Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Locus Solutions IPCO LLC

19 pending office actions • 16 art units • 19 examiners • 0 of 19 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 13 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

19
Total Pending OAs
10
Non-Final OAs
8
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
0
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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 30 days (2)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.

8
Hard (42%)
10
Medium (53%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (5%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (5%)
§103 only7 (37%)
Double-patenting + other3 (16%)
Multi-statute (no §101)7 (37%)
No statute on record1 (5%)

Industry Mix

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

15
Life Sciences
79% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
16% of docket
1
Business / Other
5% 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.

190 h
Manual time on pending OAs
38 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
66 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
VARMA, ASHISH K 1 74.3% +32.8%
ELHILO, EISA B 1 83.1% +16.0%
EDWARDS, JESSICA FAYE 1 39.1% +46.4%
WEBB, WALTER E 1 46.4% +18.7%
LI, AIQUN 1 64.0% +22.4%
RUNYAN, SILVANA C 1 82.4% +17.1%
KUMAR, PREETI 1 31.4% +44.1%
ROBERTS, LEZAH 1 48.6% +35.6%
VARMA, AKASH K 1 66.1% +34.5%
ALAWADI, SARAH 1 37.7% +38.4%

Hard Cases (8)

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
18338434 Multi-Functional Compositions Comprising Concentrated Acids for Enhanced Oil and Gas Recovery RUNYAN, SILVANA C 22d overdue
18254015 ORAL HEALTH COMPOSITION COMPRISING PURIFIED BIOSURFACTANTS AND/OR THEIR DERIVATIVES ROBERTS, LEZAH 8d overdue
18248438 Compositions and Methods for Mitigating Standing Water and Controlling Water-Breeding Pests PERRY, MONICA L 14d
18839484 Cleaner for Hard Surfaces ELHILO, EISA B
18800688 Compositions and Methods for Enhanced Aquatic Farming and Aquarium Fish Husbandry EDWARDS, JESSICA FAYE
18258371 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR SUPPRESSING DUST KUMAR, PREETI
18253957 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR SEPARATING METALS AND/OR MINERALS FROM A SOURCE MATERIAL USING FROTH FLOTATION VARMA, AKASH K
18254009 THERAPEUTIC COMPOSITIONS FOR ENHANCED HEALING OF WOUNDS AND SCARS ALAWADI, SARAH

Interview Candidates (10)

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
18643489 Oral Health Composition Comprising Purified Biosurfactants and/or Their Derivatives WEBB, WALTER E 73d overdue
18338434 Multi-Functional Compositions Comprising Concentrated Acids for Enhanced Oil and Gas Recovery RUNYAN, SILVANA C 22d overdue
18496172 Microbial Products and Their Use in Bioremediation and to Remove Paraffin and Other Contaminating Substances from Oil and Gas Production and Processing Equipment LI, AIQUN 19d overdue
18254015 ORAL HEALTH COMPOSITION COMPRISING PURIFIED BIOSURFACTANTS AND/OR THEIR DERIVATIVES ROBERTS, LEZAH 8d overdue
19075003 Remediation of Rag Layer and Other Disposable Layers in Oil Tanks and Storage Equipment VARMA, ASHISH K
18839484 Cleaner for Hard Surfaces ELHILO, EISA B
18800688 Compositions and Methods for Enhanced Aquatic Farming and Aquarium Fish Husbandry EDWARDS, JESSICA FAYE
18258371 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR SUPPRESSING DUST KUMAR, PREETI

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3674 2
1612 2
1657 1
1766 1
1761 1
1773 1
1619 1
1693 1
1623 1
3644 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19075003 Remediation of Rag Layer and Other Disposable Layers in Oil Tanks and Storage Equipment VARMA, ASHISH K 3674 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 10, 2025
18839484 Cleaner for Hard Surfaces ELHILO, EISA B §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 19, 2024
18800688 Compositions and Methods for Enhanced Aquatic Farming and Aquarium Fish Husbandry EDWARDS, JESSICA FAYE 1657 §101§102§103DP Non-Final OA Pending Aug 12, 2024
18643489 Oral Health Composition Comprising Purified Biosurfactants and/or Their Derivatives WEBB, WALTER E 1612 §103 Final Rejection 73d overdue Pending Apr 23, 2024
18496172 Microbial Products and Their Use in Bioremediation and to Remove Paraffin and Other Contaminating Substances from Oil and Gas Production and Processing Equipment LI, AIQUN 1766 §103 Final Rejection 19d overdue Pending Oct 27, 2023
18338434 Multi-Functional Compositions Comprising Concentrated Acids for Enhanced Oil and Gas Recovery RUNYAN, SILVANA C 3674 §102§103Other Non-Final OA 22d overdue Pending Jun 21, 2023
18258371 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR SUPPRESSING DUST KUMAR, PREETI 1761 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 20, 2023
18254015 ORAL HEALTH COMPOSITION COMPRISING PURIFIED BIOSURFACTANTS AND/OR THEIR DERIVATIVES ROBERTS, LEZAH 1612 §102§103Other Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending May 23, 2023
18253957 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR SEPARATING METALS AND/OR MINERALS FROM A SOURCE MATERIAL USING FROTH FLOTATION VARMA, AKASH K 1773 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending May 23, 2023
18254009 THERAPEUTIC COMPOSITIONS FOR ENHANCED HEALING OF WOUNDS AND SCARS ALAWADI, SARAH 1619 §102§103§112Other Final Rejection Pending May 23, 2023
18252394 MODIFIED SOPHOROLIPID FOR IMPROVED BIOAVAILABILITY OF AMINO ACIDS AND METHOD OF USE MCINTOSH III, TRAVISS C 1693 Other Final Rejection 13d Pending May 10, 2023
18252213 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PROMOTING HAIR GROWTH HIRAKIS, SOPHIA P 1623 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 09, 2023
18248438 Compositions and Methods for Mitigating Standing Water and Controlling Water-Breeding Pests PERRY, MONICA L 3644 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 14d Pending Apr 10, 2023
18012059 Concrete with Improved Environmental Impact FERNANDEZ, SUSAN EMILY 1651 §103 Non-Final OA 79d Pending Dec 21, 2022
18012065 Biosurfactant Formulations for Use in Skincare and Wound Treatment CHANG, KYUNG SOOK 1613 §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Dec 21, 2022
18010886 Compositions for Improving the Environmental Impact of Printing and Dyeing YAGER, JAMES C 1782 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 16, 2022
17769890 Compositions for Replacing Chemical Surfactants EPSTEIN, TODD MATTHEW 1652 §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Apr 18, 2022
17514305 METHODS FOR PRODUCING REDUCED CARBON FOOTPRINT LIVESTOCK LIU, SUE XU 1616 §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Oct 29, 2021
17418823 Microbial Hydrolysates for Agricultural Pest Control TICHY, JENNIFER M.H. 1653 §103DP Final Rejection Pending Jun 27, 2021

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