NGK Insulators Ltd.

Portfolio Summary

49

Total Pending OAs

36

Non-Final OAs

11

Final Rejections

2

Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 48 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

26

Overdue

2

Due this week

15

Due this month

4

Due in next 60 days

1

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. 48 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

Overdue (26)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (15)Due ≤ 60 days (4)Due later (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.

1

Hard (2%)

40

Medium (82%)

2

Easy (4%)

6

Unknown (12%)

Rejection Statute Mix

Bucket	Cases
§101 only	1 (2%)
§103 only	38 (78%)
§102 only	2 (4%)
§112 only	2 (4%)
No statute on record	6 (12%)

Industry Mix

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

32

Life Sciences

65% of docket

0

Information Tech

0% of docket

1

Communications

2% of docket

8

Semiconductors

16% of docket

8

Mechanical / Eng

16% of docket

0

Business / Other

0% 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.

490 h

Manual time on pending OAs

98 h

Time saved (low, 20%)

172 h

Time saved (mid, 35%)

4.3 wks

FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

Examiner	Apps on this docket	Allow rate	Interview lift
OMORI, MARY I	2	50.0%	+58.6%
MATHEW, ISWARYA	2	—	—
GAMBLE JR, RANDALL LEE	2	48.3%	+24.7%
LEYSON, JOSEPH S	2	65.7%	+36.5%
EMPIE, NATHAN H	1	43.7%	+42.5%
FORTICH, ALVARO E	1	85.7%	+13.9%
PARTRIDGE, WILLIAM B	1	75.1%	+42.3%
BALL, JOHN C	1	78.7%	+16.2%
BELLIDO, NICOLAS G	1	88.9%	+13.1%
PATEL, DHARTI HARIDAS	1	87.2%	+7.8%

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 #	Title	Examiner	Due in
18735576	MEMBER FOR SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING APPARATUS	BELLIDO, NICOLAS G	10d overdue
18669836	MEMBER FOR SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING APPARATUS	PATEL, DHARTI HARIDAS	15d

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #	Title	Examiner	Due in
18794011	CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT METHOD	FORTICH, ALVARO E	14d

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 #	Title	Examiner	Due in
18735576	MEMBER FOR SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING APPARATUS	BELLIDO, NICOLAS G	10d overdue
18602469	SENSOR ELEMENT	GAMBLE JR, RANDALL LEE	5d overdue
18602459	SENSOR ELEMENT	GAMBLE JR, RANDALL LEE	5d overdue
18923881	HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE	OMORI, MARY I	2d overdue
18635191	HONEYCOMB FILTER	OMORI, MARY I	2d overdue
18910072	METHOD FOR PRODUCING COATED CERAMIC AND FIRING FURNACE FOR CARRYING OUT SAID METHOD	EMPIE, NATHAN H	1d overdue
17445851	EXTRUSION MOLDING MACHINE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING MOLDED BODY	LEYSON, JOSEPH S	1d overdue
18794011	CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT METHOD	FORTICH, ALVARO E	14d

Top Art Units

Art Unit	Apps
3761	5
1784	3
1795	3
2838	3
1788	2
1776	2
2847	2
1727	2
1723	2
1718	2

