Prosecution Insights
Last updated: September 24, 2026

Daiichi Kigenso Kagaku Kogyo Co. Ltd.

Technology area: Chemistry & Materials

4 pending office actions • 1 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

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

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 (75%)
1
Medium (25%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (25%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (75%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
25% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
3
Business / Other
75% 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.

40 h
Manual time on pending OAs
8 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
14 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LI, JUN 1 54.6% +56.9%
MILLER, CAMERON KENNETH 1 81.4% +0.3%
LEAVITT, MORDECAI MIZANI 1 100.0% +0.0%
ABU ALI, SHUANGYI 1 45.2% +37.8%

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
18717261 ZIRCONIA SINTERED BODY, ZIRCONIA POWDER, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ZIRCONIA SINTERED BODY MILLER, CAMERON KENNETH —
18681552 ZIRCONIUM HYDROXIDE POWDER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ZIRCONIUM HYDROXIDE POWDER LEAVITT, MORDECAI MIZANI —
18281754 CERAMIC SINTERED BODY AND CERAMIC POWDER ABU ALI, SHUANGYI —

Interview Candidates (2)

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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18719608 ZIRCONIA-BASED POWDER MATERIAL LI, JUN —
18281754 CERAMIC SINTERED BODY AND CERAMIC POWDER ABU ALI, SHUANGYI —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1731 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18719608 ZIRCONIA-BASED POWDER MATERIAL LI, JUN — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 13, 2024
18717261 ZIRCONIA SINTERED BODY, ZIRCONIA POWDER, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ZIRCONIA SINTERED BODY MILLER, CAMERON KENNETH — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 06, 2024
18681552 ZIRCONIUM HYDROXIDE POWDER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ZIRCONIUM HYDROXIDE POWDER LEAVITT, MORDECAI MIZANI — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 06, 2024
18281754 CERAMIC SINTERED BODY AND CERAMIC POWDER ABU ALI, SHUANGYI 1731 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 12, 2023

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