Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Nihon Parkerizing Co., Ltd. has 3 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed among 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units. FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER is the busiest examiner, overseeing 1 pending action.
The portfolio shows a one to one ratio between 3 pending office actions and 3 distinct examiners. This indicates that the company's current prosecution workload is evenly distributed across different personnel. The involvement of 3 distinct art units suggests that the active matters are spread across multiple specialized technical divisions within the chemistry sector.
Practitioners should observe that the presence of 3 distinct examiners across 3 distinct art units minimizes the impact of any single examiner's tendencies on the overall portfolio. Because each of the 3 pending office actions is handled by a different individual, the company must manage separate prosecution tracks simultaneously. This variety in the art units suggests that the underlying technologies may span different subclasses within the broader Chemistry & Materials field, requiring tailored strategies for 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 | 2 (67%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER | 1 | 76.2% | +39.4% |
| ABU ALI, SHUANGYI | 1 | 45.4% | +37.7% |
| BLAND, ALICIA | 1 | 50.8% | +12.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18720964 | Surface Adjuster for Zinc Phosphate Chemical Conversion Treatment | ABU ALI, SHUANGYI | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18855011 | Lubrication Treatment Method for Metal Wire Material | FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER | — |
| 18720964 | Surface Adjuster for Zinc Phosphate Chemical Conversion Treatment | ABU ALI, SHUANGYI | — |
| 18278034 | Surface Treatment Agent for Aluminum-Containing Metal Materials | BLAND, ALICIA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3726 | 1 |
| 1731 | 1 |
| 1759 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18855011 | Lubrication Treatment Method for Metal Wire Material | FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER | 3726 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 08, 2024 |
| 18720964 | Surface Adjuster for Zinc Phosphate Chemical Conversion Treatment | ABU ALI, SHUANGYI | 1731 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 17, 2024 |
| 18278034 | Surface Treatment Agent for Aluminum-Containing Metal Materials | BLAND, ALICIA | 1759 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 21, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialNihon Parkerizing Co., Ltd. has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
Darrell Christopher Ford has the most, with 1 of Nihon Parkerizing Co., Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
