Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

DKS CO., LTD.

6 pending office actions • 6 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 60 days (1)

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.

0
Hard (0%)
5
Medium (83%)
1
Easy (17%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only5 (83%)
§112 only1 (17%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
100% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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
LEONARD, MICHAEL L 1 63.7% +7.9%
COPENHEAVER, BLAINE R 1 83.0% +19.7%
SERGENT, RABON A 1 54.2% +24.7%
ALBAN, FELICITY BERNARD 1 69.6% +46.7%
ZEMUI, NATHANAEL T 1 56.2% +24.8%
PATEL, SUHANI JITENDRA 1 72.7% +13.3%

Quick Wins (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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18274886 FLAME RETARDANT COMPOSITION FOR FOAMED STYRENE RESIN, FLAME-RETARDANT FOAMED STYRENE-BASED RESIN COMPOSITION, AND EXTRUSION FOAM-MOLDED PRODUCT OF SAME COPENHEAVER, BLAINE R 10d overdue

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18273308 POLYURETHANE RESIN COMPOSITION, CURED PRODUCT, FIBER LAMINATE, AND ARTIFICIAL LEATHER SERGENT, RABON A 60d overdue
18268093 ELECTROLYTE AND STORAGE DEVICE ALBAN, FELICITY BERNARD 46d overdue
17913237 LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY ZEMUI, NATHANAEL T 25d overdue
17910566 AQUEOUS POLYURETHANE RESIN DISPERSION FOR SECONDARY BATTERY SEPARATOR, SECONDARY BATTERY SEPARATOR, AND SECONDARY BATTERY PATEL, SUHANI JITENDRA 23d overdue
18274886 FLAME RETARDANT COMPOSITION FOR FOAMED STYRENE RESIN, FLAME-RETARDANT FOAMED STYRENE-BASED RESIN COMPOSITION, AND EXTRUSION FOAM-MOLDED PRODUCT OF SAME COPENHEAVER, BLAINE R 10d overdue

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1763 1
1781 1
1765 1
1728 1
1727 1
1783 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18278493 TWO-COMPONENT-CURABLE POLYURETHANE RESIN COMPOSITION LEONARD, MICHAEL L 1763 §103 Final Rejection 42d Pending Aug 23, 2023
18274886 FLAME RETARDANT COMPOSITION FOR FOAMED STYRENE RESIN, FLAME-RETARDANT FOAMED STYRENE-BASED RESIN COMPOSITION, AND EXTRUSION FOAM-MOLDED PRODUCT OF SAME COPENHEAVER, BLAINE R 1781 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Jul 28, 2023
18273308 POLYURETHANE RESIN COMPOSITION, CURED PRODUCT, FIBER LAMINATE, AND ARTIFICIAL LEATHER SERGENT, RABON A 1765 §112 Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Jul 20, 2023
18268093 ELECTROLYTE AND STORAGE DEVICE ALBAN, FELICITY BERNARD 1728 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Jun 16, 2023
17913237 LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY ZEMUI, NATHANAEL T 1727 §103 Final Rejection 25d overdue Pending Mar 09, 2023
17910566 AQUEOUS POLYURETHANE RESIN DISPERSION FOR SECONDARY BATTERY SEPARATOR, SECONDARY BATTERY SEPARATOR, AND SECONDARY BATTERY PATEL, SUHANI JITENDRA 1783 §103 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Sep 09, 2022

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