Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

Nova Chemicals (International) S.A.

12 pending office actions • 7 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 32 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

12
Total Pending OAs
10
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)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.

5
Hard (42%)
6
Medium (50%)
1
Easy (8%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only5 (42%)
Double-patenting only1 (8%)
Double-patenting + other1 (8%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (42%)

Industry Mix

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

8
Life Sciences
67% 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
33% 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.

120 h
Manual time on pending OAs
24 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
42 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CHONG, JASON Y 2 73.6% +17.4%
LEUNG, JENNIFER A 2 61.9% +12.8%
GRAHAM, CHANTEL LORAN 1 71.8% +11.3%
GOLOBOY, JAMES C 1 63.8% +8.7%
NGUYEN, TAM M 1 77.2% +11.5%
CEPLUCH, ALYSSA L 1 62.4% +24.8%
KESSLER JR, THOMAS JOSEPH 1 45.7% +48.9%
SHERMAN, ERIC SCOTT 1 72.3% +16.6%
CAI, WENWEN 1 59.6% +19.9%
KAUCHER, MARK S 1 72.2% +14.2%

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18288767 INTEGRATION FOR FEED DILUTION IN OXIDATIVE DEHYDROGENATION (ODH) REACTOR SYSTEM CEPLUCH, ALYSSA L 32d overdue
18279670 RECYCLABLE PACKAGE WITH FITMENT KESSLER JR, THOMAS JOSEPH 12d
18852998 SHAPED MOVTETAOX AND MOVTENBOX CATALYST WITH HIGH STRENGTH AND ODH PERFORMANCE GOLOBOY, JAMES C
18787382 STEAM GENERATION IN OXIDATIVE DEHYDROGENATION NGUYEN, TAM M
18030164 HIGH TEMPERATURE AIR SEPARATION MODULE FOR AN ODH COMPLEX LEUNG, JENNIFER A

Interview Candidates (11)

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
18004331 SOLUTION PHASE POLYMERIZATION PROCESS KAUCHER, MARK S 60d overdue
18288767 INTEGRATION FOR FEED DILUTION IN OXIDATIVE DEHYDROGENATION (ODH) REACTOR SYSTEM CEPLUCH, ALYSSA L 32d overdue
18279670 RECYCLABLE PACKAGE WITH FITMENT KESSLER JR, THOMAS JOSEPH 12d
18546113 VERY LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENE WITH RAPID CRYSTALLIZATION RATES CAI, WENWEN 71d
18861962 CATALYSTS FOR OXIDATIVE DEHYDROGENATION CHONG, JASON Y
18861336 REACTOR SYSTEMS FOR OXIDATIVE DEHYDROGENATION (ODH) OF ETHANE CHONG, JASON Y
18857874 EXTERNALLY HEATED COIL FOR HYDROCARBON CRACKING GRAHAM, CHANTEL LORAN
18787382 STEAM GENERATION IN OXIDATIVE DEHYDROGENATION NGUYEN, TAM M

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1774 2
1771 1
1772 1
1782 1
1736 1
1763 1
1764 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18861962 CATALYSTS FOR OXIDATIVE DEHYDROGENATION CHONG, JASON Y §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 31, 2024
18861336 REACTOR SYSTEMS FOR OXIDATIVE DEHYDROGENATION (ODH) OF ETHANE CHONG, JASON Y DP Non-Final OA Pending Oct 29, 2024
18857874 EXTERNALLY HEATED COIL FOR HYDROCARBON CRACKING GRAHAM, CHANTEL LORAN §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 18, 2024
18852998 SHAPED MOVTETAOX AND MOVTENBOX CATALYST WITH HIGH STRENGTH AND ODH PERFORMANCE GOLOBOY, JAMES C §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 30, 2024
18787382 STEAM GENERATION IN OXIDATIVE DEHYDROGENATION NGUYEN, TAM M 1771 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 29, 2024
18288767 INTEGRATION FOR FEED DILUTION IN OXIDATIVE DEHYDROGENATION (ODH) REACTOR SYSTEM CEPLUCH, ALYSSA L 1772 §103§112 Non-Final OA 32d overdue Pending Oct 27, 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
18546113 VERY LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENE WITH RAPID CRYSTALLIZATION RATES CAI, WENWEN 1763 §103DPOther Non-Final OA 71d Pending Aug 11, 2023
18030329 FIXED BED REACTOR SYSTEM FOR OXIDATIVE DEHYDROGENATION OF ETHANE LEUNG, JENNIFER A 1774 §103 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
18004331 SOLUTION PHASE POLYMERIZATION PROCESS KAUCHER, MARK S 1764 §103 Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Jan 05, 2023

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