Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

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

6 pending office actions • 1 client • 4 examiners • 2 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days

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

85.7%
Allowance Rate
n=43
+0.56σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=43
OAs to Allowance
n=6 (min 20)
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=6 (min 20)
Time to Allowance
n=6 (min 20)
-33.3pp
Interview Lift
n=43
100.0%
RCE Rate
n=43
4.2%
Appeal Rate
n=43

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=0 (min 20)
§102 Overcome
n=1 (min 20)
§103 Overcome
n=13 (min 20)
§112 Overcome
n=2 (min 20)

Specialization & Scale

C09K, C23F, E21B
Top CPC Subclasses
59%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=43
0
Practitioners
n=43
Apps / Practitioner
n=43 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
0
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
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.

0
Hard (0%)
4
Medium (67%)
0
Easy (0%)
2
Unknown (33%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (67%)
No statute on record2 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
17% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
67% of docket
1
Business / Other
17% 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
RUNYAN, SILVANA C 2 82.3% +17.2%
LEFF, ANGELA MARIE DITRAN 2 69.9% +13.1%
NELSON, MICHAEL B 1 21.4% +37.0%
TUCKER, PHILIP C 1 24.6% +14.5%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19398677 SYNERGISTIC EFFECTS OF NANOPARTICLES AND SURFACTANTS FOR GAS LIFT FLOW IMPROVEMENT RUNYAN, SILVANA C
19269899 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING THERMAL AND BRINE STABILITY OF NANOPARTICLES RUNYAN, SILVANA C

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
18796552 SILICONE QUATERNARY COMPOUNDS FOR CORROSION INHIBITION NELSON, MICHAEL B
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
19398677 SYNERGISTIC EFFECTS OF NANOPARTICLES AND SURFACTANTS FOR GAS LIFT FLOW IMPROVEMENT RUNYAN, SILVANA C
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
18796552 SILICONE QUATERNARY COMPOUNDS FOR CORROSION INHIBITION NELSON, MICHAEL B
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
36744
17871

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19398677 SYNERGISTIC EFFECTS OF NANOPARTICLES AND SURFACTANTS FOR GAS LIFT FLOW IMPROVEMENT Championx LLC RUNYAN, SILVANA C 3674 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 24, 2025
19279818 COMBINATION PRODUCTS CONTAINING ANTI-AGGLOMERANT LOW DOSE HYDRATE INHIBITORS AND CORROSION INHIBITORS WITH IMPROVED CORROSION RESISTANCE Championx LLC LEFF, ANGELA MARIE DITRAN 3674 Other 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 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 15, 2025
18796552 SILICONE QUATERNARY COMPOUNDS FOR CORROSION INHIBITION Championx LLC NELSON, MICHAEL B 1787 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 07, 2024
18604780 SOY BASED CORROSION INHIBITION PRODUCTS FOR OIL AND GAS APPLICATIONS Championx LLC TUCKER, PHILIP C §103 Non-Final OA 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 Other Non-Final OA 48d Pending Sep 06, 2023

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