Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Lubrizol Advanced Materials Inc.

7 pending office actions • 6 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

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

2
Hard (29%)
4
Medium (57%)
1
Easy (14%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (57%)
§112 only1 (14%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (29%)

Industry Mix

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

7
Life Sciences
100% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
DELCOTTO, GREGORY R 1 53.9% +75.8%
CHEN, CATHERYNE 1 37.4% +18.3%
KAHN, RACHEL 1 27.4% +16.2%
NERANGIS, VICKEY M 1 56.5% +29.1%
HESTER, HOLLEY GRACE 1 67.2% +44.2%
WORRELL, KEVIN 1 12.8% -4.0%
COFFA, SERGIO 1 61.2% +33.1%

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17623955 BICOMPONENT THERMOPLASTIC POLYURETHANE FIBERS AND FABRICS MADE THEREFROM WORRELL, KEVIN 44d overdue
18266830 TELECHELIC N-ALKYLATED POLYAMIDE POLYMERS AND COPOLYMERS KAHN, RACHEL
18030022 MELT-SPUN THERMOPLASTIC POLYURETHANE FIBER HESTER, HOLLEY GRACE

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17267652 COMPOUNDS USEFUL FOR THE TREATMENT AND/OR CARE OF THE SKIN, HAIR, NAILS AND/OR MUCOUS MEMBRANES COFFA, SERGIO 14d
18266950 ANTIFOG COMPOSITIONS AND RELATED METHODS NERANGIS, VICKEY M 20d
18868454 DILUTION THICKENING SURFACTANT CONCENTRATES DELCOTTO, GREGORY R
18687081 EXTRACT OF MYROTHAMNUS SP FOR PROMOTING HAIR GROWTH CHEN, CATHERYNE
18266830 TELECHELIC N-ALKYLATED POLYAMIDE POLYMERS AND COPOLYMERS KAHN, RACHEL
18030022 MELT-SPUN THERMOPLASTIC POLYURETHANE FIBER HESTER, HOLLEY GRACE

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1766 2
1761 1
1655 1
1763 1
1789 1
1658 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18868454 DILUTION THICKENING SURFACTANT CONCENTRATES DELCOTTO, GREGORY R 1761 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 22, 2024
18687081 EXTRACT OF MYROTHAMNUS SP FOR PROMOTING HAIR GROWTH CHEN, CATHERYNE 1655 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 27, 2024
18266830 TELECHELIC N-ALKYLATED POLYAMIDE POLYMERS AND COPOLYMERS KAHN, RACHEL 1766 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 13, 2023
18266950 ANTIFOG COMPOSITIONS AND RELATED METHODS NERANGIS, VICKEY M 1763 §103 Final Rejection 20d Pending Jun 13, 2023
18030022 MELT-SPUN THERMOPLASTIC POLYURETHANE FIBER HESTER, HOLLEY GRACE 1766 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 03, 2023
17623955 BICOMPONENT THERMOPLASTIC POLYURETHANE FIBERS AND FABRICS MADE THEREFROM WORRELL, KEVIN 1789 §103 Final Rejection 44d overdue Pending Dec 30, 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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