Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

DuPont Toray Specialty Materials K.K.

17 pending office actions • 12 art units • 14 examiners • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 30 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

17
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
8
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 30 days (3)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%)
14
Medium (82%)
3
Easy (18%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only11 (65%)
§102 only3 (18%)
Double-patenting only3 (18%)

Industry Mix

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

16
Life Sciences
94% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
6% 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.

170 h
Manual time on pending OAs
34 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
59 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
NELSON, MICHAEL B 3 21.4% +37.0%
ZIMMER, MARC S 2 79.3% +16.0%
RIVERA, JOSHEL 1 73.6% +6.5%
SHAH, SAMIR 1 36.2% +34.6%
AHMED, SHEEBA 1 80.7% +14.3%
FROST, ANTHONY J 1 52.6% +20.3%
KHATRI, PRASHANT J 1 60.9% +28.6%
BLEDSOE, JOSHUA CALEB 1 42.2% +52.6%
GOLOBOY, JAMES C 1 63.8% +8.6%
NERANGIS, VICKEY M 1 56.4% +29.0%

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
18687568 GRANULAR CURABLE SILICONE COMPOSITION, CURED PRODUCT OF SAME, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME AHMED, SHEEBA

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
18722510 CURABLE SILICONE COMPOSITION HAVING HOT MELT PROPERTIES, CURED PRODUCT OF SAME, AND MULTILAYER BODY COMPRISING SAID COMPOSITION NELSON, MICHAEL B
18691859 CURABLE ORGANOPOLYSILOXANE COMPOSITION, ORGANOPOLYSILOXANE ADHESIVE LAYER OBTAINED BY CURING SAME, AND LAMINATE NELSON, MICHAEL B
18289672 ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION-CURABLE SILICONE COMPOSITION, CURED PRODUCT THEREOF, LAYERED BODY, OPTICAL DEVICE, AND OPTICAL DISPLAY NELSON, MICHAEL B

Interview Candidates (11)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18034002 CURABLE FLUOROSILICONE COMPOSITION NERANGIS, VICKEY M 16d overdue
18013880 CURABLE ORGANOPOLYSILOXANE COMPOSITION AND USE THEREFOR ZIMMER, MARC S 16d
18290515 DISPLAY DEVICE (IN PARTICULAR, HAPTIC DISPLAY DEVICE) AND DESIGN METHOD FOR SAME KHATRI, PRASHANT J 29d
18722510 CURABLE SILICONE COMPOSITION HAVING HOT MELT PROPERTIES, CURED PRODUCT OF SAME, AND MULTILAYER BODY COMPRISING SAID COMPOSITION NELSON, MICHAEL B
18691859 CURABLE ORGANOPOLYSILOXANE COMPOSITION, ORGANOPOLYSILOXANE ADHESIVE LAYER OBTAINED BY CURING SAME, AND LAMINATE NELSON, MICHAEL B
18691861 CURABLE ORGANOPOLYSILOXANE COMPOSITION, SLIGHTLY-ADHESIVE ORGANOPOLYSILOXANE ADHESIVE AGENT LAYER OBTAINED BY CURING SAME, AND LAMINATE SHAH, SAMIR
18687568 GRANULAR CURABLE SILICONE COMPOSITION, CURED PRODUCT OF SAME, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME AHMED, SHEEBA
18294235 CURABLE HOT MELT SILICONE COMPOSITION, CURED PRODUCT OF SAID COMPOSITION, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING FILM OR THE LIKE COMPRISING SAID COMPOSITION FROST, ANTHONY J

