Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
5 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days
Nippon Soda Co., Ltd. has 5 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters span 3 examiners and 3 art units, indicating that the docket is divided among multiple examination assignments. Counsel should coordinate technical positions across the portfolio while accounting for separate examiner and art-unit treatment.
JACKSON, MONIQUE R is the busiest examiner, with 3 pending matters. That examiner handles the largest identified portion of the docket, so issues arising in those matters may warrant coordinated review while the remaining assignments receive separate attention.
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 | 1 (20%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (40%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (40%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| JACKSON, MONIQUE R | 3 | 34.8% | +44.3% |
| SCHLIENTZ, NATHAN W | 1 | 41.3% | -18.8% |
| KUCHARCZK, JED A | 1 | 80.4% | +16.3% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18272001 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INSECTS IN CROP PLANTS, SEEDS AND COMPOSITION | KUCHARCZK, JED A | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18577516 | NOVEL POLYMER, RESIN COMPOSITION INCLUDING SAME, AND MOLDED BODY THEREOF | JACKSON, MONIQUE R | — |
| 18576470 | NOVEL (METH)ACRYLAMIDE POLYMER, RESIN COMPOSITION CONTAINING SAME, AND MOLDED BODY THEREOF | JACKSON, MONIQUE R | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18840604 | DIPHENYL(METH)ACRYLAMIDE-CONTAINING THERMOSETTING RESIN COMPOSITION AND CURED PRODUCT THEREFROM | JACKSON, MONIQUE R | — |
| 18577516 | NOVEL POLYMER, RESIN COMPOSITION INCLUDING SAME, AND MOLDED BODY THEREOF | JACKSON, MONIQUE R | — |
| 18576470 | NOVEL (METH)ACRYLAMIDE POLYMER, RESIN COMPOSITION CONTAINING SAME, AND MOLDED BODY THEREOF | JACKSON, MONIQUE R | — |
| 18272001 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INSECTS IN CROP PLANTS, SEEDS AND COMPOSITION | KUCHARCZK, JED A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1787 | 3 |
| 1616 | 1 |
| 1623 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18840604 | DIPHENYL(METH)ACRYLAMIDE-CONTAINING THERMOSETTING RESIN COMPOSITION AND CURED PRODUCT THEREFROM | JACKSON, MONIQUE R | 1787 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 22, 2024 |
| 18577516 | NOVEL POLYMER, RESIN COMPOSITION INCLUDING SAME, AND MOLDED BODY THEREOF | JACKSON, MONIQUE R | 1787 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 22, 2024 |
| 18576470 | NOVEL (METH)ACRYLAMIDE POLYMER, RESIN COMPOSITION CONTAINING SAME, AND MOLDED BODY THEREOF | JACKSON, MONIQUE R | 1787 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 04, 2024 |
| 18557024 | AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL FUNGICIDAL COMPOSITION | SCHLIENTZ, NATHAN W | 1616 | §103DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2023 |
| 18272001 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INSECTS IN CROP PLANTS, SEEDS AND COMPOSITION | KUCHARCZK, JED A | 1623 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 12, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialNippon Soda Co., Ltd. has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
Monique R Jackson has the most, with 3 of Nippon Soda Co., Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
