Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Kao Corporation

83 pending office actions • 38 art units • 71 examiners • 0 of 83 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 91 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

83
Total Pending OAs
52
Non-Final OAs
25
Final Rejections
6
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 26 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

13
Overdue
0
Due this week
10
Due this month
3
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. 26 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (13)Due ≤ 30 days (10)Due ≤ 60 days (3)

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.

33
Hard (40%)
46
Medium (55%)
4
Easy (5%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (1%)
§101 + other8 (10%)
§103 only33 (40%)
§102 only2 (2%)
§112 only3 (4%)
Double-patenting only1 (1%)
Double-patenting + other11 (13%)
Multi-statute (no §101)24 (29%)

Industry Mix

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

71
Life Sciences
86% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
2% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
2% of docket
8
Business / Other
10% 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.

830 h
Manual time on pending OAs
166 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
290 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
7.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE 3 45.9% +40.9%
LIU, TRACY 2 54.5% +27.3%
HOLLOMAN, NANNETTE 2 60.5% +23.1%
FUBARA, BLESSING M 2 62.1% +34.1%
CASE, SARAH CATHERINE 2 40.8% +56.3%
KIM, DANIELLE A 2 36.7% +57.5%
BOYKIN, TERRESSA M 2 89.4% +8.4%
VIGIL, TORIANA NICHOLE 2 53.6% +21.2%
BABSON, NICOLE PLOURDE 2 46.5% +33.1%
WISTNER, SARAH CLINKSCALES 2 21.7% +74.4%

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
18288209 METHOD FOR PRODUCING RESIN FOR RECYCLING BOYKIN, TERRESSA M

Hard Cases (34)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18247219 HAIR CLEANSING COMPOSITION WISTNER, SARAH CLINKSCALES 126d overdue
18038915 METHOD FOR DETECTING SEVERITY OF ATOPIC DERMATITIS HANEY, AMANDA MARIE 45d overdue
17776393 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING METABOLISM OF BRANCHED FATTY ACID CHI, AMANDA LYNN 8d overdue
18695554 SOLID COMPOSITION FOR DYEING KERATIN PARK, HAEJIN S 1d overdue
18840921 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM JACKSON, JORDAN L 12d
18015311 METHOD FOR DETECTING SEVERITY OF ATOPIC DERMATITIS GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE 16d
17922565 METHOD FOR DETECTING ATOPIC DERMATITIS GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE 16d
18286138 MODIFIED FILAMENTOUS FUNGUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING PROTEIN USING SAME KANE, TREVOR LOGAN 21d

Interview Candidates (19)

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
18247219 HAIR CLEANSING COMPOSITION WISTNER, SARAH CLINKSCALES 126d overdue
17999905 COSMETIC COMPOSITION BABSON, NICOLE PLOURDE 60d overdue
18260082 OIL-IN-WATER-TYPE COSMETIC COMPOSITION VIGIL, TORIANA NICHOLE 4d overdue
17759703 WATER-IN-OIL EMULSION COSMETIC KIM, DANIELLE A 4d overdue
18015311 METHOD FOR DETECTING SEVERITY OF ATOPIC DERMATITIS GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE 16d
17922565 METHOD FOR DETECTING ATOPIC DERMATITIS GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE 16d
18540213 HAIR COSMETIC COMPOSITION KIM, DANIELLE A 20d
18687055 ASPHALT MIXTURE CASE, SARAH CATHERINE 57d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1613 8
1612 7
1619 5
1614 5
1761 4
1616 4
1682 4
1787 2
1652 2
1731 2

