Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

Kuraray Co., Ltd.

76 pending office actions • 30 art units • 63 examiners • 0 of 76 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 77 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

76
Total Pending OAs
38
Non-Final OAs
32
Final Rejections
6
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 33 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

13
Overdue
3
Due this week
8
Due this month
5
Due in next 60 days
4
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. 33 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (13)Due ≤ 7 days (3)Due ≤ 30 days (8)Due ≤ 60 days (5)Due later (4)

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 (43%)
43
Medium (57%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (1%)
§103 only34 (45%)
§102 only4 (5%)
Double-patenting + other5 (7%)
Multi-statute (no §101)32 (42%)

Industry Mix

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

63
Life Sciences
83% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
1% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
4% of docket
9
Business / Other
12% 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.

760 h
Manual time on pending OAs
152 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
266 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
6.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CHOI, PETER Y 4 20.7% +33.3%
KESSLER JR, THOMAS JOSEPH 2 45.7% +48.9%
FEELY, MICHAEL J 2 75.1% +42.0%
DARLING, DEVIN MITCHELL 2 61.3% +27.3%
REDDY, KARUNA P 2 42.4% +9.9%
KOLB, KATARZYNA I 2 44.7% +16.3%
WASHVILLE, JEFFREY D 2 79.8% -4.8%
SHUKLA, KRUPA 2 15.3% +23.3%
EGWIM, KELECHI CHIDI 2 69.9% +13.9%
LENIHAN, JEFFREY S 2 73.3% +16.7%

Hard Cases (36)

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
17795968 CURING COMPOSITION AND CURED OBJECT USING SAME REDDY, KARUNA P 163d overdue
17924189 MODIFIED LIQUID DIENE RUBBERS, RUBBER COMPOSITIONS, AND SEALING MATERIALS BROOKS, KREGG T 147d overdue
18269401 DENTAL COMPOSITION BUTCHER, ROBERT T 44d overdue
18292423 POLISHING PAD SHUM, KENT N 15d overdue
18032978 POLYAMIDE ZIMMER, MARC S 3d overdue
18276753 HYDROGENATED POLYMER COMPOSITION CONTAINING HYDROGENATED CONJUGATED DIENE MODIFIED POLYMER HAVING BORON-CONTAINING FUNCTIONAL GROUP AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME HEINCER, LIAM J 2d overdue
18278791 HYDROGENATED BLOCK COPOLYMER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, CRUMB OF SAME, AND GEL COMPOSITION CONTAINING HYDROGENATED BLOCK COPOLYMER YOON, TAE H 5d
18279699 DESTRUCTION PREDICTION PROGRAM AND DESTRUCTION PREDICTION METHOD QUIGLEY, KYLE ROBERT 6d

Interview Candidates (18)

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
17928040 Resin Composition, and Aqueous Coating Fluid and Multilayer Structure Each Comprising Same DARLING, DEVIN MITCHELL 81d overdue
18025777 MULTILAYER STRUCTURE AND PACKAGING CONTAINER COMPRISING SAME SHUKLA, KRUPA 6d
18003771 WATER-SOLUBLE FILM AND PACKAGING KOLB, KATARZYNA I 16d
17781804 Resin Composition, and Molded Article and Multilayer Structure Each Comprising Same KESSLER JR, THOMAS JOSEPH 16d
18003793 WATER-SOLUBLE FILM AND PACKAGING EGWIM, KELECHI CHIDI 28d
18403942 FIBER STRUCTURE AND USE THEREOF CHOI, PETER Y 56d
18037455 POLYMER, FLAME-RETARDANT COMPOSITION, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYMER KOLB, KATARZYNA I 63d
18710045 AQUEOUS ADHESIVE, REINFORCEMENT FIBERS USING SAME, AND ELASTOMER PRODUCT USING REINFORCEMENT FIBERS KESSLER JR, THOMAS JOSEPH

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1764 8
1767 7
1766 5
1786 4
1762 4
1787 4
1765 3
1732 3
1741 2
1742 2