Pending Office Actions

App #	Title	Examiner	Art Unit	Statutes	Status	Due in	AI	Filed
18923881	HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE	OMORI, MARY I	1784	§103	Non-Final OA	2d overdue	Pending	Oct 23, 2024
18910072	METHOD FOR PRODUCING COATED CERAMIC AND FIRING FURNACE FOR CARRYING OUT SAID METHOD	EMPIE, NATHAN H	1712	§103	Non-Final OA	1d overdue	Pending	Oct 09, 2024
18794011	CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT METHOD	FORTICH, ALVARO E	2858	§101	Non-Final OA	14d	Pending	Aug 05, 2024
18791551	MEMBER FOR SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT	PARTRIDGE, WILLIAM B	2812	§103	Non-Final OA	14d	Pending	Aug 01, 2024
18744756	SENSOR ELEMENT AND GAS SENSOR	BALL, JOHN C	1795	§103	Non-Final OA	15d	Pending	Jun 17, 2024
18735576	MEMBER FOR SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING APPARATUS	BELLIDO, NICOLAS G	2838	§112	Non-Final OA	10d overdue	Pending	Jun 06, 2024
18669836	MEMBER FOR SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING APPARATUS	PATEL, DHARTI HARIDAS	2838	§102	Non-Final OA	15d	Pending	May 21, 2024
18663219	SYSTEM FOR SUPPORTING REUSE OF LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY	CHEN, XUEMEI G	2661	§112	Non-Final OA	33d	Pending	May 14, 2024
18646910	METHOD FOR RECYCLING LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY	MATHEW, ISWARYA	1788	§103	Non-Final OA	14d	Pending	Apr 26, 2024
18635191	HONEYCOMB FILTER	OMORI, MARY I	1784	§103	Non-Final OA	2d overdue	Pending	Apr 15, 2024
18602469	SENSOR ELEMENT	GAMBLE JR, RANDALL LEE	1795	§103	Final Rejection	5d overdue	Pending	Mar 12, 2024
18602459	SENSOR ELEMENT	GAMBLE JR, RANDALL LEE	1795	§103	Final Rejection	5d overdue	Pending	Mar 12, 2024
18581618	HONEYCOMB FILTER	EZELUOMBA, MIRIAM NCHEKWUBECHU	1776	§103	Non-Final OA	8d	Pending	Feb 20, 2024
18439914	HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE AND HEAT EXCHANGER	LING, FOR K.	3763	§103	Final Rejection	10d overdue	Pending	Feb 13, 2024
18438583	PROCESSING METHOD OF SEPARATION MEMBRANE COMPLEX AND PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR SEPARATION MEMBRANE COMPLEX	CARRILLO, BIBI SHARIDAN	1711	§103	Non-Final OA	21d	Pending	Feb 12, 2024
18432203	CERAMIC BODY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME	DUMBRIS, SETH M	1784	§103	Final Rejection	9d overdue	Pending	Feb 05, 2024
18410216	SiC SINGLE CRYSTAL SUBSTRATE AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR	SONG, MATTHEW J	1714	§103	Non-Final OA	28d	Pending	Jan 11, 2024
18524770	METHOD OF MANUFACTURING BONDED SUBSTRATE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CIRCUIT SUBSTRATE, AND CIRCUIT SUBSTRATE	MAIGA, SIDI MOHAMED	2847	§103	Non-Final OA	60d overdue	Pending	Nov 30, 2023
18520716	SUSCEPTOR	VAUGHAN, JASON L	3726	§103	Non-Final OA	16d overdue	Pending	Nov 28, 2023
18449003	AIR ELECTRODE/SEPARATOR ASSEMBLY AND METAL-AIR SECONDARY BATTERY	LUSTGRAAF, BENJAMIN T	1727	§103	Non-Final OA	54d	Pending	Aug 14, 2023
18361959	NEGATIVE ELECTRODE AND ZINC SECONDARY BATTERY	WEI, ZHONGQING	1727	§103	Non-Final OA	5d overdue	Pending	Jul 31, 2023
18361991	ZEOLITE MEMBRANE COMPLEX, SEPARATION APPARATUS, MEMBRANE REACTOR, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING ZEOLITE MEMBRANE COMPLEX	CALDERON, DAVID ANDREW	1742	§103	Non-Final OA	26d	Pending	Jul 31, 2023
18350080	METHOD FOR RECYCLING LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY	MATHEW, ISWARYA	1788	§103	Non-Final OA	14d	Pending	Jul 11, 2023
18342810	MEMBER FOR SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING APPARATUS	PAIK, SANG YEOP	3761	§103	Non-Final OA	6d	Pending	Jun 28, 2023
