Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Nouryon Chemicals International B.V.

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

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 30 days (1)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.

0
Hard (0%)
5
Medium (71%)
2
Easy (29%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (57%)
§102 only1 (14%)
§112 only1 (14%)
Double-patenting only1 (14%)

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
MRUK, BRIAN P 1 74.2% +27.5%
ELHILO, EISA B 1 83.2% +15.8%
SCOTLAND, REBECCA LYNN 1 0.0% +0.0%
BAKSHI, PANCHAM 1 77.0% +30.1%
MEYERS, ELIZABETH ANNE 1 23.1% +100.0%
PRAGANI, RAJAN 1 50.0% +73.5%
SAEED, ALI S 1 30.5% +34.8%

Quick Wins (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18561856 POLYESTER POLYQUATS IN CLEANING APPLICATIONS ELHILO, EISA B 15d overdue

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
18254444 LIQUID AGROCHEMICAL COMPOSITION MEYERS, ELIZABETH ANNE 35d overdue
18551225 AGROCHEMICAL COMPOSITION SCOTLAND, REBECCA LYNN 22d

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
17303863 ALKYL POLYGLYCERYLAMINE BASED SURFACTANTS FOR AGRICULTURAL USE SAEED, ALI S 104d overdue
18254444 LIQUID AGROCHEMICAL COMPOSITION MEYERS, ELIZABETH ANNE 35d overdue
18561856 POLYESTER POLYQUATS IN CLEANING APPLICATIONS ELHILO, EISA B 15d overdue
18574442 CHELATE-AMPHOTERIC SURFACTANT LIQUID CONCENTRATES AND USE THEREOF IN CLEANING APPLICATIONS MRUK, BRIAN P 8d overdue
17997579 ALKYL AMIDOAMINE POLYGLYCEROL SURFACTANTS PRAGANI, RAJAN 8d overdue
18254453 METHOD FOR ISOLATING CARBOXYLIC ACID FROM AN AQUEOUS SIDE STREAM WITH CO-PRODUCTION OF ALKALI METAL SALT BAKSHI, PANCHAM 84d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1761 2
1615 1
1623 1
1617 1
1614 1
1616 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18574442 CHELATE-AMPHOTERIC SURFACTANT LIQUID CONCENTRATES AND USE THEREOF IN CLEANING APPLICATIONS MRUK, BRIAN P 1761 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Dec 27, 2023
18561856 POLYESTER POLYQUATS IN CLEANING APPLICATIONS ELHILO, EISA B 1761 §102 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Nov 17, 2023
18551225 AGROCHEMICAL COMPOSITION SCOTLAND, REBECCA LYNN 1615 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Sep 19, 2023
18254453 METHOD FOR ISOLATING CARBOXYLIC ACID FROM AN AQUEOUS SIDE STREAM WITH CO-PRODUCTION OF ALKALI METAL SALT BAKSHI, PANCHAM 1623 DP Final Rejection 84d Pending May 25, 2023
18254444 LIQUID AGROCHEMICAL COMPOSITION MEYERS, ELIZABETH ANNE 1617 §112 Final Rejection 35d overdue Pending May 25, 2023
17997579 ALKYL AMIDOAMINE POLYGLYCEROL SURFACTANTS PRAGANI, RAJAN 1614 §103 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Oct 31, 2022
17303863 ALKYL POLYGLYCERYLAMINE BASED SURFACTANTS FOR AGRICULTURAL USE SAEED, ALI S 1616 §103 Final Rejection 104d overdue Pending Jun 09, 2021

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