Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Dainichiseika Color & Chemicals Mfg. Co., Ltd.

Technology area: Chemistry & Materials

6 pending office actions • 2 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

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 (50%)
3
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (17%)
§103 only3 (50%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
33% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
4
Business / Other
67% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
FORREST, MICHAEL 2 59.5% +13.8%
ALLEY, GENEVIEVE S 1 60.3% +48.2%
LE, HOA T 1 72.7% +12.2%
SLOAN, LILY KAYOKO 1 68.1% +34.5%
KEKIA, OMAR M 1 67.5% +22.2%

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
18697564 METHOD FOR PRODUCING CARBON MATERIAL DISPERSED LIQUID FORREST, MICHAEL —
18697562 CARBON MATERIAL DISPERSION AND USE THEREFOR FORREST, MICHAEL —
18258558 SEPARATOR FOR FUEL CELL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME KEKIA, OMAR M —

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18834929 WATER REPELLENT CELLULOSE BEADS, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND COSMETIC LE, HOA T 55d
18841784 BIODEGRADABLE ARTIFICIAL BAIT COMPOSITION AND BIODEGRADABLE ARTIFICIAL BAIT ALLEY, GENEVIEVE S —
18578565 ADHESIVE SLOAN, LILY KAYOKO —
18697564 METHOD FOR PRODUCING CARBON MATERIAL DISPERSED LIQUID FORREST, MICHAEL —
18697562 CARBON MATERIAL DISPERSION AND USE THEREFOR FORREST, MICHAEL —
18258558 SEPARATOR FOR FUEL CELL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME KEKIA, OMAR M —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1788 1
1722 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18841784 BIODEGRADABLE ARTIFICIAL BAIT COMPOSITION AND BIODEGRADABLE ARTIFICIAL BAIT ALLEY, GENEVIEVE S — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 27, 2024
18834929 WATER REPELLENT CELLULOSE BEADS, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND COSMETIC LE, HOA T 1788 §103 Non-Final OA 55d Pending Jul 31, 2024
18578565 ADHESIVE SLOAN, LILY KAYOKO — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 13, 2024
18697564 METHOD FOR PRODUCING CARBON MATERIAL DISPERSED LIQUID FORREST, MICHAEL — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 01, 2024
18697562 CARBON MATERIAL DISPERSION AND USE THEREFOR FORREST, MICHAEL — §101§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 01, 2024
18258558 SEPARATOR FOR FUEL CELL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME KEKIA, OMAR M 1722 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 21, 2023

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