Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
78 pending office actions • 44 art units • 72 examiners • 0 of 78 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 105 patents granted in the last 365 days
Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. has 81 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters are distributed among 75 distinct examiners and 46 distinct art units, showing a broad prosecution footprint across the technology area. The difference between the matter volume and examiner count indicates that some examiners handle more than one pending matter, while the art-unit count reflects additional concentration at the unit level.
HIGGINS, GERARD T is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. That limited concentration means the portfolio is primarily managed through many individual examiner relationships rather than a single dominant assignment. Counsel may benefit from centralized issue tracking, consistent amendment positions, and separate examiner-specific preparation for interviews and responses.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 22 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. 22 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 | 35 (45%) |
| §102 only | 2 (3%) |
| §112 only | 2 (3%) |
| Double-patenting only | 2 (3%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (1%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 35 (45%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (1%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIGGINS, GERARD T | 2 | 63.3% | +39.4% |
| WALSHON, SCOTT R | 2 | 51.6% | +20.6% |
| DUNNING, RYAN S | 2 | 76.0% | +24.2% |
| GRUSBY, REBECCA LYNN | 2 | 32.5% | +41.1% |
| SHEWAREGED, BETELHEM | 2 | 71.6% | +9.2% |
| HANSEN, JARED A | 2 | 53.1% | +48.0% |
| MUNOZ, DANIEL | 1 | 75.8% | +20.0% |
| PYO, KEVIN K | 1 | 87.0% | +9.9% |
| REYNOLDS, STEVEN ALAN | 1 | 65.9% | +23.3% |
| FREEMAN, JOHN D | 1 | 45.8% | +7.1% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18998698 | REFLECTIVE TYPE OPTICAL SCALE FOR ENCODER, REFLECTIVE TYPE OPTICAL ENCODER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING REFLECTIVE TYPE OPTICAL SCALE FOR ENCODER, AND MULTI-SURFACE ATTACHING REFLECTIVE TYPE OPTICAL SCALE FOR ENCODER | PYO, KEVIN K | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17438847 | SHEATHING MATERIAL FOR ALL SOLID STATE BATTERY, ALL SOLID STATE BATTERY, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | LEONARD, MICHELLE TURNER | 19d overdue |
| 18159310 | METHOD FOR INSPECTING MASK, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MASK, APPARATUS FOR INSPECTING MASK, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND MASK | CHEN, KEATH T | 11d overdue |
| 17781695 | BARRIER PAPER, CONTAINER AND LID MEMBER CONTAINING SAID BARRIER PAPER, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING BARRIER PAPER | ROMANOWSKI, MICHAEL C | 8d overdue |
| 17911384 | ELECTRICITY STORAGE DEVICE, ELECTRICITY STORAGE DEVICE STACK, AND MOBILE BODY | LIN, GIGI LEE | 4d overdue |
| 18028870 | DECORATIVE SHEET, DECORATIVE MATERIAL, PLATE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DECORATIVE SHEET | GRUSBY, REBECCA LYNN | 22d |
| 18606521 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | SCHWARTZ, RAPHAEL M | 42d |
| 18877480 | REFLECTION STRUCTURE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING REFLECTION STRUCTURE, AND FREQUENCY-SELECTIVE REFLECTION PLATE SET | MUNOZ, DANIEL | — |
| 18878133 | PROTECTIVE FILM AND STRUCTURE | WALSHON, SCOTT R | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17423020 | ELECTRICITY STORAGE DEVICE, ELECTRIC-POWERED VEHICLE, AND MEHTOD OF MANUFACTURING AN ELECTRICITY STORAGE DEVICE | HANSEN, JARED A | 8d overdue |
| 18714266 | DECORATIVE SHEET OBTAINED USING BIOMASS-DERIVED POLYETHYLENE, AND DECORATIVE PLATE | GRUSBY, REBECCA LYNN | 3d overdue |
| 18028870 | DECORATIVE SHEET, DECORATIVE MATERIAL, PLATE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DECORATIVE SHEET | GRUSBY, REBECCA LYNN | 22d |
| 19267742 | THERMAL TRANSFER SHEET, DISCOLORED OR DECOLORIZED PRINTED MATERIAL, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING DISCOLORED OR DECOLORIZED PRINTED MATERIAL | HIGGINS, GERARD T | — |
| 18877480 | REFLECTION STRUCTURE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING REFLECTION STRUCTURE, AND FREQUENCY-SELECTIVE REFLECTION PLATE SET | MUNOZ, DANIEL | — |
