Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Nissan Chemical Corporation

36 pending office actions • 20 art units • 29 examiners • 0 of 36 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 51 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

36
Total Pending OAs
18
Non-Final OAs
14
Final Rejections
4
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 35 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

15
Overdue
1
Due this week
11
Due this month
4
Due in next 60 days
4
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. 35 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (15)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (11)Due ≤ 60 days (4)Due later (4)

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.

1
Hard (3%)
28
Medium (78%)
1
Easy (3%)
6
Unknown (17%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (3%)
§103 only21 (58%)
§102 only7 (19%)
§112 only1 (3%)
No statute on record6 (17%)

Industry Mix

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

35
Life Sciences
97% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
3% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

360 h
Manual time on pending OAs
72 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
126 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LEE, ALEXANDER N 4 73.8% +8.4%
MOORE, MARGARET G 2 68.1% +14.7%
REYNOLDS, FRED H 2 33.0% +39.2%
ANGEBRANNDT, MARTIN J 2 55.2% +34.5%
CHACKO DAVIS, DABORAH 2 71.7% +20.6%
AHVAZI, BIJAN 1 63.5% +46.7%
WESTON, ALYSSA G 1 63.0% +49.7%
KRUER, KEVIN R 1 26.7% +30.1%
TURNER, BRIAN 1 83.0% +4.5%
ZHANG, RICHARD Z 1 64.4% +66.2%

Quick Wins (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18039088 LAMINATE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LAMINATE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURTING SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE TURNER, BRIAN 23d overdue

Hard Cases (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18285167 LAMINATE, RELEASE AGENT COMPOSITION, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PROCESSED SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE KRUER, KEVIN R 27d
18269716 METHOD FOR PRODUCING LIPIDIC PEPTIDE REYNOLDS, FRED H 29d

Interview Candidates (12)

