Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Omya International AG

18 pending office actions • 11 art units • 18 examiners • 0 of 18 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

18
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
8
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 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
2
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (2)

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.

6
Hard (33%)
12
Medium (67%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only8 (44%)
§102 only1 (6%)
Double-patenting + other3 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

15
Life Sciences
83% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
3
Business / Other
17% 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.

180 h
Manual time on pending OAs
36 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
63 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MINSKEY, JACOB T 1 69.0% +33.3%
GREEN, ANTHONY J 1 85.1% +13.3%
ALLEY, GENEVIEVE S 1 60.3% +48.4%
RHOADES, DEREK JAMES 1 70.7% +17.4%
SILVA RAINBOW, HEATHER ELISE 1 35.3% +58.3%
NGUYEN, CAM N 1 84.8% +12.3%
BLEDSOE, JOSHUA CALEB 1 44.4% +53.8%
PEPITONE, MICHAEL F 1 74.4% +22.2%
DAVIDSON IV, CULLEN LEE GARRETT 1 40.3% +45.4%
DEVI, SARVAMANGALA 1 65.3% +55.0%

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
18257625 A PARTICULATE MAGNESIUM ION-COMPRISING MATERIAL FOR NOX UPTAKE NGUYEN, CAM N

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18246039 KIT COMPRISING SURFACE-TREATED CALCIUM CARBONATE AND A PEROXIDE AGENT FOR IMPROVING THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF POLYETHYLENE/POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITIONS PEPITONE, MICHAEL F 72d overdue
17762453 EXPANDED GRANULAR MATERIAL CONSISTING OF MINERAL MATERIAL CHAU, LISA N 17d overdue
18879838 IN-SITU PATTERNING OF FIBRE ARTICLES MINSKEY, JACOB T
18690972 PROCESS FOR PREPARING A WET GROUND MINERAL MATERIAL GREEN, ANTHONY J
18566345 PROCESS FOR PREPARING AN ALCOHOL USING A SURFACE-REACTED CALCIUM CARBONATE CATALYST RHOADES, DEREK JAMES
18258293 DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR PLANT PROTECTION SILVA RAINBOW, HEATHER ELISE

Interview Candidates (10)

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
18246039 KIT COMPRISING SURFACE-TREATED CALCIUM CARBONATE AND A PEROXIDE AGENT FOR IMPROVING THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF POLYETHYLENE/POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITIONS PEPITONE, MICHAEL F 72d overdue
18579422 METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF GRANULES COMPRISING A MAGNESIUM ION-COMPRISING MATERIAL ALLEY, GENEVIEVE S 9d
18252548 POLYMER COMPOSITIONS, RELATED METHODS, AND RELATED PRODUCTS BLEDSOE, JOSHUA CALEB 60d
18879838 IN-SITU PATTERNING OF FIBRE ARTICLES MINSKEY, JACOB T
18690972 PROCESS FOR PREPARING A WET GROUND MINERAL MATERIAL GREEN, ANTHONY J
18566345 PROCESS FOR PREPARING AN ALCOHOL USING A SURFACE-REACTED CALCIUM CARBONATE CATALYST RHOADES, DEREK JAMES
18258293 DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR PLANT PROTECTION SILVA RAINBOW, HEATHER ELISE
18257625 A PARTICULATE MAGNESIUM ION-COMPRISING MATERIAL FOR NOX UPTAKE NGUYEN, CAM N

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1767 3
1762 2
1612 2
1617 1
1731 1
1736 1
1645 1
1785 1
1793 1
1777 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18879838 IN-SITU PATTERNING OF FIBRE ARTICLES MINSKEY, JACOB T §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 30, 2024
18690972 PROCESS FOR PREPARING A WET GROUND MINERAL MATERIAL GREEN, ANTHONY J §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 11, 2024
18579422 METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF GRANULES COMPRISING A MAGNESIUM ION-COMPRISING MATERIAL ALLEY, GENEVIEVE S 1617 §103 Final Rejection 9d Pending Jan 15, 2024
18566345 PROCESS FOR PREPARING AN ALCOHOL USING A SURFACE-REACTED CALCIUM CARBONATE CATALYST RHOADES, DEREK JAMES §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 01, 2023
18258293 DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR PLANT PROTECTION SILVA RAINBOW, HEATHER ELISE 1731 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 19, 2023
18257625 A PARTICULATE MAGNESIUM ION-COMPRISING MATERIAL FOR NOX UPTAKE NGUYEN, CAM N 1736 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 15, 2023
18252548 POLYMER COMPOSITIONS, RELATED METHODS, AND RELATED PRODUCTS BLEDSOE, JOSHUA CALEB 1762 §103 Final Rejection 60d Pending May 11, 2023
18246039 KIT COMPRISING SURFACE-TREATED CALCIUM CARBONATE AND A PEROXIDE AGENT FOR IMPROVING THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF POLYETHYLENE/POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITIONS PEPITONE, MICHAEL F 1767 §102§103 Non-Final OA 72d overdue Pending Mar 21, 2023
18245907 SURFACE-TREATED ULTRAFINE CALCIUM CARBONATE FOR IMPROVING THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF POLYETHYLENE/POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITIONS DAVIDSON IV, CULLEN LEE GARRETT 1767 §103DP Final Rejection Pending Mar 20, 2023
18004742 STABILIZING AGENT FOR PROBIOTIC COMPOSITION DEVI, SARVAMANGALA 1645 §102§112DPOther Non-Final OA Pending Jan 09, 2023
17927452 A COMPOSITION FORMED FROM A CALCIUM CARBONATE-COMPRISING MATERIAL AND A GRAFTED POLYMER SCOTT, ANGELA C 1767 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 23, 2022
17998050 CO-GROUND ACTIVE(S) COMPRISING PRODUCT COMPRISING SURFACE-REACTED CALCIUM CARBONATE WERTZ, ASHLEE ELIZABETH 1612 §103DP Final Rejection 53d overdue Pending Nov 07, 2022
17756678 DRY COMPOSITIONS, EMULSIONS AND/OR FLUIDS FOR CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL SUN PROTECTION AND USE THEREOF ATKINSON, JOSHUA ALEXANDER 1612 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending May 31, 2022
17762453 EXPANDED GRANULAR MATERIAL CONSISTING OF MINERAL MATERIAL CHAU, LISA N 1785 §103§112 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Mar 22, 2022
17753037 BAKING POWDER TRAN, LIEN THUY 1793 §103 Final Rejection 56d Pending Feb 16, 2022
17629582 MODIFIED ZEOLITE FOR HEAVY METAL REMOVAL CHIU, TAK LIANG 1777 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 24, 2022
17597407 DRY COSMETIC AND/OR SKIN CARE COMPOSITION OLSEN, KAELEIGH ELIZABETH 1619 §103Other Final Rejection Pending Jan 05, 2022
17595672 CaCO3 COATED WITH MALEIC ANHYDRIDE GRAFTED POLYETHYLENE AND/OR MALEIC ANHYDRIDE GRAFTED POLYPROPYLENE AND AT LEAST ONE HYDROPHOBIZING AGENT SASTRI, SATYA B 1762 §103 Final Rejection 100d overdue Pending Nov 22, 2021

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