| 18878133 | PROTECTIVE FILM AND STRUCTURE | WALSHON, SCOTT R | — |
| 19195832 | LIQUID-CONTAINING COMBINATION CONTAINER, CONTAINER SET, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIQUID-CONTAINING CONTAINER | REYNOLDS, STEVEN ALAN | — |
| 18833328 | GLASS SUBSTRATE, GLASS LAMINATE, MEMBER FOR DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, GLASS SUBSTRATE INSPECTION METHOD, AND DISPLAY DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD | WALSHON, SCOTT R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1785 | 10 |
| 2872 | 6 |
| 1725 | 5 |
| 1788 | 4 |
| 1782 | 4 |
| 1787 | 3 |
| 2845 | 2 |
| 2871 | 2 |
| 1781 | 2 |
| 1717 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19267742 | THERMAL TRANSFER SHEET, DISCOLORED OR DECOLORIZED PRINTED MATERIAL, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING DISCOLORED OR DECOLORIZED PRINTED MATERIAL | HIGGINS, GERARD T | 1785 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 14, 2025 |
| 18877480 | REFLECTION STRUCTURE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING REFLECTION STRUCTURE, AND FREQUENCY-SELECTIVE REFLECTION PLATE SET | MUNOZ, DANIEL | 2845 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2025 |
| 18878133 | PROTECTIVE FILM AND STRUCTURE | WALSHON, SCOTT R | 1788 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 12, 2025 |
| 18998698 | REFLECTIVE TYPE OPTICAL SCALE FOR ENCODER, REFLECTIVE TYPE OPTICAL ENCODER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING REFLECTIVE TYPE OPTICAL SCALE FOR ENCODER, AND MULTI-SURFACE ATTACHING REFLECTIVE TYPE OPTICAL SCALE FOR ENCODER | PYO, KEVIN K | 2878 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 06, 2025 |
| 19195832 | LIQUID-CONTAINING COMBINATION CONTAINER, CONTAINER SET, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIQUID-CONTAINING CONTAINER | REYNOLDS, STEVEN ALAN | 3735 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 01, 2025 |
| 18833328 | GLASS SUBSTRATE, GLASS LAMINATE, MEMBER FOR DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, GLASS SUBSTRATE INSPECTION METHOD, AND DISPLAY DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD | WALSHON, SCOTT R | 1788 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2025 |
| 18837716 | TRANSFER SHEET, METHOD FOR PRODUCING EXTERIOR MEMBER, AND EXTERIOR MEMBER | FREEMAN, JOHN D | 1787 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 10, 2025 |
| 19022618 | OPTICAL FILM, AND POLARIZING PLATE, SURFACE PLATE, IMAGE DISPLAY PANEL AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE OPTICAL FILM, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE OPTICAL FILM, AND METHOD FOR SELECTING OPTICAL FILM, AND EVALUATION METHOD OF FINGER PRINT WIPING PROPERTY | BOOHER, ADAM W | 2872 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 18993814 | OPTICAL FILM, OPTICAL EFFECT FILM, EASILY ADHESIVE FILM, OPTICAL MULTILAYER BODY, SURFACE PLATE, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND POLARIZING PLATE | DUNNING, RYAN S | 2872 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2025 |
| 18864822 | ANTIVIRAL OPTICAL FILM, IMAGE DISPLAY PANEL, AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE | CHUNG, DAVID Y | 2871 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2024 |
| 19000166 | OPTICAL FILM, POLARIZING PLATE, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND OPTICAL FILM SELECTION METHOD | JONES, JENNIFER ANN | 2872 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 18981762 | THERMAL TRANSFER PRINTER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING PRINTED PRODUCT, PRINTED PRODUCT, COMBINATION OF THERMAL TRANSFER SHEET AND INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER MEDIUM, INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER MEDIUM, AND THERMAL TRANSFER SHEET | FEGGINS, KRISTAL J | 2853 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 18944920 | OPTICAL LAYERED BODY, POLARIZING PLATE, DISPLAY PANEL, AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE | DUNNING, RYAN S | 2872 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 12, 2024 |
| 18841212 | FOAMING ADHESIVE SHEET AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING PRODUCT | GAITONDE, MEGHA MEHTA | 1781 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 07, 2024 |
| 18910609 | DECORATIVE SHEET AND DISPLAY DEVICE | CROCKETT, RYAN M | 2871 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 09, 2024 |
