Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
52 pending office actions • 26 art units • 45 examiners • 0 of 52 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 50 patents granted in the last 365 days
DIC Corporation has 52 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. These matters are assigned to 45 distinct examiners and 25 distinct art units, so the docket is distributed across many examiners while showing greater concentration at the art-unit level. That structure may reflect recurring technical themes within a broader materials portfolio.
HESTER, HOLLEY GRACE is the busiest examiner, with 3 pending matters. The limited concentration in that examiner’s docket suggests that portfolio-wide prosecution coordination should focus more on consistent claim and disclosure positions than on a single examiner relationship. Art-unit-specific preparation may be particularly useful.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 15 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. 15 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 only | 1 (2%) |
| §101 + other | 5 (10%) |
| §103 only | 18 (35%) |
| §102 only | 2 (4%) |
| §112 only | 1 (2%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (4%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 23 (44%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HESTER, HOLLEY GRACE | 3 | 67.2% | +41.1% |
| DUCHENEAUX, FRANK D | 2 | 45.2% | -14.5% |
| CHU, JOHN S Y | 2 | 76.8% | +5.4% |
| NELSON, MICHAEL B | 2 | 21.5% | +37.3% |
| LEONARD, MICHAEL L | 2 | 63.7% | +8.3% |
| ZHANG, KELING NMN | 2 | 66.8% | +17.6% |
| NGUYEN, CAM LINH T | 1 | 83.9% | +13.4% |
| FERRE, ALEXANDRE F | 1 | 59.1% | +20.1% |
| LE, HOA T | 1 | 72.7% | +11.9% |
| THOMPSON, CAMIE S | 1 | 73.7% | +10.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17417976 | DEGASSING SYSTEM, METHOD FOR DEGASSING LIQUIDS, DEGASSING UNIT, DEGASSING MODULE, AND DEGASSING-SYSTEM MANUFACTURING METHOD AND METHOD OF PRODUCTION FROM NATURAL RESOURCES | ORME, PATRICK JAMES | 43d overdue |
| 18273796 | BLUE-GREEN ALGAE-CONTAINING TABLET | NICKOL, GARY B | 23d overdue |
| 18273297 | COMPOSITION FOR SUPPRESSING DETERIORATION OF OR ENHANCING MEMORY LEARNING FUNCTION AND/OR COGNITIVE FUNCTION | DEVI, SARVAMANGALA | 17d overdue |
| 18271212 | METHOD FOR SEARCHING FOR NOVOLAC PHENOL RESIN, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM | DUONG, HIEN LUONGVAN | 12d |
| 18711721 | URETHANE RESIN COMPOSITION, SYNTHETIC LEATHER, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SYNTHETIC LEATHER | MATZEK, MATTHEW D | 15d |
| 18266620 | COMPOUND, LEVELING AGENT, COATING COMPOSITION, RESIST COMPOSITION, AND ARTICLE | CHU, JOHN S Y | 22d |
| 18730545 | ADHESIVE TAPE, ARTICLE OBTAINED USING ADHESIVE TAPE, AND METHOD FOR DISMANTLING ARTICLES | DUCHENEAUX, FRANK D | 23d |
| 17919866 | RECYCLING SYSTEM FOR RECYCLING PLASTIC LAMINATE INTO RECYCLED MATERIALS, RECYCLING METHOD, AND LAMINATE SEPARATION AND RECOVERY METHOD | ROSEBACH, CHRISTINA H.W. | 23d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18570609 | PRIMER COMPOSITION FOR INORGANIC OXIDE, CURED PRODUCT, AND MULTILAYER BODY | NELSON, MICHAEL B | 27d |
| 18276273 | METAL-DOPED MOLYBDENUM SULFIDE POWDER AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR | ZHANG, KELING NMN | 39d |
| 19108281 | MATERIAL RECOMMENDATION DEVICE, MATERIAL RECOMMENDATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | NGUYEN, CAM LINH T | — |
| 18852495 | NIOBATE PARTICLES AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING NIOBATE PARTICLES | FERRE, ALEXANDRE F | — |
| 18840933 | ACTIVE ENERGY RAY-CURABLE RESIN COMPOSITION, CURED PRODUCT, LAMINATE ,AND ARTICLE | LE, HOA T | — |
