Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
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
Kumiai Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. is managing 6 pending office actions in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. These actions are distributed among 5 distinct examiners, showing that the workload is spread across the patent office staff. The portfolio spans 5 distinct art units, reflecting a diverse range of technical subject matter within the pharmaceutical domain. This wide distribution across multiple art units indicates that the company's research and development efforts are multifaceted and touch upon various specialized areas of biotechnology.
PACKARD, BENJAMIN J is the busiest examiner for this company, currently overseeing 2 pending office actions. While PACKARD, BENJAMIN J has the highest individual count, the remaining pending office actions are handled by the other 5 distinct examiners. This broad distribution across 5 distinct art units requires a prosecution strategy that accounts for the varied interpretations of multiple examiners and art unit standards. With 6 pending office actions in play, the company must maintain a high level of coordination to manage the diverse feedback expected from these different examination groups.
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.
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.
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 | 3 (50%) |
| §112 only | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PACKARD, BENJAMIN J | 2 | 66.9% | +15.3% |
| CHANDRAKUMAR, NIZAL S | 1 | 72.7% | +18.2% |
| STOCKTON, LAURA LYNNE | 1 | 75.3% | +33.7% |
| JUSTICE, GINA CHIEUN YU | 1 | 55.6% | +8.5% |
| HIRT, ERIN E | 1 | 40.6% | +22.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18698144 | AQUEOUS SUSPENSION AGROCHEMICAL COMPOSITION, DISEASE CONTROL METHOD, AND USEFUL PLANT SEEDS | PACKARD, BENJAMIN J | 11d overdue |
| 18258906 | SULFONE DERIVATIVE PRODUCTION METHOD | STOCKTON, LAURA LYNNE | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18698144 | AQUEOUS SUSPENSION AGROCHEMICAL COMPOSITION, DISEASE CONTROL METHOD, AND USEFUL PLANT SEEDS | PACKARD, BENJAMIN J | 11d overdue |
| 18697608 | AQUEOUS SUSPENSION AGROCHEMICAL COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR PREVENTING CROP DAMAGE, AND USEFUL PLANT SEEDS | PACKARD, BENJAMIN J | 11d overdue |
| 18578919 | FORMAMIDE DERIVATIVE AND AGRICULTURAL OR HORTICULTURAL PLANT DISEASE CONTROL AGENT | CHANDRAKUMAR, NIZAL S | — |
| 18258906 | SULFONE DERIVATIVE PRODUCTION METHOD | STOCKTON, LAURA LYNNE | — |
| 17289112 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISEASES IN SMALL GRAIN CEREALS, SEED OF SMALL GRAIN CEREALS, AND METHOD FOR SUPPRESSING LODGING DAMAGE IN SMALL GRAIN CEREALS | HIRT, ERIN E | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1612 | 2 |
| 1625 | 1 |
| 1626 | 1 |
| 1617 | 1 |
| 1616 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18698144 | AQUEOUS SUSPENSION AGROCHEMICAL COMPOSITION, DISEASE CONTROL METHOD, AND USEFUL PLANT SEEDS | PACKARD, BENJAMIN J | 1612 | §102§103Other | Final Rejection | 11d overdue | Pending | Apr 03, 2024 |
| 18697608 | AQUEOUS SUSPENSION AGROCHEMICAL COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR PREVENTING CROP DAMAGE, AND USEFUL PLANT SEEDS | PACKARD, BENJAMIN J | 1612 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 11d overdue | Pending | Apr 01, 2024 |
| 18578919 | FORMAMIDE DERIVATIVE AND AGRICULTURAL OR HORTICULTURAL PLANT DISEASE CONTROL AGENT | CHANDRAKUMAR, NIZAL S | 1625 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 12, 2024 |
| 18258906 | SULFONE DERIVATIVE PRODUCTION METHOD | STOCKTON, LAURA LYNNE | 1626 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 22, 2023 |
| 17771169 | AGROCHEMICAL COMPOSITION FOR SOIL TREATMENT AND PEST CONTROL METHOD USING SAME | JUSTICE, GINA CHIEUN YU | 1617 | §103 | Final Rejection | 13d | Pending | Apr 22, 2022 |
| 17289112 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISEASES IN SMALL GRAIN CEREALS, SEED OF SMALL GRAIN CEREALS, AND METHOD FOR SUPPRESSING LODGING DAMAGE IN SMALL GRAIN CEREALS | HIRT, ERIN E | 1616 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 27, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialKumiai Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. has 6 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 5 examiners.
Benjamin J Packard has the most, with 2 of Kumiai Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
