Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.

26 pending office actions • 14 art units • 23 examiners • 0 of 26 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 20 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

26
Total Pending OAs
15
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
4
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (1)

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.

7
Hard (27%)
19
Medium (73%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only15 (58%)
§102 only3 (12%)
Double-patenting + other1 (4%)
Multi-statute (no §101)7 (27%)

Industry Mix

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

15
Life Sciences
58% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
4% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
4% of docket
9
Business / Other
35% 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.

260 h
Manual time on pending OAs
52 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
91 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BOYER, CHARLES I 2 70.3% +19.5%
KELLY-O'NEILL, YOLANDA LYNNETTE 2 31.4% +32.1%
SONG, MATTHEW J 2 60.4% +14.3%
LOUGHRAN, RYAN PATRICK 1 76.9% +27.3%
PRAGANI, RAJAN 1 50.0% +72.5%
MEAH, MOHAMMAD Y 1 70.9% +42.6%
HINES, LATOSHA D 1 51.0% +21.9%
ROSWELL, JESSICA MARIE 1 52.2% +36.5%
BILLIET, AMANDA JUNE 1
GOLOBOY, JAMES C 1 63.8% +8.7%

Hard Cases (7)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19350671 ALUMINOSILICATE-CONTAINING COMPOSITION LOUGHRAN, RYAN PATRICK 26d
17924188 POLYESTERS PREPARED FROM 1,1-DIESTER-1-ALKENES CONTAINING A STRONG ACID AND STABILIZER BUTTNER, DAVID J 61d
18834173 RECOMBINANT GLUCOCEREBROSIDASE PROTEIN HAVING IMPROVED ENZYME ACTIVITY OR IMPROVED STABILITY MEAH, MOHAMMAD Y
18566127 METHOD FOR PRODUCING EASILY POLYMERIZABLE COMPOUND SPAMER, DONALD R
18566164 METHOD FOR PRODUCING EASILY POLYMERIZABLE COMPOUND KELLY-O'NEILL, YOLANDA LYNNETTE
18547815 PARTICULATE WATER ABSORBENT, ABSORBENT BODY CONTAINING WATER ABSORBENT, AND ABSORBENT ARTICLE USING ABSORBENT BODY FERRE, ALEXANDRE F
18037096 Binder, Solidified Object, and Method for Producing Solidified Object USELDING, JOHN E

Interview Candidates (11)

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
17928506 METHOD FOR PRODUCING EASILY POLYMERIZABLE COMPOUND KELLY-O'NEILL, YOLANDA LYNNETTE 70d overdue
18682340 POLYALKYLENE-OXIDE-CONTAINING COMPOUND HINES, LATOSHA D 51d overdue
19350671 ALUMINOSILICATE-CONTAINING COMPOSITION LOUGHRAN, RYAN PATRICK 26d
18566207 PURIFICATION APPARATUS SONG, MATTHEW J 53d
18913103 SURFACTANT COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME BOYER, CHARLES I
18913094 SURFACTANT COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME BOYER, CHARLES I
18287154 ANTICORONAVIRAL AGENT PRAGANI, RAJAN
18834173 RECOMBINANT GLUCOCEREBROSIDASE PROTEIN HAVING IMPROVED ENZYME ACTIVITY OR IMPROVED STABILITY MEAH, MOHAMMAD Y

