Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Mckee, Voorhees & Sease, PLC, Attn: Championx LLC

Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

6 pending office actions • 1 client • 5 examiners • 4 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

MCKEE, VOORHEES & SEASE, PLC, Attn: ChampionX LLC has handled 43 career applications in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The firm has a resolved allowance rate pct of 83.33. There are 7 pending office actions currently being processed.

The data shows an avg of 6.0 office actions per allowance. This average indicates the number of office actions typically issued before an allowance is reached for this client. Practitioners can use the 6.0 figure to plan for the prosecution cycle. The 83.33 resolved allowance rate pct is based on the 43 career applications in the docket.

The 7 pending office actions represent the firm's current work in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. These numbers describe the historical results and current workload for the firm's patent practice. This profile offers a data-driven assessment of the firm's performance in its technical field.

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

Quality Metrics (n=43 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

83.3%
Allowance Rate
n=43
+0.56σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=43
—
OAs to Allowance
n=5 (min 20)
—
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=5 (min 20)
—
Time to Allowance
n=5 (min 20)
-33.3pp
Interview Lift
n=43
116.7%
RCE Rate
n=43
3.1%
Appeal Rate
n=43

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

—
§101 Overcome
n=0 (min 20)
—
§102 Overcome
n=6 (min 20)
—
§103 Overcome
n=17 (min 20)
—
§112 Overcome
n=14 (min 20)

Specialization & Scale

C09K, C23F, E21B
Top CPC Subclasses
60%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=43
0
Practitioners
n=43
—
Apps / Practitioner
n=43 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
2
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
0
Due this month
1
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 (33%)
4
Medium (67%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (33%)
Double-patenting + other2 (33%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
50% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
50% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LEFF, ANGELA MARIE DITRAN 2 69.7% +13.2%
RUNYAN, SILVANA C 1 82.5% +17.0%
WALSHON, SCOTT R 1 51.6% +20.6%
PATEL, RONAK C 1 51.2% +56.2%
TUCKER, PHILIP C 1 26.4% +15.7%

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19269899 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING THERMAL AND BRINE STABILITY OF NANOPARTICLES RUNYAN, SILVANA C —
18928457 PARAFFIN BASED CORROSION INHIBITOR COMPOSITIONS AND USES THEREOF WALSHON, SCOTT R —
18604780 SOY BASED CORROSION INHIBITION PRODUCTS FOR OIL AND GAS APPLICATIONS TUCKER, PHILIP C —

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18461676 COMBINATION PRODUCTS CONTAINING ANTI-AGGLOMERANT LOW DOSE HYDRATE INHIBITORS AND CORROSION INHIBITORS WITH IMPROVED CORROSION RESISTANCE LEFF, ANGELA MARIE DITRAN 48d
19279818 COMBINATION PRODUCTS CONTAINING ANTI-AGGLOMERANT LOW DOSE HYDRATE INHIBITORS AND CORROSION INHIBITORS WITH IMPROVED CORROSION RESISTANCE LEFF, ANGELA MARIE DITRAN —
19269899 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING THERMAL AND BRINE STABILITY OF NANOPARTICLES RUNYAN, SILVANA C —
18928457 PARAFFIN BASED CORROSION INHIBITOR COMPOSITIONS AND USES THEREOF WALSHON, SCOTT R —
18645623 CALCIUM BASED NANOPARTICLE CORROSION INHIBITOR ADDITIVES PATEL, RONAK C —
18604780 SOY BASED CORROSION INHIBITION PRODUCTS FOR OIL AND GAS APPLICATIONS TUCKER, PHILIP C —

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
ChampionX 6

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36743
17591
17881
17451

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19279818 COMBINATION PRODUCTS CONTAINING ANTI-AGGLOMERANT LOW DOSE HYDRATE INHIBITORS AND CORROSION INHIBITORS WITH IMPROVED CORROSION RESISTANCE Championx LLC LEFF, ANGELA MARIE DITRAN 3674 §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 24, 2025
19269899 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING THERMAL AND BRINE STABILITY OF NANOPARTICLES Championx LLC RUNYAN, SILVANA C 3674 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 15, 2025
18928457 PARAFFIN BASED CORROSION INHIBITOR COMPOSITIONS AND USES THEREOF Championx LLC WALSHON, SCOTT R 1759 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 28, 2024
18645623 CALCIUM BASED NANOPARTICLE CORROSION INHIBITOR ADDITIVES Championx LLC PATEL, RONAK C 1788 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 25, 2024
18604780 SOY BASED CORROSION INHIBITION PRODUCTS FOR OIL AND GAS APPLICATIONS Championx LLC TUCKER, PHILIP C 1745 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 14, 2024
18461676 COMBINATION PRODUCTS CONTAINING ANTI-AGGLOMERANT LOW DOSE HYDRATE INHIBITORS AND CORROSION INHIBITORS WITH IMPROVED CORROSION RESISTANCE Championx LLC LEFF, ANGELA MARIE DITRAN 3674 §103§112DP Non-Final OA 48d Pending Sep 06, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Mckee, Voorhees & Sease, PLC, Attn: Championx LLC's patent allowance rate?

83.3% of resolved applications prosecuted by Mckee, Voorhees & Sease, PLC, Attn: Championx LLC were allowed, across 43 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Mckee, Voorhees & Sease, PLC, Attn: Championx LLC average before allowance?

6.00 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Mckee, Voorhees & Sease, PLC, Attn: Championx LLC have?

6 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 1 client, before 5 examiners in 4 art units.

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