Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
60 pending office actions • 41 art units • 56 examiners • 0 of 60 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 65 patents granted in the last 365 days
Daicel Corporation has 66 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The portfolio reaches 61 distinct examiners and 45 distinct art units, indicating broad distribution across examination teams. Because the examiner figure is close to the action figure, the workload is not centered on a small number of repeat examiner relationships.
MILLER, BETHANY MACKENZIE is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. That level of concentration is limited relative to the portfolio, so a response program built around a single examiner is unlikely to address most matters. Separate tracking by art unit can help identify recurring technical or procedural issues, while centralized docket oversight can preserve consistency across the dispersed examiner assignments.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 18 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. 18 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 4 (7%) |
| §103 only | 24 (40%) |
| §102 only | 3 (5%) |
| §112 only | 2 (3%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 4 (7%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 22 (37%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (2%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MILLER, BETHANY MACKENZIE | 2 | 55.1% | +49.9% |
| RUMMEL, JULIA L | 2 | 34.8% | +52.4% |
| LIU, TRACY | 2 | 54.5% | +26.9% |
| FELTON, AILEEN BAKER | 2 | 51.7% | +16.7% |
| EDWARDS, LOREN C | 1 | 81.5% | +29.2% |
| SMITH, MAURICE C | 1 | 84.6% | -4.2% |
| DESAI, ANISH P | 1 | 45.5% | +6.1% |
| KHATRI, PRASHANT J | 1 | 61.6% | +28.0% |
| SILVERMAN, JANICE Y | 1 | 37.6% | +53.0% |
| AL-AWADI, DANAH J | 1 | 54.6% | +13.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19210548 | EQUOL MEASUREMENT KIT AND EQUOL MEASUREMENT METHOD | SMITH, MAURICE C | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17908338 | EXPLOSIVE COMPOSITION FOR DIAMOND SYNTHESIS | TAYLOR, JORDAN W | 4d overdue |
| 18713060 | STRUCTURE COMPRISING DIAMOND COATING FILM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | RUMMEL, JULIA L | 12d |
| 18029780 | GAS-GENERATING AGENT COMPOSITION | FELTON, AILEEN BAKER | 22d |
| 19244609 | GAS GENERATOR AND FIXING STRUCTURE OF GAS GENERATOR | EDWARDS, LOREN C | 53d |
| 18569614 | MONK FRUIT EXTRACT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | HOFFMAN, SUSAN COE | 54d |
| 18023946 | ENZYME DEHYDROXYLATING HYDROXYL GROUP AT 9-POSITION OF UROLITHIN COMPOUND | PAK, YONG D | 56d |
| 19034317 | CURABLE COMPOSITION, UNDERCOAT LAYER, LAMINATE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE | MILLER, BETHANY MACKENZIE | — |
| 19034374 | HARDCOAT-LESS FILM, LAMINATE, MULTILAYER LAMINATE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE | DESAI, ANISH P | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18713060 | STRUCTURE COMPRISING DIAMOND COATING FILM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | RUMMEL, JULIA L | 12d |
| 18705373 | MOLD RELEASE FILM AND LAMINATE THEREOF, AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY | MILLER, BETHANY MACKENZIE | 22d |
| 18277826 | CELLULOSE ACYLATE COMPOSITION AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR | LIU, TRACY | 22d |
| 18029710 | GAS-FORMING AGENT COMPOSITION | FELTON, AILEEN BAKER | 22d |
| 18029780 | GAS-GENERATING AGENT COMPOSITION | FELTON, AILEEN BAKER | 22d |
| 19244609 | GAS GENERATOR AND FIXING STRUCTURE OF GAS GENERATOR | EDWARDS, LOREN C | 53d |
| 19034317 | CURABLE COMPOSITION, UNDERCOAT LAYER, LAMINATE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE | MILLER, BETHANY MACKENZIE | — |
| 18989674 | CURABLE RESIN COMPOSITION, COATING LAYER, LAMINATE, PLASTIC LENS, AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE | KHATRI, PRASHANT J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3783 | 5 |
| 1787 | 4 |
| 2877 | 2 |
| 1788 | 2 |
| 1615 | 2 |
| 2872 | 2 |
| 1621 | 2 |
| 1764 | 2 |
| 1784 | 2 |
| 1732 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19244609 | GAS GENERATOR AND FIXING STRUCTURE OF GAS GENERATOR | EDWARDS, LOREN C | 3746 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 53d | Pending | Jun 20, 2025 |
| 19210548 | EQUOL MEASUREMENT KIT AND EQUOL MEASUREMENT METHOD | SMITH, MAURICE C | 2877 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 16, 2025 |
