Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Merchant & Gould Chevron Phillips

8 pending office actions • 1 client • 7 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 22 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=603 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

98.6%
Allowance Rate
n=603
+0.74σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=603
2.6
OAs to Allowance
n=491
-0.42σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=491
666 days
Time to Allowance
n=491
-0.4pp
Interview Lift
n=603
16.5%
RCE Rate
n=603
2.4%
Appeal Rate
n=603

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=2 (min 20)
100.0%
§102 Overcome
n=43
94.7%
§103 Overcome
n=246
97.3%
§112 Overcome
n=37

Specialization & Scale

C08F, B01J, C07C
Top CPC Subclasses
53%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=603
0
Practitioners
n=603
Apps / Practitioner
n=603 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
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%)
5
Medium (62%)
2
Easy (25%)
1
Unknown (12%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only5 (62%)
§112 only1 (12%)
Double-patenting only1 (12%)
No statute on record1 (12%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
50% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
25% of docket
2
Business / Other
25% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
FADHEL, ALI Z 2 76.3% +9.0%
ARMSTRONG, KYLE 1 72.2% +29.9%
STEIN, MICHELLE 1 44.2% +34.5%
CEPLUCH, ALYSSA L 1 62.3% +25.1%
NGUYEN, TAM M 1 77.1% +11.5%
LALISSE, REMY FREDERIC 1 100.0% +0.0%
TRUONG, MINH D 1 67.0% +24.4%

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
18456557 METHODS FOR MAKING SUPPORTED LATE TRANSITION METAL CATALYSTS LALISSE, REMY FREDERIC 35d overdue

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18642898 CATALYST SYSTEM AND ETHYLENE OLIGOMERIZATION PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF LINEAR ALPHA OLEFINS CEPLUCH, ALYSSA L 26d overdue
18808186 INTEGRATED PROCESSES UTILIZING WATER ELECTROLYSIS AND OXIDATIVE DEHYDROGENATION OF ETHANE ARMSTRONG, KYLE
18645557 METHOD FOR PRODUCING PAO-BASED CIRCULAR PRODUCTS FROM RECYCLED USED OIL FEEDSTOCKS STEIN, MICHELLE
18642892 PHOSPHINE-IMINO-QUINOLINE AND RELATED LIGANDS FOR USE IN ETHYLENE OLIGOMERIZATION PROCESSES NGUYEN, TAM M
18317149 COMPRESSOR CYLINDER LUBRICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS UTILIZING THREE-WAY VALVES TRUONG, MINH D

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company L.P. 8

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17712
36191
17721
17321
36541

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18944112 ETHYLENE TRIMERIZATION CATALYST SYSTEMS CONTAINING AROMATIC SOLVENTS Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP FADHEL, ALI Z §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 12, 2024
18918195 SELECTIVE 1-HEXENE/1-OCTENE PRODUCTION WITH 1-DECENE Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP FADHEL, ALI Z DP Non-Final OA Pending Oct 17, 2024
18808186 INTEGRATED PROCESSES UTILIZING WATER ELECTROLYSIS AND OXIDATIVE DEHYDROGENATION OF ETHANE Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP ARMSTRONG, KYLE 3619 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 19, 2024
18645557 METHOD FOR PRODUCING PAO-BASED CIRCULAR PRODUCTS FROM RECYCLED USED OIL FEEDSTOCKS Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP STEIN, MICHELLE 1771 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 25, 2024
18642898 CATALYST SYSTEM AND ETHYLENE OLIGOMERIZATION PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF LINEAR ALPHA OLEFINS Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP CEPLUCH, ALYSSA L 1772 §103 Final Rejection 26d overdue Pending Apr 23, 2024
18642892 PHOSPHINE-IMINO-QUINOLINE AND RELATED LIGANDS FOR USE IN ETHYLENE OLIGOMERIZATION PROCESSES Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP NGUYEN, TAM M 1771 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 23, 2024
18456557 METHODS FOR MAKING SUPPORTED LATE TRANSITION METAL CATALYSTS Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP LALISSE, REMY FREDERIC 1732 §103 Non-Final OA 35d overdue Pending Aug 28, 2023
18317149 COMPRESSOR CYLINDER LUBRICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS UTILIZING THREE-WAY VALVES Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP TRUONG, MINH D 3654 §112 Non-Final OA Pending May 15, 2023

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