| 18715391 | SILICONE CHAIN-CONTAINING POLYMER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SILICONE CHAIN-CONTAINING POLYMER, COATING COMPOSITION, RESIST COMPOSITION, AND ARTICLE | NELSON, MICHAEL B | — |
| 18715515 | SHEET MOLDING COMPOUND AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | THOMPSON, CAMIE S | — |
| 18694037 | POLYARYLENE SULFIDE RESIN COMPOSITION, MOLDED ARTICLE, AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING THESE | HESTER, HOLLEY GRACE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1766 | 7 |
| 1732 | 5 |
| 1788 | 4 |
| 1787 | 3 |
| 1763 | 3 |
| 1737 | 2 |
| 1786 | 2 |
| 2857 | 2 |
| 1782 | 2 |
| 1781 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19108281 | MATERIAL RECOMMENDATION DEVICE, MATERIAL RECOMMENDATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | NGUYEN, CAM LINH T | 2161 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 03, 2025 |
| 18852495 | NIOBATE PARTICLES AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING NIOBATE PARTICLES | FERRE, ALEXANDRE F | 1788 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 29, 2024 |
| 18846300 | LAMINATE AND SASH | DUCHENEAUX, FRANK D | 1788 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2024 |
| 18842203 | COMPOUND, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE COMPOUND, LEVELING AGENT, COATING COMPOSITION, RESIST COMPOSITION, AND ARTICLE | CHU, JOHN S Y | 1737 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 28, 2024 |
| 18840933 | ACTIVE ENERGY RAY-CURABLE RESIN COMPOSITION, CURED PRODUCT, LAMINATE ,AND ARTICLE | LE, HOA T | 1788 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 23, 2024 |
| 18730545 | ADHESIVE TAPE, ARTICLE OBTAINED USING ADHESIVE TAPE, AND METHOD FOR DISMANTLING ARTICLES | DUCHENEAUX, FRANK D | 1788 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 23d | Pending | Jul 19, 2024 |
| 18715391 | SILICONE CHAIN-CONTAINING POLYMER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SILICONE CHAIN-CONTAINING POLYMER, COATING COMPOSITION, RESIST COMPOSITION, AND ARTICLE | NELSON, MICHAEL B | 1787 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
| 18715515 | SHEET MOLDING COMPOUND AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | THOMPSON, CAMIE S | 1786 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
| 18713700 | METHOD OF SEARCHING FOR THERMOSETTING EPOXY RESIN COMPOSITION, INFORMATION PROCESSOR, AND PROGRAM | BHAT, ADITYA S | 2857 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 28, 2024 |
| 18713180 | METHOD OF SEARCHING FOR THERMOSETTING EPOXY RESIN COMPOSITION, INFORMATION PROCESSOR, AND PROGRAM | KUAN, JOHN CHUNYANG | — | §101§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 24, 2024 |
| 18712081 | ADHESIVE, MULTILAYER BODY AND PACKAGING MATERIAL | LEONARD, MICHAEL L | 1763 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 21, 2024 |
| 18712050 | ADHESIVE, LAMINATE, LAMINATE MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND PACKAGING MATERIAL | LEONARD, MICHAEL L | 1763 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 21, 2024 |
| 18711721 | URETHANE RESIN COMPOSITION, SYNTHETIC LEATHER, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SYNTHETIC LEATHER | MATZEK, MATTHEW D | 1786 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 15d | Pending | May 20, 2024 |
| 18709969 | GAS BARRIER MULTILAYER BODY AND PACKAGE | KESSLER JR, THOMAS JOSEPH | 1782 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 14, 2024 |
| 18701703 | PHENOLIC RESIN, EPOXY RESIN, CURABLE RESIN COMPOSITION, CURED PRODUCT, FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITE MATERIAL, AND FIBER-REINFORCED RESIN MOLDED ARTICLE | ZIMMER, MARC S | 1765 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 16, 2024 |
