Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Communications • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 5 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
Institute Of Science Tokyo has 5 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are assigned to 5 distinct examiners. The portfolio involves 5 distinct art units. NG, JONATHAN K is the busiest examiner and is responsible for 1 pending office action. The one-to-one ratio of 5 pending office actions to 5 distinct examiners and 5 distinct art units means that every case is being reviewed in a unique environment.
The 5 distinct art units indicate that the Chemistry & Materials filings are spread across several different technical groups. NG, JONATHAN K handles 1 of the 5 pending office actions. Practitioners must be prepared for 5 different examination styles across the 5 distinct art units. This broad distribution suggests that the institute's research touches on many different sub-specialties. Each of the 5 distinct examiners will offer a unique perspective on the claims.
The Chemistry & Materials technology area is the central theme of the portfolio. With 5 pending office actions, the institute must manage separate deadlines and procedural requirements. The 5 distinct art units require the prosecution team to be familiar with the specific guidelines of many different groups. NG, JONATHAN K is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. The 5 distinct examiners will each provide their own feedback on the scientific disclosures.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 + other | 2 (40%) |
| §103 only | 2 (40%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (20%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NG, JONATHAN K | 1 | 35.6% | +14.2% |
| MCCARTHY, GINA | 1 | 50.5% | +54.9% |
| KLIMOWICZ, WILLIAM JOSEPH | 1 | 80.8% | +18.2% |
| KERNS, KEVIN P | 1 | 78.9% | +21.2% |
| NGUYEN, KEVIN NMN | 1 | 82.8% | +8.1% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19067574 | Improved YPtBi Composition in Spin Orbit Torque Devices | KLIMOWICZ, WILLIAM JOSEPH | 34d |
| 17946025 | COMPOSITE BODY, LITHIUM ION CONDUCTOR, ALL-SOLID STATE LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY, ELECTRODE SHEET FOR ALL-SOLID STATE LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY, AND LITHIUM TETRABORATE | NGUYEN, KEVIN NMN | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19244101 | MEDICAL REPORTER, MEDICAL REPORTING SYSTEM, AND MEDICAL REPORTING METHOD | NG, JONATHAN K | — |
| 19117051 | TONGUE SUCTION RESTRAINER, TONGUE SUCTION RESTRAINER MANUFACTURING KIT, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING TONGUE SUCTION RESTRAINER | MCCARTHY, GINA | — |
| 18325970 | LITHIUM-BASED SOLID ELECTROLYTE, INORGANIC SOLID ELECTROLYTE, PRODUCTION METHOD FOR LITHIUM-BASED SOLID ELECTROLYTE, MODIFIED POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, MODIFIED NEGATIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, ALL-SOLID STATE SECONDARY BATTERY, ELECTRODE SHEET FOR ALL-SOLID STATE SECONDARY BATTERY, SOLID ELECTROLYTE SHEET, AND ELECTRODE FOR ALL-SOLID STATE SECONDARY BATTERY | KERNS, KEVIN P | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19067574 | Improved YPtBi Composition in Spin Orbit Torque Devices | KLIMOWICZ, WILLIAM JOSEPH | 34d |
| 19244101 | MEDICAL REPORTER, MEDICAL REPORTING SYSTEM, AND MEDICAL REPORTING METHOD | NG, JONATHAN K | — |
| 19117051 | TONGUE SUCTION RESTRAINER, TONGUE SUCTION RESTRAINER MANUFACTURING KIT, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING TONGUE SUCTION RESTRAINER | MCCARTHY, GINA | — |
| 18325970 | LITHIUM-BASED SOLID ELECTROLYTE, INORGANIC SOLID ELECTROLYTE, PRODUCTION METHOD FOR LITHIUM-BASED SOLID ELECTROLYTE, MODIFIED POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, MODIFIED NEGATIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, ALL-SOLID STATE SECONDARY BATTERY, ELECTRODE SHEET FOR ALL-SOLID STATE SECONDARY BATTERY, SOLID ELECTROLYTE SHEET, AND ELECTRODE FOR ALL-SOLID STATE SECONDARY BATTERY | KERNS, KEVIN P | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3619 | 1 |
| 3786 | 1 |
| 2688 | 1 |
| 1735 | 1 |
| 1752 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19244101 | MEDICAL REPORTER, MEDICAL REPORTING SYSTEM, AND MEDICAL REPORTING METHOD | NG, JONATHAN K | 3619 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2025 |
| 19117051 | TONGUE SUCTION RESTRAINER, TONGUE SUCTION RESTRAINER MANUFACTURING KIT, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING TONGUE SUCTION RESTRAINER | MCCARTHY, GINA | 3786 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 30, 2025 |
| 19067574 | Improved YPtBi Composition in Spin Orbit Torque Devices | KLIMOWICZ, WILLIAM JOSEPH | 2688 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | Feb 28, 2025 |
| 18325970 | LITHIUM-BASED SOLID ELECTROLYTE, INORGANIC SOLID ELECTROLYTE, PRODUCTION METHOD FOR LITHIUM-BASED SOLID ELECTROLYTE, MODIFIED POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, MODIFIED NEGATIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, ALL-SOLID STATE SECONDARY BATTERY, ELECTRODE SHEET FOR ALL-SOLID STATE SECONDARY BATTERY, SOLID ELECTROLYTE SHEET, AND ELECTRODE FOR ALL-SOLID STATE SECONDARY BATTERY | KERNS, KEVIN P | 1735 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 30, 2023 |
| 17946025 | COMPOSITE BODY, LITHIUM ION CONDUCTOR, ALL-SOLID STATE LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY, ELECTRODE SHEET FOR ALL-SOLID STATE LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY, AND LITHIUM TETRABORATE | NGUYEN, KEVIN NMN | 1752 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 15, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialInstitute Of Science Tokyo has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 5 examiners.
Jonathan K Ng has the most, with 1 of Institute Of Science Tokyo's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