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
18012736 EUV RESIST UNDERLAYER FILM-FORMING COMPOSITION CHACKO DAVIS, DABORAH 44d overdue
18285093 ADHESIVE COMPOSITION, LAMINATE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LAMINATE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PROCESSED SUBSTRATE MOORE, MARGARET G 4d overdue
17606174 METHOD FOR PRODUCING PEPTIDE COMPOUND REYNOLDS, FRED H 3d overdue
18029314 RESIST UNDERLAYER FILM-FORMING COMPOSITION CONTAINING A REACTION PRODUCT OF TRIFUNCTIONAL COMPOUND ANGEBRANNDT, MARTIN J 5d
18009874 RESIST UNDERLAYER FILM-FORMING COMPOSITION CONTAINING REACTION PRODUCT OF HYDANTOIN COMPOUNDS CHACKO DAVIS, DABORAH 9d
18517525 SEPARATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SEPARATING TO-BE-SEPARATED MATERIAL USING SAME WESTON, ALYSSA G 12d
18285167 LAMINATE, RELEASE AGENT COMPOSITION, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PROCESSED SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE KRUER, KEVIN R 27d
16981801 SILICON-CONTAINING RESIST UNDERLAYER FILM-FORMING COMPOSITION WHICH CONTAINS PROTECTED PHENOLIC GROUP AND NITRIC ACID ANGEBRANNDT, MARTIN J 27d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1737 10
1765 3
1633 2
1787 2
1658 2
1766 2
1762 2
1763 1
2818 1
1714 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18832983 COMPOSITION CONTAINING NONLINEAR OPTICALLY ACTIVE COPOLYMER AHVAZI, BIJAN 1763 §103 Final Rejection 55d Pending Jul 25, 2024
18517525 SEPARATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SEPARATING TO-BE-SEPARATED MATERIAL USING SAME WESTON, ALYSSA G 1633 §102 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Nov 22, 2023
18285167 LAMINATE, RELEASE AGENT COMPOSITION, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PROCESSED SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE KRUER, KEVIN R 1787 §102 Final Rejection 27d Pending Sep 29, 2023
18285093 ADHESIVE COMPOSITION, LAMINATE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LAMINATE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PROCESSED SUBSTRATE MOORE, MARGARET G 1765 Other Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Sep 29, 2023
18284015 ADHESIVE COMPOSITION, LAMINATE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING LAMINATE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE MOORE, MARGARET G 1765 §103 Non-Final OA 62d Pending Sep 25, 2023
18269716 METHOD FOR PRODUCING LIPIDIC PEPTIDE REYNOLDS, FRED H 1658 §101 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Jul 03, 2023
18039088 LAMINATE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LAMINATE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURTING SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE TURNER, BRIAN 2818 §103 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending May 26, 2023
18037680 METHOD FOR CLEANING SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PROCESSED SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE, AND PEELING AND DISSOLVING COMPOSITION ZHANG, RICHARD Z 1714 §103 Non-Final OA 62d Pending May 18, 2023
18250042 BIOLOGICAL SUBSTANCE LOW ADHESION MATERIAL COMPRISING COPOLYMER MCDONOUGH, JAMES E 1734 §103 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Apr 21, 2023
18029314 RESIST UNDERLAYER FILM-FORMING COMPOSITION CONTAINING A REACTION PRODUCT OF TRIFUNCTIONAL COMPOUND ANGEBRANNDT, MARTIN J 1737 §103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Mar 29, 2023
18026396 RESIST UNDERLAYER FILM-FORMING COMPOSITION CONTAINING TERMINAL-BLOCKED REACTION PRODUCT LEE, ALEXANDER N 1737 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 15, 2023
18025780 STEP SUBSTRATE COATING COMPOSITION NGUYEN, HA S 1766 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Mar 10, 2023
18021336 AMMONIA PRODUCTION METHOD AND AMMONIA PRODUCTION APPARATUS PARENT, ALEXANDER RENE 1795 Other Non-Final OA 22d Pending Feb 14, 2023
17795061 RESIST UNDERLAYER FILM-FORMING COMPOSITION LEE, ALEXANDER N 1737 §103 Final Rejection 23d Pending Feb 08, 2023
18017516 RESIST UNDERLAYER FILM-FORMING COMPOSITION FANG, SHANE 1766 §102 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Jan 23, 2023
18013174 THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR DRUG-INDUCED BRADYCARDIA AND BRADYARRHYTHMIA SOROUSH, ALI 1614 §102 Non-Final OA 253d overdue Pending Dec 27, 2022
18012736 EUV RESIST UNDERLAYER FILM-FORMING COMPOSITION CHACKO DAVIS, DABORAH 1737 §103 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Dec 23, 2022
18001505 COATING FILM HAVING COMPATIBILITY WITH BIOLOGICAL SUBSTANCE CONTAINING BLOCK COPOLYMER BOYLE, ROBERT C 1764 §103 Non-Final OA 37d overdue Pending Dec 12, 2022
18009874 RESIST UNDERLAYER FILM-FORMING COMPOSITION CONTAINING REACTION PRODUCT OF HYDANTOIN COMPOUNDS CHACKO DAVIS, DABORAH 1737 §102 Final Rejection 9d Pending Dec 12, 2022
18077276 COMPOSITION FOR FORMING PHOTOCURABLE SILICON-CONTAINING COATING FILM ZIMMER, MARC S 1765 §102 Final Rejection 63d Pending Dec 08, 2022
18007997 CARBON-BASED CALCINED MATERIAL AND COMPLEX THEREOF AS WELL AS FUEL CELL USING THE CARBON-BASED CALCINED MATERIAL MERKLING, MATTHEW J 1725 §112 Final Rejection 22d Pending Dec 02, 2022
17927476 RESIST UNDERLAYER FILM- FORMING COMPOSITION USING DIARYLMETHANE DERIVATIVE CHAMPION, RICHARD DAVID 1737 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Nov 23, 2022
18054660 SINGLE-STRANDED OLIGONUCLEOTIDE CHONG, KIMBERLY 1636 Other Non-Final OA 107d overdue Pending Nov 11, 2022
17916512 FILM-FORMING COMPOSITION ROBINSON, CHANCEITY N 1737 Other Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Sep 30, 2022
17912979 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PROCESSED SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE, AND RELEASE COMPOSITION DELCOTTO, GREGORY R 1761 §102 Final Rejection 51d overdue Pending Sep 20, 2022
17795867 ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE OF ATN1 GIBBS, TERRA C 1635 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Jul 27, 2022
17790324 EUV RESIST UNDERLAYER FILM-FORMING COMPOSITION LEE, ALEXANDER N 1737 §103 Final Rejection 69d Pending Jun 30, 2022
17763253 RESIST UNDERLAYER FILM-FORMING COMPOSITION CONTAINING HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND LEE, ALEXANDER N 1737 §103 Non-Final OA 77d overdue Pending Mar 24, 2022
17624744 METHOD FOR PRODUCING CULTURE MEDIUM COMPOSITION FOR SUSPENSION CULTURING ADHERENT CELLS PYLA, EVELYN Y 1633 §103 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Jan 04, 2022
17606174 METHOD FOR PRODUCING PEPTIDE COMPOUND REYNOLDS, FRED H 1658 Other Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Oct 25, 2021
17598955 FILM-FORMING COMPOSITION NELSON, MICHAEL B 1787 §103 Final Rejection 9d Pending Sep 28, 2021
17598981 FILM-FORMING COMPOSITION XU, JIANGTIAN 1762 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Sep 28, 2021
17429975 METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYMER COMPATIBLE WITH BIOMATERIALS SASTRI, SATYA B 1762 §103 Final Rejection 54d Pending Aug 11, 2021
17272204 MEDIUM COMPOSITION FOR SUSPENSION CULTURE OF ADHESIVE CELLS TRAN, KHOA NHAT 1632 Other Final Rejection 73d overdue Pending Feb 26, 2021
16981801 SILICON-CONTAINING RESIST UNDERLAYER FILM-FORMING COMPOSITION WHICH CONTAINS PROTECTED PHENOLIC GROUP AND NITRIC ACID ANGEBRANNDT, MARTIN J 1737 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Sep 17, 2020
16956753 COMPOSITION FOR POLISHING FOR USE IN ELIMINATING PROTRUSION IN PERIPHERY OF LASER MARK PHAM, THOMAS T 1713 §103 Non-Final OA 50d overdue Pending Jun 22, 2020

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