Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
5 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha Ltd. has 5 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. Those matters involve 5 examiners across 3 art units, indicating that prosecution is spread across several examination assignments rather than centered on a single examiner.
LOVE, TREVOR M is the busiest examiner with 1 pending matter. Because the examiner assignments are distributed, counsel may need a coordinated portfolio review that preserves consistency in technical positions while adapting arguments to the relevant art unit.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 2 (40%) |
| §112 only | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (40%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOVE, TREVOR M | 1 | 43.1% | +26.8% |
| MCDOWELL, BRIAN E | 1 | 74.0% | +31.0% |
| AHVAZI, BIJAN | 1 | 63.1% | +47.6% |
| BORALSKY, LUKE ALAN | 1 | 66.7% | +44.4% |
| JUSTICE, GINA CHIEUN YU | 1 | 55.6% | +8.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18881915 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING UNDESIRED PLANTS AND PROMOTING GROWTH OF USEFUL PLANTS | LOVE, TREVOR M | — |
| 18578828 | METHOD FOR PREVENTING DEFORMATION OF RESIN-MADE AGROCHEMICAL CONTAINER | AHVAZI, BIJAN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18881915 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING UNDESIRED PLANTS AND PROMOTING GROWTH OF USEFUL PLANTS | LOVE, TREVOR M | — |
| 18849719 | PYRIDAZINONE COMPOUND OR SALT THEREOF AND PEST CONTROL AGENT CONTAINING IT | MCDOWELL, BRIAN E | — |
| 18578828 | METHOD FOR PREVENTING DEFORMATION OF RESIN-MADE AGROCHEMICAL CONTAINER | AHVAZI, BIJAN | — |
| 18574489 | NEMATICIDAL COMPOSITION | BORALSKY, LUKE ALAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1624 | 2 |
| 1611 | 1 |
| 1763 | 1 |
| 1617 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18881915 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING UNDESIRED PLANTS AND PROMOTING GROWTH OF USEFUL PLANTS | LOVE, TREVOR M | 1611 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 07, 2025 |
| 18849719 | PYRIDAZINONE COMPOUND OR SALT THEREOF AND PEST CONTROL AGENT CONTAINING IT | MCDOWELL, BRIAN E | 1624 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2024 |
| 18578828 | METHOD FOR PREVENTING DEFORMATION OF RESIN-MADE AGROCHEMICAL CONTAINER | AHVAZI, BIJAN | 1763 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 12, 2024 |
| 18574489 | NEMATICIDAL COMPOSITION | BORALSKY, LUKE ALAN | 1624 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2023 |
| 17784851 | METHOD WHICH BRINGS BENEFITS TO HEALTH AND/OR GROWTH OF USEFUL PLANTS | JUSTICE, GINA CHIEUN YU | 1617 | §103 | Final Rejection | 30d overdue | Pending | Jun 13, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialIshihara Sangyo Kaisha Ltd. has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 5 examiners.
Trevor M Love has the most, with 1 of Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
