Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 12, 2026

Nippon Kayaku Kabushiki Kaisha

11 pending office actions • 8 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 22 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

5
Hard (45%)
5
Medium (45%)
1
Easy (9%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (36%)
§112 only1 (9%)
Double-patenting + other1 (9%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (45%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
55% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
18% of docket
3
Business / Other
27% 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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CLEMENT, MICHELLE RENEE 1 69.5% +18.5%
GARDNER, NICOLE 1 69.0% +14.8%
PEO, JONATHAN M 1 48.2% +48.1%
FRASER, STEWART A 1 86.0% +14.3%
YOON, TAE H 1 66.5% +24.7%
STEPHENS, AMELIA CAROLE 1 80.0% +50.0%
JARRELL, NOBLE E 1 80.9% +9.6%
DAVIS, SHENG HAN 1 66.2% +33.7%
LEE, DORIS L 1 58.6% +8.6%
KELLY-O'NEILL, YOLANDA LYNNETTE 1 31.4% +32.1%

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18435588 Compound Having Unsaturated Double Bond, Composition Comprising The Compound, Polybenzoxazole, And Polybenzoxazole Film For Semiconductor Device FRASER, STEWART A
18289653 AGRICULTURAL COMPOSITION AND USE THEREOF JARRELL, NOBLE E

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18519225 COMBINED USE OF UBENIMEX AND IMMUNE CHECKPOINT INHIBITOR STEPHENS, AMELIA CAROLE 14d
19011152 GAS GENERATOR CLEMENT, MICHELLE RENEE
18727188 WINDING FILTER PEO, JONATHAN M
18294340 Polyimide Resin, Resin Composition Comprising Polyimide Resin and Cured Product Thereof YOON, TAE H
18279678 CATALYST AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING COMPOUND BY GAS PHASE OXIDATION REACTION USING SAME DAVIS, SHENG HAN

Interview Candidates (8)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18519225 COMBINED USE OF UBENIMEX AND IMMUNE CHECKPOINT INHIBITOR STEPHENS, AMELIA CAROLE 14d
19011152 GAS GENERATOR CLEMENT, MICHELLE RENEE
18837663 SAFETY VALVE FOR HIGH-PRESSURE TANK GARDNER, NICOLE
18727188 WINDING FILTER PEO, JONATHAN M
18435588 Compound Having Unsaturated Double Bond, Composition Comprising The Compound, Polybenzoxazole, And Polybenzoxazole Film For Semiconductor Device FRASER, STEWART A
18294340 Polyimide Resin, Resin Composition Comprising Polyimide Resin and Cured Product Thereof YOON, TAE H
18279678 CATALYST AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING COMPOUND BY GAS PHASE OXIDATION REACTION USING SAME DAVIS, SHENG HAN
17783227 CATALYST, METHOD FOR PRODUCING COMPOUND USING SAME, AND COMPOUND KELLY-O'NEILL, YOLANDA LYNNETTE

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3641 1
3753 1
1645 1
1699 1
1732 1
1764 1
1692 1
1737 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19011152 GAS GENERATOR CLEMENT, MICHELLE RENEE 3641 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 06, 2025
18837663 SAFETY VALVE FOR HIGH-PRESSURE TANK GARDNER, NICOLE 3753 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 12, 2024
18727188 WINDING FILTER PEO, JONATHAN M §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 08, 2024
18435588 Compound Having Unsaturated Double Bond, Composition Comprising The Compound, Polybenzoxazole, And Polybenzoxazole Film For Semiconductor Device FRASER, STEWART A §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 07, 2024
18294340 Polyimide Resin, Resin Composition Comprising Polyimide Resin and Cured Product Thereof YOON, TAE H §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 01, 2024
18519225 COMBINED USE OF UBENIMEX AND IMMUNE CHECKPOINT INHIBITOR STEPHENS, AMELIA CAROLE 1645 §102§112 Final Rejection 14d Pending Nov 27, 2023
18289653 AGRICULTURAL COMPOSITION AND USE THEREOF JARRELL, NOBLE E 1699 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 06, 2023
18279678 CATALYST AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING COMPOUND BY GAS PHASE OXIDATION REACTION USING SAME DAVIS, SHENG HAN 1732 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 31, 2023
17758763 INK, INKJET PRINTING METHOD, AND PRINTING MEDIUM LEE, DORIS L 1764 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 13, 2022
17783227 CATALYST, METHOD FOR PRODUCING COMPOUND USING SAME, AND COMPOUND KELLY-O'NEILL, YOLANDA LYNNETTE 1692 §112DP Final Rejection Pending Jun 07, 2022
17600381 BISMALEIMIDE COMPOUND, PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION USING SAME, CURED PRODUCT THEREOF, AND SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT MALLOY, ANNA E 1737 §103Other Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Sep 30, 2021

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