Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
14 pending office actions • 10 art units • 14 examiners • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 37 patents granted in the last 365 days
S. C. Johnson & Son Inc. has 14 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. The matters involve 14 distinct examiners across 10 distinct art units, showing complete examiner dispersion with some reuse of technical groups.
BOYER, CHARLES I is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel should emphasize consistent portfolio-wide treatment of technical terms and disclosure support, while tailoring each response to the relevant art unit and examiner. The shared technical groups may support comparisons of recurring prior-art or claim-scope issues.
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 | 2 (14%) |
| §103 only | 4 (29%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (43%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOYER, CHARLES I | 1 | 70.4% | +19.7% |
| MUDD, HENRY HOOPER | 1 | 70.0% | +24.5% |
| ALAM, AYAAN A | 1 | 38.8% | +36.4% |
| NICOLAS, FREDERICK C | 1 | 81.4% | +12.6% |
| DELCOTTO, GREGORY R | 1 | 54.1% | +75.7% |
| COUGHLIN, DANIEL F | 1 | 38.9% | +18.3% |
| KRINOS, EMILY LYNN | 1 | — | — |
| BARHAM, BETHANY P | 1 | 51.8% | +32.2% |
| PILSBURY, BRADY CHARLES | 1 | 47.3% | +49.9% |
| ZHOU, QINGZHANG | 1 | 67.3% | +24.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18207017 | VOLATILE MATERIAL DISPENSER | HENSEL, BRENDAN A | 19d |
| 19176510 | STRIP FREE FLOOR SYSTEM | BOYER, CHARLES I | — |
| 18976252 | ALTERNATIVE CORROSION INHIBITORS | ALAM, AYAAN A | — |
| 18959425 | DISPENSER | NICOLAS, FREDERICK C | — |
| 18830889 | ACIDIC BATHROOM AND/OR MULTI-PURPOSE CLEANER WITHOUT CORROSION INHIBITOR | DELCOTTO, GREGORY R | — |
| 18817017 | SINGLE PHASE WATER-BASED INSECTICIDE | KRINOS, EMILY LYNN | — |
| 18778231 | WASP AND HORNET FORMULATIONS | BARHAM, BETHANY P | — |
| 18763825 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DISPENSING A VOLATILE MATERIAL | PILSBURY, BRADY CHARLES | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19176510 | STRIP FREE FLOOR SYSTEM | BOYER, CHARLES I | — |
| 19075152 | DISPENSER AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF | MUDD, HENRY HOOPER | — |
| 18976252 | ALTERNATIVE CORROSION INHIBITORS | ALAM, AYAAN A | — |
| 18959425 | DISPENSER | NICOLAS, FREDERICK C | — |
| 18830889 | ACIDIC BATHROOM AND/OR MULTI-PURPOSE CLEANER WITHOUT CORROSION INHIBITOR | DELCOTTO, GREGORY R | — |
| 18824307 | COMPOSITIONS PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE MICROBIAL INHIBITORY CONCENTRATIONS OF ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOUNDS | COUGHLIN, DANIEL F | — |
| 18778231 | WASP AND HORNET FORMULATIONS | BARHAM, BETHANY P | — |
| 18763825 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DISPENSING A VOLATILE MATERIAL | PILSBURY, BRADY CHARLES | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1611 | 4 |
| 1619 | 2 |
| 1712 | 1 |
| 3642 | 1 |
| 3754 | 1 |
| 1761 | 1 |
| 1614 | 1 |
| 1799 | 1 |
| 3752 | 1 |
| 1758 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19176510 | STRIP FREE FLOOR SYSTEM | BOYER, CHARLES I | 1712 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 11, 2025 |
| 19075152 | DISPENSER AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF | MUDD, HENRY HOOPER | 3642 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 10, 2025 |
| 18976252 | ALTERNATIVE CORROSION INHIBITORS | ALAM, AYAAN A | 1611 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2024 |
| 18959425 | DISPENSER | NICOLAS, FREDERICK C | 3754 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18830889 | ACIDIC BATHROOM AND/OR MULTI-PURPOSE CLEANER WITHOUT CORROSION INHIBITOR | DELCOTTO, GREGORY R | 1761 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 11, 2024 |
| 18824307 | COMPOSITIONS PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE MICROBIAL INHIBITORY CONCENTRATIONS OF ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOUNDS | COUGHLIN, DANIEL F | 1619 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 04, 2024 |
| 18817017 | SINGLE PHASE WATER-BASED INSECTICIDE | KRINOS, EMILY LYNN | 1614 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 27, 2024 |
| 18778231 | WASP AND HORNET FORMULATIONS | BARHAM, BETHANY P | 1611 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 19, 2024 |
| 18763825 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DISPENSING A VOLATILE MATERIAL | PILSBURY, BRADY CHARLES | 1799 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2024 |
| 18670370 | VOLATILE MATERIAL DISPENSER | ZHOU, QINGZHANG | 3752 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 21, 2024 |
| 18658140 | ROACH GEL FORMULATIONS | NGUYEN, JOHN P | 1619 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 08, 2024 |
| 18207017 | VOLATILE MATERIAL DISPENSER | HENSEL, BRENDAN A | 1758 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 19d | Pending | Jun 07, 2023 |
| 17989516 | OIL-BASED INSECTICIDAL AND INSECT REPELLENT COMPOSITIONS | PURDY, KYLE A | 1611 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 22d | Pending | Nov 17, 2022 |
| 17989565 | WATER-BASED INSECTICIDAL AND INSECT REPELLENT COMPOSITIONS | ISNOR, ALEXANDRA NICOLE | 1611 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 17, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialS. C. Johnson & Son Inc. has 14 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 10 art units and 14 examiners.
Charles I Boyer has the most, with 1 of S. C. Johnson & Son Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
