Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
13 pending office actions • 12 art units • 13 examiners • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Lubrizol Advanced Materials Inc. has 12 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. The matters involve 12 distinct examiners and 11 distinct art units, indicating broad examiner distribution with some concentration at the art-unit level. Portfolio management therefore requires centralized oversight without assuming a uniform examination approach.
STEVENS, MARK V is the busiest examiner with 1 pending matter. No examiner concentration is identified, so counsel should focus on consistent disclosure and claim terminology across the portfolio while tailoring arguments to each assignment.
The art-unit distribution creates an opportunity to compare treatment of related technical issues where assignments overlap. At the same time, the examiner spread makes deadline tracking and response coordination important for avoiding inconsistent amendments or explanations.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (8%) |
| §103 only | 6 (46%) |
| §112 only | 2 (15%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (31%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
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.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| RUSSELL, STEPHEN MATTHEW | 1 | 63.2% | +34.6% |
| STEVENS, MARK V | 1 | 65.5% | +41.6% |
| AUDET, MAURY A | 1 | 50.1% | +23.9% |
| GOLDEN, CHINESSA T | 1 | 58.0% | +4.5% |
| COLLISTER, ELIZABETH A | 1 | 81.7% | +14.1% |
| CHEN, CATHERYNE | 1 | 37.5% | +17.9% |
| HOFFMAN, SUSAN COE | 1 | 54.2% | +25.7% |
| SERGENT, RABON A | 1 | 55.1% | +24.1% |
| EGWIM, KELECHI CHIDI | 1 | 69.7% | +14.7% |
| KAHN, RACHEL | 1 | 27.9% | +17.3% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18692377 | THERMOPLASTIC POLYURETHANE FOAM STEERING WHEEL COVER | COLLISTER, ELIZABETH A | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19104763 | ADDITIVES FOR BINDERS AND/OR FIBROUS COMPOSITIONS | RUSSELL, STEPHEN MATTHEW | — |
| 18847390 | PROTEIN HYDROLYSATES OF AZUKI BEANS AND COSMETIC USES THEREOF | AUDET, MAURY A | — |
| 18687081 | EXTRACT OF MYROTHAMNUS SP FOR PROMOTING HAIR GROWTH | CHEN, CATHERYNE | — |
| 18267601 | THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITION | EGWIM, KELECHI CHIDI | — |
| 18266830 | TELECHELIC N-ALKYLATED POLYAMIDE POLYMERS AND COPOLYMERS | KAHN, RACHEL | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19104763 | ADDITIVES FOR BINDERS AND/OR FIBROUS COMPOSITIONS | RUSSELL, STEPHEN MATTHEW | — |
| 18851376 | Stable Dentrifice Compositions With High Sodium Bicarbonate Loading | STEVENS, MARK V | — |
| 18847390 | PROTEIN HYDROLYSATES OF AZUKI BEANS AND COSMETIC USES THEREOF | AUDET, MAURY A | — |
| 18692377 | THERMOPLASTIC POLYURETHANE FOAM STEERING WHEEL COVER | COLLISTER, ELIZABETH A | — |
| 18687081 | EXTRACT OF MYROTHAMNUS SP FOR PROMOTING HAIR GROWTH | CHEN, CATHERYNE | — |
| 18285786 | LIGUSTRUM LUCIDUM EXTRACT USEFUL FOR THE TREATMENT AND/OR CARE OF THE SKIN | HOFFMAN, SUSAN COE | — |
| 18548603 | Method For Wetting And Dispersion Of Acrylic Acid Polymers | SERGENT, RABON A | — |
| 18267601 | THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITION | EGWIM, KELECHI CHIDI | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1655 | 2 |
| 1748 | 1 |
| 1613 | 1 |
| 1654 | 1 |
| 1759 | 1 |
| 1784 | 1 |
| 1765 | 1 |
| 1762 | 1 |
| 1766 | 1 |
| 1789 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19104763 | ADDITIVES FOR BINDERS AND/OR FIBROUS COMPOSITIONS | RUSSELL, STEPHEN MATTHEW | 1748 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 19, 2025 |
| 18851376 | Stable Dentrifice Compositions With High Sodium Bicarbonate Loading | STEVENS, MARK V | 1613 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2024 |
| 18847390 | PROTEIN HYDROLYSATES OF AZUKI BEANS AND COSMETIC USES THEREOF | AUDET, MAURY A | 1654 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 16, 2024 |
| 18692399 | STEERING WHEEL CONSTRUCTION | GOLDEN, CHINESSA T | 1759 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 15, 2024 |
| 18692377 | THERMOPLASTIC POLYURETHANE FOAM STEERING WHEEL COVER | COLLISTER, ELIZABETH A | 1784 | §103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 15, 2024 |
| 18687081 | EXTRACT OF MYROTHAMNUS SP FOR PROMOTING HAIR GROWTH | CHEN, CATHERYNE | 1655 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2024 |
| 18285786 | LIGUSTRUM LUCIDUM EXTRACT USEFUL FOR THE TREATMENT AND/OR CARE OF THE SKIN | HOFFMAN, SUSAN COE | 1655 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 05, 2023 |
| 18548603 | Method For Wetting And Dispersion Of Acrylic Acid Polymers | SERGENT, RABON A | 1765 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 01, 2023 |
| 18267601 | THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITION | EGWIM, KELECHI CHIDI | 1762 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 15, 2023 |
| 18266830 | TELECHELIC N-ALKYLATED POLYAMIDE POLYMERS AND COPOLYMERS | KAHN, RACHEL | 1766 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2023 |
| 17623955 | BICOMPONENT THERMOPLASTIC POLYURETHANE FIBERS AND FABRICS MADE THEREFROM | WORRELL, KEVIN | 1789 | §103 | Final Rejection | 44d overdue | Pending | Dec 30, 2021 |
| 17439175 | ENHANCED SILICONE DEPOSITION COMPOSITIONS AND METHOD THEREFOR | YU, HONG | 1614 | §103 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Sep 14, 2021 |
| 17267652 | COMPOUNDS USEFUL FOR THE TREATMENT AND/OR CARE OF THE SKIN, HAIR, NAILS AND/OR MUCOUS MEMBRANES | COFFA, SERGIO | 1658 | §103 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Feb 10, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialLubrizol Advanced Materials Inc. has 13 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 12 art units and 13 examiners.
Stephen Matthew Russell has the most, with 1 of Lubrizol Advanced Materials Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
