Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.

59 pending office actions • 27 art units • 52 examiners • 0 of 59 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 54 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

59
Total Pending OAs
40
Non-Final OAs
15
Final Rejections
4
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 18 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

9
Overdue
1
Due this week
5
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
2
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. 18 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (9)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (5)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (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.

23
Hard (39%)
32
Medium (54%)
3
Easy (5%)
1
Unknown (2%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (2%)
§103 only25 (42%)
§102 only2 (3%)
§112 only2 (3%)
Double-patenting only1 (2%)
Double-patenting + other5 (8%)
Multi-statute (no §101)22 (37%)
No statute on record1 (2%)

Industry Mix

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

45
Life Sciences
76% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
2% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
13
Business / Other
22% 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.

590 h
Manual time on pending OAs
118 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
206 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
5.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
FREEMAN, JOHN D 2 45.6% +6.9%
THAKUR, VIREN A 2 13.5% +27.0%
BERRO, ADAM JOSEPH 2 50.9% +44.6%
CARR, DEBORAH D 2 81.8% +2.8%
BUTTNER, DAVID J 2 63.9% +4.0%
FANG, SHANE 2 76.3% +18.8%
TRAYWICK, ANDREW PRESTON 2 71.0% +28.5%
KONVES, ADRIANNA N 1 75.9% +14.5%
FERNANDEZ, SUSAN EMILY 1 52.3% +60.9%
PILCHER, JONATHAN L 1 64.0% +44.5%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18569160 ALICYCLIC ALCOHOL, ALICYCLIC ALCOHOL COMPOSITION, AND PERFUME COMPOSITION CARR, DEBORAH D

Hard Cases (25)

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
18286518 Hollow Structure for Fuel MIGGINS, MICHAEL C 131d overdue
18030463 FILAMENT, STRUCTURE, RESIN COMPOSITION, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING FILAMENT WORRELL, KEVIN 49d overdue
17633856 COMPOUND, POLYMER, COMPOSITION, COMPOSITION FOR FILM FORMATION, PATTERN FORMATION METHOD, INSULATING FILM FORMATION METHOD, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING COMPOUND, AS WELL AS METHOD FOR PRODUCING IODINE-CONTAINING VINYL POLYMER AND ACETYLATED DERIVATIVE THEREOF TRAYWICK, ANDREW PRESTON 38d overdue
18272221 GLYCIDYL (METH)ACRYLATE COMPOSITION RODRIGUEZ-GARCIA, VALERIE 5d
17797195 THERMOFORMING LAMINATE AND METHOD FOR MOLDING LAMINATE SHUKLA, KRUPA 30d
18683580 PACKAGE FOR FRUIT OR VEGETABLE AND METHOD FOR KEEPING FRESHNESS OF FRUIT OR VEGETABLE THAKUR, VIREN A 56d
18834965 MULTILAYER CONTAINER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING TWO-LAYER PREFORM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING MULTILAYER CONTAINER FREEMAN, JOHN D 65d
18043368 BIOCHIP, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND USE OF SAME LYLE, SOPHIA YUAN 76d

Interview Candidates (11)

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
17633856 COMPOUND, POLYMER, COMPOSITION, COMPOSITION FOR FILM FORMATION, PATTERN FORMATION METHOD, INSULATING FILM FORMATION METHOD, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING COMPOUND, AS WELL AS METHOD FOR PRODUCING IODINE-CONTAINING VINYL POLYMER AND ACETYLATED DERIVATIVE THEREOF TRAYWICK, ANDREW PRESTON 38d overdue
18003565 RESIN COMPOSITION AND MOLDED ARTICLE BERRO, ADAM JOSEPH 37d overdue
18683580 PACKAGE FOR FRUIT OR VEGETABLE AND METHOD FOR KEEPING FRESHNESS OF FRUIT OR VEGETABLE THAKUR, VIREN A 56d
19099901 METHOD FOR PRODUCING METAL FOIL-CLAD LAMINATE, RESIN COMPOSITION, RESIN COMPOSITE SHEET, METHOD FOR PRODUCING PRINTED WIRING BOARD, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE KONVES, ADRIANNA N
18865063 NOVEL LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM, AND COMPOSITION, FOOD OR BEVERAGE, AND PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCT CONTAINING LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM FERNANDEZ, SUSAN EMILY
18846812 METHOD FOR PURIFYING (METH)ACRYLIC ACID MONOMER AND/OR (METH)ACRYLIC ACID ESTER MONOMER PILCHER, JONATHAN L
18683587 PACKAGE FOR FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, AND METHOD FOR MAINTAINING FRESHNESS OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES THAKUR, VIREN A
18578942 EPOXY RESIN CURING AGENT, EPOXY RESIN COMPOSITION AND CURED PRODUCT THEREOF, FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITE, AND WIND POWER GENERATION BLADE BERRO, ADAM JOSEPH

