Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
6 pending office actions • 6 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Nippon Shinyaku Co., Ltd. has 6 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. The matters involve 6 distinct examiners and 6 distinct art units, so the portfolio is distributed across separate examination assignments. This structure limits the usefulness of a single examiner-specific response strategy.
KUMAR, RAKESH is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. The docket does not show repeated examiner assignments among the listed matters. Practitioners should coordinate technical positions centrally while tailoring prosecution responses to each examiner and art-unit setting.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 | 2 (33%) |
| §103 only | 1 (17%) |
| §102 only | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KUMAR, RAKESH | 1 | 57.2% | +28.2% |
| RILEY, JEZIA | 1 | 83.0% | +7.2% |
| KARUNASENA, ENUSHA | 1 | 25.0% | +100.0% |
| LEE, CHIHYI NMN | 1 | 33.3% | +61.1% |
| RYAN, DOUGLAS CHARLES | 1 | 38.2% | +48.4% |
| GALSTER, SAMUEL LEONARD | 1 | 52.1% | +42.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18723577 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING OLIGONUCLEIC ACID COMPOUND | RILEY, JEZIA | — |
| 18685453 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING MICROBIAL GROWTH RATE IN FOOD, METHOD FOR EVALUATING SHELF LIFE OF FOOD, AND SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATING MICROBIAL GROWTH RATE IN FOOD | KARUNASENA, ENUSHA | — |
| 18684158 | HEAT-RESISTANT MOLD GROWTH INHIBITOR, FOOD AND DRINK IN WHICH GROWTH OF HEAT-RESISTANT MOLD IS INHIBITED, AND METHOD FOR INHIBITING GROWTH OF HEAT-RESISTANT MOLD | LEE, CHIHYI NMN | — |
| 18577142 | PRECIPITATION SUPPRESSING AGENT | RYAN, DOUGLAS CHARLES | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18288057 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING OLIGONUCLEIC ACID COMPOUND | GALSTER, SAMUEL LEONARD | 9d overdue |
| 19232346 | MEASURING CONTAINER | KUMAR, RAKESH | — |
| 18685453 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING MICROBIAL GROWTH RATE IN FOOD, METHOD FOR EVALUATING SHELF LIFE OF FOOD, AND SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATING MICROBIAL GROWTH RATE IN FOOD | KARUNASENA, ENUSHA | — |
| 18684158 | HEAT-RESISTANT MOLD GROWTH INHIBITOR, FOOD AND DRINK IN WHICH GROWTH OF HEAT-RESISTANT MOLD IS INHIBITED, AND METHOD FOR INHIBITING GROWTH OF HEAT-RESISTANT MOLD | LEE, CHIHYI NMN | — |
| 18577142 | PRECIPITATION SUPPRESSING AGENT | RYAN, DOUGLAS CHARLES | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3651 | 1 |
| 1681 | 1 |
| 1653 | 1 |
| 1628 | 1 |
| 1635 | 1 |
| 1693 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19232346 | MEASURING CONTAINER | KUMAR, RAKESH | 3651 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 09, 2025 |
| 18723577 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING OLIGONUCLEIC ACID COMPOUND | RILEY, JEZIA | 1681 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2024 |
| 18685453 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING MICROBIAL GROWTH RATE IN FOOD, METHOD FOR EVALUATING SHELF LIFE OF FOOD, AND SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATING MICROBIAL GROWTH RATE IN FOOD | KARUNASENA, ENUSHA | 1653 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2024 |
| 18684158 | HEAT-RESISTANT MOLD GROWTH INHIBITOR, FOOD AND DRINK IN WHICH GROWTH OF HEAT-RESISTANT MOLD IS INHIBITED, AND METHOD FOR INHIBITING GROWTH OF HEAT-RESISTANT MOLD | LEE, CHIHYI NMN | 1628 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 15, 2024 |
| 18577142 | PRECIPITATION SUPPRESSING AGENT | RYAN, DOUGLAS CHARLES | 1635 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 05, 2024 |
| 18288057 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING OLIGONUCLEIC ACID COMPOUND | GALSTER, SAMUEL LEONARD | 1693 | §103 | Final Rejection | 9d overdue | Pending | Oct 24, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialNippon Shinyaku Co., Ltd. has 6 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 6 art units and 6 examiners.
Rakesh Kumar has the most, with 1 of Nippon Shinyaku Co., Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
