Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
11 pending office actions • 8 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 24 patents granted in the last 365 days
Nippon Steel Chemical & Material Co., Ltd. manages a company patent portfolio in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The portfolio currently has 14 pending office actions. These actions are distributed among 12 distinct examiners and 9 distinct art units. This distribution indicates a diverse range of chemical and material innovations that require interaction with several specialized patent office departments. The presence of 9 distinct art units suggests that the company's research spans multiple technical classifications.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is YANG, JAY LEE, who is handling 3 busiest examiner pending office actions. This examiner is responsible for 3 of the company's 14 current pending actions. The use of 9 distinct art units for 14 actions suggests that the company's technology spans multiple sub-disciplines within the chemistry field. For a practitioner, this requires managing 12 separate examiners while potentially finding some consistency in art unit policies for a portion of the portfolio. This diversity necessitates a versatile approach to patent strategy across the chemistry and materials sectors while monitoring the 9 distinct art units for procedural trends.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 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. 3 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 | 2 (18%) |
| §102 only | 2 (18%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 7 (64%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| YANG, JAY LEE | 3 | 73.8% | +2.2% |
| BUCK, LINDSEY A | 1 | 49.4% | +34.3% |
| ROE, JESSEE RANDALL | 1 | 76.5% | +7.8% |
| JACKSON, MONIQUE R | 1 | 34.8% | +44.3% |
| AGGARWAL, SAHIL CHANDER | 1 | 66.7% | +0.0% |
| ROBINSON, CHANCEITY N | 1 | 72.4% | -13.0% |
| AKRAM, IMRAN | 1 | 64.6% | +43.1% |
| D'ANIELLO, NICHOLAS P | 1 | 68.3% | +41.7% |
| DEGUIRE, SEAN M | 1 | 61.2% | +27.7% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18715992 | POLYIMIDE FOR SPACECRAFT, POLYIMIDE FILM FOR SPACECRAFT, AND SPACECRAFT MEMBER INCLUDING SAME | JACKSON, MONIQUE R | 17d overdue |
| 18032432 | Carbon Material for Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Catalyst Carriers, Catalyst Layer for Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells, and Fuel Cell | D'ANIELLO, NICHOLAS P | 12d |
| 19132412 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT CONTAINING PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT MATERIAL | BUCK, LINDSEY A | — |
| 18722658 | TITANIUM ALLOY FOIL, DISPLAY PANEL, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DISPLAY PANEL | ROE, JESSEE RANDALL | — |
| 18714407 | MATERIAL FOR PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT FOR IMAGING, AND PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT | AGGARWAL, SAHIL CHANDER | — |
| 18565774 | MATERIAL FOR PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENTS FOR IMAGE PICKUP | ROBINSON, CHANCEITY N | — |
| 18018005 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT | DEGUIRE, SEAN M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18715992 | POLYIMIDE FOR SPACECRAFT, POLYIMIDE FILM FOR SPACECRAFT, AND SPACECRAFT MEMBER INCLUDING SAME | JACKSON, MONIQUE R | 17d overdue |
| 18032432 | Carbon Material for Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Catalyst Carriers, Catalyst Layer for Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells, and Fuel Cell | D'ANIELLO, NICHOLAS P | 12d |
| 19132412 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT CONTAINING PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT MATERIAL | BUCK, LINDSEY A | — |
| 18284421 | STEEL FOIL FOR CURRENT COLLECTOR, ELECTRODE, AND BATTERY | AKRAM, IMRAN | — |
| 18018005 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT | DEGUIRE, SEAN M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1786 | 4 |
| 1728 | 1 |
| 1759 | 1 |
| 1787 | 1 |
| 1623 | 1 |
| 2812 | 1 |
| 1725 | 1 |
| 1723 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19132412 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT CONTAINING PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT MATERIAL | BUCK, LINDSEY A | 1728 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2025 |
| 18722658 | TITANIUM ALLOY FOIL, DISPLAY PANEL, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DISPLAY PANEL | ROE, JESSEE RANDALL | 1759 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 |
| 18715992 | POLYIMIDE FOR SPACECRAFT, POLYIMIDE FILM FOR SPACECRAFT, AND SPACECRAFT MEMBER INCLUDING SAME | JACKSON, MONIQUE R | 1787 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 17d overdue | Pending | Jun 03, 2024 |
| 18714407 | MATERIAL FOR PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT FOR IMAGING, AND PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT | AGGARWAL, SAHIL CHANDER | 1623 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 29, 2024 |
| 18565774 | MATERIAL FOR PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENTS FOR IMAGE PICKUP | ROBINSON, CHANCEITY N | 2812 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 30, 2023 |
| 18284421 | STEEL FOIL FOR CURRENT COLLECTOR, ELECTRODE, AND BATTERY | AKRAM, IMRAN | 1725 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2023 |
| 18032432 | Carbon Material for Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Catalyst Carriers, Catalyst Layer for Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells, and Fuel Cell | D'ANIELLO, NICHOLAS P | 1723 | §102§112Other | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Apr 18, 2023 |
| 18031951 | MATERIAL OF PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT FOR IMAGING, AND PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT | YANG, JAY LEE | 1786 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 14, 2023 |
| 18018005 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT | DEGUIRE, SEAN M | 1786 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 25, 2023 |
| 17800786 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE | YANG, JAY LEE | 1786 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 18, 2022 |
| 17799769 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT | YANG, JAY LEE | 1786 | §103 | Final Rejection | 79d overdue | Pending | Aug 15, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialNippon Steel Chemical & Material Co., Ltd. has 11 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 8 art units and 9 examiners.
Jay Lee Yang has the most, with 3 of Nippon Steel Chemical & Material Co., Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
