Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
9 pending office actions • 3 clients • 6 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
OBWB - Solvay (ECo) has 10 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials and 54 career applications. Its resolved allowance rate is 81.25%, with an average of 4.62 office actions per allowance.
The application history is relatively defined, while the action average indicates that allowed matters have involved repeated examination activity. For active matters, that combination supports careful planning around amendments, evidence, and continued prosecution.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 5 (56%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (44%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
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.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| FUNG, CHING-YIU | 3 | 32.6% | +20.6% |
| ZHANG, KELING NMN | 2 | 66.8% | +17.6% |
| KRYLOVA, IRINA | 1 | 36.6% | +48.3% |
| RUMP, RICHARD M | 1 | 74.4% | +20.3% |
| LAWRENCE JR, FRANK M | 1 | 83.8% | +20.0% |
| LIU, TRACY | 1 | 54.5% | +26.9% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18247720 | A PROCESS FOR THE PURIFICATION OF FLUORINATED OLEFINS IN GAS PHASE | LAWRENCE JR, FRANK M | 35d |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18496469 | PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF SILICATE FROM A PLANT ASH COMPRISING CRYSTALLINE SILICA USING A SALT CONTAINING A MULTIVALENT ANION | ZHANG, KELING NMN | — |
| 18550272 | CERIUM OXIDE PARTICLES, MAKING PROCESS THEREOF AND USE THEREOF IN CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING | RUMP, RICHARD M | — |
| 17928224 | ALUMINIUM AND ZIRCONIUM-BASED MIXED OXIDE | FUNG, CHING-YIU | — |
| 17781310 | ALUMINA WITH A PARTICULAR PORE PROFILE | FUNG, CHING-YIU | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18430385 | FUNCTIONALIZED PARTICULATE BICARBONATE AS BLOWING AGENT, FOAMABLE POLYMER COMPOSITION CONTAINING IT, AND ITS USE IN MANUFACTURING A THERMOPLASTIC FOAMED POLYMER | KRYLOVA, IRINA | 8d |
| 18247720 | A PROCESS FOR THE PURIFICATION OF FLUORINATED OLEFINS IN GAS PHASE | LAWRENCE JR, FRANK M | 35d |
| 18041503 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING SPHERICAL POLYMERIC PARTICLES FOR COSMETIC APPLICATION | LIU, TRACY | 39d |
| 18496646 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING A SILICATE FROM A PLANT ASH COMPRISING CRISTOBALITE USING A SALT CONTAINING A SULFUR OXYANION | ZHANG, KELING NMN | — |
| 18496469 | PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF SILICATE FROM A PLANT ASH COMPRISING CRYSTALLINE SILICA USING A SALT CONTAINING A MULTIVALENT ANION | ZHANG, KELING NMN | — |
| 18550272 | CERIUM OXIDE PARTICLES, MAKING PROCESS THEREOF AND USE THEREOF IN CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING | RUMP, RICHARD M | — |
| 17928224 | ALUMINIUM AND ZIRCONIUM-BASED MIXED OXIDE | FUNG, CHING-YIU | — |
| 17781282 | ALUMINA WITH A PARTICULAR PORE PROFILE | FUNG, CHING-YIU | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| RHODIA OPERATIONS | 6 |
| Solvay | 2 |
| RHODIA BRASIL S.A. | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1732 | 5 |
| 1764 | 1 |
| 1759 | 1 |
| 1776 | 1 |
| 1614 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18430385 | FUNCTIONALIZED PARTICULATE BICARBONATE AS BLOWING AGENT, FOAMABLE POLYMER COMPOSITION CONTAINING IT, AND ITS USE IN MANUFACTURING A THERMOPLASTIC FOAMED POLYMER | Solvay SA | KRYLOVA, IRINA | 1764 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 8d | Pending | Feb 01, 2024 |
| 18496646 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING A SILICATE FROM A PLANT ASH COMPRISING CRISTOBALITE USING A SALT CONTAINING A SULFUR OXYANION | Rhodia Operations | ZHANG, KELING NMN | 1732 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 27, 2023 |
| 18496469 | PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF SILICATE FROM A PLANT ASH COMPRISING CRYSTALLINE SILICA USING A SALT CONTAINING A MULTIVALENT ANION | Rhodia Operations | ZHANG, KELING NMN | 1732 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 27, 2023 |
| 18550272 | CERIUM OXIDE PARTICLES, MAKING PROCESS THEREOF AND USE THEREOF IN CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING | Rhodia Operations | RUMP, RICHARD M | 1759 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2023 |
| 18247720 | A PROCESS FOR THE PURIFICATION OF FLUORINATED OLEFINS IN GAS PHASE | Solvay SA | LAWRENCE JR, FRANK M | 1776 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 35d | Pending | Apr 03, 2023 |
| 18041503 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING SPHERICAL POLYMERIC PARTICLES FOR COSMETIC APPLICATION | Rhodia Brasil S.A. | LIU, TRACY | 1614 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 39d | Pending | Feb 13, 2023 |
| 17928224 | ALUMINIUM AND ZIRCONIUM-BASED MIXED OXIDE | Rhodia Operations | FUNG, CHING-YIU | 1732 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 28, 2022 |
| 17781282 | ALUMINA WITH A PARTICULAR PORE PROFILE | Rhodia Operations | FUNG, CHING-YIU | 1732 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 31, 2022 |
| 17781310 | ALUMINA WITH A PARTICULAR PORE PROFILE | Rhodia Operations | FUNG, CHING-YIU | 1732 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 31, 2022 |
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Start Free Trial81.2% of resolved applications prosecuted by Obwb - Solvay were allowed, across 54 applications in USPTO records.
4.62 office actions per allowed application on average.
9 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 3 clients, before 6 examiners in 5 art units.