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1714 2
1763 2
1692 2
1731 1
1771 1
1761 1
1777 1
1788 1
2877 1
1765 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19350671 ALUMINOSILICATE-CONTAINING COMPOSITION LOUGHRAN, RYAN PATRICK 1731 §103§112 Final Rejection 26d Pending Oct 06, 2025
18913103 SURFACTANT COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME BOYER, CHARLES I §102Other Non-Final OA Pending Oct 11, 2024
18913094 SURFACTANT COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME BOYER, CHARLES I §102Other Non-Final OA Pending Oct 11, 2024
18287154 ANTICORONAVIRAL AGENT PRAGANI, RAJAN §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 02, 2024
18834173 RECOMBINANT GLUCOCEREBROSIDASE PROTEIN HAVING IMPROVED ENZYME ACTIVITY OR IMPROVED STABILITY MEAH, MOHAMMAD Y §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 29, 2024
18682340 POLYALKYLENE-OXIDE-CONTAINING COMPOUND HINES, LATOSHA D 1771 §102 Final Rejection 51d overdue Pending Feb 08, 2024
18292253 ESTER BOND-CONTAINING POLYCARBOXYLIC ACID (SALT) AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME ROSWELL, JESSICA MARIE §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 25, 2024
18575302 METHOD FOR PURIFYING AQUEOUS SULFONYLIMIDE SOLUTION, METHOD FOR PRODUCING NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELECTROLYTE COMPOSITION BILLIET, AMANDA JUNE §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 29, 2023
18573181 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SULFUR-CONTAINING POLYMER GOLOBOY, JAMES C §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 21, 2023
18566127 METHOD FOR PRODUCING EASILY POLYMERIZABLE COMPOUND SPAMER, DONALD R §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 01, 2023
18566164 METHOD FOR PRODUCING EASILY POLYMERIZABLE COMPOUND KELLY-O'NEILL, YOLANDA LYNNETTE §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 01, 2023
18566207 PURIFICATION APPARATUS SONG, MATTHEW J 1714 §103 Non-Final OA 53d Pending Dec 01, 2023
18566119 HEAT EXCHANGER SONG, MATTHEW J 1714 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 01, 2023
18289242 POLY(METH)ACRYLIC ACID (SALT) WATER-ABSORBING RESIN AND ABSORBENT ARTICLE DIGGS, TANISHA 1761 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 02, 2023
18282758 Draw Solute and Water Treatment Equipment PATEL, PRANAV N 1777 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 18, 2023
18547815 PARTICULATE WATER ABSORBENT, ABSORBENT BODY CONTAINING WATER ABSORBENT, AND ABSORBENT ARTICLE USING ABSORBENT BODY FERRE, ALEXANDRE F 1788 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 24, 2023
18037096 Binder, Solidified Object, and Method for Producing Solidified Object USELDING, JOHN E 1763 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 16, 2023
18031241 PREDICTION METHOD AND PREDICTION DEVICE CHOWDHURY, TARIFUR RASHID 2877 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 11, 2023
18028310 METHOD FOR PRODUCING WATER-ABSORBING RESIN POWDER REDDY, KARUNA P 1763 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 24, 2023
18024818 METHOD FOR PRODUCING HYDROGENATED POLYSILANE COMPOUND PAGANO, ALEXANDER R 1692 §103 Final Rejection 37d overdue Pending Mar 06, 2023
17928506 METHOD FOR PRODUCING EASILY POLYMERIZABLE COMPOUND KELLY-O'NEILL, YOLANDA LYNNETTE 1692 §103 Non-Final OA 70d overdue Pending Nov 29, 2022
17924188 POLYESTERS PREPARED FROM 1,1-DIESTER-1-ALKENES CONTAINING A STRONG ACID AND STABILIZER BUTTNER, DAVID J 1765 §103§112 Final Rejection 61d Pending Nov 09, 2022
17791512 ELECTROLYTIC COMPOSITION COMPRISING A SULFONYLIMINE ELECTROLYTE SALT AND A SOLVENT LA RAIA III, LAWRENCE 1727 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 07, 2022
17433874 METHOD FOR PRODUCING CELL SPHEROIDS BEHARRY, ZANNA MARIA 1632 §103§112DP Final Rejection Pending Aug 25, 2021
17281462 ORGANIC ELECTRIC FIELD LIGHT-EMITTING SHEET FOR USE IN LIGHT COSMETOLOGY OR LIGHT THERAPY LEE, ERICA SHENGKAI 3796 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Mar 30, 2021
17258940 CELL CULTURE SHEET BOWERS, NATHAN ANDREW 1799 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 08, 2021

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