Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Dowa Holdings Co. Ltd.

Technology area: Chemistry & Materials

2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Dowa Holdings Co. Ltd. has 3 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters involve 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units, so the portfolio is spread across separate examination channels.

MAYY, MOHAMMAD is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. No examiner carries a larger identified share of the pending work, making application-specific docket control and consistent technical presentations useful prosecution priorities.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

2
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
1
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.

1
Hard (50%)
1
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (50%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

2
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.

20 h
Manual time on pending OAs
4 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
7 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MAYY, MOHAMMAD 1 48.5% +23.2%
GODENSCHWAGER, PETER F 1 68.2% +17.5%

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18686941 SM-FE-N-BASED MAGNETIC POWDER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME GODENSCHWAGER, PETER F —

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
19109630 METHOD FOR PRODUCING CERAMIC/METAL BONDED OBJECT MAYY, MOHAMMAD —
18686941 SM-FE-N-BASED MAGNETIC POWDER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME GODENSCHWAGER, PETER F —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1718 1
1767 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19109630 METHOD FOR PRODUCING CERAMIC/METAL BONDED OBJECT MAYY, MOHAMMAD 1718 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 07, 2025
18686941 SM-FE-N-BASED MAGNETIC POWDER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME GODENSCHWAGER, PETER F 1767 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 27, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Dowa Holdings Co. Ltd. have?

Dowa Holdings Co. Ltd. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Dowa Holdings Co. Ltd. applications?

Mohammad Mayy has the most, with 1 of Dowa Holdings Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Dowa Holdings Co. Ltd.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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