Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
27 pending office actions • 12 art units • 27 examiners • 0 of 27 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 26 patents granted in the last 365 days
Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd. has 27 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are spread across 12 distinct art units, showing a moderate level of technical variety. The prosecution involves 27 distinct examiners, which means that every single pending action is being reviewed by a different person. This ratio of 27 distinct examiners for 27 pending office actions indicates that there is no concentration of work under any single official.
LOUGHRAN, RYAN PATRICK is the busiest examiner, though they only have 1 pending office action, which is the same as every other examiner in the portfolio. The 12 distinct art units suggest that the company 27 pending office actions are technically diverse, requiring a broad understanding of different chemistry and materials classifications. Managing 27 pending office actions with 27 distinct examiners across 12 art units requires the company to be prepared for a range of individual perspectives. Practitioners should ensure that the prosecution of these 27 actions remains consistent despite the lack of examiner overlap. This distribution highlights the need for a coordinated approach across the 12 distinct art units.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 14 (52%) |
| §112 only | 2 (7%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (4%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 10 (37%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOUGHRAN, RYAN PATRICK | 1 | 75.0% | +29.7% |
| KOROTCHKINA, LIOUBOV G | 1 | 29.5% | +67.7% |
| BUSHEY, CHARLES S | 1 | 75.5% | +22.2% |
| PRAGANI, RAJAN | 1 | 53.3% | +70.0% |
| MEAH, MOHAMMAD Y | 1 | 70.8% | +42.7% |
| ARNOLD, ERNST V | 1 | 48.2% | +12.9% |
| SLOAN, LILY KAYOKO | 1 | 68.1% | +34.5% |
| ROTONDI, CONNOR JON | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| ROSWELL, JESSICA MARIE | 1 | 52.2% | +36.5% |
| BILLIET, AMANDA JUNE | 1 | 54.9% | +19.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19350671 | ALUMINOSILICATE-CONTAINING COMPOSITION | LOUGHRAN, RYAN PATRICK | 26d |
| 18875309 | BUTANOL PRODUCTION METHOD | KOROTCHKINA, LIOUBOV G | — |
| 18834173 | RECOMBINANT GLUCOCEREBROSIDASE PROTEIN HAVING IMPROVED ENZYME ACTIVITY OR IMPROVED STABILITY | MEAH, MOHAMMAD Y | — |
| 18697980 | WATER TREATMENT CHEMICAL AND WATER TREATMENT MEMBRANE | ROTONDI, CONNOR JON | — |
| 18575302 | METHOD FOR PURIFYING AQUEOUS SULFONYLIMIDE SOLUTION, METHOD FOR PRODUCING NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELECTROLYTE COMPOSITION | BILLIET, AMANDA JUNE | — |
| 18575306 | COMPOSITION PRODUCTION METHOD AND NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SOLUTION | MCNEIL, JENNIFER C | — |
| 18566189 | TANK USED IN REFINING DEVICE | ALI, WAQAAS A | — |
| 18566239 | TANK USED IN REFINING DEVICE | HOU, FRANK S | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19350671 | ALUMINOSILICATE-CONTAINING COMPOSITION | LOUGHRAN, RYAN PATRICK | 26d |
| 18875309 | BUTANOL PRODUCTION METHOD | KOROTCHKINA, LIOUBOV G | — |
| 18855894 | HANDLING DEVICE FOR EASILY POLYMERIZABLE SUBSTANCE | BUSHEY, CHARLES S | — |
| 18287154 | ANTICORONAVIRAL AGENT | PRAGANI, RAJAN | — |
| 18834173 | RECOMBINANT GLUCOCEREBROSIDASE PROTEIN HAVING IMPROVED ENZYME ACTIVITY OR IMPROVED STABILITY | MEAH, MOHAMMAD Y | — |
| 18716339 | CONJUGATE COMPOUND AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING CONJUGATE COMPOUND | ARNOLD, ERNST V | — |
| 18551764 | POLYSILSESQUIOXANE COMPOSITION AND CURED PRODUCT | SLOAN, LILY KAYOKO | — |
| 18292253 | ESTER BOND-CONTAINING POLYCARBOXYLIC ACID (SALT) AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | ROSWELL, JESSICA MARIE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1763 | 2 |
