Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

Lotte Chemical Corporation

19 pending office actions • 8 art units • 16 examiners • 0 of 19 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

19
Total Pending OAs
12
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
3
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 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
2
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. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

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

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.

5
Hard (26%)
12
Medium (63%)
1
Easy (5%)
1
Unknown (5%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only9 (47%)
§112 only1 (5%)
Double-patenting + other3 (16%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (26%)
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
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
4
Business / Other
21% 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
SHUKLA, KRUPA 3 15.3% +23.3%
DICUS, TAMRA 2 30.4% +21.8%
BUTTNER, DAVID J 1 63.9% +4.0%
ROCHELLE, CIERRA MARIE 1
COPPINS, JANET L 1 72.9% +25.5%
BOSS, WENDY LYNN 1 78.9% +10.9%
BHUSHAN, KUMAR R 1 73.5% +32.6%
EGWIM, KELECHI CHIDI 1 69.9% +13.9%
SMARI, ABDUL-RAHMAN YUSUF WALEED 1 88.2% +13.4%
CHEN, VIVIAN 1 56.9% +29.4%

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
18565661 METHOD FOR PRODUCING TWO-DIMENSIONAL NICKEL SILICATE MOLECULAR SIEVE CATALYST FOR DRY REFORMING OF METHANE AND TWO-DIMENSIONAL NICKEL SILICATE MOLECULAR SIEVE CATALYST FOR DRY REFORMING OF METHANE PRODUCED BY SAME METHOD SMARI, ABDUL-RAHMAN YUSUF WALEED

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
18269614 Thermoplastic Resin Composition and Molded Product Manufactured Therefrom SHUKLA, KRUPA 79d overdue
18944607 MOLDED ARTICLE HAVING REDUCED BIREFRINGENCE BUTTNER, DAVID J 15d overdue
18255019 METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELECTROLYTE FOR VANADIUM REDOX FLOW BATTERY LOVASZ, MYLES ALAN 3d overdue
18254247 METHOD OF PREPARING HETEROGENEOUS LINEAR CARBONATE USING ACIDIC ION EXCHANGE RESIN CHEN, PO-CHIH 26d
18032942 Thermoplastic Resin Composition and Article Manufactured Using Same USELDING, JOHN E 76d
18849698 Thermoplastic Resin Composition and Molded Article Manufactured by the Same SHUKLA, KRUPA
18712018 METHOD FOR PRODUCING CARBONATE COPPINS, JANET L
18611452 MOLDED PRODUCT MANUFACTURED FROM THERMOPLASTIC RESIN COMPOSITION SHUKLA, KRUPA

Interview Candidates (11)

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
18269614 Thermoplastic Resin Composition and Molded Product Manufactured Therefrom SHUKLA, KRUPA 79d overdue
18709443 POLYPROPYLENE-BASED MULTILAYER FILM FOR CELL POUCH BOSS, WENDY LYNN 19d
18849698 Thermoplastic Resin Composition and Molded Article Manufactured by the Same SHUKLA, KRUPA
18712018 METHOD FOR PRODUCING CARBONATE COPPINS, JANET L
18611452 MOLDED PRODUCT MANUFACTURED FROM THERMOPLASTIC RESIN COMPOSITION SHUKLA, KRUPA
18580305 Thermoplastic Resin Composition and Molded Article Manufactured Therefrom BHUSHAN, KUMAR R
18579939 Thermoplastic Resin Composition and Molded Product Formed Therefrom EGWIM, KELECHI CHIDI
18565661 METHOD FOR PRODUCING TWO-DIMENSIONAL NICKEL SILICATE MOLECULAR SIEVE CATALYST FOR DRY REFORMING OF METHANE AND TWO-DIMENSIONAL NICKEL SILICATE MOLECULAR SIEVE CATALYST FOR DRY REFORMING OF METHANE PRODUCED BY SAME METHOD SMARI, ABDUL-RAHMAN YUSUF WALEED

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1787 6
1763 2
1621 2
1765 1
1749 1
1736 1
1788 1
1622 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18944607 MOLDED ARTICLE HAVING REDUCED BIREFRINGENCE BUTTNER, DAVID J 1765 §102§112 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Nov 12, 2024
18849698 Thermoplastic Resin Composition and Molded Article Manufactured by the Same SHUKLA, KRUPA 1787 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 23, 2024
18712584 METHOD FOR PRODUCING CARBONATE ROCHELLE, CIERRA MARIE §102§103DP Non-Final OA Pending May 22, 2024
18712018 METHOD FOR PRODUCING CARBONATE COPPINS, JANET L §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 21, 2024
18709443 POLYPROPYLENE-BASED MULTILAYER FILM FOR CELL POUCH BOSS, WENDY LYNN 1749 §103 Final Rejection 19d Pending May 10, 2024
18611452 MOLDED PRODUCT MANUFACTURED FROM THERMOPLASTIC RESIN COMPOSITION SHUKLA, KRUPA 1787 §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Mar 20, 2024
18580305 Thermoplastic Resin Composition and Molded Article Manufactured Therefrom BHUSHAN, KUMAR R §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 18, 2024
18579939 Thermoplastic Resin Composition and Molded Product Formed Therefrom EGWIM, KELECHI CHIDI §103DP Non-Final OA Pending Jan 17, 2024
18565661 METHOD FOR PRODUCING TWO-DIMENSIONAL NICKEL SILICATE MOLECULAR SIEVE CATALYST FOR DRY REFORMING OF METHANE AND TWO-DIMENSIONAL NICKEL SILICATE MOLECULAR SIEVE CATALYST FOR DRY REFORMING OF METHANE PRODUCED BY SAME METHOD SMARI, ABDUL-RAHMAN YUSUF WALEED 1736 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 30, 2023
18269614 Thermoplastic Resin Composition and Molded Product Manufactured Therefrom SHUKLA, KRUPA 1787 §103 Non-Final OA 79d overdue Pending Jun 26, 2023
18269604 Thermoplastic Resin Composition and Molded Product Manufactured Therefrom CHEN, VIVIAN 1787 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 26, 2023
18255055 POLYESTER POLYOL AND POLYURETHANE PREPARED THEREFROM LEONARD, MICHAEL L 1763 §103 Non-Final OA 82d Pending May 30, 2023
18255019 METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELECTROLYTE FOR VANADIUM REDOX FLOW BATTERY LOVASZ, MYLES ALAN 1788 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending May 30, 2023
18039057 Thermoplastic Resin Composition and Molded Article Using Same DICUS, TAMRA 1787 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 26, 2023
18254247 METHOD OF PREPARING HETEROGENEOUS LINEAR CARBONATE USING ACIDIC ION EXCHANGE RESIN CHEN, PO-CHIH 1621 §103§112 Final Rejection 26d Pending May 24, 2023
18254262 METHOD OF PREPARING HETEROGENEOUS LINEAR CARBONATE USING BASIC ION EXCHANGE RESIN WARD, PAUL V 1622 §112 Non-Final OA Pending May 24, 2023
18254094 METHOD OF PREPARING HETEROGENEOUS LINEAR CARBONATE ADOPTING CATALYTIC FILTERING YOO, SUN JAE 1621 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending May 23, 2023
18032942 Thermoplastic Resin Composition and Article Manufactured Using Same USELDING, JOHN E 1763 §103§112 Non-Final OA 76d Pending Apr 20, 2023
18135277 Polyamide Resin Composition and Molded Article Comprising the Same DICUS, TAMRA 1787 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 17, 2023

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