18342878	CORE SUBSTRATE AND INTERPOSER	WILLIS, TREMESHA S	2847	§103	Non-Final OA	9d	Pending	Jun 28, 2023
18331256	HEATING FURNACE	WILSON, GREGORY A	3762	§103	Non-Final OA	78d	Pending	Jun 08, 2023
18317193	SEPARATION MEMBRANE COMPLEX, SEPARATION APPARATUS, SEPARATION METHOD, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SEPARATION MEMBRANE COMPLEX	FITZSIMMONS, ALLISON GIONTA	1773	§103	Non-Final OA	7d	Pending	May 15, 2023
18300774	GROUP 13 ELEMENT NITRIDE CRYSTAL LAYER GROWTH METHOD, NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR INGOT AND SPUTTERING TARGET	SIMKINS, SLONE ELIZABETH	1735	§102	Non-Final OA	45d overdue	Pending	Apr 14, 2023
18194677	NEGATIVE ELECTRODE AND ZINC SECONDARY BATTERY	WALKE, AMANDA C	1722	§103	Non-Final OA	5d overdue	Pending	Apr 03, 2023
18180231	LDH-LIKE COMPOUND SEPARATOR AND SECONDARY ZINC BATTERY	HARRIS, MARY GRACE	1729	Other	Non-Final OA	81d overdue	Pending	Mar 08, 2023
18177423	ZINC SECONDARY BATTERY	WILLS, MONIQUE M	1723	—	Non-Final OA	169d overdue	Pending	Mar 02, 2023
18168810	WAFER PLACEMENT TABLE	SEOANE, TODD MICHAEL	1718	§103	Final Rejection	22d	Pending	Feb 14, 2023
18164824	FEEDER MEMBER AND WAFER PLACEMENT TABLE	SREEVATSA, SREEYA	2838	§103	Non-Final OA	15d overdue	Pending	Feb 06, 2023
18164799	WAFER PLACEMENT TABLE	SWEELY, KURT D	1718	§103	Non-Final OA	28d	Pending	Feb 06, 2023
18147251	REFINING METHOD	HAVLIN, ROBERT H	1626	Other	Final Rejection	29d overdue	Pending	Dec 28, 2022
18064345	SEPARATION SYSTEM	SLAUGOVSKY, RACHEL MARIE	1776	§103	Non-Final OA	38d overdue	Pending	Dec 12, 2022
18047701	COMPOSITE SUBSTRATE FOR PHOTONIC CRYSTAL ELEMENT, AND PHOTONIC CRYSTAL ELEMENT	WONG, ERIC K	2874	Other	Non-Final OA	28d overdue	Pending	Oct 19, 2022
17819663	WAFER PLACEMENT TABLE	ALEJANDRO MULERO, LUZ L	1716	Other	Final Rejection	9d overdue	Pending	Aug 15, 2022
17817682	HEATER ELEMENT FOR HEATING VEHICLE INTERIOR, AND HEATER FOR HEATING VEHICLE INTERIOR	WARD, THOMAS JOHN	3761	§103	Final Rejection	34d	Pending	Aug 05, 2022
17816022	CERAMIC HEATER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE CERAMIC HEATER	MILLS JR., JOE E	3761	§103	Non-Final OA	42d overdue	Pending	Jul 29, 2022
17804319	ALUMINUM NITRIDE PARTICLE	QUIST, NICOLE LEE	1738	§103	Non-Final OA	43d overdue	Pending	May 27, 2022
17661293	FOCUS RING PLACEMENT TABLE	ABRAHAM, IBRAHIME A	3761	§103	Non-Final OA	17d overdue	Pending	Apr 29, 2022
17658694	LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY AND METHOD FOR MEASURING STATE OF CHARGE OF SAME	COCHENOUR, ZACKARY RICHARD	1752	§103	Final Rejection	67d overdue	Pending	Apr 11, 2022
17455700	HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE, ELECTRICALLY HEATING SUPPORT AND EXHAUST GAS PURIFYING DEVICE	ISKRA, JOSEPH W	3761	§103	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Nov 19, 2021
17451204	METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THREE-DIMENSIONAL FIRED BODY	EWALD, MARIA VERONICA	1783	§103	Non-Final OA	16d	Pending	Oct 18, 2021
17447313	ALL-SOLID-STATE SECONDARY BATTERY	DISNEY, CHRISTINE CONLON	1723	§103	Final Rejection	21d	Pending	Sep 10, 2021
17445851	EXTRUSION MOLDING MACHINE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING MOLDED BODY	LEYSON, JOSEPH S	1744	Other	Final Rejection	1d overdue	Pending	Aug 25, 2021
17360498	CATALYST MEMBER AND REACTOR	QIAN, YUN	1738	§103	Non-Final OA	26d overdue	Pending	Jun 28, 2021
17132323	EXTRUSION MOLDING MACHINE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING MOLDED BODY	LEYSON, JOSEPH S	1744	§103	Non-Final OA	33d	Pending	Dec 23, 2020