Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Obwb - Solvay (Eco)

9 pending office actions • 3 clients • 9 examiners • 9 art units • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
1
Due this week
3
Due this month
3
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (3)

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%)
8
Medium (89%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (11%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only8 (89%)
No statute on record1 (11%)

Industry Mix

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

9
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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
DAVIS, SHENG HAN 1 65.9% +35.2%
KRYLOVA, IRINA 1 36.4% +47.9%
LAWRENCE JR, FRANK M 1 83.9% +19.8%
PARSA, JAFAR F 1 87.3% +8.7%
JOHNSTON, BRIEANN R 1 48.9% +32.9%
HARRIS, BRITTANY SHARON 1 51.9% +32.9%
LIU, TRACY 1 54.9% +28.0%
KOSLOW, CAROL M 1 81.8% +11.9%
LUK, VANESSA TIBAY 1 54.0% +27.4%

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
17768119 USE OF SILICATES IN A GREENHOUSE FILM FOR INCREASING FRUIT DEVELOPMENT OF PLANTS KOSLOW, CAROL M 33d
18247720 A PROCESS FOR THE PURIFICATION OF FLUORINATED OLEFINS IN GAS PHASE LAWRENCE JR, FRANK M 35d

Interview Candidates (8)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
16720100 PROCESS FOR BRAZING OF ALUMINUM ALLOYS AND A FLUX LUK, VANESSA TIBAY 103d overdue
18044871 CLEANING COMPOSITIONS HARRIS, BRITTANY SHARON 6d
18430385 FUNCTIONALIZED PARTICULATE BICARBONATE AS BLOWING AGENT, FOAMABLE POLYMER COMPOSITION CONTAINING IT, AND ITS USE IN MANUFACTURING A THERMOPLASTIC FOAMED POLYMER KRYLOVA, IRINA 8d
18028096 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING MARINE BIODEGRADABILITY OF POLYMERIC COMPOSITIONS JOHNSTON, BRIEANN R 14d
18789072 PRECIPITATED SILICA WITH IMPROVED PROCESSING PROPERTIES DAVIS, SHENG HAN 26d
17768119 USE OF SILICATES IN A GREENHOUSE FILM FOR INCREASING FRUIT DEVELOPMENT OF PLANTS KOSLOW, CAROL M 33d
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

Client Portfolio (3 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Solvay 5
RHODIA BRASIL S.A. 3
RHODIA OPERATIONS 1

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17321
17641
17761
16921
17661
17611
16141
17341
17331

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18789072 PRECIPITATED SILICA WITH IMPROVED PROCESSING PROPERTIES Rhodia Operations DAVIS, SHENG HAN 1732 §103 Final Rejection 26d Pending Jul 30, 2024
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 Final Rejection 8d Pending Feb 01, 2024
18247720 A PROCESS FOR THE PURIFICATION OF FLUORINATED OLEFINS IN GAS PHASE Solvay SA LAWRENCE JR, FRANK M 1776 §103 Final Rejection 35d Pending Apr 03, 2023
18247721 A PROCESS FOR THE PURIFICATION OF FLUORINATED OLEFINS Solvay SA PARSA, JAFAR F 1692 Other Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Apr 03, 2023
18028096 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING MARINE BIODEGRADABILITY OF POLYMERIC COMPOSITIONS Rhodia Brasil S.A. JOHNSTON, BRIEANN R 1766 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Mar 23, 2023
18044871 CLEANING COMPOSITIONS Rhodia Brasil S.A. HARRIS, BRITTANY SHARON 1761 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Mar 10, 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
17768119 USE OF SILICATES IN A GREENHOUSE FILM FOR INCREASING FRUIT DEVELOPMENT OF PLANTS Solvay SA KOSLOW, CAROL M 1734 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Apr 11, 2022
16720100 PROCESS FOR BRAZING OF ALUMINUM ALLOYS AND A FLUX Solvay SA LUK, VANESSA TIBAY 1733 §103 Final Rejection 103d overdue Pending Dec 19, 2019

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