| 1731 | 1 |
| 1761 | 1 |
| 1729 | 1 |
| 1752 | 1 |
| 1766 | 1 |
| 1692 | 1 |
| 1727 | 1 |
| 1786 | 1 |
| 1632 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19350671 | ALUMINOSILICATE-CONTAINING COMPOSITION | LOUGHRAN, RYAN PATRICK | 1731 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 26d | Pending | Oct 06, 2025 |
| 18875309 | BUTANOL PRODUCTION METHOD | KOROTCHKINA, LIOUBOV G | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 18855894 | HANDLING DEVICE FOR EASILY POLYMERIZABLE SUBSTANCE | BUSHEY, CHARLES S | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 10, 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 |
| 18716339 | CONJUGATE COMPOUND AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING CONJUGATE COMPOUND | ARNOLD, ERNST V | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 04, 2024 |
| 18551764 | POLYSILSESQUIOXANE COMPOSITION AND CURED PRODUCT | SLOAN, LILY KAYOKO | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 24, 2024 |
| 18697980 | WATER TREATMENT CHEMICAL AND WATER TREATMENT MEMBRANE | ROTONDI, CONNOR JON | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 02, 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 | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 29, 2023 |
| 18575306 | COMPOSITION PRODUCTION METHOD AND NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SOLUTION | MCNEIL, JENNIFER C | — | §102§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 |
| 18566960 | STORAGE METHOD FOR NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE | ORDUNA, TAMARA | — | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2023 |
| 18566189 | TANK USED IN REFINING DEVICE | ALI, WAQAAS A | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 01, 2023 |
| 18566239 | TANK USED IN REFINING DEVICE | HOU, FRANK S | — | §102§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 |
| 18287359 | NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE AND SECONDARY BATTERY | PARK, LISA S | 1729 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2023 |
| 18280172 | ELECTROLYTE COMPACT PRODUCTION METHOD AND ELECTROLYTE COMPACT | GODO, OLATUNJI A | 1752 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 01, 2023 |
| 18546871 | PHOSPHAZENE BOND-CONTAINING POLYMER | NGUYEN, HA S | 1766 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 17, 2023 |
| 18037096 | Binder, Solidified Object, and Method for Producing Solidified Object | USELDING, JOHN E | 1763 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 16, 2023 |
| 18248831 | STORAGE METHOD AND USAGE METHOD FOR POLYCARBOXYLIC ACID-BASED POLYMER SOLUTION | BRANCH, CATHERINE S | 1763 | §103 | Final Rejection | 13d | Pending | Apr 12, 2023 |
| 18024818 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING HYDROGENATED POLYSILANE COMPOUND | PAGANO, ALEXANDER R | 1692 | §103 | Final Rejection | 37d overdue | Pending | Mar 06, 2023 |
| 17791512 | ELECTROLYTIC COMPOSITION COMPRISING A SULFONYLIMINE ELECTROLYTE SALT AND A SOLVENT | LA RAIA III, LAWRENCE | 1727 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 07, 2022 |
| 17640240 | ORGANIC THIN FILM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ORGANIC THIN FILM, ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT, DISPLAY DEVICE, LIGHTING DEVICE, ORGANIC THIN FILM SOLAR CELL, PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT, THIN FILM TRANSISTOR, COATING COMPOSITION AND MATERIAL FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENTS | DAHLBURG, ELIZABETH M | 1786 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 03, 2022 |
| 17433874 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING CELL SPHEROIDS | BEHARRY, ZANNA MARIA | 1632 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | 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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