Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Kumiai Chemical Industry Co. Ltd.

7 pending office actions • 5 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
0
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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 30 days (2)

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 (14%)
5
Medium (71%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (14%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (14%)
§103 only4 (57%)
§102 only1 (14%)
No statute on record1 (14%)

Industry Mix

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

7
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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PACKARD, BENJAMIN J 2 66.2% +15.8%
HAGHIGHATIAN, MINA 1 45.8% +40.0%
KIFLE, BRUCK 1 79.2% +15.9%
EIX, EMILY FAY 1 52.2% +64.7%
HIRT, ERIN E 1 39.2% +23.3%
JUSTICE, GINA CHIEUN YU 1 55.3% +8.2%

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
18697608 AQUEOUS SUSPENSION AGROCHEMICAL COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR PREVENTING CROP DAMAGE, AND USEFUL PLANT SEEDS PACKARD, BENJAMIN J 11d overdue

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18555813 LYSINIBACILLUS BACTERIAL STRAIN THAT PROMOTES PLANT GROWTH, AND USE THEREOF HAGHIGHATIAN, MINA 91d overdue
18000171 BACTERIAL STRAIN BELONGING TO BACILLUS GENUS, AND MICROBIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT USING SAID BACTERIAL STRAIN EIX, EMILY FAY 66d overdue
17773227 PROCESS FOR PRODUCING HERBICIDE AND INTERMEDIATE THEREOF HIRT, ERIN E 51d overdue
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
18272493 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING WEEDS KIFLE, BRUCK 15d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1612 2
1616 2
1624 1
1653 1
1617 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18698144 AQUEOUS SUSPENSION AGROCHEMICAL COMPOSITION, DISEASE CONTROL METHOD, AND USEFUL PLANT SEEDS PACKARD, BENJAMIN J 1612 Other Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Apr 03, 2024
18697608 AQUEOUS SUSPENSION AGROCHEMICAL COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR PREVENTING CROP DAMAGE, AND USEFUL PLANT SEEDS PACKARD, BENJAMIN J 1612 §101 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Apr 01, 2024
18555813 LYSINIBACILLUS BACTERIAL STRAIN THAT PROMOTES PLANT GROWTH, AND USE THEREOF HAGHIGHATIAN, MINA 1616 §103 Non-Final OA 91d overdue Pending Oct 17, 2023
18272493 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING WEEDS KIFLE, BRUCK 1624 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Jul 14, 2023
18000171 BACTERIAL STRAIN BELONGING TO BACILLUS GENUS, AND MICROBIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT USING SAID BACTERIAL STRAIN EIX, EMILY FAY 1653 §102 Final Rejection 66d overdue Pending Nov 29, 2022
17773227 PROCESS FOR PRODUCING HERBICIDE AND INTERMEDIATE THEREOF HIRT, ERIN E 1616 §103 Non-Final OA 51d overdue Pending Apr 29, 2022
17771169 AGROCHEMICAL COMPOSITION FOR SOIL TREATMENT AND PEST CONTROL METHOD USING SAME JUSTICE, GINA CHIEUN YU 1617 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Apr 22, 2022

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