Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
7 pending office actions • 6 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 19 patents granted in the last 365 days
The Clorox Company has 8 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The portfolio includes 8 distinct examiners and 6 distinct art units, demonstrating broad examiner distribution with some overlap among technical groups.
BOYER, CHARLES I is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel should emphasize matter-specific prosecution analysis while using the shared technology area to maintain consistent portfolio objectives. The data does not identify a dominant examiner relationship requiring a separate portfolio-wide approach.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 2 (29%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (29%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (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% |
| KHAN, AMINA S | 1 | 47.6% | +43.0% |
| MERCIER, MELISSA S | 1 | 72.1% | +5.8% |
| PETERSON, ALANNA KAY | 1 | 41.1% | +27.6% |
| HENSON, KATINA N | 1 | 56.8% | +31.5% |
| WEBB, WALTER E | 1 | 46.3% | +18.8% |
| SALVATORE, LYNDA | 1 | 64.2% | +19.1% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17374420 | COMPOSTABLE NONWOVEN WITH LOW EXTENSIBILITY | SALVATORE, LYNDA | 34d |
| 18974388 | ACIDIC CLEANING AND DISINFECTING COMPOSITIONS | BOYER, CHARLES I | — |
| 18739775 | Pad Composition And Method | HENSON, KATINA N | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18651043 | CITRIC ACID AND LACTIC ACID DISINFECTING SOLUTION FOR SOFT POROUS SURFACES | WEBB, WALTER E | 1d overdue |
| 17374420 | COMPOSTABLE NONWOVEN WITH LOW EXTENSIBILITY | SALVATORE, LYNDA | 34d |
| 18974388 | ACIDIC CLEANING AND DISINFECTING COMPOSITIONS | BOYER, CHARLES I | — |
| 18922966 | CLEANING WIPES WITH PARTICULAR LOTION RETENTION AND EFFICACY CHARACTERISTICS | KHAN, AMINA S | — |
| 18742203 | NEAR NEUTRAL PH WHITE CLUMPING LITTER | PETERSON, ALANNA KAY | — |
| 18739775 | Pad Composition And Method | HENSON, KATINA N | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1761 | 2 |
| 1615 | 1 |
| 3642 | 1 |
| 3723 | 1 |
| 1612 | 1 |
| 1789 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18974388 | ACIDIC CLEANING AND DISINFECTING COMPOSITIONS | BOYER, CHARLES I | 1761 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 09, 2024 |
| 18922966 | CLEANING WIPES WITH PARTICULAR LOTION RETENTION AND EFFICACY CHARACTERISTICS | KHAN, AMINA S | 1761 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 22, 2024 |
| 18798109 | BLEACH COMPOSITIONS | MERCIER, MELISSA S | 1615 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 08, 2024 |
| 18742203 | NEAR NEUTRAL PH WHITE CLUMPING LITTER | PETERSON, ALANNA KAY | 3642 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2024 |
| 18739775 | Pad Composition And Method | HENSON, KATINA N | 3723 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 11, 2024 |
| 18651043 | CITRIC ACID AND LACTIC ACID DISINFECTING SOLUTION FOR SOFT POROUS SURFACES | WEBB, WALTER E | 1612 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 1d overdue | Pending | Apr 30, 2024 |
| 17374420 | COMPOSTABLE NONWOVEN WITH LOW EXTENSIBILITY | SALVATORE, LYNDA | 1789 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Jul 13, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialThe Clorox Company has 7 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 6 art units and 7 examiners.
Charles I Boyer has the most, with 1 of The Clorox Company's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
