Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Matsui Shikiso Chemical Co. Ltd. has 3 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These 3 actions are distributed among 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. This arrangement shows that the company's active patent matters are being processed by multiple specialized units at the USPTO. The use of 2 distinct art units indicates that the pending actions cover different technical aspects within the broader Chemistry & Materials field.
GERHARD, ALISON CLAIRE is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently handling 2 pending office actions. This examiner is responsible for 2 of the total pending actions for the company. The remaining workload is handled by the other of the 2 distinct examiners. This concentration with 2 examiners means that the resolution of the actions will be heavily influenced by the specific examination style of GERHARD, ALISON CLAIRE.
The Chemistry & Materials sector represents the current active prosecution front for the company. Successful prosecution will require addressing the concerns of GERHARD, ALISON CLAIRE and the other official assigned to the cases within the 2 assigned art units. Monitoring the status of the 3 pending office actions is essential for understanding the company's near-term intellectual property trajectory.
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.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (100%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
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.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| GERHARD, ALISON CLAIRE | 2 | 39.5% | +24.4% |
| BARZACH, JEFFREY EUGENE | 1 | 57.1% | +40.6% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18581699 | COLOR CHANGE MATERIALS AND COLOR-CHANGING COLORANT | GERHARD, ALISON CLAIRE | — |
| 17900104 | COLORING AGENT AND TECHNOLOGY RELATED THERETO | GERHARD, ALISON CLAIRE | — |
| 17525370 | WHITE PIGMENT DISPERSION AND TECHNOLOGY RELATED THERETO | BARZACH, JEFFREY EUGENE | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18581699 | COLOR CHANGE MATERIALS AND COLOR-CHANGING COLORANT | GERHARD, ALISON CLAIRE | — |
| 17900104 | COLORING AGENT AND TECHNOLOGY RELATED THERETO | GERHARD, ALISON CLAIRE | — |
| 17525370 | WHITE PIGMENT DISPERSION AND TECHNOLOGY RELATED THERETO | BARZACH, JEFFREY EUGENE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1797 | 2 |
| 1731 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18581699 | COLOR CHANGE MATERIALS AND COLOR-CHANGING COLORANT | GERHARD, ALISON CLAIRE | 1797 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 20, 2024 |
| 17900104 | COLORING AGENT AND TECHNOLOGY RELATED THERETO | GERHARD, ALISON CLAIRE | 1797 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 31, 2022 |
| 17525370 | WHITE PIGMENT DISPERSION AND TECHNOLOGY RELATED THERETO | BARZACH, JEFFREY EUGENE | 1731 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 12, 2021 |
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