Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

UPL Corporation Limited

16 pending office actions • 11 art units • 15 examiners • 0 of 16 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

16
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (3)

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.

9
Hard (56%)
5
Medium (31%)
2
Easy (12%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (12%)
§103 only4 (25%)
§102 only1 (6%)
§112 only1 (6%)
Double-patenting only1 (6%)
Multi-statute (no §101)7 (44%)

Industry Mix

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

14
Life Sciences
88% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
2
Business / Other
12% 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.

160 h
Manual time on pending OAs
32 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
56 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
VIGIL, TORIANA NICHOLE 2 53.6% +21.2%
BAZARGANI, ARYA AHMADI 1 75.0% +37.5%
ROSENTHAL, ANDREW S 1 51.4% +40.2%
PAK, JOHN D 1 52.2% +37.6%
STEINKE, SEAN JAMES 1 12.5% +42.9%
SCHLIENTZ, NATHAN W 1 41.2% -19.1%
LOVE, TREVOR M 1 43.1% +26.6%
JACKSON, SHAWQUIA 1 77.9% -3.3%
HEITMEIER, KENDALL NICOLE 1 63.9% +41.7%
PEEBLES, KATHERINE 1 36.0% +49.1%

Hard Cases (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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18292515 COMBINATIONS OF TRIAZOLINONE HERBICIDES WITH SAFENERS SCHLIENTZ, NATHAN W 73d overdue
18566831 HERBICIDAL COMBINATIONS AND COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING WEEDS USING THE SAME LOVE, TREVOR M 5d overdue
18725227 HERBICIDE COMBINATIONS PAK, JOHN D
18706290 A STABLE HERBICIDAL COMPOSITION STEINKE, SEAN JAMES
18546518 STABLE FUNGICIDAL COMPOSITIONS HEITMEIER, KENDALL NICOLE
18252503 A METHOD OF CONTROLLING HERBICIDE RESISTANT WEEDS HOLT, ANDRIAE M
18246138 A STABLE HERBICIDAL COMPOSITION ARMSTRONG, SUSANNAH SIPPLE
18041648 A LIQUID AGROCHEMICAL COMPOSITION ZHANG SPIERING, DONGXIU

Interview Candidates (9)

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
18566831 HERBICIDAL COMBINATIONS AND COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING WEEDS USING THE SAME LOVE, TREVOR M 5d overdue
18102848 HERBICIDAL COMBINATIONS VIGIL, TORIANA NICHOLE 21d
18875399 HERBICIDAL COMBINATIONS AND A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING UNDESIRED VEGETATION BAZARGANI, ARYA AHMADI
18874469 HERBICIDAL COMBINATIONS AND A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING UNDESIRED VEGETATION ROSENTHAL, ANDREW S
18725227 HERBICIDE COMBINATIONS PAK, JOHN D
18706290 A STABLE HERBICIDAL COMPOSITION STEINKE, SEAN JAMES
18546518 STABLE FUNGICIDAL COMPOSITIONS HEITMEIER, KENDALL NICOLE
18546522 A SYNERGISTIC AGRICULTURAL COMPOSITION PEEBLES, KATHERINE

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1616 3
1612 2
1699 1
1619 1
1611 1
1626 1
1621 1
1617 1
1662 1
1614 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18875399 HERBICIDAL COMBINATIONS AND A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING UNDESIRED VEGETATION BAZARGANI, ARYA AHMADI DP Non-Final OA Pending Dec 16, 2024
18874469 HERBICIDAL COMBINATIONS AND A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING UNDESIRED VEGETATION ROSENTHAL, ANDREW S §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 12, 2024
18725227 HERBICIDE COMBINATIONS PAK, JOHN D 1699 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 28, 2024
18706290 A STABLE HERBICIDAL COMPOSITION STEINKE, SEAN JAMES 1619 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 30, 2024
18292515 COMBINATIONS OF TRIAZOLINONE HERBICIDES WITH SAFENERS SCHLIENTZ, NATHAN W 1616 §103§112 Final Rejection 73d overdue Pending Jan 26, 2024
18566831 HERBICIDAL COMBINATIONS AND COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING WEEDS USING THE SAME LOVE, TREVOR M 1611 §101§102§112 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Dec 04, 2023
18466489 PROCESS FOR PREPARATION OF IPCONAZOLE & ITS INTERMEDIATES JACKSON, SHAWQUIA 1626 §112 Final Rejection 14d Pending Sep 13, 2023
18546518 STABLE FUNGICIDAL COMPOSITIONS HEITMEIER, KENDALL NICOLE 1621 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 15, 2023
18546522 A SYNERGISTIC AGRICULTURAL COMPOSITION PEEBLES, KATHERINE 1617 §103Other Final Rejection Pending Aug 15, 2023
18263939 PLANT DEFENCE GENE EXPRESSION CHATTERJEE, JAYANTA 1662 §102 Final Rejection 13d Pending Aug 02, 2023
18252503 A METHOD OF CONTROLLING HERBICIDE RESISTANT WEEDS HOLT, ANDRIAE M 1614 §102§103§112Other Final Rejection Pending May 10, 2023
18246138 A STABLE HERBICIDAL COMPOSITION ARMSTRONG, SUSANNAH SIPPLE 1616 §103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Mar 21, 2023
18041648 A LIQUID AGROCHEMICAL COMPOSITION ZHANG SPIERING, DONGXIU 1616 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 14, 2023
18102848 HERBICIDAL COMBINATIONS VIGIL, TORIANA NICHOLE 1612 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Jan 30, 2023
18013639 SYNERGISTIC HERBICIDE COMBINATIONS, COMPOSITIONS AND USE THEREOF VIGIL, TORIANA NICHOLE 1612 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 29, 2022
18085182 FUNGICIDAL COMBINATIONS HIRAKIS, SOPHIA P 1623 §103Other Final Rejection Pending Dec 20, 2022

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