| 18701718 | PHENOLIC RESIN, EPOXY RESIN, CURABLE RESIN COMPOSITION, CURED PRODUCT, FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITE MATERIAL, AND FIBER-REINFORCED RESIN MOLDED ARTICLE | NGUYEN, HA S | 1766 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 16, 2024 |
| 18700404 | COMPOSITE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR SECONDARY BATTERY, AND SECONDARY BATTERY | CHANDLER, KAITY V | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 11, 2024 |
| 18699987 | LAMINATE AND SYNTHETIC LEATHER | FIGG, LAURA B | 1781 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 42d overdue | Pending | Apr 10, 2024 |
| 18699424 | BINDER FOR AQUEOUS INKJET INKS, AQUEOUS INKJET INK, AND PRINTED LAYER | CHELST, SHLOMIT ESTHER | 2853 | §103 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Apr 08, 2024 |
| 18695126 | ADSORBENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ADSORBENT | NORRIS, CLAIRE A | 1779 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2024 |
| 18694037 | POLYARYLENE SULFIDE RESIN COMPOSITION, MOLDED ARTICLE, AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING THESE | HESTER, HOLLEY GRACE | 1766 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2024 |
| 18683684 | BINDER RESIN COMPOSITION FOR AQUEOUS INK-JET INK APPLICATIONS, AQUEOUS INK-JET INK, AND PRINTING LAYER | HESTER, HOLLEY GRACE | 1766 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2024 |
| 18682611 | SECONDARY BATTERY MATERIAL, NEGATIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, AND SECONDARY BATTERY | CARLSON, KOURTNEY SALZMAN | 1721 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 09, 2024 |
| 18681862 | COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING OR AMELIORATING LOCOMOTIVE SYNDROME | FIEBIG, RUSSELL G | 1655 | §103 | Final Rejection | 43d overdue | Pending | Feb 07, 2024 |
| 18577828 | ANTIVIRAL COATING AGENT, ANTIVIRAL AGENT, LAMINATED BODY, AND PACKAGE OR CONTAINER | VINEIS, FRANK J | 1781 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2024 |
| 18574719 | PLATE-SHAPED IRON OXIDE PARTICLES AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING IRON OXIDE PARTICLES | DAVIS, SHENG HAN | 1732 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2023 |
| 18539542 | SECONDARY BATTERY | LEE, DANIEL H. | 1746 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 14, 2023 |
| 18570609 | PRIMER COMPOSITION FOR INORGANIC OXIDE, CURED PRODUCT, AND MULTILAYER BODY | NELSON, MICHAEL B | 1787 | §103 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Dec 14, 2023 |
| 18567755 | GADOLINIA PARTICLES AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING GADOLINIA PARTICLES | PIRO, NICHOLAS ANTHONY | 1738 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2023 |
| 18566760 | METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR PERFORMING PREDICTION RELATED TO POLYCONDENSATION REACTION | SINGLETARY, MICHAEL J | 2857 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2023 |
| 18560398 | LEVELING AGENT BEING SILICONE CHAIN-CONTAINING POLYMER, COATING COMPOSITION, RESIST COMPOSITION AND ARTICLE | OLADAPO, TAIWO | 1771 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 12, 2023 |
| 18556728 | AQUEOUS DISPERSION | STEINKE, SEAN JAMES | 1619 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2023 |
| 18286285 | PHENOLIC RESIN, EPOXY RESIN, CURABLE RESIN COMPOSITION, CURED PRODUCT, FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITE MATERIAL, AND FIBER-REINFORCED RESIN MOLDED PRODUCT | BLAND, ALICIA | 1759 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2023 |
