Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Monosol LLC

Technology area: Chemistry & Materials

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

Analysis

Monosol LLC has 7 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters are distributed across 7 examiners and 7 art units, indicating a broad and fully dispersed prosecution profile. No single examiner or art unit accounts for a concentrated share of the pending work.

MANGOHIG, THOMAS A is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel should coordinate terminology, disclosure positions, and amendment practices across the portfolio while preparing separate strategies for each examination track.

The one-to-one distribution between pending actions, examiners, and art units makes matter-level tracking especially important. A centralized review can identify recurring chemistry issues, but responses should remain tailored to the record before each examiner.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
4
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.

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

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (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.

1
Hard (14%)
6
Medium (86%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only6 (86%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (14%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
86% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
14% 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
MANGOHIG, THOMAS A 1 20.0% +24.1%
FIGG, TRAVIS M 1 61.4% +17.2%
HENSON, KATINA N 1 56.8% +31.5%
CONIGLIO, AUDREA JUNE BUCKLEY 1 53.1% +20.6%
FROST, ANTHONY J 1 52.6% +20.2%
KHAN, AMINA S 1 47.6% +43.0%
GUGLIOTTA, NICOLE T 1 52.1% +2.0%

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
18399001 HYBRID STARCH/PVOH FILMS WITH BIO-CONTENT MANGOHIG, THOMAS A —
17466341 WATER SOLUBLE FIBERS WITH POST PROCESS MODIFICATIONS AND ARTICLES CONTAINING SAME KHAN, AMINA S —

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
17737946 WATER-DISPERSIBLE ARTICLE INCLUDING WATER-DISPERSIBLE CORE CONSTRUCTION HENSON, KATINA N 46d overdue
17737969 SKIN CLEANSING ARTICLE INCLUDING WATER-DISPERSIBLE AND/OR WATER-SOLUBLE CORE SUBSTRATE CONIGLIO, AUDREA JUNE BUCKLEY 71d
18399001 HYBRID STARCH/PVOH FILMS WITH BIO-CONTENT MANGOHIG, THOMAS A —
18142885 MULTILAYERED POLYVINYL ALCOHOL FILMS AND METHODS FOR MAKING SAME FIGG, TRAVIS M —
17764035 WATER SOLUBLE NONWOVEN WEBS FOR PACKAGING HARSH CHEMICALS FROST, ANTHONY J —
17466341 WATER SOLUBLE FIBERS WITH POST PROCESS MODIFICATIONS AND ARTICLES CONTAINING SAME KHAN, AMINA S —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1788 1
1783 1
3723 1
1617 1
1782 1
1761 1
1781 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18399001 HYBRID STARCH/PVOH FILMS WITH BIO-CONTENT MANGOHIG, THOMAS A 1788 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 28, 2023
18142885 MULTILAYERED POLYVINYL ALCOHOL FILMS AND METHODS FOR MAKING SAME FIGG, TRAVIS M 1783 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 03, 2023
17737946 WATER-DISPERSIBLE ARTICLE INCLUDING WATER-DISPERSIBLE CORE CONSTRUCTION HENSON, KATINA N 3723 §103 Final Rejection 46d overdue Pending May 05, 2022
17737969 SKIN CLEANSING ARTICLE INCLUDING WATER-DISPERSIBLE AND/OR WATER-SOLUBLE CORE SUBSTRATE CONIGLIO, AUDREA JUNE BUCKLEY 1617 §103 Final Rejection 71d Pending May 05, 2022
17764035 WATER SOLUBLE NONWOVEN WEBS FOR PACKAGING HARSH CHEMICALS FROST, ANTHONY J 1782 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 25, 2022
17466341 WATER SOLUBLE FIBERS WITH POST PROCESS MODIFICATIONS AND ARTICLES CONTAINING SAME KHAN, AMINA S 1761 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 03, 2021
15796516 Water-Soluble Film with Low Coefficient of Friction GUGLIOTTA, NICOLE T 1781 §103 Final Rejection 86d overdue Pending Oct 27, 2017

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Monosol LLC have?

Monosol LLC has 7 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 7 art units and 7 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Monosol LLC applications?

Thomas A Mangohig has the most, with 1 of Monosol LLC's pending office actions.

What technology area are Monosol LLC's patent applications in?

Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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