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1737 5
1787 3
1765 3
1766 3
1621 2
1792 2
1692 2
1713 2
1761 2
1691 2

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19099901 METHOD FOR PRODUCING METAL FOIL-CLAD LAMINATE, RESIN COMPOSITION, RESIN COMPOSITE SHEET, METHOD FOR PRODUCING PRINTED WIRING BOARD, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE KONVES, ADRIANNA N §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 30, 2025
18865063 NOVEL LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM, AND COMPOSITION, FOOD OR BEVERAGE, AND PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCT CONTAINING LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM FERNANDEZ, SUSAN EMILY 1653 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 12, 2024
18846812 METHOD FOR PURIFYING (METH)ACRYLIC ACID MONOMER AND/OR (METH)ACRYLIC ACID ESTER MONOMER PILCHER, JONATHAN L §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 13, 2024
18834965 MULTILAYER CONTAINER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING TWO-LAYER PREFORM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING MULTILAYER CONTAINER FREEMAN, JOHN D 1787 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA 65d Pending Jul 31, 2024
18695585 METHOD FOR PRODUCING ALKYLFURANCARBOXYLIC ACID ESTER AULAKH, CHARANJIT 1621 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 26, 2024
18692999 RESIN COMPOSITION, PREPREG, RESIN SHEET, LAMINATE, METAL FOIL-CLAD LAMINATE, AND PRINTED WIRING BOARD ZHANG, RUIYUN §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 18, 2024
18272445 POLYACETAL RESIN COMPOSITION WALTERS JR, ROBERT S §102§103DP Non-Final OA Pending Mar 15, 2024
18690024 FOAMABLE RESIN COMPOSITION, FOAM BODY, METHOD FOR PRODUCING FOAM BODY, AND FOAMABLE CURING AGENT BOYLE, KARA BRADY §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 07, 2024
18689222 METHOD FOR PRODUCING COMPOUND CHANDRAKUMAR, NIZAL S 1625 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 05, 2024
18689035 RESIN COMPOSITION AND MOLDED ARTICLE KOSLOW, CAROL M §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 04, 2024
18687722 COMPOSITION FOR SPIN-ON CARBON FILM FORMATION, METHOD FOR PRODUCING COMPOSITION FOR SPIN-ON CARBON FILM FORMATION, UNDERLAYER FILM FOR LITHOGRAPHY, RESIST PATTERN FORMATION METHOD, AND CIRCUIT PATTERN FORMATION METHOD EOFF, ANCA Non-Final OA Pending Feb 28, 2024
18685480 RESIN COMPOSITION AND MOLDED ARTICLE BLEDSOE, JOSHUA CALEB §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Feb 21, 2024
18685196 STRETCHED FILM, MULTILAYER FILM, AND PACKAGING MATERIAL FREEMAN, JOHN D 1787 §112 Final Rejection 13d Pending Feb 20, 2024
18683580 PACKAGE FOR FRUIT OR VEGETABLE AND METHOD FOR KEEPING FRESHNESS OF FRUIT OR VEGETABLE THAKUR, VIREN A 1792 §103 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Feb 14, 2024
18683587 PACKAGE FOR FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, AND METHOD FOR MAINTAINING FRESHNESS OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES THAKUR, VIREN A 1792 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 14, 2024
18293946 RESIN COMPOSITION, AND CURABLE FILM AND LAMINATED PLATE CONTAINING SAME JACKSON, MONIQUE R §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 31, 2024
18291760 RESIST AUXILIARY FILM COMPOSITION, AND PATTERN FORMING METHOD USING SAID COMPOSITION ROBINSON, CHANCEITY N §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 24, 2024
18580370 THINNER COMPOSITION, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES USING SAID THINNER COMPOSITION CHACKO DAVIS, DABORAH §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 18, 2024