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18873714 MULTILAYER FILM AND PACKAGING MATERIAL USING SAME KHAN, TAHSEEN §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 10, 2024
18695624 AMBULATORY PEST TRAPPING DEVICE ALGHAILANI, SHADA MOHAMED 3643 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Nov 12, 2024
18832573 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING RESIN SHEET BY USING 3D PRINTER, AND POLISHING PAD HAVING POLISHING LAYER OBTAINED THEREBY FUNK, ERICA HARTSELL 1741 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 24, 2024
18722546 MULTI-LAYER FILM, AND MULTI-LAYER STRUCTURE USING SAME VARGOT, MATHIEU D 1742 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 20, 2024
18715807 NAPPED ARTIFICIAL LEATHER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING NAPPED ARTIFICIAL LEATHER ZHANG, HAI Y 1717 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 03, 2024
18710045 AQUEOUS ADHESIVE, REINFORCEMENT FIBERS USING SAME, AND ELASTOMER PRODUCT USING REINFORCEMENT FIBERS KESSLER JR, THOMAS JOSEPH §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 14, 2024
18706192 POROUS FORMED PLATE CHOI, PETER Y 1786 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Apr 30, 2024
18698837 LEATHER-TEXTURED LIGHT-EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE KUSUMAKAR, KAREN M §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 05, 2024
18699015 LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYESTER FIBERS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME TENTONI, LEO B 1742 DPOther Final Rejection 63d Pending Apr 05, 2024
18699033 PELLET CONTAINING ETHYLENE-VINYL ALCOHOL COPOLYMER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME PATEL, RONAK C 1788 §103 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Apr 05, 2024
18694287 MULTILAYER STRUCTURE, AND METHOD FOR SEPARATING SAME AND METHOD FOR RECYCLING SAME KHATRI, PRASHANT J 1783 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 21, 2024
18691020 CEMENT COMPOSITION, FLUID LOSS CONTROL AGENT, AND FLUID LOSS CONTROL METHOD FOR CEMENT GREEN, ANTHONY J §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 11, 2024
18292423 POLISHING PAD SHUM, KENT N 3723 §103§112 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Jan 26, 2024
18403942 FIBER STRUCTURE AND USE THEREOF CHOI, PETER Y 1786 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Jan 04, 2024
18574389 STARCH COMPOSITION AND MOLDED BODY FEELY, MICHAEL J §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 27, 2023
18567853 ADHESIVE COMPOSITION BOYLE, ROBERT C §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 07, 2023
18288570 VINYL ALCOHOL POLYMER, POWDER CONTAINING SAME, METHOD FOR PRODUCING POWDER, COATING AGENT, COATED ARTICLE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING COATED ARTICLE, STABILIZER FOR EMULSION POLYMERIZATION, AQUEOUS EMULSION, AND ADHESIVE SHEWAREGED, BETELHEM 1785 §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Oct 26, 2023
18288068 RESIN COMPOSITION, FOAMABLE COMPOSITION, AND CROSSLINKED FOAM BODY DARLING, DEVIN MITCHELL 1764 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 24, 2023
18282369 COMPOUNDING MATERIAL FOR RUBBER KNEADING AND SEALED PACKAGE USING COMPOUNDING MATERIAL FOR RUBBER KNEADING, METHOD FOR PRODUCING COMPOUNDING MATERIAL FOR RUBBER KNEADING AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING RUBBER COMPOSITION RODD, CHRISTOPHER M 1766 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Sep 15, 2023
18279699 DESTRUCTION PREDICTION PROGRAM AND DESTRUCTION PREDICTION METHOD QUIGLEY, KYLE ROBERT 2857 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 6d Pending Aug 31, 2023
18548377 METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYMER, COMPOSITION FOR RADICAL POLYMERIZATION, AND RADICAL POLYMERIZATION INHIBITOR REDDY, KARUNA P 1764 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 30, 2023
18239293 CORE-SHEATH COMPOSITE FIBER, PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR, AND FIBER STRUCTURE CHOI, PETER Y 1786 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 29, 2023
18278791 HYDROGENATED BLOCK COPOLYMER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, CRUMB OF SAME, AND GEL COMPOSITION CONTAINING HYDROGENATED BLOCK COPOLYMER YOON, TAE H 1762 §102§103 Final Rejection 5d Pending Aug 24, 2023