| 18284985 | CURABLE RESIN COMPOSITION FOR STEREOLITHOGRAPHY, CURED PRODUCT, AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT | KAHN, RACHEL | 1766 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 29, 2023 |
| 18283316 | MODIFIED POLYESTER RESIN PRODUCTION METHOD | HESTER, HOLLEY GRACE | 1766 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 21, 2023 |
| 18281625 | MOLYBDENUM COMPOUND AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR | ZHANG, KELING NMN | 1732 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2023 |
| 18278430 | POLYARYLENE SULFIDE RESIN COMPOSITION, POLYARYLENE SULFIDE RESIN COMPOSITION MANUFACTURING METHOD, MOLDED ARTICLE, AND MOLDED ARTICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD | NERANGIS, VICKEY M | 1763 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 23, 2023 |
| 18276273 | METAL-DOPED MOLYBDENUM SULFIDE POWDER AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR | ZHANG, KELING NMN | 1732 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 39d | Pending | Aug 08, 2023 |
| 18273796 | BLUE-GREEN ALGAE-CONTAINING TABLET | NICKOL, GARY B | 1645 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 23d overdue | Pending | Jul 24, 2023 |
| 18273297 | COMPOSITION FOR SUPPRESSING DETERIORATION OF OR ENHANCING MEMORY LEARNING FUNCTION AND/OR COGNITIVE FUNCTION | DEVI, SARVAMANGALA | 1645 | §101§102§112 | Final Rejection | 17d overdue | Pending | Jul 20, 2023 |
| 18271565 | COMPOSITE PARTICLES AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING COMPOSITE PARTICLES | WEISS, PAMELA HL | 1732 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | 31d overdue | Pending | Jul 10, 2023 |
| 18271212 | METHOD FOR SEARCHING FOR NOVOLAC PHENOL RESIN, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM | DUONG, HIEN LUONGVAN | 2147 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Jul 06, 2023 |
| 18266620 | COMPOUND, LEVELING AGENT, COATING COMPOSITION, RESIST COMPOSITION, AND ARTICLE | CHU, JOHN S Y | 1737 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Jun 12, 2023 |
| 18266031 | EPOXY RESIN COMPOSITION, CURED PRODUCT THEREOF, AND LAMINATE | BOYLE, ROBERT C | 1764 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 08, 2023 |
| 18254107 | IRON OXIDE PARTICLES AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING IRON OXIDE PARTICLES | FIORITO, JAMES A | 1731 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 23, 2023 |
| 18022537 | POLYMER, COATING COMPOSITION, RESIST COMPOSITION, AND ARTICLE | FROST, ANTHONY J | 1782 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 22, 2023 |
| 18015385 | POLYARYLENE SULFIDE RESIN COMPOSITION, MOLDED ARTICLE, AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING SAID POLYARYLENE SULFIDE RESIN COMPOSITION AND MOLDED ARTICLE | FANG, SHANE | 1766 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2023 |
| 18008742 | ADHESIVE AGENT, LAMINATE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LAMINATE, AND PACKAGING MATERIAL | RICE, STEVEN | 1787 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 07, 2022 |
| 17919866 | RECYCLING SYSTEM FOR RECYCLING PLASTIC LAMINATE INTO RECYCLED MATERIALS, RECYCLING METHOD, AND LAMINATE SEPARATION AND RECOVERY METHOD | ROSEBACH, CHRISTINA H.W. | 1766 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 23d | Pending | Oct 19, 2022 |
| 17765936 | ALUMINA PARTICLE PRODUCTION METHOD | PATEL, SMITA S | 1732 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 13d | Pending | Apr 01, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialDIC Corporation has 52 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 26 art units and 45 examiners.
Holley Grace Hester has the most, with 3 of DIC Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