18578942 EPOXY RESIN CURING AGENT, EPOXY RESIN COMPOSITION AND CURED PRODUCT THEREOF, FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITE, AND WIND POWER GENERATION BLADE BERRO, ADAM JOSEPH §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 12, 2024
18571334 POLYACETAL RESIN COMPOSITION SHAMS, NAZMUN NAHAR 1738 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 18, 2023
18569160 ALICYCLIC ALCOHOL, ALICYCLIC ALCOHOL COMPOSITION, AND PERFUME COMPOSITION CARR, DEBORAH D §112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 11, 2023
18515885 METHODS FOR PRODUCING POLYCARBONATE COPOLYMER AND POLYSILOXANE COMPOUND, POLYCARBONATE COPOLYMER, POLYSILOXANE COMPOUND, COMPOSITION, AND MOLDED BODY BUTTNER, DAVID J 1765 §102§103DP Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Nov 21, 2023
18287060 OXYGEN ABSORBER CALDERON, DAVID ANDREW 1742 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 16, 2023
18287064 OXYGEN ABSORBER MCDONOUGH, JAMES E 1734 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 16, 2023
18555027 PRODUCTION METHOD FOR PRODUCING DIMETHANOL COMPOUND HAVING NORBORNANE SKELETON BAHTA, MEDHANIT W 1692 §103DP Non-Final OA Pending Oct 12, 2023
18286518 Hollow Structure for Fuel MIGGINS, MICHAEL C 1782 §103§112 Non-Final OA 131d overdue Pending Oct 11, 2023
18285427 METHOD FOR PRODUCING SOLID ELECTROLYTE PARTICLES AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ALL-SOLID-STATE BATTERY KIM, ANDREW NATHANIEL 1727 §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Oct 03, 2023
18283701 THERMOSETTING RESIN COMPOSITION, PREPREG, FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE MATERIAL, AND HIGH-PRESSURE GAS CONTAINER FANG, SHANE 1766 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 22, 2023
18283083 METHOD FOR PRODUCING SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE FOR MEMORY ELEMENTS AHMED, SHAMIM 1713 §103 Final Rejection 20d Pending Sep 20, 2023
18551213 METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYIMIDE RESIN POWDER BUTTNER, DAVID J 1765 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 19, 2023
18280816 OPTCAL LAMINATE AND EYEWEAR USING SAME LEI, JIE 2872 §103 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Sep 07, 2023
18273103 CARBON DIOXIDE ABSORBER NGUYEN, HAIDUNG D 1761 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 19, 2023
18272425 SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING HYDROCARBON COMPOUND AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING HYDROCARBON COMPOUND SEIFU, LESSANEWORK T 1692 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 14, 2023
18272221 GLYCIDYL (METH)ACRYLATE COMPOSITION RODRIGUEZ-GARCIA, VALERIE 1621 §102§112 Final Rejection 5d Pending Jul 13, 2023
18350092 METHOD FOR PRODUCING CARBONYL HALIDE CARR, DEBORAH D 1691 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 11, 2023
18269091 COMPOSITION, AND OPTICAL MATERIAL AND LENS USING SAME LEONARD, MICHAEL L 1763 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 22, 2023
18255975 RECESS ETCHING SOLUTION, RECESS ETCHING METHOD, AND SURFACE-TREATED SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE MANUFACTURING METHOD LU, JIONG-PING 1713 §103 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Jun 05, 2023
18038770 METHOD FOR PRODUCING PATTERNED SUBSTRATE CHU, JOHN S Y 1737 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 25, 2023
18038574 PHOTOSENSITIVE POLYIMIDE RESIN COMPOSITION, RESIN FILM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE COSGROVE, JAYSON D 1737 §103 Non-Final OA 23d Pending May 24, 2023
18030836 COMPOSITION, AND OPTICAL MATERIAL AND LENS USING SAID COMPOSITION FANG, SHANE 1766 DP Final Rejection Pending Apr 07, 2023
18030463 FILAMENT, STRUCTURE, RESIN COMPOSITION, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING FILAMENT WORRELL, KEVIN 1789 §103§112 Final Rejection 49d overdue Pending Apr 05, 2023
