Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

S. C. Johnson & Son Inc.

11 pending office actions • 6 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 34 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due later (1)

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.

3
Hard (27%)
8
Medium (73%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (9%)
§103 only7 (64%)
Double-patenting + other1 (9%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (18%)

Industry Mix

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

8
Life Sciences
73% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
9% of docket
2
Business / Other
18% 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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BARRERA, JUAN C 1 63.2% +35.1%
KRINOS, EMILY LYNN 1
BARHAM, BETHANY P 1 51.6% +32.3%
HOFFMAN, SUSAN COE 1 54.2% +25.6%
MILLER, MAKENNA RYLEIGH 1
MAEWALL, SNIGDHA 1 58.7% +10.4%
RHUE, ABIGAIL H 1 54.1% +38.8%
HENSEL, BRENDAN A 1 66.0% +27.6%
PURDY, KYLE A 1 41.0% +36.5%
ISNOR, ALEXANDRA NICOLE 1 31.6% +72.2%

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18207017 VOLATILE MATERIAL DISPENSER HENSEL, BRENDAN A 19d
18925658 REFILL FOR HOLDING VOLATILE MATERIALS BARRERA, JUAN C
18660155 STABLE OIL-IN-WATER MICROEMULSION COMPOSITIONS HOFFMAN, SUSAN COE

Interview Candidates (8)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18207017 VOLATILE MATERIAL DISPENSER HENSEL, BRENDAN A 19d
17989516 OIL-BASED INSECTICIDAL AND INSECT REPELLENT COMPOSITIONS PURDY, KYLE A 22d
18925658 REFILL FOR HOLDING VOLATILE MATERIALS BARRERA, JUAN C
18778231 WASP AND HORNET FORMULATIONS BARHAM, BETHANY P
18660155 STABLE OIL-IN-WATER MICROEMULSION COMPOSITIONS HOFFMAN, SUSAN COE
18232744 BOTANICAL FORMULATIONS FOR PEST CONTROL MAEWALL, SNIGDHA
18229043 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DISPENSING A VOLATILE MATERIAL RHUE, ABIGAIL H
17989565 WATER-BASED INSECTICIDAL AND INSECT REPELLENT COMPOSITIONS ISNOR, ALEXANDRA NICOLE

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1611 4
1655 1
1612 1
3761 1
1758 1
1712 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18925658 REFILL FOR HOLDING VOLATILE MATERIALS BARRERA, JUAN C §103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Oct 24, 2024
18817017 SINGLE PHASE WATER-BASED INSECTICIDE KRINOS, EMILY LYNN §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 27, 2024
18778231 WASP AND HORNET FORMULATIONS BARHAM, BETHANY P 1611 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 19, 2024
18660155 STABLE OIL-IN-WATER MICROEMULSION COMPOSITIONS HOFFMAN, SUSAN COE 1655 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 09, 2024
18395221 FORMULATIONS WITH REDUCED LEVELS OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS MILLER, MAKENNA RYLEIGH 1611 §103 Final Rejection 72d Pending Dec 22, 2023
18232744 BOTANICAL FORMULATIONS FOR PEST CONTROL MAEWALL, SNIGDHA 1612 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 10, 2023
18229043 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DISPENSING A VOLATILE MATERIAL RHUE, ABIGAIL H 3761 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 01, 2023
18207017 VOLATILE MATERIAL DISPENSER HENSEL, BRENDAN A 1758 §101 Final Rejection 19d Pending Jun 07, 2023
17989516 OIL-BASED INSECTICIDAL AND INSECT REPELLENT COMPOSITIONS PURDY, KYLE A 1611 §103 Final Rejection 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
16434857 STRIP FREE FLOOR SYSTEM WIECZOREK, MICHAEL P 1712 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 07, 2019

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