Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Cantor Colburn LLP - Essity

Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

13 pending office actions • 1 client • 9 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 27 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

CANTOR COLBURN LLP - ESSITY reports 13 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. Its career application record is 74576, with a resolved allowance rate of 88.02% and an average of 3.15 office actions per allowance.

The pending figure identifies current examination activity for the ESSITY profile. The historical application base, allowance rate, and office-action average provide broader context about outcomes and response effort. Practitioners can use these data points to organize current docket work while keeping the broader historical measures distinct from the open matters.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Quality Metrics (n=74576 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

88.0%
Allowance Rate
n=74576
+0.54σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=74576
3.2
OAs to Allowance
n=52363
-0.22σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=52363
1018 days
Time to Allowance
n=52363
+3.9pp
Interview Lift
n=74576
25.8%
RCE Rate
n=74576
2.0%
Appeal Rate
n=74576

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

74.3%
§101 Overcome
n=3246
80.2%
§102 Overcome
n=24100
80.5%
§103 Overcome
n=37518
81.8%
§112 Overcome
n=23788

Specialization & Scale

H10K, G02F, G06F
Top CPC Subclasses
10%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=74576
68
Practitioners
n=74576
1096.7
Apps / Practitioner
n=74576

Portfolio Summary

13
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

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

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.

4
Hard (31%)
7
Medium (54%)
2
Easy (15%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (8%)
§103 only6 (46%)
§102 only1 (8%)
§112 only2 (15%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (23%)

Industry Mix

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

8
Life Sciences
62% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
8% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
31% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

130 h
Manual time on pending OAs
26 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
46 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
FORTUNA, JOSE A 5 79.5% +9.9%
WEINER, ARIELLE E 1 43.4% +53.6%
ARBLE, JESSICA R 1 66.6% +25.0%
BURNETTE, GABRIELLA E 1 54.9% +32.1%
SHECHTMAN, SEAN P 1 75.4% +22.2%
KALIHER, HANS CHRISTIAN 1 62.9% +27.3%
CALANDRA, ANTHONY J 1 62.9% +18.6%
ADHLAKHA, RITA P 1 75.6% +17.2%
MUSSER, BARBARA J 1 71.1% +26.6%

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18013817 TISSUE PAPER PRODUCTS, ROLLS AND STACKS OF TISSUE PAPER PRODUCTS, AND MANUFACTURING METHODS FORTUNA, JOSE A 15d
18851890 A METHOD FOR GENERATING COMPRESSION GARMENT FIT INFORMATION AND AN APPARATUS THEREOF WEINER, ARIELLE E —
18577767 TISSUE PAPER MATERIAL AND TISSUE PAPER PRODUCT CALANDRA, ANTHONY J —
18577482 TISSUE PAPER MATERIAL AND TISSUE PAPER PRODUCT INCLUDING NON-WOOD FIBRES FORTUNA, JOSE A —

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18012966 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A TISSUE PAPER PRODUCT MUSSER, BARBARA J 44d overdue
18851890 A METHOD FOR GENERATING COMPRESSION GARMENT FIT INFORMATION AND AN APPARATUS THEREOF WEINER, ARIELLE E —
18888528 WOUND DRESSING ARBLE, JESSICA R —
18843959 SANITARY ARTICLE WITH ASSYMMETRICAL FASTENING WINGS AND METHODS OF ATTACHING A COMMON RELEASE PAPER TO THE FASTENING WINGS OF THE SANITARY ARTICLE BURNETTE, GABRIELLA E —
18832268 POWER SUPPLY FOR A LOCAL CONSUMER LOAD SHECHTMAN, SEAN P —
18715298 ABSORBENT ARTICLE INCLUDING A FAECES POCKET KALIHER, HANS CHRISTIAN —
18577767 TISSUE PAPER MATERIAL AND TISSUE PAPER PRODUCT CALANDRA, ANTHONY J —
18013703 TISSUE PAPER PRODUCTS, ROLLS AND STACKS OF TISSUE PAPER PRODUCTS, AND MANUFACTURING METHODS ADHLAKHA, RITA P —

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Essity 13

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17486
37813
36891
28961
17001
17461

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19186814 Coreless Rolls of a Tissue Paper Product and Methods of Manufacturing Coreless Rolls Essity Hygiene And Health Aktiebolag FORTUNA, JOSE A 1748 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 23, 2025
19186784 Coreless Rolls of a Tissue Paper Product and Methods of Manufacturing Coreless Rolls Essity Hygiene And Health Aktiebolag FORTUNA, JOSE A 1748 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 23, 2025
18851890 A METHOD FOR GENERATING COMPRESSION GARMENT FIT INFORMATION AND AN APPARATUS THEREOF Essity Hygiene And Health Aktiebolag WEINER, ARIELLE E 3689 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 27, 2024
18888528 WOUND DRESSING Essity Hygiene And Health Aktiebolag ARBLE, JESSICA R 3781 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 18, 2024
18843959 SANITARY ARTICLE WITH ASSYMMETRICAL FASTENING WINGS AND METHODS OF ATTACHING A COMMON RELEASE PAPER TO THE FASTENING WINGS OF THE SANITARY ARTICLE Essity Hygiene And Health Aktiebolag BURNETTE, GABRIELLA E 3781 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 04, 2024
18832268 POWER SUPPLY FOR A LOCAL CONSUMER LOAD Essity Hygiene And Health Aktiebolag SHECHTMAN, SEAN P 2896 §102 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 23, 2024
18715298 ABSORBENT ARTICLE INCLUDING A FAECES POCKET Essity Hygiene And Health Aktiebolag KALIHER, HANS CHRISTIAN 3781 §103 Final Rejection — Pending May 31, 2024
18577745 TISSUE PAPER MATERIAL AND TISSUE PAPER PRODUCT Essity Hygiene And Health Aktiebolag FORTUNA, JOSE A 1748 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Jan 09, 2024
18577767 TISSUE PAPER MATERIAL AND TISSUE PAPER PRODUCT Essity Hygiene And Health Aktiebolag CALANDRA, ANTHONY J 1748 §102§103Other Final Rejection — Pending Jan 09, 2024
18577482 TISSUE PAPER MATERIAL AND TISSUE PAPER PRODUCT INCLUDING NON-WOOD FIBRES Essity Hygiene And Health Aktiebolag FORTUNA, JOSE A 1748 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 08, 2024
18013703 TISSUE PAPER PRODUCTS, ROLLS AND STACKS OF TISSUE PAPER PRODUCTS, AND MANUFACTURING METHODS Essity Hygiene And Health Aktiebolag ADHLAKHA, RITA P 1700 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 29, 2022
18013817 TISSUE PAPER PRODUCTS, ROLLS AND STACKS OF TISSUE PAPER PRODUCTS, AND MANUFACTURING METHODS Essity Hygiene And Health Aktiebolag FORTUNA, JOSE A 1748 §103§112 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Dec 29, 2022
18012966 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A TISSUE PAPER PRODUCT Essity Hygiene And Health Aktiebolag MUSSER, BARBARA J 1746 §103 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Dec 26, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Cantor Colburn LLP - Essity's patent allowance rate?

88.0% of resolved applications prosecuted by Cantor Colburn LLP - Essity were allowed, across 74,576 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Cantor Colburn LLP - Essity average before allowance?

3.15 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Cantor Colburn LLP - Essity have?

13 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 1 client, before 9 examiners in 6 art units.

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