Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
24 pending office actions • 14 art units • 24 examiners • 0 of 24 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 16 patents granted in the last 365 days
Omya International AG is managing 24 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These 24 actions are handled by 24 distinct examiners, meaning no examiner is currently reviewing more than one application for the company. These matters are distributed across 14 distinct art units, which suggests a diverse range of technical filings within the chemistry sector.
MINSKEY, JACOB T is identified as the busiest examiner for this portfolio, with 1 pending office action. The company must navigate 14 different art units without the benefit of examiner-level consolidation, as every single one of the 24 pending actions is assigned to a different individual. This one-to-one ratio of actions to examiners across 14 art units indicates a highly decentralized prosecution environment. Practitioners should be prepared for a wide variety of examiner perspectives, as no single examiner's habits will dominate the outcomes for this Chemistry & Materials portfolio.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (4%) |
| §103 only | 8 (33%) |
| §102 only | 1 (4%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 5 (21%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 9 (38%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MINSKEY, JACOB T | 1 | 69.3% | +33.1% |
| KAMM, JUDITH MARIE | 1 | 43.5% | +56.6% |
| JACKSON, MONIQUE R | 1 | 34.9% | +44.1% |
| GREEN, ANTHONY J | 1 | 85.0% | +13.5% |
| ALLEY, GENEVIEVE S | 1 | 60.3% | +48.2% |
| RHOADES, DEREK JAMES | 1 | 71.3% | +17.2% |
| LEE, DORIS L | 1 | 58.7% | +8.8% |
| HALL, DEVE V. | 1 | 75.0% | +16.5% |
| SILVA RAINBOW, HEATHER ELISE | 1 | 33.3% | +50.7% |
| NGUYEN, CAM N | 1 | 84.8% | +12.3% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18257625 | A PARTICULATE MAGNESIUM ION-COMPRISING MATERIAL FOR NOX UPTAKE | NGUYEN, CAM N | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due 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 |
| 17605891 | MAGNESIUM ION-CONTAINING MATERIALS AS WHITE PIGMENTS IN ORAL CARE COMPOSITIONS | NGUYEN, NGOC-ANH THI | 30d overdue |
| 18579422 | METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF GRANULES COMPRISING A MAGNESIUM ION-COMPRISING MATERIAL | ALLEY, GENEVIEVE S | 9d |
| 18157666 | LAYER INCLUDING CALCIUM CARBONATE | LAN, YAN | 33d |
| 18879838 | IN-SITU PATTERNING OF FIBRE ARTICLES | MINSKEY, JACOB T | — |
| 18873041 | STORAGE STABILIZATION AGENT FOR STABILIZING AQUEOUS COMPOSITIONS, PROCESS FOR STABILIZING AND USES THEREOF | KAMM, JUDITH MARIE | — |
| 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 | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18579422 | METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF GRANULES COMPRISING A MAGNESIUM ION-COMPRISING MATERIAL | ALLEY, GENEVIEVE S | 9d |
| 18879838 | IN-SITU PATTERNING OF FIBRE ARTICLES | MINSKEY, JACOB T | — |
| 18873041 | STORAGE STABILIZATION AGENT FOR STABILIZING AQUEOUS COMPOSITIONS, PROCESS FOR STABILIZING AND USES THEREOF | KAMM, JUDITH MARIE | — |
| 18720109 | PRECIPITATED CALCIUM CARBONATE WITH HIGH BIO-BASED CARBON CONTENT FOR POLYMER FORMULATIONS | JACKSON, MONIQUE R | — |
| 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 | — |
| 18552499 | THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE FILLERS | HALL, DEVE V. | — |
| 18258293 | DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR PLANT PROTECTION | SILVA RAINBOW, HEATHER ELISE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1767 | 3 |
| 1762 | 2 |
| 1612 | 2 |
| 1617 | 1 |
| 1763 | 1 |
| 1731 | 1 |
| 1736 | 1 |
| 1782 | 1 |
| 1732 | 1 |
| 1614 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18879838 | IN-SITU PATTERNING OF FIBRE ARTICLES | MINSKEY, JACOB T | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 18873041 | STORAGE STABILIZATION AGENT FOR STABILIZING AQUEOUS COMPOSITIONS, PROCESS FOR STABILIZING AND USES THEREOF | KAMM, JUDITH MARIE | — | §101§102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 09, 2024 |
| 18720109 | PRECIPITATED CALCIUM CARBONATE WITH HIGH BIO-BASED CARBON CONTENT FOR POLYMER FORMULATIONS | JACKSON, MONIQUE R | — | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 14, 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§112 | 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 |
| 18566287 | AQUEOUS COATING COMPOSITION | LEE, DORIS L | — | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 01, 2023 |
| 18552499 | THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE FILLERS | HALL, DEVE V. | 1763 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 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 | Final Rejection | — | 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 | ILLING, CAITLIN NORINE | 1767 | §103DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2023 |
| 18157666 | LAYER INCLUDING CALCIUM CARBONATE | LAN, YAN | 1782 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 33d | Pending | Jan 20, 2023 |
| 18065905 | MINERAL MATERIAL POWDER WITH HIGH DISPERSION ABILITY AND USE OF SAID MINERAL MATERIAL POWDER | LI, JUN | 1732 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 14, 2022 |
| 17927452 | A COMPOSITION FORMED FROM A CALCIUM CARBONATE-COMPRISING MATERIAL AND A GRAFTED POLYMER | EASHOO, MARK | 1767 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 23, 2022 |
| 17999486 | HYDROPHOBIC ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS | ABBAS, ABDULRAHMAN MUSTAFA | 1612 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 27d | Pending | Nov 21, 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 |
| 17998045 | SURFACE-REACTED CALCIUM CARBONATE IN A PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A LOADED MICROCAPSULE | WAX, ROBERT A | 1614 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 07, 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 | Non-Final OA | 100d overdue | Pending | Nov 22, 2021 |
| 17605891 | MAGNESIUM ION-CONTAINING MATERIALS AS WHITE PIGMENTS IN ORAL CARE COMPOSITIONS | NGUYEN, NGOC-ANH THI | 1615 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 30d overdue | Pending | Oct 22, 2021 |
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