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18855856 NOVEL LIPASE NOAKES, SUZANNE MARIE §101 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 10, 2024
18851125 LAMINATE MILLER, BETHANY MACKENZIE 1787 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 26, 2024
18842477 ORAL CAVITY AEROSOL AGENT LIU, TRACY §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 29, 2024
18840921 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM JACKSON, JORDAN L 2857 §101§103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Aug 23, 2024
18833758 COSMETIC PRODUCT COMPRISING A FLEXIBLE CONTAINER AND AN AQUEOUS OXIDATIVE COMPOSITION CONTAINED THEREIN BURKE, MATTHEW RYAN 1619 DP Non-Final OA Pending Jul 26, 2024
18832230 VIRAL OR BACTERIAL INACTIVATION AGENT COMPOSITION HOLLOMAN, NANNETTE 1612 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 23, 2024
18723026 DETERGENT COMPOSITION DOUYON, LORNA M 1761 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 21, 2024
18720904 COMPOSITION MRUK, BRIAN P 1761 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 17, 2024
18720304 CLEANING AGENT COMPOSITION BOYER, CHARLES I 1761 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 14, 2024
18717153 METHOD FOR PRODUCING AROMATIC COMPOUND SAIDHA, TEKCHAND 1652 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 06, 2024
18713537 METHOD FOR TREATING KERATIN SUBSTANCE OR FIBER FOR HEAD DECORATION PRODUCTS BROWE, DAVID 1617 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 24, 2024
18713556 METHOD FOR TREATING KERATIN SUBSTANCE OR FIBER FOR HEAD ORNAMENTAL PRODUCT LIU, TRACY 1614 §103DP Non-Final OA Pending May 24, 2024
18706752 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM GARTLAND, SCOTT D 3685 §101§103§112 Final Rejection Pending May 02, 2024
18706174 BUBBLE-CONTAINING GYPSUM SLURRY GREEN, ANTHONY J §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 30, 2024
18703046 METHOD FOR PRODUCING EMULSION COMPOSITION DAVIS, BRIAN J 1614 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 19, 2024
18703032 HAIR COSMETIC COMPOSITION FUBARA, BLESSING M 1613 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 19, 2024
18699471 AGENT FOR PREVENTING, TREATING, OR IMPROVING INFLAMMATORY SKIN DISEASE ROSENTHAL, ANDREW S 1624 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 08, 2024
18698263 METHOD FOR TREATING KERATINOUS MATERIAL SHIN, MONICA A 1616 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 03, 2024
18695554 SOLID COMPOSITION FOR DYEING KERATIN PARK, HAEJIN S 1614 §102§103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Mar 26, 2024
18687055 ASPHALT MIXTURE CASE, SARAH CATHERINE 1731 §103 Final Rejection 57d Pending Feb 27, 2024
18253941 FILM-FORMING COMPOSITION SCOTLAND, REBECCA LYNN 1615 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Feb 09, 2024
18681284 NUCLEIC ACID STRUCTURE UTILIZING SNARE DRISCOLL, MAUREEN VARINA §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Feb 05, 2024
18293248 COSMETIC COMPOSITION WEBB, WALTER E 1612 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 29, 2024
18293235 HAIR COSMETIC COMPOSITION FUBARA, BLESSING M 1613 §102§103DP Non-Final OA Pending Jan 29, 2024
18414907 METHOD OF PRODUCING SOLID PARTICLE HOLLOMAN, NANNETTE 1612 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 17, 2024
18573451 AQUEOUS MICROCAPSULE DISPERSION WHITELEY, JESSICA §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 22, 2023
18540213 HAIR COSMETIC COMPOSITION KIM, DANIELLE A 1613 §103 Final Rejection 20d Pending Dec 14, 2023
18526401 CONDITIONING COMPOSITION FOR KERATIN FIBERS ROBERTS, LEZAH 1612 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 22d Pending Dec 01, 2023
18566447 METHOD FOR PRODUCING INTERNAL OLEFIN, METHOD FOR PRODUCING INTERNAL OLEFIN SULFONATE, AND LOW-TEMPERATURE STABILIZATION METHOD CARR, DEBORAH D §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 01, 2023
18565383 INTERNAL REFERENCE GENE IN SKIN SURFACE LIPID SPECIMEN GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE 1682 §101§103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 29, 2023