| 19034317 | CURABLE COMPOSITION, UNDERCOAT LAYER, LAMINATE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE | MILLER, BETHANY MACKENZIE | 1787 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2025 |
| 19034374 | HARDCOAT-LESS FILM, LAMINATE, MULTILAYER LAMINATE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE | DESAI, ANISH P | 1788 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2025 |
| 18989674 | CURABLE RESIN COMPOSITION, COATING LAYER, LAMINATE, PLASTIC LENS, AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE | KHATRI, PRASHANT J | 1783 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18867148 | FOOD COMPOSITION COMPRISING EQUOL AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR | SILVERMAN, JANICE Y | 1792 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 19, 2024 |
| 18867286 | SURFACE-MODIFIED NANODIAMOND | AL-AWADI, DANAH J | 1615 | §101§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 19, 2024 |
| 18863981 | LENS UNIT | TRA, TUYEN Q | 2872 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 07, 2024 |
| 18857062 | LIQUID PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION | ISNOR, ALEXANDRA NICOLE | 1611 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 15, 2024 |
| 18855898 | EQUOL MANUFACTURING METHOD | TSAY, MARSHA M | 1656 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2024 |
| 18855905 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING EMULSIFIED COMPOSITION | SONG, JIANFENG | 1613 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2024 |
| 18848724 | BIODEGRADABLE FLATTENED PARTICLES, COSMETICS COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING BIODEGRADABLE FLATTENED PARTICLES | MAEWALL, SNIGDHA | 1612 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2024 |
| 18846235 | ADDITIVE COMPOSITION FOR ORALLY DISINTEGRATING TABLET | KIM, SEONG JONG | 1621 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 11, 2024 |
| 18836805 | ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKER DEVICE | BOLTON, WILLIAM A | 2831 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 08, 2024 |
| 18718131 | POROUS PARTICLE, COSMETIC COMPOSITION, AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR POROUS PARTICLE | RIOJA, MELISSA A | 1764 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2024 |
| 18713993 | COMPOSITION AND CELLULOSE DERIVATIVE | TRUONG, QUANGLONG N | 1615 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 28, 2024 |
| 18713060 | STRUCTURE COMPRISING DIAMOND COATING FILM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | RUMMEL, JULIA L | 1784 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | May 23, 2024 |
| 18708609 | BAND FOR FILTER FOR HEATED TOBACCO PRODUCT, AND BAND PACKAGED ARTICLE FOR FILTER FOR HEATED TOBACCO PRODUCT | YAARY, ERIC | 1755 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2024 |
| 18649386 | AGENT FOR PREVENTING OR AMELIORATING ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE | CRAIGO, BAHAR ALAWI | 1699 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 29, 2024 |
| 18705373 | MOLD RELEASE FILM AND LAMINATE THEREOF, AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY | MILLER, BETHANY MACKENZIE | 1787 | §103 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Apr 26, 2024 |
| 18585691 | ANTIGLARE FILM | RUMMEL, JULIA L | 1784 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 23, 2024 |
| 18684358 | NANODIAMOND AQUEOUS DISPERSION | DAVIS, SHENG HAN | 1732 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 16, 2024 |
| 18684071 | CELLULOSE DERIVATIVE, AND BORON ADSORBENT COMPRISING THE CELLULOSE DERIVATIVE | SPEER, JOSHUA MAXWELL | 1736 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 15, 2024 |
| 18411228 | OPTICAL UNIT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | SWIER, WAYNE K. | 1748 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 12, 2024 |
| 18575949 | PERSONALIZED VACCINE ADMINISTRATION | EMCH, GREGORY S | 1678 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2024 |
| 18575953 | ADMINISTRATION OF NAKED NUCLEIC ACID MOLECULE | AMAR, MARC J | 3741 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2024 |
| 18573762 | INSULATED WIRE, COIL AND CABLE INCLUDING INSULATED WIRE | LAWLER, JOHN VINCENT | 1787 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 8d overdue | Pending | Dec 22, 2023 |
| 18569614 | MONK FRUIT EXTRACT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | HOFFMAN, SUSAN COE | 1655 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | 54d | Pending | Dec 13, 2023 |