18276753 HYDROGENATED POLYMER COMPOSITION CONTAINING HYDROGENATED CONJUGATED DIENE MODIFIED POLYMER HAVING BORON-CONTAINING FUNCTIONAL GROUP AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME HEINCER, LIAM J 1767 §102§103 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Aug 10, 2023
18275165 Porous Pellets of Ethylene-Vinyl Alcohol Copolymer, and Method for Producing Same BOYLE, KARA BRADY 1766 §102 Final Rejection 56d Pending Jul 31, 2023
18274623 RESIN COMPOSITION AND MOLDED BODY KARST, DAVID THOMAS 1767 §103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Jul 27, 2023
18274609 RESIN COMPOSITION AND MOLDED BODY ROELOFSE, CHRISTIAAN 1762 §103DPOther Non-Final OA Pending Jul 27, 2023
18269422 LAMINATE INCLUDING ADHESIVE LAYER INCLUDING ACRYLIC ADHESIVE COMPOSITION HUANG, CHENG YUAN 1787 §103 Final Rejection 1d overdue Pending Jun 23, 2023
18269094 HYDROGENATED PRODUCT OF BLOCK COPOLYMER, RESIN COMPOSITION, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING HYDROGENATED PRODUCT OF BLOCK COPOLYMER KRYLOVA, IRINA 1764 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 22, 2023
18203797 CURRENT COLLECTOR, ELECTRODE, AND NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY HAMMOND, KRISHNA R 1725 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 31, 2023
18037455 POLYMER, FLAME-RETARDANT COMPOSITION, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYMER KOLB, KATARZYNA I 1767 §103 Non-Final OA 63d Pending May 17, 2023
18253122 LEATHER-LIKE SHEET AND BACKPACK USING THE SAME AS A BACK SURFACE MATERIAL CHOI, PETER Y 1786 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 16, 2023
18035298 Multilayer Structure and Method for Producing Same, and Protective Sheet and Electronic Device which Utilize Same WASHVILLE, JEFFREY D 1766 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 04, 2023
18033950 CURABLE COMPOSITION AND SEALANT CAI, WENWEN 1763 §103 Final Rejection 32d overdue Pending Apr 26, 2023
18033974 IMMUNOISOLATION DEVICE BEISNER, WILLIAM H 1799 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Apr 26, 2023
18033935 HYDROGEL FOR CELL EMBEDDING, IMMUNOISOLATION DEVICE, AND TRANSPLANT MATERIAL STEINKE, SEAN JAMES 1619 §103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Apr 26, 2023
18032978 POLYAMIDE ZIMMER, MARC S 1765 §103§112Other Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Apr 20, 2023
18031943 MULTILAYER STRUCTURE, AND PACKAGE MATERIAL USING SAME MIGGINS, MICHAEL C 1782 §102§103 Final Rejection 56d Pending Apr 14, 2023
18028059 RESIN COMPOSITION AND SHAPED ARTICLE JACKSON, MONIQUE R 1787 §103§112 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Mar 23, 2023
18025777 MULTILAYER STRUCTURE AND PACKAGING CONTAINER COMPRISING SAME SHUKLA, KRUPA 1787 §103§112 Final Rejection 6d Pending Mar 10, 2023
18023512 POLYMER COMPOSITION INCLUDING MODIFIED POLYMERS HAVING BORON-CONTAINING FUNCTIONAL GROUP AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF FISCHER, JUSTIN R 1749 §103 Final Rejection 42d overdue Pending Feb 27, 2023
18003793 WATER-SOLUBLE FILM AND PACKAGING EGWIM, KELECHI CHIDI 1762 §102 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Dec 29, 2022
18003785 WATER-SOLUBLE FILM AND PACKAGING EGWIM, KELECHI CHIDI 1762 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 29, 2022
18003771 WATER-SOLUBLE FILM AND PACKAGING KOLB, KATARZYNA I 1767 §103Other Final Rejection 16d Pending Dec 29, 2022
18013282 CURED FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE USELDING, JOHN E 1763 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 28, 2022
18010600 BINDER SUITABLE FOR ELECTRICITY STORAGE DEVICE ELECTRODES, BINDER SOLUTION FOR ELECTRICITY STORAGE DEVICE ELECTRODES, ELECTRICITY STORAGE DEVICE ELECTRODE SLURRY, ELECTRICITY STORAGE DEVICE ELECTRODE, AND ELECTRICITY STORAGE DEVICE BLACKWELL-RUDASIL, RYAN KENZIE 1722 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 15, 2022
17928040 Resin Composition, and Aqueous Coating Fluid and Multilayer Structure Each Comprising Same DARLING, DEVIN MITCHELL 1764 §103 Final Rejection 81d overdue Pending Nov 28, 2022
17924189 MODIFIED LIQUID DIENE RUBBERS, RUBBER COMPOSITIONS, AND SEALING MATERIALS BROOKS, KREGG T 1764 §103§112 Non-Final OA 147d overdue Pending Nov 09, 2022
17921650 ADDITIVE FOR POSITIVE ELECTRODE OF ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE, COMPOSITION FOR POSITIVE ELECTRODE OF ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE, POSITIVE ELECTRODE FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE, AND ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE INCLUDING SAME JACOBSON, SARAH JORDAN 1785 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 34d Pending Oct 27, 2022
