Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 12, 2026

UPL Corporation Limited

15 pending office actions • 12 art units • 15 examiners • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

15
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
1
Due this week
1
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (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.

8
Hard (53%)
4
Medium (27%)
3
Easy (20%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (20%)
§112 only2 (13%)
Double-patenting only1 (7%)
Double-patenting + other1 (7%)
Multi-statute (no §101)8 (53%)

Industry Mix

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

14
Life Sciences
93% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
7% 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.

150 h
Manual time on pending OAs
30 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
52 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HIRT, ERIN E 1 40.2% +21.9%
CHANDRAKUMAR, NIZAL S 1 72.7% +18.3%
PURDY, KYLE A 1 41.0% +36.5%
MITCHELL, EDWIN COLEMAN 1 30.5% +64.9%
WILLIS, DOUGLAS M 1 82.4% +19.5%
NGUYEN, NGOC-ANH THI 1 30.0% +48.4%
BECKHARDT, LYNDSEY MARIE 1 27.9% +48.0%
TIEN, LUCY MINYU 1 60.5% +37.0%
ZHANG SPIERING, DONGXIU 1 38.1% +88.9%
BASQUILL, SEAN M 1 38.8% +21.6%

Quick Wins (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18684285 A PROCESS FOR PREPARATION OF ISOXAZOLE COMPOUND WILLIS, DOUGLAS M

Hard Cases (8)

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
18039231 QUICK RELEASE INSECTICIDAL COMPOSITION TIEN, LUCY MINYU 139d overdue
17921260 A FUNGICIDAL COMPOUND AND PROCESS OF PREPARATION THEREOF JACKSON, SHAWQUIA 6d
18640219 PROCESS FOR PREPARATION OF ANTHRANILAMIDES CHANDRAKUMAR, NIZAL S
18694455 A PROCESS OF PREPARING AN AGROCHEMICAL OIL DISPERSION AND PRODUCT THEREOF MITCHELL, EDWIN COLEMAN
18293033 A COMPOSITE SYSTEM FOR AGRICULTURE NGUYEN, NGOC-ANH THI
18263575 STABLE AGROCHEMICAL COMPOSITION BECKHARDT, LYNDSEY MARIE
18043431 A PROCESS FOR PREPARATION OF PYROXASULFONE ZHANG SPIERING, DONGXIU
18041147 A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INSECT PESTS IN COTTON PRAGANI, RAJAN

Interview Candidates (10)

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
18039231 QUICK RELEASE INSECTICIDAL COMPOSITION TIEN, LUCY MINYU 139d overdue
18041420 A STORAGE STABLE INSECTICIDAL COMPOSITION BASQUILL, SEAN M 8d
18800855 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE GROWTH OF UNDESIRABLE VEGETATION HIRT, ERIN E
18640219 PROCESS FOR PREPARATION OF ANTHRANILAMIDES CHANDRAKUMAR, NIZAL S
18700860 AN AGROCHEMICAL COMBINATION PURDY, KYLE A
18694455 A PROCESS OF PREPARING AN AGROCHEMICAL OIL DISPERSION AND PRODUCT THEREOF MITCHELL, EDWIN COLEMAN
18684285 A PROCESS FOR PREPARATION OF ISOXAZOLE COMPOUND WILLIS, DOUGLAS M
18293033 A COMPOSITE SYSTEM FOR AGRICULTURE NGUYEN, NGOC-ANH THI

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1614 3
1625 1
1611 1
1619 1
1624 1
1615 1
1613 1
1612 1
1616 1
1691 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18800855 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE GROWTH OF UNDESIRABLE VEGETATION HIRT, ERIN E DP Non-Final OA Pending Aug 12, 2024
18640219 PROCESS FOR PREPARATION OF ANTHRANILAMIDES CHANDRAKUMAR, NIZAL S 1625 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 19, 2024
18700860 AN AGROCHEMICAL COMBINATION PURDY, KYLE A 1611 §102§103DP Non-Final OA Pending Apr 12, 2024
18694455 A PROCESS OF PREPARING AN AGROCHEMICAL OIL DISPERSION AND PRODUCT THEREOF MITCHELL, EDWIN COLEMAN 1619 §103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Mar 22, 2024
18684285 A PROCESS FOR PREPARATION OF ISOXAZOLE COMPOUND WILLIS, DOUGLAS M 1624 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 16, 2024
18293033 A COMPOSITE SYSTEM FOR AGRICULTURE NGUYEN, NGOC-ANH THI 1615 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 29, 2024
18263575 STABLE AGROCHEMICAL COMPOSITION BECKHARDT, LYNDSEY MARIE 1613 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 31, 2023
18039231 QUICK RELEASE INSECTICIDAL COMPOSITION TIEN, LUCY MINYU 1612 §102§103 Final Rejection 139d overdue Pending May 27, 2023
18043431 A PROCESS FOR PREPARATION OF PYROXASULFONE ZHANG SPIERING, DONGXIU 1616 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 28, 2023
18041420 A STORAGE STABLE INSECTICIDAL COMPOSITION BASQUILL, SEAN M 1614 §103 Final Rejection 8d Pending Feb 13, 2023
18041147 A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INSECT PESTS IN COTTON PRAGANI, RAJAN 1614 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 09, 2023
18041159 A PROCESS FOR PREPARATION OF CLETHODIM SAWYER, JENNIFER C 1691 §112 Final Rejection Pending Feb 09, 2023
18005000 A SOLID AGROCHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND PROCESS OF PREPARATION THEREOF HOLT, ANDRIAE M 1614 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 10, 2023
17921260 A FUNGICIDAL COMPOUND AND PROCESS OF PREPARATION THEREOF JACKSON, SHAWQUIA 1626 §102§103 Final Rejection 6d Pending Oct 25, 2022
17777364 A CONTINUOUS FLOW PROCESS FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF HYDROXAMIC ACID BONAPARTE, AMY C 1692 §103 Final Rejection 139d overdue Pending May 17, 2022

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