Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Kuraray Noritake Dental Lnc

Technology area: Chemistry & Materials

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Kuraray Noritake Dental Lnc is managing 1 pending office action within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This prosecution activity involves a single distinct examiner and a single distinct art unit. The data shows a highly centralized approach to current patent office interactions, with no diversification across different examiners or art units at this time. This focus indicates that the company's immediate intellectual property goals are tied to a single administrative path.

The busiest examiner for the portfolio is GUGLIOTTA, NICOLE T, who is assigned 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This matches the total pending workload for the company, meaning this examiner is handling all current active matters. Prosecution strategy should be tailored to the specific expectations of this examiner and the distinct art unit. The singular nature of the pending workload allows for a focused legal strategy directed at one specific point of contact, where the examiner's individual review style will be the primary factor in the outcome.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

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

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.

0
Hard (0%)
1
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

1
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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
GUGLIOTTA, NICOLE T 1 52.1% +2.0%

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1781 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18286780 ZIRCONIA MOLDED BODY, ZIRCONIA PRE-SINTERED BODY, AND ZIRCONIA SINTERED BODY, AND METHODS OF PRODUCTION THEREOF GUGLIOTTA, NICOLE T 1781 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 13, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Kuraray Noritake Dental Lnc have?

Kuraray Noritake Dental Lnc has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Kuraray Noritake Dental Lnc applications?

Nicole T Gugliotta has the most, with 1 of Kuraray Noritake Dental Lnc's pending office actions.

What technology area are Kuraray Noritake Dental Lnc's patent applications in?

Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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