Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Nippon Shinyaku Co., Ltd.

4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
1
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
0
Due this month
1
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.

2
Hard (50%)
2
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (25%)
§103 only1 (25%)
§102 only1 (25%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (25%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
75% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
25% 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.

40 h
Manual time on pending OAs
8 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
14 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LEE, CHIHYI NMN 1 32.9% +58.5%
RYAN, DOUGLAS CHARLES 1 40.3% +50.7%
GALSTER, SAMUEL LEONARD 1 52.3% +41.7%
MCMILLIAN, KARA RENITA 1 30.4% +37.9%

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
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

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18288057 METHOD FOR PRODUCING OLIGONUCLEIC ACID COMPOUND GALSTER, SAMUEL LEONARD 9d overdue
18284941 THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR GAIT DISTURBANCE MCMILLIAN, KARA RENITA 41d
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

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1628 1
1693 1
1623 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
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 §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
18284941 THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR GAIT DISTURBANCE MCMILLIAN, KARA RENITA 1623 §102Other Non-Final OA 41d Pending Sep 29, 2023

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