Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Mary Kay Inc.

9 pending office actions • 5 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
6
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.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
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 (3)

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 (22%)
5
Medium (56%)
2
Easy (22%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (44%)
§112 only1 (11%)
Double-patenting only1 (11%)
Double-patenting + other1 (11%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (22%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
56% 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
44% 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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PHAN, DOAN THI-THUC 1 42.6% +48.0%
CONIGLIO, AUDREA JUNE BUCKLEY 1 52.8% +21.0%
BABSON, NICOLE PLOURDE 1 46.5% +33.1%
STEVENS, MARK V 1 65.5% +41.9%
MAEWALL, SNIGDHA 1 58.7% +10.4%
VIGIL, TORIANA NICHOLE 1 53.6% +21.2%
ARMSTRONG, SUSANNAH SIPPLE 1 32.1% +51.9%
DRISCOLL, LORA E BARNHART 1 31.7% +20.3%
BOATENG, AFUA BAMFOAA 1 45.7% +68.8%

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
18798376 COSMETIC COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME BABSON, NICOLE PLOURDE
18736036 COSMETIC COMPOSITIONS STEVENS, MARK V

Interview Candidates (9)

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
17633038 DISSOLVABLE VITAMIN C AND RETINOL FILM BOATENG, AFUA BAMFOAA 121d overdue
18500625 COSMETIC COMPOSITIONS AND USES THEREOF VIGIL, TORIANA NICHOLE 9d overdue
18131746 TOPICAL SKIN CARE FORMULATIONS COMPRISING PLANT EXTRACTS DRISCOLL, LORA E BARNHART 3d overdue
18899566 SKIN LIGHTENING COMPOSITIONS PHAN, DOAN THI-THUC
18894367 COSMETIC COMPOSITION AND USES THEREOF CONIGLIO, AUDREA JUNE BUCKLEY
18798376 COSMETIC COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME BABSON, NICOLE PLOURDE
18736036 COSMETIC COMPOSITIONS STEVENS, MARK V
18398510 COSMETIC COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USING SAME MAEWALL, SNIGDHA

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1612 2
1613 1
1616 1
3991 1
1617 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18899566 SKIN LIGHTENING COMPOSITIONS PHAN, DOAN THI-THUC DP Non-Final OA Pending Sep 27, 2024
18894367 COSMETIC COMPOSITION AND USES THEREOF CONIGLIO, AUDREA JUNE BUCKLEY §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 24, 2024
18798376 COSMETIC COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME BABSON, NICOLE PLOURDE §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 08, 2024
18736036 COSMETIC COMPOSITIONS STEVENS, MARK V 1613 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 06, 2024
18398510 COSMETIC COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USING SAME MAEWALL, SNIGDHA 1612 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 28, 2023
18500625 COSMETIC COMPOSITIONS AND USES THEREOF VIGIL, TORIANA NICHOLE 1612 §103 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Nov 02, 2023
18133271 SKIN CLEANSER COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR USE ARMSTRONG, SUSANNAH SIPPLE 1616 §102§103DP Final Rejection Pending Apr 11, 2023
18131746 TOPICAL SKIN CARE FORMULATIONS COMPRISING PLANT EXTRACTS DRISCOLL, LORA E BARNHART 3991 §112Other Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Apr 06, 2023
17633038 DISSOLVABLE VITAMIN C AND RETINOL FILM BOATENG, AFUA BAMFOAA 1617 §103 Non-Final OA 121d overdue Pending Feb 04, 2022

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