| 18909138 | WIRING STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, MULTILAYER WIRING STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT MOUNTING SUBSTRATE, METHOD OF FORMING PATTERN STRUCTURE, IMPRINT MOLD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, IMPRINT MOLD SET, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MULTILAYER WIRING BOARD | MCNALLY, DANIEL | 1746 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 08, 2024 |
| 18833539 | ANTIREFLECTIVE MEMBER, AND POLARIZING PLATE, IMAGE DISPLAY PANEL, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ANTIREFLECTIVE ARTICLE WHICH USE SAID ANTIREFLECTIVE MEMBER, AND METHOD FOR SELECTING ANTIREFLECTIVE MEMBER | SIPES, JOHN CURTIS | 2872 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2024 |
| 18814813 | LIGHT MODULATION ELEMENT AND INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM | CHANG, AUDREY Y | 2872 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 26, 2024 |
| 18838300 | SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE, SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE INTERMEDIATE, REDISTRIBUTION LAYER CHIP, REDISTRIBUTION LAYER CHIP INTERMEDIATE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE INTERMEDIATE | HAIDER, WASIUL | 2812 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 14, 2024 |
| 18796542 | MARKER, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MARKER, AND DETECTION TARGET | GRAY, SUNGHEE Y | 2877 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 07, 2024 |
| 18708255 | MODULE, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE LAMINATE, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF MODULE, AND WIRING BOARD | DINH, TUAN T | 2847 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 05, 2024 |
| 18834299 | VAPOR DEPOSITION MASK, FRAMED VAPOR DEPOSITION MASK, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING VAPOR DEPOSITION MASK, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ORGANIC DEVICE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING FRAMED VAPOR DEPOSITION MASK | TADESSE, YEWEBDAR T | 1717 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2024 |
| 18834035 | VAPOR DEPOSITION MASK, FRAMED VAPOR DEPOSITION MASK, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING VAPOR DEPOSITION MASK, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ORGANIC DEVICE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING FRAMED VAPOR DEPOSITION MASK | LUK, EMMANUEL S | 1744 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2024 |
| 18727036 | OXYGEN-ABSORBING COATED MULTILAYER BODY | POWERS, LAURA C | 1785 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 05, 2024 |
| 18725469 | LIQUID-CONTAINING CONTAINER, LIQUID-CONTAINING COMBINED CONTAINER, CONTAINER, STOPPER, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING LIQUID-CONTAINING CONTAINER | TAWFIK, SAMEH | 3731 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18719529 | LID, ELECTRICITY STORAGE DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRICITY STORAGE DEVICE | BUCHANAN, JACOB | 1725 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2024 |
| 18714266 | DECORATIVE SHEET OBTAINED USING BIOMASS-DERIVED POLYETHYLENE, AND DECORATIVE PLATE | GRUSBY, REBECCA LYNN | 1785 | §103 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | May 29, 2024 |
| 18714305 | DECORATIVE SHEET AND DECORATIVE PANEL IN WHICH BIOMASS-DERIVED POLYETHYLENE IS USED | RUMMEL, IAN A | 1785 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 29, 2024 |
| 18574190 | DIAGNOSIS SUPPORT DEVICE, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND DIAGNOSIS SUPPORT METHOD | LIN, JESSICA YIFANG | 2668 | §103 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | May 21, 2024 |
| 18712017 | DECORATIVE SHEET, METHOD FOR PRODUCING DECORATIVE MOLDED ARTICLE, TRANSFER SHEET WITH MOLD RELEASE MEMBER, DECORATIVE SHEET WITH MOLD RELEASE MEMBER, TRANSFER SHEET PRECURSOR, DECORATIVE SHEET PRECURSOR, METHOD FOR PRODUCING TRANSFER SHEET, METHOD FOR PRODUCING DECORATIVE SHEET AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING DECORATIVE ARTICLE | HIGGINS, GERARD T | 1785 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 21, 2024 |
| 18707950 | THROUGH-VIA SUBSTRATE, MOUNTING SUBSTRATE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THROUGH-VIA SUBSTRATE | HOQUE, MOHAMMAD M | 2817 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 07, 2024 |