17917131 COLORED POLYAMIDE RESIN COMPOSITION AND MOLDED BODY THEREOF EASHOO, MARK 1767 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 05, 2022
17795968 CURING COMPOSITION AND CURED OBJECT USING SAME REDDY, KARUNA P 1764 §103§112 Final Rejection 163d overdue Pending Jul 28, 2022
17788764 SEPARATOR FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL ELEMENTS GRANNUM, VERITA EUDORA EBUN 1721 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Jun 24, 2022
17781804 Resin Composition, and Molded Article and Multilayer Structure Each Comprising Same KESSLER JR, THOMAS JOSEPH 1782 §103 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Jun 02, 2022
17630251 Purging Agent and Method for Purging Molding Machine Using Same JOHNSTON, BRIEANN R 1766 §103 Non-Final OA 52d overdue Pending Jan 26, 2022
18576503 DENTAL END MILL AND PROCESSING METHOD TRAVERS, MATTHEW P §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 04, 2024
18698869 SEPARATE-PACK TYPE DENTAL CURABLE COMPOSITION WASHVILLE, JEFFREY D §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 05, 2024
18692367 METHOD FOR PRODUCING DENTURE NELSON, JAMEL M 1764 §102§103DPOther Non-Final OA Pending Mar 15, 2024
18692400 STEREOLITHOGRAPHY PLATE DENTURE MANUFACTURING KIT, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PLATE DENTURE GHORISHI, SEYED BEHROOZ 1748 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 15, 2024
18573666 DENTAL ADHESIVE KIT JONES, KOLTON ED §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 22, 2023
18288235 DENTAL FILLING KIT LENIHAN, JEFFREY S 1765 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 25, 2023
18269981 CURABLE CALCIUM PHOSPHATE DENTAL CEMENT FEELY, MICHAEL J 1766 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 28, 2023
18269806 CURABLE COMPOSITION FOR DENTAL RESTORATION LENIHAN, JEFFREY S 1765 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 27, 2023
18269401 DENTAL COMPOSITION BUTCHER, ROBERT T 1764 §103§112 Final Rejection 44d overdue Pending Jun 23, 2023
18269032 ZIRCONIA GRANULE, GREEN COMPACT, AND METHODS OF PRODUCTION THEREOF NGUYEN, CAM N 1736 §102 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Jun 22, 2023
18034500 DENTAL CURABLE COMPOSITION HAVING GOOD COLOR COMPATIBILITY PEPITONE, MICHAEL F 1767 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 28, 2023
18029692 DENTAL CERAMIC COLORING SOLUTION LIOTT, CAROLINE DUSHECK 1732 §102§103§112DP Final Rejection Pending Mar 31, 2023
18029724 DENTAL CERAMIC COLORING SOLUTION ZHANG, KELING NMN 1732 §103 Non-Final OA 60d Pending Mar 31, 2023
18029695 DENTAL CERAMIC COLORING SOLUTION LI, JUN 1732 §103DPOther Final Rejection Pending Mar 31, 2023
17788862 PRODUCTION METHOD FOR MACHINABLE ZIRCONIA COMPOSITE SINTERED BODY, RAW MATERIAL COMPOSITION FOR MACHINABLE ZIRCONIA COMPOSITE SINTERED BODY, AND MACHINABLE ZIRCONIA COMPOSITE PRE-SINTERED BODY SNELTING, ERIN LYNN 1741 §103 Non-Final OA 72d Pending Jun 24, 2022
17788936 ENERGY RAY-CURABLE COATING MATERIAL FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPED ARTICLES, ENERGY RAY-CURABLE MATERIAL KIT FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPING INCLUDING SAME, THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPED ARTICLE USING SAME, AND METHOD OF PRODUCTION THEREOF PEPITONE, MICHAEL F 1767 §102§103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jun 24, 2022
17761248 DENTAL CURABLE COMPOSITION ISNOR, ALEXANDRA NICOLE 1611 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 17, 2022
17617959 MOUTHPIECE AND MOUTHPIECE MANUFACTURING METHOD APONTE, MIRAYDA ARLENE 3772 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Dec 10, 2021
17606308 ZIRCONIA PRE-SINTERED BODY SUITABLE FOR DENTAL USE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME COLLISTER, ELIZABETH A 1784 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 25, 2021
17418560 DENTAL MILL BLANK WITH OPTIMIZED COLOR TONE DILLON, DANIEL P 1783 §103 Final Rejection 105d overdue Pending Jun 25, 2021
18292370 IONOMER RESIN PARTICULATE PRODUCTION METHOD WANG, ALEXANDER A 1784 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 26, 2024
18028269 GLASS LAMINATES WITH REDUCED CREEP AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURE SHUKLA, KRUPA 1787 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 31, 2023

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