Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
21 pending office actions • 5 art units • 13 examiners • 0 of 21 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days
Neste Oyj has 21 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters involve 13 distinct examiners and 5 distinct art units, combining substantial outstanding activity with recurring art-unit assignments.
GRAHAM, CHANTEL LORAN is the busiest examiner, with 4 pending office actions. This is the clearest examiner concentration in the profile, making that examiner’s claim interpretation and recurring objections important inputs for docket planning.
The difference between the number of pending actions and distinct examiners indicates that several examiners handle more than one matter, while the smaller art-unit count points to further clustering. Counsel can benefit from art-unit-level issue tracking, examiner-specific response histories, and coordinated positions on recurring chemistry and materials terminology.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 (5%) |
| §103 only | 11 (52%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (5%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 8 (38%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRAHAM, CHANTEL LORAN | 4 | 71.8% | +11.5% |
| CEPLUCH, ALYSSA L | 3 | 62.8% | +23.9% |
| NGUYEN, TAM M | 3 | 77.1% | +11.7% |
| OLADAPO, TAIWO | 2 | 53.2% | +11.8% |
| DOYLE, BRANDI M | 1 | 62.6% | +12.1% |
| ROBINSON, RENEE E | 1 | 73.7% | +24.2% |
| GOLOBOY, JAMES C | 1 | 63.7% | +8.7% |
| BOYER, RANDY | 1 | 70.5% | +8.1% |
| PEO, JONATHAN M | 1 | 48.4% | +47.6% |
| FADHEL, ALI Z | 1 | 76.8% | +8.7% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18993315 | REMOVAL OF SILICON FROM DEPOLYMERIZED OIL | CEPLUCH, ALYSSA L | — |
| 18853570 | METHOD FOR REDUCING DEACTIVATION OF A HYDROTREATMENT CATALYST | NGUYEN, TAM M | — |
| 18725392 | HEAT TREATMENT WITH ADSORPTION PURIFICATION OF ORGANIC MATERIAL OF BIOLOGICAL ORIGIN | OLADAPO, TAIWO | — |
| 18725329 | HYDROCARBONS AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING HYDROCARBONS FROM ORGANIC MATERIAL OF BIOLOGICAL ORIGIN | BOYER, RANDY | — |
| 18705766 | METHOD OF TREATING WASTE PLASTIC | NGUYEN, TAM M | — |
| 18684266 | NOVEL METHOD FOR REMOVING NITROGEN CONTAINING COMPOUNDS FROM A FEEDSTOCK | FADHEL, ALI Z | — |
| 18683801 | A METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING QUALITY PARAMETERS RELATED TO A PRODUCT OR A FEED OF PROCESSING OF ORGANIC SUBSTANCES | SHOHATEE, IBRAHIM NAGI | — |
| 18257764 | CO-PROCESSING OF POLYMER WASTE-BASED MATERIAL FOR JET FUEL PRODUCTION | CHONG, JASON Y | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18312898 | CO-PROCESSING ROUTE FOR HYDROTREATING POLYMER WASTE-BASED MATERIAL | CEPLUCH, ALYSSA L | 22d |
| 18993315 | REMOVAL OF SILICON FROM DEPOLYMERIZED OIL | CEPLUCH, ALYSSA L | — |
| 18993182 | A METHOD FOR PURIFICATION OF LIQUEFIED WASTE PLASTICS USING RECYCLED AQUEOUS STREAM | DOYLE, BRANDI M | — |
| 18876278 | A PROCESS FOR PRODUCING LIQUID TRANSPORTATION FUEL COMPONENTS | GRAHAM, CHANTEL LORAN | — |
| 18876282 | A HYDROCARBON COMPONENT | GRAHAM, CHANTEL LORAN | — |
| 18876309 | AN AVIATION FUEL COMPONENT | GRAHAM, CHANTEL LORAN | — |
| 18876229 | A PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A LIQUID TRANSPORTATION FUEL COMPONENT | GRAHAM, CHANTEL LORAN | — |
| 18854272 | A METHOD FOR PRODUCING RENEWABLE HYDROCARBONS | ROBINSON, RENEE E | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1771 | 12 |
| 1772 | 6 |
| 1779 | 1 |
| 2119 | 1 |
| 1767 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18993315 | REMOVAL OF SILICON FROM DEPOLYMERIZED OIL | CEPLUCH, ALYSSA L | 1772 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 |
