Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
12 pending office actions • 7 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Rhodia Operations has 12 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters span 9 examiners and 7 art units, producing a substantial prosecution workload with repeated examiner and technical assignments.
FUNG, CHING-YIU is the busiest examiner, with 3 pending matters. Counsel can prioritize consistency across that examiner’s matters while tracking the broader art-unit and examiner distribution.
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.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 4 (33%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (8%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FUNG, CHING-YIU | 3 | 32.6% | +20.6% |
| ZHANG, KELING NMN | 2 | 66.8% | +17.6% |
| PATEL, SMITA S | 1 | 70.3% | +57.3% |
| WELLES, COLMAN THOMAS | 1 | 26.9% | +65.7% |
| RUMP, RICHARD M | 1 | 74.4% | +20.3% |
| HARRIS, BRITTANY SHARON | 1 | 48.7% | +35.4% |
| SWANSON, ANDREW L | 1 | 66.5% | +11.9% |
| KASSA, TIGABU | 1 | 36.7% | +27.9% |
| HAWKINS, AMANDA SALATA | 1 | 15.4% | +40.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18564413 | AGROCHEMICAL COMPOSITION CONTAINING A PARTICULAR ACRYLATE COPOLYMER DISPERSANT | WELLES, COLMAN THOMAS | 27d |
| 18723400 | Precipitated Silica and Process for Its Manufacture | PATEL, SMITA S | — |
| 18496469 | PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF SILICATE FROM A PLANT ASH COMPRISING CRYSTALLINE SILICA USING A SALT CONTAINING A MULTIVALENT ANION | ZHANG, KELING NMN | — |
| 18550272 | CERIUM OXIDE PARTICLES, MAKING PROCESS THEREOF AND USE THEREOF IN CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING | RUMP, RICHARD M | — |
| 18248510 | METAL SURFACE TREATMENT | SWANSON, ANDREW L | — |
| 17928224 | ALUMINIUM AND ZIRCONIUM-BASED MIXED OXIDE | FUNG, CHING-YIU | — |
| 17781310 | ALUMINA WITH A PARTICULAR PORE PROFILE | FUNG, CHING-YIU | — |
| 17627152 | NATURAL VANILLIN COMPOSITIONS | HAWKINS, AMANDA SALATA | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18564413 | AGROCHEMICAL COMPOSITION CONTAINING A PARTICULAR ACRYLATE COPOLYMER DISPERSANT | WELLES, COLMAN THOMAS | 27d |
| 18723400 | Precipitated Silica and Process for Its Manufacture | PATEL, SMITA S | — |
| 18496646 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING A SILICATE FROM A PLANT ASH COMPRISING CRISTOBALITE USING A SALT CONTAINING A SULFUR OXYANION | ZHANG, KELING NMN | — |
| 18496469 | PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF SILICATE FROM A PLANT ASH COMPRISING CRYSTALLINE SILICA USING A SALT CONTAINING A MULTIVALENT ANION | ZHANG, KELING NMN | — |
| 18550272 | CERIUM OXIDE PARTICLES, MAKING PROCESS THEREOF AND USE THEREOF IN CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING | RUMP, RICHARD M | — |
| 18264734 | BIODEGRADABLE SOIL RELEASE POLYESTER POLYMER AND THE CLEANING COMPOSITION COMPRISING THE SAME | HARRIS, BRITTANY SHARON | — |
| 18248510 | METAL SURFACE TREATMENT | SWANSON, ANDREW L | — |
| 17928224 | ALUMINIUM AND ZIRCONIUM-BASED MIXED OXIDE | FUNG, CHING-YIU | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1732 | 6 |
| 1612 | 1 |
| 1759 | 1 |
| 1761 | 1 |
| 1745 | 1 |
| 1619 | 1 |
| 1793 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18723400 | Precipitated Silica and Process for Its Manufacture | PATEL, SMITA S | 1732 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 |
| 18564413 | AGROCHEMICAL COMPOSITION CONTAINING A PARTICULAR ACRYLATE COPOLYMER DISPERSANT | WELLES, COLMAN THOMAS | 1612 | §103DP | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Nov 27, 2023 |
| 18496646 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING A SILICATE FROM A PLANT ASH COMPRISING CRISTOBALITE USING A SALT CONTAINING A SULFUR OXYANION | ZHANG, KELING NMN | 1732 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 27, 2023 |
| 18496469 | PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF SILICATE FROM A PLANT ASH COMPRISING CRYSTALLINE SILICA USING A SALT CONTAINING A MULTIVALENT ANION | ZHANG, KELING NMN | 1732 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 27, 2023 |
| 18550272 | CERIUM OXIDE PARTICLES, MAKING PROCESS THEREOF AND USE THEREOF IN CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING | RUMP, RICHARD M | 1759 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2023 |
| 18264734 | BIODEGRADABLE SOIL RELEASE POLYESTER POLYMER AND THE CLEANING COMPOSITION COMPRISING THE SAME | HARRIS, BRITTANY SHARON | 1761 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 08, 2023 |
| 18248510 | METAL SURFACE TREATMENT | SWANSON, ANDREW L | 1745 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2023 |
| 17928224 | ALUMINIUM AND ZIRCONIUM-BASED MIXED OXIDE | FUNG, CHING-YIU | 1732 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 28, 2022 |
| 17946610 | POLYELECTROLYTE-LAYER FORMING BLOCK COPOLYMERS AND COMPOSITIONS AND USES THEREOF | KASSA, TIGABU | 1619 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 16, 2022 |
| 17781310 | ALUMINA WITH A PARTICULAR PORE PROFILE | FUNG, CHING-YIU | 1732 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 31, 2022 |
| 17781282 | ALUMINA WITH A PARTICULAR PORE PROFILE | FUNG, CHING-YIU | 1732 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 31, 2022 |
| 17627152 | NATURAL VANILLIN COMPOSITIONS | HAWKINS, AMANDA SALATA | 1793 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialRhodia Operations has 12 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 7 art units and 9 examiners.
Ching-Yiu Fung has the most, with 3 of Rhodia Operations's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