18246531 COMPOSITION FOR CLEANING SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE, AND CLEANING METHOD DELCOTTO, GREGORY R 1761 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 24, 2023
18043368 BIOCHIP, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND USE OF SAME LYLE, SOPHIA YUAN 1796 §102§103 Non-Final OA 76d Pending Feb 28, 2023
18016093 POLYCYCLIC POLYPHENOLIC RESIN, COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYCYCLIC POLYPHENOLIC RESIN, COMPOSITION FOR FILM FORMATION, RESIST COMPOSITION, RESIST PATTERN FORMATION METHOD, RADIATION-SENSITIVE COMPOSITION, COMPOSITION FOR UNDERLAYER FILM FORMATION FOR LITHOGRAPHY, METHOD FOR PRODUCING UNDERLAYER FILM FOR LITHOGRAPHY, CIRCUIT PATTERN FORMATION METHOD, AND COMPOSITION FOR OPTICAL MEMBER FORMATION TRAYWICK, ANDREW PRESTON 1737 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 13, 2023
18004599 METHOD FOR ISOMERIZING ALIPHATIC DIAMINE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING DIISOCYANATE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYURETHANE, AND POLYURETHANE SAWYER, JENNIFER C 1691 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 06, 2023
18014130 FILM FORMING COMPOSITION FOR LITHOGRAPHY, RESIST PATTERN FORMATION METHOD, AND CIRCUIT PATTERN FORMATION METHOD CHAMPION, RICHARD DAVID 1737 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 30, 2022
18003565 RESIN COMPOSITION AND MOLDED ARTICLE BERRO, ADAM JOSEPH 1765 §103 Non-Final OA 37d overdue Pending Dec 28, 2022
18012534 OXYGEN SCAVENGER COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME ANTHONY, JOSEPH DAVID 1764 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 22, 2022
18011331 RESIN COMPOSITION DESTEFANO, AUDRA JEAN 1766 §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Dec 19, 2022
17919389 CARBON DIOXIDE DETECTOR LE, AUSTIN Q 1796 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 17, 2022
17912983 FILM INSERT MOLDED ARTICLE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR FILM INSERT MOLDED ARTICLE VAN SELL, NATHAN L 1783 §103 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Sep 20, 2022
17797195 THERMOFORMING LAMINATE AND METHOD FOR MOLDING LAMINATE SHUKLA, KRUPA 1787 §103§112 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Aug 03, 2022
17781990 METHOD FOR PRODUCING FIBER-REINFORCED RESIN ARTICLE GROUX, JENNIFER LILA 1754 §103 Final Rejection 28d overdue Pending Jun 02, 2022
17774626 RESIN COMPOSITION, PLATE-SHAPED MOLDED ARTICLE, MULTILAYERED ARTICLE, AND ANTI-REFLECTION FILM DARLING, DEVIN MITCHELL 1764 §103 Final Rejection 52d overdue Pending May 05, 2022
17633856 COMPOUND, POLYMER, COMPOSITION, COMPOSITION FOR FILM FORMATION, PATTERN FORMATION METHOD, INSULATING FILM FORMATION METHOD, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING COMPOUND, AS WELL AS METHOD FOR PRODUCING IODINE-CONTAINING VINYL POLYMER AND ACETYLATED DERIVATIVE THEREOF TRAYWICK, ANDREW PRESTON 1737 §102§103 Final Rejection 38d overdue Pending Feb 08, 2022
17428388 POLYCARBONATE RESIN COMPOSITION AND OPTICAL LENS USING THIS EASHOO, MARK 1767 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 04, 2021
15734472 POLYAMIDE RESIN, MOLDED ARTICLE, AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR POLYAMIDE RESIN CAI, WENWEN 1763 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 02, 2020
16645312 SUBSTRATE FOR BIOCHIP, BIOCHIP, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING BIOCHIP, AND METHOD FOR PRESERVING BIOCHIP KAUP, SAHANA S 1612 §103DP Non-Final OA Pending Mar 06, 2020
16487670 BIOMATERIAL IMMOBILIZING METHOD AND USES THEREOF NGUYEN, NAM P 1678 §103DP Non-Final OA Pending Aug 21, 2019

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