| 18993182 | A METHOD FOR PURIFICATION OF LIQUEFIED WASTE PLASTICS USING RECYCLED AQUEOUS STREAM | DOYLE, BRANDI M | 1771 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 |
| 18876278 | A PROCESS FOR PRODUCING LIQUID TRANSPORTATION FUEL COMPONENTS | GRAHAM, CHANTEL LORAN | 1771 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 |
| 18876282 | A HYDROCARBON COMPONENT | GRAHAM, CHANTEL LORAN | 1771 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 |
| 18876309 | AN AVIATION FUEL COMPONENT | GRAHAM, CHANTEL LORAN | 1771 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 |
| 18876229 | A PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A LIQUID TRANSPORTATION FUEL COMPONENT | GRAHAM, CHANTEL LORAN | 1771 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 |
| 18854272 | A METHOD FOR PRODUCING RENEWABLE HYDROCARBONS | ROBINSON, RENEE E | 1772 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 |
| 18853570 | METHOD FOR REDUCING DEACTIVATION OF A HYDROTREATMENT CATALYST | NGUYEN, TAM M | 1771 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 02, 2024 |
| 18725392 | HEAT TREATMENT WITH ADSORPTION PURIFICATION OF ORGANIC MATERIAL OF BIOLOGICAL ORIGIN | OLADAPO, TAIWO | 1771 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18725175 | PRODUCING HYDROCARBONS FROM ORGANIC MATERIAL OF BIOLOGICAL ORIGIN | GOLOBOY, JAMES C | 1771 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18725329 | HYDROCARBONS AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING HYDROCARBONS FROM ORGANIC MATERIAL OF BIOLOGICAL ORIGIN | BOYER, RANDY | 1771 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18724301 | RENEWABLE STABILIZED NAPHTHA-RANGE HYDROCARBON FEED, THERMAL CRACKING METHOD AND PRODUCTS THEREOF | OLADAPO, TAIWO | 1771 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2024 |
| 18705766 | METHOD OF TREATING WASTE PLASTIC | NGUYEN, TAM M | 1771 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 29, 2024 |
| 18685333 | A METHOD FOR DECREASING FEED IMPURITIES | PEO, JONATHAN M | 1779 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2024 |
| 18684266 | NOVEL METHOD FOR REMOVING NITROGEN CONTAINING COMPOUNDS FROM A FEEDSTOCK | FADHEL, ALI Z | 1772 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 16, 2024 |
| 18683801 | A METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING QUALITY PARAMETERS RELATED TO A PRODUCT OR A FEED OF PROCESSING OF ORGANIC SUBSTANCES | SHOHATEE, IBRAHIM NAGI | 2119 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 15, 2024 |
| 18573544 | A METHOD AND FEED FOR PRODUCING ETHYLENE | NGUYEN, TAM M | 1771 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 22, 2023 |
| 18257764 | CO-PROCESSING OF POLYMER WASTE-BASED MATERIAL FOR JET FUEL PRODUCTION | CHONG, JASON Y | 1772 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 15, 2023 |
| 18252565 | ELECTROTECHNICAL FLUID AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | CEPLUCH, ALYSSA L | 1772 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 11, 2023 |
| 18312898 | CO-PROCESSING ROUTE FOR HYDROTREATING POLYMER WASTE-BASED MATERIAL | CEPLUCH, ALYSSA L | 1772 | §103 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | May 05, 2023 |
| 18160570 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR TREATING TALL OIL | HEINCER, LIAM J | 1767 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 27, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialNeste Oyj has 21 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 13 examiners.
Chantel Loran Graham has the most, with 4 of Neste Oyj's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
