Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Lkglobal | Lorenz & Kopf, LLP (Solenis)

7 pending office actions • 1 client • 5 examiners • 4 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=572 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

84.1%
Allowance Rate
n=572
+0.69σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=572
4.0
OAs to Allowance
n=227
+0.17σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=227
1104 days
Time to Allowance
n=227
+6.3pp
Interview Lift
n=572
39.6%
RCE Rate
n=572
2.2%
Appeal Rate
n=572

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=1 (min 20)
100.0%
§102 Overcome
n=29
78.4%
§103 Overcome
n=190
97.1%
§112 Overcome
n=35

Specialization & Scale

D21H, C08F, C08L
Top CPC Subclasses
32%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=572
0
Practitioners
n=572
Apps / Practitioner
n=572 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
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.

0
Hard (0%)
6
Medium (86%)
1
Easy (14%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only6 (86%)
Double-patenting only1 (14%)

Industry Mix

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

7
Life Sciences
100% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% 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.

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
NGUYEN, HAIDUNG D 2 65.0% +27.8%
MINSKEY, JACOB T 2 68.8% +33.5%
LOUGHRAN, RYAN PATRICK 1 80.6% +23.3%
RUSSELL, STEPHEN MATTHEW 1 61.8% +36.9%
ROELOFSE, CHRISTIAAN 1 68.8% +38.5%

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
18938299 STABILIZED SLURRY COMPOSITIONS HAVING ENHANCED BARRIER PROPERTIES LOUGHRAN, RYAN PATRICK

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
18500481 AKD EMULSION AND METHOD OF MAKING MINSKEY, JACOB T 29d
18938299 STABILIZED SLURRY COMPOSITIONS HAVING ENHANCED BARRIER PROPERTIES LOUGHRAN, RYAN PATRICK
18769557 CALCITE SCALE INHIBITORS FOR STRESSED PROCESS CONDITIONS NGUYEN, HAIDUNG D
18626380 ADDITIVE COMPOSITIONS FOR PAPERMAKING RUSSELL, STEPHEN MATTHEW
18418535 ADDITIVES AND COMPOSITIONS FOR PAPERMAKING MINSKEY, JACOB T
18332840 HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYMERIC DISPERSIONS WITH TAILORED MOLECULAR WEIGHT OF POLYMERIC DISPERSANT ROELOFSE, CHRISTIAAN
18069295 CALCITE SCALE INHIBITORS FOR STRESSED PROCESS CONDITIONS NGUYEN, HAIDUNG D

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Solenis 7

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17483
17612
17311
17621

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18938299 STABILIZED SLURRY COMPOSITIONS HAVING ENHANCED BARRIER PROPERTIES Solenis Technologies, L.P. LOUGHRAN, RYAN PATRICK 1731 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 06, 2024
18769557 CALCITE SCALE INHIBITORS FOR STRESSED PROCESS CONDITIONS Solenis Technologies, L.P. NGUYEN, HAIDUNG D 1761 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 11, 2024
18626380 ADDITIVE COMPOSITIONS FOR PAPERMAKING Solenis Technologies, L.P. RUSSELL, STEPHEN MATTHEW 1748 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 04, 2024
18418535 ADDITIVES AND COMPOSITIONS FOR PAPERMAKING Solenis Technologies, L.P. MINSKEY, JACOB T 1748 DP Final Rejection Pending Jan 22, 2024
18500481 AKD EMULSION AND METHOD OF MAKING Solenis Technologies, L.P. MINSKEY, JACOB T 1748 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Nov 02, 2023
18332840 HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYMERIC DISPERSIONS WITH TAILORED MOLECULAR WEIGHT OF POLYMERIC DISPERSANT Solenis Technologies Cayman, L.P. ROELOFSE, CHRISTIAAN 1762 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 12, 2023
18069295 CALCITE SCALE INHIBITORS FOR STRESSED PROCESS CONDITIONS Solenis Technologies, L.P. NGUYEN, HAIDUNG D 1761 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 21, 2022

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