Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
21 pending office actions • 9 art units • 18 examiners • 0 of 21 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 38 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 only | 1 (5%) |
| §103 only | 9 (43%) |
| §112 only | 1 (5%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (5%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 9 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOYLE, BRANDI M | 2 | 62.7% | +12.0% |
| STEIN, MICHELLE | 2 | 44.9% | +35.6% |
| SEIFU, LESSANEWORK T | 2 | 79.2% | +1.0% |
| PO, MING CHEUNG | 1 | 37.6% | +13.5% |
| CEPLUCH, ALYSSA L | 1 | 62.7% | +24.8% |
| PAPE, ZACHARY | 1 | 72.4% | +19.5% |
| VILAKAZI, SIZO BINDA | 1 | 74.3% | +11.3% |
| NOAKES, SUZANNE MARIE | 1 | 73.3% | +18.2% |
| CRAIG, DANIEL THOMAS | 1 | 83.3% | +27.8% |
| HINES, LATOSHA D | 1 | 51.1% | +21.9% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18702468 | DOWNHOLE INJECTION TOOL AND METHOD FOR INJECTING A FLUID IN AN ANNULUS SURROUNDING A DOWNHOLE TUBULAR | CRAIG, DANIEL THOMAS | 110d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18568305 | OLEFINS PRODUCTION PROCESS | ROBINSON, RENEE E | 46d overdue |
| 18491954 | RAPID SOLID-STATE FOAMING | FITZSIMMONS, ALLISON G | 47d |
| 18871273 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING KEROSENE AND/OR DIESEL FROM RENEWABLE SOURCES | DOYLE, BRANDI M | — |
| 18955184 | HYDROCARBON CRACKING PROCESS FOR CONVERTING RENEWABLE/CIRCULAR FEEDS TO LOWER OLEFINS | CEPLUCH, ALYSSA L | — |
| 18857287 | THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | PAPE, ZACHARY | — |
| 18686646 | METHOD FOR GENERATING A HYDROGEL FROM A CO2 GAS STREAM | AMATO, ELIZABETH KATHRYN | — |
| 18393770 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HYDROPROCESSING HIGH CHLORIDE FEEDSTOCKS | VALENCIA, JUAN C | — |
| 18555143 | PROCESS FOR HYDROPROCESSING MATERIALS FROM RENEWABLE SOURCES | SEIFU, LESSANEWORK T | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18702468 | DOWNHOLE INJECTION TOOL AND METHOD FOR INJECTING A FLUID IN AN ANNULUS SURROUNDING A DOWNHOLE TUBULAR | CRAIG, DANIEL THOMAS | 110d overdue |
| 18686426 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING KEROSENE AND DIESEL FROM RENEWABLE SOURCES | STEIN, MICHELLE | 51d overdue |
| 18842383 | DUAL FUEL ENGINE SYSTEM | VILAKAZI, SIZO BINDA | 25d overdue |
| 18247106 | RECOVERY OF ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS | STEIN, MICHELLE | 14d |
| 18878711 | FUEL COMPOSITIONS | PO, MING CHEUNG | — |
| 18873770 | PARTICULATE REMOVAL SYSTEM FOR USE IN HYDROPROCESSING | DOYLE, BRANDI M | — |
| 18871273 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING KEROSENE AND/OR DIESEL FROM RENEWABLE SOURCES | DOYLE, BRANDI M | — |
| 18955184 | HYDROCARBON CRACKING PROCESS FOR CONVERTING RENEWABLE/CIRCULAR FEEDS TO LOWER OLEFINS | CEPLUCH, ALYSSA L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1771 | 4 |
| 3747 | 1 |
| 3676 | 1 |
| 1772 | 1 |
| 1773 | 1 |
| 1626 | 1 |
| 1738 | 1 |
| 1777 | 1 |
| 1774 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18878711 | FUEL COMPOSITIONS | PO, MING CHEUNG | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 24, 2024 |
| 18873770 | PARTICULATE REMOVAL SYSTEM FOR USE IN HYDROPROCESSING | DOYLE, BRANDI M | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18871273 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING KEROSENE AND/OR DIESEL FROM RENEWABLE SOURCES | DOYLE, BRANDI M | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 03, 2024 |
| 18955184 | HYDROCARBON CRACKING PROCESS FOR CONVERTING RENEWABLE/CIRCULAR FEEDS TO LOWER OLEFINS | CEPLUCH, ALYSSA L | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2024 |
| 18857287 | THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | PAPE, ZACHARY | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 16, 2024 |
| 18842383 | DUAL FUEL ENGINE SYSTEM | VILAKAZI, SIZO BINDA | 3747 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 25d overdue | Pending | Aug 28, 2024 |
| 18838044 | PROCESS FOR WHOLE-CELL BIOSYNTHESIS OF STYRENE | NOAKES, SUZANNE MARIE | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 13, 2024 |
| 18702468 | DOWNHOLE INJECTION TOOL AND METHOD FOR INJECTING A FLUID IN AN ANNULUS SURROUNDING A DOWNHOLE TUBULAR | CRAIG, DANIEL THOMAS | 3676 | §103 | Final Rejection | 110d overdue | Pending | Apr 18, 2024 |
| 18695428 | AVIATION FUEL COMPOSITION | HINES, LATOSHA D | 1771 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 26, 2024 |
| 18686646 | METHOD FOR GENERATING A HYDROGEL FROM A CO2 GAS STREAM | AMATO, ELIZABETH KATHRYN | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2024 |
| 18686426 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING KEROSENE AND DIESEL FROM RENEWABLE SOURCES | STEIN, MICHELLE | 1771 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | 51d overdue | Pending | Feb 25, 2024 |
| 18393770 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HYDROPROCESSING HIGH CHLORIDE FEEDSTOCKS | VALENCIA, JUAN C | 1771 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 22, 2023 |
| 18568305 | OLEFINS PRODUCTION PROCESS | ROBINSON, RENEE E | 1772 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 46d overdue | Pending | Dec 08, 2023 |
| 18491954 | RAPID SOLID-STATE FOAMING | FITZSIMMONS, ALLISON G | 1773 | §101Other | Non-Final OA | 47d | Pending | Oct 23, 2023 |
| 18555143 | PROCESS FOR HYDROPROCESSING MATERIALS FROM RENEWABLE SOURCES | SEIFU, LESSANEWORK T | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 12, 2023 |
| 18255891 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PRODUCTION OF FURFURAL | AGUIRRE, AMANDA L | 1626 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2023 |
| 18254230 | A METHOD FOR PRODUCING SYNGAS USING CATALYTIC REVERSE WATER GAS SHIFT | QUIST, NICOLE LEE | 1738 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 24, 2023 |
| 18253809 | PROCESS FOR PRE-TREATING RENEWABLE FEEDSTOCKS | MENON, KRISHNAN S | 1777 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 54d | Pending | May 22, 2023 |
| 18247106 | RECOVERY OF ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS | STEIN, MICHELLE | 1771 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Mar 29, 2023 |
| 17851293 | TREATMENT OF PLASTIC-DERIVED OIL | SEIFU, LESSANEWORK T | 1774 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2022 |
| 18261868 | GAS DISTRIBUTOR NOZZLE SYSTEM WITH SINTERED METAL FILTER MEDIA | BOYER, RANDY | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2023 |
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