Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Nagase Viita Co. Ltd. currently has 2 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These 2 pending office actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners and are located within 2 distinct art units. This distribution suggests that the company's work in Chemistry & Materials is split between two different technical divisions at the patent office, each with its own organizational standards. With 2 distinct examiners handling the 2 pending office actions, each case is being reviewed by a different individual.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is JACOBSON, MICHELE LYNN, who is currently managing 1 pending office action. Since there are 2 pending office actions and 2 distinct examiners, the workload is evenly split, with each examiner responsible for one case. This lack of concentration means that the outcome of each of the 2 pending office actions depends on a separate individual review. Practitioners should be prepared to navigate the individual styles of the 2 distinct examiners while also addressing the specific technical requirements of the 2 distinct art units involved in these Chemistry & Materials matters. Resolving the 2 pending office actions will require a strategy that accounts for this organizational and individual diversity.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| JACOBSON, MICHELE LYNN | 1 | 28.1% | +33.9% |
| ZHANG SPIERING, DONGXIU | 1 | 41.2% | +65.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18710394 | SALTINESS ENHANCING COMPOSITION, AND COMPOSITION FOR ORAL USE AND METHOD OF ENHANCING SALTINESS THEREOF | JACOBSON, MICHELE LYNN | — |
| 17609042 | GEL-TYPE SKIN EXTERNAL COMPOSITION | ZHANG SPIERING, DONGXIU | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18710394 | SALTINESS ENHANCING COMPOSITION, AND COMPOSITION FOR ORAL USE AND METHOD OF ENHANCING SALTINESS THEREOF | JACOBSON, MICHELE LYNN | — |
| 17609042 | GEL-TYPE SKIN EXTERNAL COMPOSITION | ZHANG SPIERING, DONGXIU | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1793 | 1 |
| 1616 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18710394 | SALTINESS ENHANCING COMPOSITION, AND COMPOSITION FOR ORAL USE AND METHOD OF ENHANCING SALTINESS THEREOF | JACOBSON, MICHELE LYNN | 1793 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 15, 2024 |
| 17609042 | GEL-TYPE SKIN EXTERNAL COMPOSITION | ZHANG SPIERING, DONGXIU | 1616 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 05, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialNagase Viita Co. Ltd. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Michele Lynn Jacobson has the most, with 1 of Nagase Viita Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
