Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 12, 2026

Yara International ASA

7 pending office actions • 5 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 19 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

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

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.

2
Hard (29%)
5
Medium (71%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (43%)
§102 only2 (29%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (29%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
57% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
29% of docket
1
Business / Other
14% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
FELTON, AILEEN BAKER 2 51.6% +17.7%
LEE, CHEE-CHONG 1 64.3% +52.9%
LANGEL, WAYNE A 1 78.5% +23.5%
SIMKINS, SLONE ELIZABETH 1 63.3% +40.7%
DEVINE, MOLLY K 1 67.1% +30.8%
SILVA RAINBOW, HEATHER ELISE 1 35.3% +58.3%

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18712803 JET EJECTOR ARRANGEMENT, SYSTEM AND USE THEREOF AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME LEE, CHEE-CHONG 6d
18278666 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TREATING A STEAM CONDENSATE GENERATED BY A HIGH-PRESSURE GENERATOR OF A CARBON DIOXIDE ABSORPTION SOLUTION SIMKINS, SLONE ELIZABETH

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17919822 UREA AMMONIUM SULFATE-BASED COMPOSITION SILVA RAINBOW, HEATHER ELISE 9d overdue
18712803 JET EJECTOR ARRANGEMENT, SYSTEM AND USE THEREOF AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME LEE, CHEE-CHONG 6d
18689019 UREA-BASED COMPOSITION COATED WITH AN INORGANIC ACID LANGEL, WAYNE A
18280520 EMULSION-TYPE EXPLOSIVES OF THE WATER-IN-OIL TYPE FELTON, AILEEN BAKER
18280526 EMULSION-TYPE EXPLOSIVES OF THE WATER-IN-OIL TYPE FELTON, AILEEN BAKER
18278666 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TREATING A STEAM CONDENSATE GENERATED BY A HIGH-PRESSURE GENERATOR OF A CARBON DIOXIDE ABSORPTION SOLUTION SIMKINS, SLONE ELIZABETH
18273396 HOPPER COMPRISING COOLING ELEMENTS DEVINE, MOLLY K

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1734 2
3752 1
1735 1
3653 1
1731 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18712803 JET EJECTOR ARRANGEMENT, SYSTEM AND USE THEREOF AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME LEE, CHEE-CHONG 3752 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 6d Pending May 23, 2024
18689019 UREA-BASED COMPOSITION COATED WITH AN INORGANIC ACID LANGEL, WAYNE A §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 04, 2024
18280520 EMULSION-TYPE EXPLOSIVES OF THE WATER-IN-OIL TYPE FELTON, AILEEN BAKER 1734 §102 Final Rejection Pending Sep 06, 2023
18280526 EMULSION-TYPE EXPLOSIVES OF THE WATER-IN-OIL TYPE FELTON, AILEEN BAKER 1734 §102 Final Rejection Pending Sep 06, 2023
18278666 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TREATING A STEAM CONDENSATE GENERATED BY A HIGH-PRESSURE GENERATOR OF A CARBON DIOXIDE ABSORPTION SOLUTION SIMKINS, SLONE ELIZABETH 1735 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 24, 2023
18273396 HOPPER COMPRISING COOLING ELEMENTS DEVINE, MOLLY K 3653 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 20, 2023
17919822 UREA AMMONIUM SULFATE-BASED COMPOSITION SILVA RAINBOW, HEATHER ELISE 1731 §103 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Oct 19, 2022

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