| 18564333 | COMPOSITE PARTICLES AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR | MEYERS, ELIZABETH ANNE | 1617 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2023 |
| 18512980 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING POLYMER | HUHN, RICHARD A | 1764 | §112Other | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Nov 17, 2023 |
| 18277826 | CELLULOSE ACYLATE COMPOSITION AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR | LIU, TRACY | 1614 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | 22d | Pending | Aug 18, 2023 |
| 18277709 | NANOCARBON MATERIAL DISPERSION COMPOSITION | CHU, YONG LIANG | 1731 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 17, 2023 |
| 18276955 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING CORE-SHELL POROUS SILICA PARTICLES, AND CORE-SHELL POROUS SILICA PARTICLES | LALISSE, REMY FREDERIC | 1732 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 11, 2023 |
| 18276833 | PARTICLE-IMMOBILIZED SUBSTRATE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING PARTICLE-IMMOBILIZED SUBSTRATE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING DIAMOND-FILM-IMMOBILIZED SUBSTRATE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING DIAMOND | LE, HOA T | 1788 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 10, 2023 |
| 18270771 | INJECTOR | BRANDT, DAVID NELSON | 3783 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2023 |
| 18269390 | CLATHRATE IN WHICH EQUOL IS INCLUDED IN CYCLODEXTRIN, EQUOL-ABSORBENT COMPOSITION CONTAINING SAID CLATHRATE, AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR | BARSKY, JARED | 1628 | §103 | Final Rejection | 9d | Pending | Jun 23, 2023 |
| 18269431 | CURABLE COMPOUND PRODUCT | BHUSHAN, KUMAR R | 1766 | §102§103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 23, 2023 |
| 18208431 | NANODIAMOND-ENHANCED NANOFIBER SEPARATOR FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES | CHUO, TONY SHENG HSIANG | 1751 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2023 |
| 18251522 | DEVICE ASSEMBLY FOR NEEDLELESS SYRINGE | SWANSON, LEAH JENNINGS | 3783 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 02, 2023 |
| 18029710 | GAS-FORMING AGENT COMPOSITION | FELTON, AILEEN BAKER | 1734 | §102 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Mar 31, 2023 |
| 18029780 | GAS-GENERATING AGENT COMPOSITION | FELTON, AILEEN BAKER | 1734 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 22d | Pending | Mar 31, 2023 |
| 18026059 | SURFACE-ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING AGENT | AMARA, MOHAMED K | 2877 | §103 | Final Rejection | 83d | Pending | Mar 13, 2023 |
| 18115601 | PARTITIONING MEMBER FOR TOTAL HEAT EXCHANGE ELEMENTS, TOTAL HEAT EXCHANGE ELEMENT, AND VENTILATION APPARATUS | ALVARE, PAUL | 3763 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2023 |
| 18023946 | ENZYME DEHYDROXYLATING HYDROXYL GROUP AT 9-POSITION OF UROLITHIN COMPOUND | PAK, YONG D | 1652 | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | 56d | Pending | Feb 28, 2023 |
| 18115215 | CELLULOSE ACETATE PARTICLES, COSMETIC COMPOSITION, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING CELLULOSE ACETATE PARTICLES | STEINKE, SEAN JAMES | 1619 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2023 |
| 18021942 | SILANE COUPLING AGENT | KRUER, KEVIN R | 1787 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 17, 2023 |
| 18003643 | NEEDLELESS INJECTOR | NORTH, ISABELLA SARAH HYO SO | 3783 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 46d overdue | Pending | Dec 28, 2022 |
| 17928091 | ABNORMAL IRREGULARITY CAUSE IDENTIFYING DEVICE, ABNORMAL IRREGULARITY CAUSE IDENTIFYING METHOD, AND ABNORMAL IRREGULARITY CAUSE IDENTIFYING PROGRAM | ORTIZ RODRIGUEZ, CARLOS R | 2119 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 28, 2022 |
| 17928186 | ABNORMAL IRREGULARITY CAUSE DISPLAY DEVICE, ABNORMAL IRREGULARITY CAUSE DISPLAY METHOD, AND ABNORMAL IRREGULARITY CAUSE DISPLAY PROGRAM | LINDSAY, BERNARD G | 2119 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 28, 2022 |
| 17926424 | A COMPOSITION FOR IMPROVING QOL OF A 40-YEAR-OLD OR OLDER POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMAN WITHOUT MENOPAUSAL DISORDER | ROZOF, TIMOTHY R | 1625 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 103d overdue | Pending | Nov 18, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialDaicel Corporation has 60 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 41 art units and 56 examiners.
Bethany Mackenzie Miller has the most, with 2 of Daicel Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
