Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Olin Corporation

Technology area: Chemistry & Materials

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Olin Corporation is a company patent portfolio focused on the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The portfolio currently includes 1 pending office action. This single matter represents the current level of active prosecution for the entity at the USPTO.

The examination of this portfolio is conducted by 1 distinct examiner within 1 distinct art unit. This concentration means that the company's current prosecution experience is limited to the standards of 1 specific technical group. There are no other pending cases to provide a comparison of examiner behavior or art unit trends for this entity in the Chemistry & Materials field.

CHUNG, HOSUNG CHARLES is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, with 1 pending office action currently under review. As the only examiner with an active case, their specific evaluation of the technology is the primary factor in the company's current prosecution. Practitioners should focus on the historical patterns and preferences of CHUNG, HOSUNG CHARLES.

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

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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 (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

1
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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CHUNG, HOSUNG CHARLES 1 59.2% +38.1%

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19451978 PARTIALLY CONDUCTIVE CHLOR-ALKALI DIAPHRAGMS CHUNG, HOSUNG CHARLES —

Interview Candidates (1)

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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19451978 PARTIALLY CONDUCTIVE CHLOR-ALKALI DIAPHRAGMS CHUNG, HOSUNG CHARLES —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1794 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19451978 PARTIALLY CONDUCTIVE CHLOR-ALKALI DIAPHRAGMS CHUNG, HOSUNG CHARLES 1794 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 16, 2026

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Olin Corporation have?

Olin Corporation has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Olin Corporation applications?

Hosung Charles Chung has the most, with 1 of Olin Corporation's pending office actions.

What technology area are Olin Corporation's patent applications in?

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

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