Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Kenvue Brands LLC

18 pending office actions • 14 art units • 17 examiners • 0 of 18 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 21 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

18
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
9
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 18 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

9
Overdue
1
Due this week
3
Due this month
4
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 18 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (9)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (4)Due later (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.

0
Hard (0%)
12
Medium (67%)
0
Easy (0%)
6
Unknown (33%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only11 (61%)
§102 only1 (6%)
No statute on record6 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

13
Life Sciences
72% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
28% 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.

180 h
Manual time on pending OAs
36 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
63 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WERTZ, ASHLEE ELIZABETH 2 45.7% +33.1%
ALAOUIE, ALI MUSTAFA 1
ROZOF, TIMOTHY R 1 72.6% +24.0%
HENSON, DEVIN B 1 64.9% +43.5%
CARREIRO, CAITLIN ANN 1 45.5% +40.3%
LEWIS, CAMRYN BROOKE 1 0.0% +0.0%
TRUONG, QUANGLONG N 1 78.6% +23.4%
KASSA, TIGABU 1 36.5% +28.6%
KNIGHT, SAMANTHA JO 1 31.3% +73.3%
SCOTLAND, REBECCA LYNN 1 0.0% +0.0%

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
18139476 TOPICAL COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING VITAMIN C SCOTLAND, REBECCA LYNN 45d overdue
18386194 Systems, Methods, Mediums, and Apparatuses for Capturing Medications and Medication Usage LEWIS, CAMRYN BROOKE 1d overdue

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
18139463 TOPICAL COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING VITAMIN C KNIGHT, SAMANTHA JO 77d overdue
18654220 METHODS SUITABLE FOR DISRUPTING A BIOFILM, AND/OR KILLING BACTERIA CONTAINED IN A BIOFILM ROZOF, TIMOTHY R 58d overdue
18114950 Oral Care Compositions WERTZ, ASHLEE ELIZABETH 24d overdue
18585836 PREMATURE AGING DETECTION USING DYNAMIC FACIAL IMAGING HENSON, DEVIN B 7d
18114937 Oral Care Compositions WERTZ, ASHLEE ELIZABETH 21d
18475416 GUMMY DOSAGE FORMS TRUONG, QUANGLONG N 26d
18429879 EASILY REPLACEABLE ADHESIVE BANDAGE FOR ADVANCED WOUND HEALING AND METHOD CARREIRO, CAITLIN ANN 34d
18552211 COATED FAMOTIDINE PARTICLE KASSA, TIGABU 70d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1614 2
1615 2
1619 2
1612 2
1625 1
3791 1
3786 1
3683 1
3798 1
1717 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18782894 MINERAL SUNSCREEN CONTAINING ZINC OXIDE AND TITANIUM DIOXIDE ALAOUIE, ALI MUSTAFA 1614 Other Non-Final OA 13d Pending Jul 24, 2024
18654220 METHODS SUITABLE FOR DISRUPTING A BIOFILM, AND/OR KILLING BACTERIA CONTAINED IN A BIOFILM ROZOF, TIMOTHY R 1625 Other Final Rejection 58d overdue Pending May 03, 2024
18585836 PREMATURE AGING DETECTION USING DYNAMIC FACIAL IMAGING HENSON, DEVIN B 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Feb 23, 2024
18429879 EASILY REPLACEABLE ADHESIVE BANDAGE FOR ADVANCED WOUND HEALING AND METHOD CARREIRO, CAITLIN ANN 3786 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Feb 01, 2024
18386194 Systems, Methods, Mediums, and Apparatuses for Capturing Medications and Medication Usage LEWIS, CAMRYN BROOKE 3683 §103 Final Rejection 1d overdue Pending Nov 01, 2023
18475416 GUMMY DOSAGE FORMS TRUONG, QUANGLONG N 1615 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Sep 27, 2023
18552211 COATED FAMOTIDINE PARTICLE KASSA, TIGABU 1619 §103 Final Rejection 70d Pending Sep 25, 2023
18139463 TOPICAL COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING VITAMIN C KNIGHT, SAMANTHA JO 1614 §103 Final Rejection 77d overdue Pending Apr 26, 2023
18139476 TOPICAL COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING VITAMIN C SCOTLAND, REBECCA LYNN 1615 §103 Final Rejection 45d overdue Pending Apr 26, 2023
18026999 ORAL CAVITY DETECTION METHOD, ORAL CAVITY DETECTION DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM BASET, NESHAT 3798 §103 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Mar 17, 2023
18114937 Oral Care Compositions WERTZ, ASHLEE ELIZABETH 1612 Other Non-Final OA 21d Pending Feb 27, 2023
18114950 Oral Care Compositions WERTZ, ASHLEE ELIZABETH 1612 Other Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Feb 27, 2023
18150730 TABLETS HAVING DISCONTINUOUS COATED REGIONS PENCE, JETHRO M 1717 §102 Non-Final OA 46d Pending Jan 05, 2023
18052707 Curable Absorbent Films DIGGS, TANISHA 1761 §103 Final Rejection 10d overdue Pending Nov 04, 2022
17948837 Method of Quantifying Product Impact on Human Microbiome GIAMMONA, FRANCESCA FILIPPA 1681 Final Rejection 175d overdue Pending Sep 20, 2022
17760390 COMPOSITIONS AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF MITCHELL, EDWIN COLEMAN 1619 Other Non-Final OA 34d Pending Aug 09, 2022
17812457 THREE-DIMENSIONAL MICROFLUIDICS DEVICES FOR THE DELIVERY OF ACTIVES SCHMIDT, EMILY LOUISE 3783 §103 Final Rejection 125d overdue Pending Jul 14, 2022
16446718 Process For Formation of Emulsion Containing Liquid Crystal Structure SOROUSH, LAYLA 1622 §103 Non-Final OA 112d overdue Pending Jun 20, 2019

Managing Kenvue Brands LLC's Patent Portfolio?

IP Author helps IP teams respond to office actions faster with AI-generated responses, examiner analytics, and prosecution intelligence.

Start Free Trial

Sign in with your work email

Enter your email to receive a magic link. No password needed.

Personal email addresses (Gmail, Yahoo, etc.) are not accepted.

Free tier: 3 strategy analyses per month