18564008 FRAGRANCE COMPOSITION ELENISTE, PIERRE PAUL 1622 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 24, 2023
18518816 AGENT FOR PREVENTING OR AMELIORATING PRURITUS VAJDA, KRISTIN ANN 1622 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 24, 2023
18563449 METHOD FOR ACCELERATING ENZYME REACTION OGDEN JR, NECHOLUS 1761 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Nov 22, 2023
18561762 METHOD FOR IMPROVING DISPERSIBILITY OF A CRYSTALLINE RESIN HAVING A HYDROPHILIC GROUP INTO NEUTRAL WATER BOYKIN, TERRESSA M §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 17, 2023
18288209 METHOD FOR PRODUCING RESIN FOR RECYCLING BOYKIN, TERRESSA M §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 25, 2023
18287778 ETCHING SOLUTION TRAN, BINH X 1713 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 20, 2023
18286138 MODIFIED FILAMENTOUS FUNGUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING PROTEIN USING SAME KANE, TREVOR LOGAN 1657 §103§112 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Oct 09, 2023
18282263 METHOD FOR PRODUCING OXIDE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING PT/BI COMPOSITE CATALYST BAKSHI, PANCHAM 1623 §103DP Final Rejection Pending Sep 15, 2023
18276844 PREPARATION METHOD FOR NUCLEIC ACID SAMPLE DERIVED FROM SKIN STRATUM CORNEUM BAUSCH, SARAE L 1699 §103§112DPOther Non-Final OA Pending Aug 10, 2023
18276530 METHOD OF REMOVING POLLUTANTS COLEMAN, RYAN L 1714 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 09, 2023
18274034 POWDER DISPERSANT COMPOSITION FOR HYDRAULIC COMPOSITIONS DAVIDSON IV, CULLEN LEE GARRETT 1767 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 25, 2023
18273290 POLYESTER EMULSION FOR MODIFYING ASPHALT PEPITONE, MICHAEL F 1767 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 20, 2023
18273093 METHOD FOR PRODUCING ASPHALT EMULSION CASE, SARAH CATHERINE 1731 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 19, 2023
18260082 OIL-IN-WATER-TYPE COSMETIC COMPOSITION VIGIL, TORIANA NICHOLE 1612 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Jun 30, 2023
18259219 MICROBIAL MICROCAPSULE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME HINES, JANA A 1645 §102 Final Rejection 32d overdue Pending Jun 23, 2023
18265732 RESIN FILM MATERIAL, LAMINATED STRUCTURE COMPRISING RESIN FILM MATERIAL, RESIN COMPOSITION MANUFACTURING METHOD, RESIN FILM MATERIAL MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND LAMINATED STRUCTURE MANUFACTURING METHOD SHAH, SAMIR 1787 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 07, 2023
18255776 FAT AND OIL COMPOSITION ZILBERING, ASSAF 1792 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 02, 2023
18255749 OIL-IN-WATER EMULSIFIED COMPOSITION CHANDRAKUMAR, NIZAL S 1625 §103Other Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Jun 02, 2023
18254901 FILM-FORMING COMPOSITION FOR SKIN BABSON, NICOLE PLOURDE 1619 §102§112Other Final Rejection Pending May 30, 2023
18038915 METHOD FOR DETECTING SEVERITY OF ATOPIC DERMATITIS HANEY, AMANDA MARIE 1682 §101§112 Final Rejection 45d overdue Pending May 25, 2023
18247508 CARBONATED AEROSOL EXTERNAL PREPARATION FOR SKIN LEE, SIN J 1613 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Mar 31, 2023
18247219 HAIR CLEANSING COMPOSITION WISTNER, SARAH CLINKSCALES 1616 §103§112Other Final Rejection 126d overdue Pending Mar 29, 2023
18245756 FAST DRYING INKJET INKS WITH EXTENDED DECAP QIAO, HUIHONG 1763 §103Other Final Rejection 1d overdue Pending Mar 17, 2023
18025937 HYDROPHILIZING AGENT COMPOSITION FOR HARD SURFACES AHVAZI, BIJAN 1763 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 13, 2023
18043832 INKJET INKS SUITABLE FOR PRINTING ON NON-POROUS SUBSTRATES VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO 2853 §103 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Mar 02, 2023
18007172 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING RESIN PARTICLE DISPERSION FOR TONER SULLIVAN IV, CHARLES COLLINS 1737 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Jan 27, 2023