| 18559743 | MULTILAYER BODY FOR DISPLAY DEVICES, AND DISPLAY DEVICE, STACKED BODY FOR DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE | ZHANG, RUIYUN | 1782 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 12, 2024 |
| 18697972 | WAVELENGTH CONVERSION SHEET-USE FILM, WAVELENGTH CONVERSION SHEET, BACKLIGHT, AND DISPLAY DEVICE | SHAMSUZZAMAN, MOHAMMED | 2897 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 02, 2024 |
| 18697777 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE LAMINATE, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND MODULE | LEE, PETE T | 2848 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 02, 2024 |
| 18695460 | VAPOR CHAMBER, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING VAPOR CHAMBER | ARANT, HARRY E | 3763 | §102 | Final Rejection | 15d overdue | Pending | Mar 26, 2024 |
| 18606521 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | SCHWARTZ, RAPHAEL M | 2671 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 42d | Pending | Mar 15, 2024 |
| 18691156 | POWER STORAGE DEVICE PACKAGING MATERIAL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, FILM, AND POWER STORAGE DEVICE | KARST, DAVID THOMAS | 1767 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 12, 2024 |
| 18683539 | ADHESIVE FILM FOR METAL TERMINAL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING ADHESIVE FILM FOR METAL TERMINAL, METAL TERMINAL WITH ADHESIVE FILM FOR METAL TERMINAL, POWER STORAGE DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING POWER STORAGE DEVICE | COLTON, JENNA XIANXIAN | 1782 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2024 |
| 18263923 | ANTENNA AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS | DUONG, DIEU HIEN | 2845 | §103 | Final Rejection | 46d | Pending | Feb 05, 2024 |
| 18578399 | DECORATIVE FILM, DECORATIVE MOLDED ARTICLE, DECORATIVE DISPLAY COMPONENT, DECORATIVE DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DECORATIVE DISPLAY COMPONENT | SHEWAREGED, BETELHEM | 1785 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 5d | Pending | Jan 11, 2024 |
| 18574414 | OUTER PACKAGE MATERIAL FOR POWER STORAGE DEVICES, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND POWER STORAGE DEVICE | APPLEGATE, SARAH ARIMINTIA | 1725 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2023 |
| 18574116 | POWER STORAGE DEVICE, HEAT TRANSFER BODY, AND PACKAGE | CULLEN, SEAN P | 1725 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2023 |
| 18570835 | OUTER PACKAGE MATERIAL FOR POWER STORAGE DEVICES, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND POWER STORAGE DEVICE | JHA, SAURAV KUMAR | 1741 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 15, 2023 |
| 18564203 | STERILIZER GASIFICATION APPARATUS AND STERILIZER GASIFICATION METHOD | SPAMER, DONALD R | 1799 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2023 |
| 18290055 | DRY MICROCARRIER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME | ABBAS, ABDULRAHMAN MUSTAFA | 1633 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 09, 2023 |
| 18282394 | WIRING BOARD, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING WIRING BOARD, LAMINATE FOR IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE | FAROKHROOZ, FATIMA N | 2875 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2023 |
| 18288062 | WATER-IMPERMEABLE DEGASSING FILM FOR POWER STORAGE DEVICE | PATEL, SUHANI JITENDRA | 1783 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2023 |
| 18287694 | ADHESIVE FILM, ELECTRICITY STORAGE DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELECTRICITY STORAGE DEVICE | GILLIAM, BARBARA LEE | 1725 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 20, 2023 |
| 18287687 | ADHESIVE FILM, POWER STORAGE DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING POWER STORAGE DEVICE | CARVALHO JR., ARMINDO | 1729 | §103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 20, 2023 |
| 18285567 | RESIN FILM FOR POWER STORAGE DEVICE, AND POWER STORAGE DEVICE | CHAU, LISA N | 1785 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialDai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. has 78 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 44 art units and 72 examiners.
Gerard T Higgins has the most, with 2 of Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
