Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
6 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days
Reckitt Benckiser Finish B V has 6 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters involve 3 distinct examiners but only 1 distinct art unit, indicating strong technical concentration and repeated examiner involvement.
DOUYON, LORNA M is the busiest examiner, with 3 pending matters. That examiner relationship is a central prosecution-management consideration, and comparison of the related records may help identify consistent positions on chemistry and materials issues.
The single art-unit assignment also supports coordinated review of claim language and prior-art treatment. Counsel should still account for differences among applications, especially where disclosure or claim scope varies.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (17%) |
| §103 only | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOUYON, LORNA M | 3 | 56.8% | +72.1% |
| DELCOTTO, GREGORY R | 2 | 54.1% | +75.7% |
| BOYER, CHARLES I | 1 | 70.4% | +19.7% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18566021 | WATER-SOLUBLE FILMS AND PACKAGES | DOUYON, LORNA M | 12d |
| 18874836 | Concentrated Liquid Rinse Aid Suitable for Dilution And Repeated Use | DELCOTTO, GREGORY R | — |
| 18874214 | Dishwashing Detergent Composition | DOUYON, LORNA M | — |
| 18874431 | A Dishwashing Detergent Composition, A Water-Soluble Container, and an Autodosing Automatic Dishwashing System | BOYER, CHARLES I | — |
| 18719955 | FUNCTIONALISED POLYSACCHARIDE | DOUYON, LORNA M | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18554306 | Dishwashing Machine Cleaning Composition | DELCOTTO, GREGORY R | 9d |
| 18566021 | WATER-SOLUBLE FILMS AND PACKAGES | DOUYON, LORNA M | 12d |
| 18874836 | Concentrated Liquid Rinse Aid Suitable for Dilution And Repeated Use | DELCOTTO, GREGORY R | — |
| 18874214 | Dishwashing Detergent Composition | DOUYON, LORNA M | — |
| 18874431 | A Dishwashing Detergent Composition, A Water-Soluble Container, and an Autodosing Automatic Dishwashing System | BOYER, CHARLES I | — |
| 18719955 | FUNCTIONALISED POLYSACCHARIDE | DOUYON, LORNA M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1761 | 6 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18874836 | Concentrated Liquid Rinse Aid Suitable for Dilution And Repeated Use | DELCOTTO, GREGORY R | 1761 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 |
| 18874214 | Dishwashing Detergent Composition | DOUYON, LORNA M | 1761 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 |
| 18874431 | A Dishwashing Detergent Composition, A Water-Soluble Container, and an Autodosing Automatic Dishwashing System | BOYER, CHARLES I | 1761 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 |
| 18719955 | FUNCTIONALISED POLYSACCHARIDE | DOUYON, LORNA M | 1761 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 14, 2024 |
| 18566021 | WATER-SOLUBLE FILMS AND PACKAGES | DOUYON, LORNA M | 1761 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Nov 30, 2023 |
| 18554306 | Dishwashing Machine Cleaning Composition | DELCOTTO, GREGORY R | 1761 | §103 | Final Rejection | 9d | Pending | Oct 06, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialReckitt Benckiser Finish B V has 6 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 3 examiners.
Lorna M Douyon has the most, with 3 of Reckitt Benckiser Finish B V's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