18017700 METHOD FOR PRODUCING TERTIARY AMINE COMPOSITION SAWYER, JENNIFER C 1691 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 24, 2023
18015752 AMYLASE-CONTAINING CLEANING AGENT COMPOSITION STEADMAN, DAVID J 1656 §103 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Jan 12, 2023
18015311 METHOD FOR DETECTING SEVERITY OF ATOPIC DERMATITIS GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE 1682 §101§112 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Jan 09, 2023
18004294 HAIR TREATMENT METHOD VIGIL, TORIANA NICHOLE 1612 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 04, 2023
17999905 COSMETIC COMPOSITION BABSON, NICOLE PLOURDE 1619 §103§112DP Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Nov 25, 2022
17924641 METHOD FOR DATA PROCESSING OF RNA INFORMATION KALLAL, ROBERT JAMES 1685 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 10, 2022
17922565 METHOD FOR DETECTING ATOPIC DERMATITIS GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE 1682 §101§102§112 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Oct 31, 2022
17996391 SELF-TANNING COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING AN ALKYL SULFONATE AND METHODS THEREOF WERTZ, ASHLEE ELIZABETH 1612 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Oct 17, 2022
17995635 METHOD FOR PRODUCING CARBON DIOXIDE-CONTAINING HYDROGEL ARTICLE WISTNER, SARAH CLINKSCALES 1616 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 06, 2022
17907595 SKIN TREATMENT METHOD JANOSKO, CHASITY PAIGE 1613 §103 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Sep 28, 2022
17759703 WATER-IN-OIL EMULSION COSMETIC KIM, DANIELLE A 1614 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Jul 28, 2022
17792812 METHOD FOR SURVEYING ECOSYSTEM IN WATER ENVIRONMENT BY USING ENVIRONMENTAL RNA WILDER, CYNTHIA B 1681 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 14, 2022
17792248 METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE VARIABLE DOMAIN OF THE HEAVY CHAIN OF A HEAVY-CHAIN ANTIBODY SHELTON, SYNPHANE LA'SHAWN 1652 §103§112DPOther Non-Final OA Pending Jul 12, 2022
17790449 AQUEOUS ENERGY CURABLE INKJET INKS REDDY, SATHAVARAM I 1785 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 30, 2022
17788266 HAIR COSMETIC COMPOSITION BASQUILL, SEAN M 1614 §103DP Non-Final OA Pending Jun 22, 2022
17788199 BINDER RESIN FOR TONERS KUIPERS, JENNA ANN 1734 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 22, 2022
17782550 HAIR COSMETIC COMPOSITION SONG, JIANFENG 1613 §103DP Non-Final OA Pending Jun 03, 2022
17776748 METHOD FOR PREPARING SEQUENCING LIBRARY FLINDERS, JEREMY C 1684 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending May 13, 2022
17776393 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING METABOLISM OF BRANCHED FATTY ACID CHI, AMANDA LYNN 1613 §103§112 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending May 12, 2022
17773967 GRANULAR COMPOSITION HAWKINS, AMANDA SALATA 1793 §103 Non-Final OA 23d Pending May 03, 2022
17634317 KIT-OF-PARTS AND COMPOSITION FOR DYEING OF KERATIN FIBERS, METHOD, AND USE THEREOF MATTISON, LORI K 1619 §103DP Final Rejection Pending Feb 10, 2022
17416680 Pest Repellent Composition MACH, ANDRE 1615 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 21, 2021
17041904 HEATING IMPLEMENT EKRAMI, YASAMIN 3794 §103§112 Final Rejection 27d Pending Sep 25, 2020
16269980 Method for Evaluating Genotoxicity of Substance WOITACH, JOSEPH T 1687 §101§112 Final Rejection Pending Feb 07, 2019
18289669 RESHAPING COMPOSITION FOR KERATIN FIBERS OLSEN, KAELEIGH ELIZABETH 1619 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 06, 2023
18286890 RESHAPING COMPOSITION FOR KERATIN FIBERS ARMSTRONG, SUSANNAH SIPPLE 1616 §102§103DP Non-Final OA Pending Oct 13, 2023
17299205 PROCESS FOR RESHAPING KERATIN FIBERS JANOSKO, CHASITY PAIGE 1613 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 02, 2021

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