SLONE ELIZABETH 1735 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 20, 2023
18354660 CATALYTIC FILTER FOR GASOLINE ENGINE EXHAUST TREATMENT BAUM, ZACHARY JOHN 1736 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jul 19, 2023
18314280 TIN CO-DOPED MIXED OXIDES FOR USE IN THREE WAY CATALYSIS LALISSE, REMY FREDERIC 1732 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 09, 2023
18050067 CATALYSTS FOR GASOLINE EXHAUST GAS TREATMENTS WITH IMPROVED AMMONIA EMISSION CONTROL DAVIS, SHENG HAN 1732 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 27, 2022
18049371 POLYMALEIC ACID ASSISTED METAL NANOPARTICLE SYNTHESIS FOR THREE-WAY CATALYSIS APPLICATION LACLAIR, LOGAN EDWARD 1736 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 25, 2022
17998594 ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL OTERO, KENNETH MAX 1725 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Nov 11, 2022

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