Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
11 pending office actions • 6 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 22 patents granted in the last 365 days
Nippon Steel Chemical & Material Co., Ltd. has 11 pending office actions. These are in the Chemistry & Materials technology area and are spread across 6 distinct art units. This indicates that the company's current prosecution activity is concentrated in a few specific technical areas within the broader chemistry field at the patent office.
The prosecution involves 10 distinct examiners. JAY LEE YANG is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending office actions. The 11 pending actions are distributed such that most of the 10 examiners handle a single case, while Jay Lee Yang manages 2. This distribution suggests a relatively even workload across the examiners assigned to the company's matters. For practitioners, this means that while Jay Lee Yang has a slightly larger role, the overall portfolio outcomes are determined by a diverse group of 10 different examiners.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 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. 5 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 | 5 (45%) |
| §102 only | 1 (9%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (45%) |
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 | 2 | 73.9% | +2.0% |
| THOMPSON, CAMIE S | 1 | 73.8% | +10.4% |
| JACKSON, MONIQUE R | 1 | 34.9% | +44.1% |
| AGGARWAL, SAHIL CHANDER | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| ROBINSON, CHANCEITY N | 1 | 72.4% | -13.1% |
| GARRETT, DAWN L | 1 | 72.6% | +10.3% |
| DEGUIRE, SEAN M | 1 | 60.7% | +28.7% |
| D'ANIELLO, NICHOLAS P | 1 | 68.1% | +41.8% |
| KESSLER, CHRISTOPHER S | 1 | 60.1% | +14.4% |
| STRAH, ELI D | 1 | 51.7% | +41.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. 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 |
| 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 | — |
| 18279313 | LIGHT-EMITTING MATERIAL, AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT | GARRETT, DAWN L | — |
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 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 |
| 18023198 | Al WIRING MATERIAL | KESSLER, CHRISTOPHER S | 14d |
| 18035006 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | DEGUIRE, SEAN M | 22d |
| 18874072 | POLYFUNCTIONAL VINYL RESIN AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | THOMPSON, CAMIE S | — |
| 18279313 | LIGHT-EMITTING MATERIAL, AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT | GARRETT, DAWN L | — |
| 18014750 | ADHESIVE RESIN COMPOSITION AND ADHESIVE FILM | STRAH, ELI D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1786 | 4 |
| 1787 | 1 |
| 2812 | 1 |
| 1723 | 1 |
| 1759 | 1 |
| 1782 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18874072 | POLYFUNCTIONAL VINYL RESIN AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | THOMPSON, CAMIE S | 1786 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 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 | — | §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 |
| 18279313 | LIGHT-EMITTING MATERIAL, AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT | GARRETT, DAWN L | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2023 |
| 18035006 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | DEGUIRE, SEAN M | 1786 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 22d | Pending | May 02, 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 |
| 18023198 | Al WIRING MATERIAL | KESSLER, CHRISTOPHER S | 1759 | §103 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Feb 24, 2023 |
| 18014750 | ADHESIVE RESIN COMPOSITION AND ADHESIVE FILM | STRAH, ELI D | 1782 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 06, 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 |
IP Author helps IP teams respond to office actions faster with AI-generated responses, examiner analytics, and prosecution intelligence.
Start Free Trial