Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Enpulse Co. Ltd.

Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

6 pending office actions • 5 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Enpulse Co. Ltd. has 6 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters involve 5 examiners and 5 art units, indicating that the docket is distributed across several examination channels with a corresponding spread of art-unit assignments.

VO, HAI is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. That concentration identifies one examiner relationship for closer coordination, while the remaining actions require separate prosecution planning. The distinct art-unit assignments support reviewing claim treatment and technical evidence by examination context rather than assuming one uniform approach.

Counsel should preserve consistency in the description of the materials technology while tailoring amendments, prior-art arguments, and interview preparation to each assigned examiner.

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

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due later (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.

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

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Double-patenting + other1 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (83%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
50% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
50% 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
VO, HAI 2 57.1% +72.5%
GOLOBOY, JAMES C 1 63.7% +8.7%
HAWKINS, JASON KHALIL 1 68.0% +43.4%
CASE, SARAH CATHERINE 1 41.1% +50.8%
NGUYEN, DUSTIN T 1 72.6% +17.8%

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18884117 POLISHING PAD WITH EXCELLENT RECYCLABILITY AND PYROLYSIS OIL OBTAINED THEREFROM GOLOBOY, JAMES C 8d overdue
18590378 POLISHING PAD AND PREPARING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAWKINS, JASON KHALIL 13d
18538695 POLISHING PAD AND METHOD OF MONITORING A POLISHING PROCESS USING THE SAME NGUYEN, DUSTIN T 61d
18882756 POLISHING PAD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE USING THE SAME VO, HAI —
18581387 POLISHING PAD AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF CASE, SARAH CATHERINE —

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
18590378 POLISHING PAD AND PREPARING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAWKINS, JASON KHALIL 13d
18538695 POLISHING PAD AND METHOD OF MONITORING A POLISHING PROCESS USING THE SAME NGUYEN, DUSTIN T 61d
18882756 POLISHING PAD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE USING THE SAME VO, HAI —
18609288 POLISHING PAD WITH ADJUSTED CONTENT OF CHLORINE AND PROCESS FOR PREPARING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE USING THE SAME VO, HAI —
18581387 POLISHING PAD AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF CASE, SARAH CATHERINE —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3723 2
1771 1
1788 1
1731 1
3745 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18884117 POLISHING PAD WITH EXCELLENT RECYCLABILITY AND PYROLYSIS OIL OBTAINED THEREFROM GOLOBOY, JAMES C 1771 §102§103 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Sep 13, 2024
18882756 POLISHING PAD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE USING THE SAME VO, HAI 1788 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 12, 2024
18609288 POLISHING PAD WITH ADJUSTED CONTENT OF CHLORINE AND PROCESS FOR PREPARING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE USING THE SAME VO, HAI 3723 §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 19, 2024
18590378 POLISHING PAD AND PREPARING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAWKINS, JASON KHALIL 3723 §102§103 Final Rejection 13d Pending Feb 28, 2024
18581387 POLISHING PAD AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF CASE, SARAH CATHERINE 1731 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 20, 2024
18538695 POLISHING PAD AND METHOD OF MONITORING A POLISHING PROCESS USING THE SAME NGUYEN, DUSTIN T 3745 §102§103 Final Rejection 61d Pending Dec 13, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

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

Enpulse Co. Ltd. has 6 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 5 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Enpulse Co. Ltd. applications?

Hai Vo has the most, with 2 of Enpulse Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Enpulse 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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