Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
13 pending office actions • 10 art units • 12 examiners • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 36 patents granted in the last 365 days
Nova Chemicals (International) S.A. has 14 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The docket spans 13 examiners and 10 art units, reflecting a broad prosecution operation with assignments distributed across multiple technical examination groups.
LEUNG, JENNIFER A is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. No single examiner accounts for most of the listed work, so centralized docket control should be paired with examiner-specific response development.
The art-unit spread makes classification-based review useful for identifying recurring claim, written-description, or prior-art issues. Even where portfolio themes overlap, the examiner distribution supports treating each office action as an individual prosecution event.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 4 (31%) |
| §112 only | 1 (8%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 7 (54%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEUNG, JENNIFER A | 2 | 61.8% | +12.2% |
| CAMPANELL, FRANCIS C | 1 | 73.0% | +9.5% |
| CHONG, JASON Y | 1 | 73.3% | +18.1% |
| ZACHARIA, RAMSEY E | 1 | 78.4% | +28.7% |
| NGUYEN, TAM M | 1 | 77.1% | +11.7% |
| BOSS, WENDY LYNN | 1 | 76.7% | +15.0% |
| BUIE-HATCHER, NICOLE M | 1 | 63.9% | +27.0% |
| DOLETSKI, BLAINE G | 1 | 75.1% | +9.0% |
| LENIHAN, JEFFREY S | 1 | 73.0% | +17.0% |
| KESSLER JR, THOMAS JOSEPH | 1 | 46.2% | +46.6% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18279670 | RECYCLABLE PACKAGE WITH FITMENT | KESSLER JR, THOMAS JOSEPH | 12d |
| 18787382 | STEAM GENERATION IN OXIDATIVE DEHYDROGENATION | NGUYEN, TAM M | — |
| 18288751 | INTEGRATION FOR PROCESSING EFFLUENT OF OXIDATIVE DEHYDROGENATION (ODH) REACTOR | DOLETSKI, BLAINE G | — |
| 18550477 | HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENE COMPOSITION | LENIHAN, JEFFREY S | — |
| 18546109 | PLASTOMERS WITH RAPID CRYSTALLIZATION RATES | DU, SURBHI M | — |
| 18030329 | FIXED BED REACTOR SYSTEM FOR OXIDATIVE DEHYDROGENATION OF ETHANE | LEUNG, JENNIFER A | — |
| 18030164 | HIGH TEMPERATURE AIR SEPARATION MODULE FOR AN ODH COMPLEX | LEUNG, JENNIFER A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18279670 | RECYCLABLE PACKAGE WITH FITMENT | KESSLER JR, THOMAS JOSEPH | 12d |
| 18714748 | ALL-PE RECYCLABLE LAMINATE WITH NANOCLAY COATING | BOSS, WENDY LYNN | 61d |
| 18861336 | REACTOR SYSTEMS FOR OXIDATIVE DEHYDROGENATION (ODH) OF ETHANE | CHONG, JASON Y | — |
| 18898041 | FILMS FROM RECYCLED POLYETHYLENE | ZACHARIA, RAMSEY E | — |
| 18787382 | STEAM GENERATION IN OXIDATIVE DEHYDROGENATION | NGUYEN, TAM M | — |
| 18690315 | OLEFIN POLYMERIZATION CATALYST SYSTEM AND POLYMERIZATION PROCESS | BUIE-HATCHER, NICOLE M | — |
| 18550477 | HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENE COMPOSITION | LENIHAN, JEFFREY S | — |
| 18030329 | FIXED BED REACTOR SYSTEM FOR OXIDATIVE DEHYDROGENATION OF ETHANE | LEUNG, JENNIFER A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1771 | 2 |
| 1765 | 2 |
| 1774 | 2 |
| 1772 | 1 |
| 1787 | 1 |
| 1749 | 1 |
| 1725 | 1 |
| 1692 | 1 |
| 1782 | 1 |
| 1736 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18862788 | REACTOR SYSTEMS FOR OXIDATIVE DEHYDROGENATION (ODH) OF ETHANE | CAMPANELL, FRANCIS C | 1771 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 04, 2024 |
| 18861336 | REACTOR SYSTEMS FOR OXIDATIVE DEHYDROGENATION (ODH) OF ETHANE | CHONG, JASON Y | 1772 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 29, 2024 |
| 18898041 | FILMS FROM RECYCLED POLYETHYLENE | ZACHARIA, RAMSEY E | 1787 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2024 |
| 18787382 | STEAM GENERATION IN OXIDATIVE DEHYDROGENATION | NGUYEN, TAM M | 1771 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2024 |
| 18714748 | ALL-PE RECYCLABLE LAMINATE WITH NANOCLAY COATING | BOSS, WENDY LYNN | 1749 | §103 | Final Rejection | 61d | Pending | May 30, 2024 |
| 18690315 | OLEFIN POLYMERIZATION CATALYST SYSTEM AND POLYMERIZATION PROCESS | BUIE-HATCHER, NICOLE M | 1725 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 08, 2024 |
| 18288751 | INTEGRATION FOR PROCESSING EFFLUENT OF OXIDATIVE DEHYDROGENATION (ODH) REACTOR | DOLETSKI, BLAINE G | 1692 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 27, 2023 |
| 18550477 | HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENE COMPOSITION | LENIHAN, JEFFREY S | 1765 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 14, 2023 |
| 18279670 | RECYCLABLE PACKAGE WITH FITMENT | KESSLER JR, THOMAS JOSEPH | 1782 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 12d | Pending | Aug 31, 2023 |
| 18278972 | CATALYST MATERIALS WITH TUNABLE ACTIVITY | SHERMAN, ERIC SCOTT | 1736 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 25, 2023 |
| 18546109 | PLASTOMERS WITH RAPID CRYSTALLIZATION RATES | DU, SURBHI M | 1765 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 11, 2023 |
| 18030329 | FIXED BED REACTOR SYSTEM FOR OXIDATIVE DEHYDROGENATION OF ETHANE | LEUNG, JENNIFER A | 1774 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 05, 2023 |
| 18030164 | HIGH TEMPERATURE AIR SEPARATION MODULE FOR AN ODH COMPLEX | LEUNG, JENNIFER A | 1774 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialNova Chemicals (International) S.A. has 13 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 10 art units and 12 examiners.
Jennifer A Leung has the most, with 2 of Nova Chemicals (International) S.A.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
