Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Reliance Industries Limited

Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials

4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Reliance Industries Limited currently has 4 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These 4 pending office actions are distributed across 4 distinct art units, which suggests that the company's chemical innovations are quite diverse and fall into several different specialized categories. The involvement of 4 distinct art units for the 4 pending office actions indicates a lack of administrative overlap, with each case being reviewed by a different specialized group. This requires a versatile approach to address the specific nuances of each unit.

The 4 pending office actions are being reviewed by 4 distinct examiners. This creates a situation where each of the pending office actions is assigned to a unique individual. CHIDIAC, NICHOLAS J is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently managing 1 pending office action. With 4 distinct examiners involved, the company must navigate four different examiner styles and perspectives. The distribution of the workload ensures that no single examiner has a dominant influence over the entire pending portfolio.

For practitioners, the 4 pending office actions across the distinct art units and examiners require a highly individualized approach for each application. CHIDIAC, NICHOLAS J and the other examiners each hold 1 pending office action, meaning there is no central examiner to coordinate with. The Chemistry & Materials focus is the primary link between these actions, as the art units and examiners are entirely distinct for each case. Success in this environment depends on the ability to navigate different examiner styles while maintaining technical consistency across the 4 distinct art units.

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

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

2
Hard (50%)
1
Medium (25%)
1
Easy (25%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (25%)
§112 only1 (25%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

4
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.

40 h
Manual time on pending OAs
8 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
14 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CHIDIAC, NICHOLAS J 1 54.4% +34.6%
STEPHENS, AMELIA CAROLE 1 85.7% +33.3%
MARCHESCHI, MICHAEL A 1 20.0% +17.9%
SULLIVAN, STEPHANIE LAUREN 1 58.1% +40.9%

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18573085 RECOMBINANT ALGAE AND PRODUCTION OF SPIDER SILK PROTEIN FROM THE RECOMBINANT ALGAE STEPHENS, AMELIA CAROLE —
18451996 System, and a method for Algal Cultivation MARCHESCHI, MICHAEL A —

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18183087 MUTANT ALGAE, METHOD OF PREPARATION AND APPLICATION THEREOF SULLIVAN, STEPHANIE LAUREN 11d overdue
18864811 A PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF BIODEGRADABLE NET ARTICLES CHIDIAC, NICHOLAS J —
18573085 RECOMBINANT ALGAE AND PRODUCTION OF SPIDER SILK PROTEIN FROM THE RECOMBINANT ALGAE STEPHENS, AMELIA CAROLE —
18451996 System, and a method for Algal Cultivation MARCHESCHI, MICHAEL A —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1744 1
1645 1
1796 1
1635 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18864811 A PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF BIODEGRADABLE NET ARTICLES CHIDIAC, NICHOLAS J 1744 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 11, 2024
18573085 RECOMBINANT ALGAE AND PRODUCTION OF SPIDER SILK PROTEIN FROM THE RECOMBINANT ALGAE STEPHENS, AMELIA CAROLE 1645 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 21, 2023
18451996 System, and a method for Algal Cultivation MARCHESCHI, MICHAEL A 1796 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 18, 2023
18183087 MUTANT ALGAE, METHOD OF PREPARATION AND APPLICATION THEREOF SULLIVAN, STEPHANIE LAUREN 1635 §112 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending Mar 13, 2023

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