Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Mitsui Chemicals Asahi Life Materials Co. Ltd. has 3 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The actions involve 3 distinct examiners but 2 distinct art units, indicating that at least one art unit handles more than one matter.
CHOI, PETER Y is the busiest examiner with 1 pending matter. Counsel can use the shared art-unit context to compare examination positions while still tailoring responses to each examiner.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHOI, PETER Y | 1 | 20.4% | +32.5% |
| BUI, ANH HUYNH NGOC | 1 | — | — |
| KEYWORTH, PETER | 1 | 58.5% | +23.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18851559 | SPUN-BOND NON-WOVEN FABRIC, HYGIENIC MATERIAL, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SPUN-BOND NON-WOVEN FABRIC | CHOI, PETER Y | — |
| 18847069 | Nonwoven Fabric and Application Thereof | BUI, ANH HUYNH NGOC | — |
| 18723999 | Coalescer Filter Used in Solvent Extraction Method | KEYWORTH, PETER | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18851559 | SPUN-BOND NON-WOVEN FABRIC, HYGIENIC MATERIAL, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SPUN-BOND NON-WOVEN FABRIC | CHOI, PETER Y | — |
| 18723999 | Coalescer Filter Used in Solvent Extraction Method | KEYWORTH, PETER | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1786 | 1 |
| 1773 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18851559 | SPUN-BOND NON-WOVEN FABRIC, HYGIENIC MATERIAL, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SPUN-BOND NON-WOVEN FABRIC | CHOI, PETER Y | 1786 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2024 |
| 18847069 | Nonwoven Fabric and Application Thereof | BUI, ANH HUYNH NGOC | 1773 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 18723999 | Coalescer Filter Used in Solvent Extraction Method | KEYWORTH, PETER | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 25, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialMitsui Chemicals Asahi Life Materials Co. Ltd. has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 3 examiners.
Peter Y Choi has the most, with 1 of Mitsui Chemicals Asahi Life Materials Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
