Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Cantor Colburn LLP - Essity

11 pending office actions • 1 client • 9 examiners • 4 art units • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 31 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=73473 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

88.1%
Allowance Rate
n=73473
+0.54σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=73473
3.2
OAs to Allowance
n=51629
-0.21σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=51629
1017 days
Time to Allowance
n=51629
+3.9pp
Interview Lift
n=73473
25.9%
RCE Rate
n=73473
2.1%
Appeal Rate
n=73473

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

75.6%
§101 Overcome
n=3150
81.0%
§102 Overcome
n=23579
81.1%
§103 Overcome
n=36783
82.5%
§112 Overcome
n=23383

Specialization & Scale

H10K, G02F, G06F
Top CPC Subclasses
9%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=73473
68
Practitioners
n=73473
1080.5
Apps / Practitioner
n=73473

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
1
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
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)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.

5
Hard (45%)
6
Medium (55%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (9%)
§103 only4 (36%)
§102 only1 (9%)
Double-patenting + other1 (9%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (36%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
45% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
18% of docket
4
Business / Other
36% 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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
FORTUNA, JOSE A 3 79.4% +9.9%
OJOFEITIMI, AYODEJI HARRY 1 87.4% +1.8%
WEINER, ARIELLE E 1 43.9% +53.1%
ARBLE, JESSICA R 1 66.0% +25.9%
BURNETTE, GABRIELLA E 1 54.2% +31.2%
SHECHTMAN, SEAN P 1 75.1% +22.4%
MINSKEY, JACOB T 1 69.0% +33.3%
SMITH, PETER DANIEL 1 52.1% +48.2%
MUSSER, BARBARA J 1 70.9% +27.3%

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
19234557 PACKAGE DISPENSER FOR WIPES, PACKAGE BLANK AND A METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF PACKAGE DISPENSER OJOFEITIMI, AYODEJI HARRY

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18013844 STRIP ELEMENT FOR AN ABSORBENT HYGIENE ARTICLE SMITH, PETER DANIEL 36d overdue
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
18577482 TISSUE PAPER MATERIAL AND TISSUE PAPER PRODUCT INCLUDING NON-WOOD FIBRES FORTUNA, JOSE A
18577421 STACK OF A TISSUE PAPER PRODUCT INCLUDING NON-WOOD FIBRES MINSKEY, JACOB T

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
18012966 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A TISSUE PAPER PRODUCT MUSSER, BARBARA J 44d overdue
18013844 STRIP ELEMENT FOR AN ABSORBENT HYGIENE ARTICLE SMITH, PETER DANIEL 36d 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
18577421 STACK OF A TISSUE PAPER PRODUCT INCLUDING NON-WOOD FIBRES MINSKEY, JACOB T

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Essity 11

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17484
36891
37811
17461

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19234557 PACKAGE DISPENSER FOR WIPES, PACKAGE BLANK AND A METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF PACKAGE DISPENSER Essity Hygiene And Health Aktiebolag OJOFEITIMI, AYODEJI HARRY §103DP Non-Final OA Pending Jun 11, 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 Final Rejection Pending Sep 27, 2024
18888528 WOUND DRESSING Essity Hygiene And Health Aktiebolag ARBLE, JESSICA R §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 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 04, 2024
18832268 POWER SUPPLY FOR A LOCAL CONSUMER LOAD Essity Hygiene And Health Aktiebolag SHECHTMAN, SEAN P §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 23, 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
18577482 TISSUE PAPER MATERIAL AND TISSUE PAPER PRODUCT INCLUDING NON-WOOD FIBRES Essity Hygiene And Health Aktiebolag FORTUNA, JOSE A 1748 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 08, 2024
18577421 STACK OF A TISSUE PAPER PRODUCT INCLUDING NON-WOOD FIBRES Essity Hygiene And Health Aktiebolag MINSKEY, JACOB T 1748 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 08, 2024
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
18013844 STRIP ELEMENT FOR AN ABSORBENT HYGIENE ARTICLE Essity Hygiene And Health Aktiebolag SMITH, PETER DANIEL 3781 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 36d overdue 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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