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1787 4
1765 3
2891 1
1788 1
1782 1
1783 1
1762 1
1771 1
1763 1
1612 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18722510 CURABLE SILICONE COMPOSITION HAVING HOT MELT PROPERTIES, CURED PRODUCT OF SAME, AND MULTILAYER BODY COMPRISING SAID COMPOSITION NELSON, MICHAEL B 1787 DP Final Rejection Pending Jun 20, 2024
18691858 CURABLE HOT MELT ORGANOPOLYSILOXANE COMPOSITION, CURED PRODUCT THEREOF AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING FILM, ETC. COMPRISING SAME RIVERA, JOSHEL 2891 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 13, 2024
18691859 CURABLE ORGANOPOLYSILOXANE COMPOSITION, ORGANOPOLYSILOXANE ADHESIVE LAYER OBTAINED BY CURING SAME, AND LAMINATE NELSON, MICHAEL B 1788 DP Non-Final OA Pending Mar 13, 2024
18691861 CURABLE ORGANOPOLYSILOXANE COMPOSITION, SLIGHTLY-ADHESIVE ORGANOPOLYSILOXANE ADHESIVE AGENT LAYER OBTAINED BY CURING SAME, AND LAMINATE SHAH, SAMIR 1787 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 13, 2024
18687568 GRANULAR CURABLE SILICONE COMPOSITION, CURED PRODUCT OF SAME, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME AHMED, SHEEBA 1787 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 28, 2024
18294235 CURABLE HOT MELT SILICONE COMPOSITION, CURED PRODUCT OF SAID COMPOSITION, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING FILM OR THE LIKE COMPRISING SAID COMPOSITION FROST, ANTHONY J 1782 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 01, 2024
18290515 DISPLAY DEVICE (IN PARTICULAR, HAPTIC DISPLAY DEVICE) AND DESIGN METHOD FOR SAME KHATRI, PRASHANT J 1783 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Nov 14, 2023
18289672 ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION-CURABLE SILICONE COMPOSITION, CURED PRODUCT THEREOF, LAYERED BODY, OPTICAL DEVICE, AND OPTICAL DISPLAY NELSON, MICHAEL B 1787 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 06, 2023
18013880 CURABLE ORGANOPOLYSILOXANE COMPOSITION AND USE THEREFOR ZIMMER, MARC S 1765 §103 Final Rejection 16d Pending Aug 23, 2023
18268223 NOVEL SILICONE ELASTOMER PARTICLES, AND COSMETIC COMPOSITION AND OTHER APPLICATIONS BLEDSOE, JOSHUA CALEB 1762 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 17, 2023
18268225 SILICONE ADHESIVE COMPOSITION AND USE THEREOF GOLOBOY, JAMES C 1771 §102 Final Rejection Pending Jun 17, 2023
18267805 RADICAL COPOLYMER COMPOSITION, PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR, AND COSMETIC OR COSMETIC INGREDIENT CONTAINING RADICAL COPOLYMER COMPOSITION ZIMMER, MARC S 1765 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 16, 2023
18034002 CURABLE FLUOROSILICONE COMPOSITION NERANGIS, VICKEY M 1763 §103 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Apr 26, 2023
18034005 CURABLE FLUOROSILICONE COMPOSITION BERRO, ADAM JOSEPH 1765 §103 Non-Final OA 50d Pending Apr 26, 2023
18030264 CARBOXYLIC ACID CO-MODIFIED ORGANOPOLYSILOXANE AND USE THEREOF VIGIL, TORIANA NICHOLE 1612 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Apr 04, 2023
17600307 COPOLYMER HAVING CARBOSILOXANE DENDRIMER STRUCTURE, AND COMPOSITION, COSMETIC INGREDIENT, COATING FORMING AGENT, AND COSMETIC CONTAINING SAME PAGANO, ALEXANDER R 1692 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 30, 2021
17268041 AQUEOUS DISPERSION COMPOSITION AND USE THEREOF ISNOR, ALEXANDRA NICOLE 1611 DP Final Rejection Pending Jul 06, 2021

Managing DuPont Toray Specialty Materials K.K.'s Patent Portfolio?

IP Author helps IP teams respond to office actions faster with AI-generated responses, examiner analytics, and prosecution intelligence.

Start Free Trial

Sign in with your work email

Enter your email to receive a magic link. No password needed.

Personal email addresses (Gmail, Yahoo, etc.) are not accepted.

Free tier: 3 strategy analyses per month