Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Lintec Corporation

Technology area: Chemistry & Materials

24 pending office actions • 17 art units • 22 examiners • 0 of 24 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 17 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Lintec Corporation has 24 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters span 22 distinct examiners and 16 distinct art units, showing that the portfolio is distributed across many examination assignments and technical classifications.

WALSHON, SCOTT R is the busiest examiner with 2 pending matters. The low concentration means that recurring issues should be assessed across art units and technologies rather than attributed to one examiner. Counsel may benefit from common standards for claim terminology and disclosure support, combined with tailored responses in each file.

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

Portfolio Summary

24
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
14
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
1
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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (1)

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.

5
Hard (21%)
18
Medium (75%)
1
Easy (4%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only18 (75%)
§112 only1 (4%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (21%)

Industry Mix

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

16
Life Sciences
67% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
4% of docket
3
Semiconductors
12% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
12% of docket
1
Business / Other
4% 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.

240 h
Manual time on pending OAs
48 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
84 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WALSHON, SCOTT R 2 51.6% +20.6%
SHAH, SAMIR 2 36.7% +35.1%
MEKHLIN, ELI S 1 60.4% +48.1%
PAGE, HANA C 1 60.3% +32.7%
RIVERA, JOSHEL 1 73.7% +6.7%
DUNNING, RYAN S 1 76.0% +24.2%
NGO, HUNG V 1 81.2% -34.8%
SHUKLA, KRUPA 1 15.2% +22.5%
TRAN, UYEN M 1 31.2% +39.5%
FRASER, STEWART A 1 86.0% +14.4%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18995045 ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORBING MEMBER NGO, HUNG V —
18620810 PELLICLE FILM, PELLICLE, AND METHOD FOR MEASURING STANDARD DEVIATION OF ORIENTATION ANGLE OF CARBON NANOTUBES INCLUDED IN PELLICLE FILM FRASER, STEWART A —

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18852945 PROTECTIVE FILM-EQUIPPED WRITING-PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT FILM SHUKLA, KRUPA 17d overdue
19100151 Window Film DUNNING, RYAN S —
18711168 ADHESIVE SHEET WALSHON, SCOTT R —
18294790 ADHESIVE SHEET AND ADHESIVE SHEET MANUFACTURING METHOD SWIER, WAYNE K. —
18556812 ENERGY RAY-CROSSLINKABLE ADHESIVE AGENT COMPOSITION, CROSSLINKED ADHESIVE AGENT, ADHESIVE SHEET, AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING SAME WALSHON, SCOTT R —

Interview Candidates (10)

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
18852945 PROTECTIVE FILM-EQUIPPED WRITING-PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT FILM SHUKLA, KRUPA 17d overdue
19339679 PI-TYPE THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSION MODULE MEKHLIN, ELI S —
19085287 ADHESIVE SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC COMPONENT OR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE PAGE, HANA C —
19100151 Window Film DUNNING, RYAN S —
18848557 THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSION MODULE AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR SAME TRAN, UYEN M —
18711168 ADHESIVE SHEET WALSHON, SCOTT R —
18620810 PELLICLE FILM, PELLICLE, AND METHOD FOR MEASURING STANDARD DEVIATION OF ORIENTATION ANGLE OF CARBON NANOTUBES INCLUDED IN PELLICLE FILM FRASER, STEWART A —
18556812 ENERGY RAY-CROSSLINKABLE ADHESIVE AGENT COMPOSITION, CROSSLINKED ADHESIVE AGENT, ADHESIVE SHEET, AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING SAME WALSHON, SCOTT R —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1787 4
1759 3
3761 2
1745 1
1746 1
2872 1
2841 1
1726 1
1724 1
1763 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19339679 PI-TYPE THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSION MODULE MEKHLIN, ELI S 1759 §112 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 25, 2025
19085287 ADHESIVE SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC COMPONENT OR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE PAGE, HANA C 1745 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 20, 2025
19113678 ADHESIVE SHEET RIVERA, JOSHEL 1746 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 20, 2025
19100151 Window Film DUNNING, RYAN S 2872 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 31, 2025
18995045 ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORBING MEMBER NGO, HUNG V 2841 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 15, 2025
18852945 PROTECTIVE FILM-EQUIPPED WRITING-PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT FILM SHUKLA, KRUPA 1787 §103§112 Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Sep 30, 2024
18848557 THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSION MODULE AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR SAME TRAN, UYEN M 1726 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 19, 2024
18711168 ADHESIVE SHEET WALSHON, SCOTT R 1759 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 17, 2024
18620810 PELLICLE FILM, PELLICLE, AND METHOD FOR MEASURING STANDARD DEVIATION OF ORIENTATION ANGLE OF CARBON NANOTUBES INCLUDED IN PELLICLE FILM FRASER, STEWART A 1724 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 28, 2024
18696248 HIGH-FREQUENCY DIELECTRIC HEATING ADHESIVE HALL, DEVE V. 1763 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 27, 2024
18592596 GAS BARRIER FILM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME RODRIGUEZ, MICHAEL P 1712 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Mar 01, 2024
18294790 ADHESIVE SHEET AND ADHESIVE SHEET MANUFACTURING METHOD SWIER, WAYNE K. 1748 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 02, 2024
18556812 ENERGY RAY-CROSSLINKABLE ADHESIVE AGENT COMPOSITION, CROSSLINKED ADHESIVE AGENT, ADHESIVE SHEET, AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING SAME WALSHON, SCOTT R 1759 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 23, 2023
18028487 WIRING SHEET AND WIRING SHEET PRODUCTION METHOD TRAN, THIEN S 3761 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 04, 2023
18553432 MICRONEEDLE STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME MESSERSMITH, ERIC J 3791 §103 Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending Sep 29, 2023
18285176 SOLID ELECTROLYTE AND BATTERY CHAU, LINDA N 1785 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 29, 2023
18283692 WIRING SHEET FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL MOLDING ASSANTE, KEITH BRIAN — §103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 22, 2023
18279585 PREFORM STRUCTURE, FIBER-REINFORCED PLASTIC, AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR PREFORM STRUCTURE HANDVILLE, BRIAN 1783 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 30, 2023
18277853 ADHESIVE SHEET AND DISPLAY BODY SABUR, ALIA 2812 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Aug 18, 2023
18039901 ADHESIVE FOR HIGH-FREQUENCY DIELECTRIC HEATING, STRUCTURE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING STRUCTURE SHAH, SAMIR 1787 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 01, 2023
18039893 ADHESIVE FOR HIGH-FREQUENCY DIELECTRIC HEATING, STRUCTURE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING STRUCTURE SHAH, SAMIR 1787 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 01, 2023
18127733 VIEWING ANGLE CONTROL FILM LU, WILLIAM 2624 §103 Final Rejection 49d Pending Mar 29, 2023
17923290 PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE COMPOSITION, PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE, PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE SHEET, AND LAMINATE KRUER, KEVIN R 1787 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 04, 2022
17801743 SHEET-SHAPED HEATING ELEMENT AND HEAT GENERATING DEVICE CHEN, KUANGYUE 3761 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Aug 23, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Lintec Corporation have?

Lintec Corporation has 24 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 17 art units and 22 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Lintec Corporation applications?

Scott R Walshon has the most, with 2 of Lintec Corporation's pending office actions.

What technology area are Lintec Corporation's patent applications in?

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

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