Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 07, 2026

Kumiai Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.

3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

3
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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
0
Due later

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.

1
Hard (33%)
2
Medium (67%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (33%)
§103 only2 (67%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
100% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% 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.

30 h
Manual time on pending OAs
6 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
10 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
EIX, EMILY FAY 1 51.7% +70.0%
JUSTICE, GINA CHIEUN YU 1 55.5% +8.3%
HIRT, ERIN E 1 40.2% +22.2%

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18000171 BACTERIAL STRAIN BELONGING TO BACILLUS GENUS, AND MICROBIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT USING SAID BACTERIAL STRAIN EIX, EMILY FAY 66d overdue

Interview Candidates (2)

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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18000171 BACTERIAL STRAIN BELONGING TO BACILLUS GENUS, AND MICROBIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT USING SAID BACTERIAL STRAIN EIX, EMILY FAY 66d overdue
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

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1653 1
1617 1
1616 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18000171 BACTERIAL STRAIN BELONGING TO BACILLUS GENUS, AND MICROBIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT USING SAID BACTERIAL STRAIN EIX, EMILY FAY 1653 §101§102§103 Final Rejection 66d overdue Pending Nov 29, 2022
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 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 27, 2021

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