Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
3 pending office actions • 1 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. currently has 2 pending office actions within its portfolio. These actions are categorized under the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The presence of 2 pending office actions indicates that the company is actively engaged in the prosecution of its intellectual property in this specific field.
The portfolio's prosecution is handled by 2 distinct examiners but is concentrated within 1 distinct art unit. This distribution shows that while each of the pending office actions is being reviewed by a different person, they both belong to the same administrative group. The involvement of 1 distinct art unit suggests that the subject matter of the 2 pending office actions is technically related within the Chemistry & Materials area.
FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER is the busiest examiner for this company, with 1 busiest examiner pending action. This 1 busiest examiner pending action is assigned to FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER, while the other of the 2 pending office actions is handled by a different examiner. Because the workload is split, no examiner dominates the current prosecution landscape for this entity.
For practitioners, the involvement of 2 distinct examiners within 1 distinct art unit requires a strategy that accounts for both individual preferences and unit-wide standards. The outcome of the company's efforts in the Chemistry & Materials sector will be determined by the independent reviews of FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER and another examiner. Each of the 2 pending office actions must be approached according to the specific style of the 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% | +39.5% |
| ABU ALI, SHUANGYI | 1 | 45.3% | +37.8% |
| BLAND, ALICIA | 1 | 50.6% | +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 |
|---|---|
| 1759 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18855011 | Lubrication Treatment Method for Metal Wire Material | FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 08, 2024 |
| 18720964 | Surface Adjuster for Zinc Phosphate Chemical Conversion Treatment | ABU ALI, SHUANGYI | — | §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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