Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP (Chevron)

11 pending office actions • 1 client • 10 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 13 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
1
Due this week
4
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (4)Due ≤ 60 days (2)Due later (1)

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.

3
Hard (27%)
8
Medium (73%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only3 (27%)
§103 only8 (73%)

Industry Mix

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

7
Life Sciences
64% of docket
1
Information Tech
9% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
3
Semiconductors
27% 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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
GOLOBOY, JAMES C 2 63.5% +8.8%
JEONG, YOUNGSUL 1 71.8% +21.3%
TOOMER, CEPHIA D 1 74.1% +2.4%
PO, MING CHEUNG 1 37.5% +14.0%
SULTANA, DILARA 1 80.6% +16.0%
CORDERO, LINA M 1 71.5% +37.7%
PARK, HYUN D 1 41.1% +23.0%
ZHANG, KELING NMN 1 66.5% +18.2%
WAJE, CARLO C 1 68.2% +34.6%
OLADAPO, TAIWO 1 53.0% +11.3%

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
18479566 INTEGRATED FLUID LEAK DETECTION USING MULTIPLE SENSORS SULTANA, DILARA 15d

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
18104087 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING FRACTURE-DRIVEN INTERACTIONS AND IDENTIFYING FRACTURE-DRIVEN INTERACTION RISK IN A SUBSURFACE VOLUME OF INTEREST PARK, HYUN D 31d overdue
18035171 SUBSURFACE CHARACTERIZATION BASED ON MULTIPLE CORRELATION SCENARIOS CORDERO, LINA M 28d
17963559 MULTIVARIATE NORMALIZATION OF WELL LOGS USING PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION MODELING WAJE, CARLO C 29d

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
18054281 MOVING BED LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS CONVERSION WITH FLUID BED CATALYST REGENERATION ZHANG, KELING NMN 81d overdue
18104087 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING FRACTURE-DRIVEN INTERACTIONS AND IDENTIFYING FRACTURE-DRIVEN INTERACTION RISK IN A SUBSURFACE VOLUME OF INTEREST PARK, HYUN D 31d overdue
19075599 REPURPOSING FLUIDIZED CATALYTIC CRACKING (FCC) SYSTEMS TO GENERATE RENEWABLE FUEL INTERMEDIATE COMPOSITIONS JEONG, YOUNGSUL 6d
18479566 INTEGRATED FLUID LEAK DETECTION USING MULTIPLE SENSORS SULTANA, DILARA 15d
17908462 LUBRICATING OIL COMPOSITIONS WITH IMPROVED OXIDATIVE PERFORMANCE COMPRISING ALKYLATED DIPHENYLAMINE ANTIOXIDANT AND SULFONATE DETERGENTS OLADAPO, TAIWO 27d
18035171 SUBSURFACE CHARACTERIZATION BASED ON MULTIPLE CORRELATION SCENARIOS CORDERO, LINA M 28d
17963559 MULTIVARIATE NORMALIZATION OF WELL LOGS USING PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION MODELING WAJE, CARLO C 29d
18773287 INTERMEDIATE AND HYDROTREATED FUEL COMPOSITIONS FROM RENEWABLE LIPID FEEDSTOCKS PO, MING CHEUNG 34d

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Chevron 11

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17715
28572
17721
28581
17321
21511

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19075599 REPURPOSING FLUIDIZED CATALYTIC CRACKING (FCC) SYSTEMS TO GENERATE RENEWABLE FUEL INTERMEDIATE COMPOSITIONS Chevron U.S.A. Inc. JEONG, YOUNGSUL 1772 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Mar 10, 2025
18975959 FUEL ADDITIVES FOR REDUCING LOW SPEED PRE-IGNITION EVENTS Chevron U.S.A. Inc. TOOMER, CEPHIA D 1771 §103 Final Rejection 86d Pending Dec 10, 2024
18773287 INTERMEDIATE AND HYDROTREATED FUEL COMPOSITIONS FROM RENEWABLE LIPID FEEDSTOCKS Chevron U.S.A. Inc. PO, MING CHEUNG 1771 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Jul 15, 2024
18567974 AMINE-BOOSTED DETERGENT Chevron Oronite Company LLC GOLOBOY, JAMES C 1771 §103 Non-Final OA 48d Pending Dec 07, 2023
18479566 INTEGRATED FLUID LEAK DETECTION USING MULTIPLE SENSORS Chevron U.S.A. Inc. SULTANA, DILARA 2858 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Oct 02, 2023
18035171 SUBSURFACE CHARACTERIZATION BASED ON MULTIPLE CORRELATION SCENARIOS Chevron U.S.A. Inc. CORDERO, LINA M 2857 §101 Final Rejection 28d Pending May 03, 2023
18104087 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING FRACTURE-DRIVEN INTERACTIONS AND IDENTIFYING FRACTURE-DRIVEN INTERACTION RISK IN A SUBSURFACE VOLUME OF INTEREST Chevron U.S.A. Inc. PARK, HYUN D 2857 §101 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Jan 31, 2023
18054281 MOVING BED LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS CONVERSION WITH FLUID BED CATALYST REGENERATION Chevron U.S.A. Inc. ZHANG, KELING NMN 1732 §103 Final Rejection 81d overdue Pending Nov 10, 2022
17963559 MULTIVARIATE NORMALIZATION OF WELL LOGS USING PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION MODELING Chevron U.S.A. Inc. WAJE, CARLO C 2151 §101 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Oct 11, 2022
17908462 LUBRICATING OIL COMPOSITIONS WITH IMPROVED OXIDATIVE PERFORMANCE COMPRISING ALKYLATED DIPHENYLAMINE ANTIOXIDANT AND SULFONATE DETERGENTS Chevron Oronite Company LLC OLADAPO, TAIWO 1771 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Aug 31, 2022
17368918 FUEL ADDITIVES FOR MITIGATING INJECTOR NOZZLE FOULING AND REDUCING PARTICULATE EMISSIONS Chevron U.S.A. Inc. GOLOBOY, JAMES C 1771 §103 Final Rejection 37d overdue Pending Jul 07, 2021

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