Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

Nissan Chemical Corporation

40 pending office actions • 25 art units • 34 examiners • 0 of 40 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 45 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

40
Total Pending OAs
24
Non-Final OAs
16
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 16 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
0
Due this week
6
Due this month
3
Due in next 60 days
2
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. 16 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 30 days (6)Due ≤ 60 days (3)Due later (2)

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.

12
Hard (30%)
26
Medium (65%)
1
Easy (2%)
1
Unknown (2%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (5%)
§101 + other1 (2%)
§103 only20 (50%)
§102 only3 (8%)
§112 only1 (2%)
Double-patenting + other3 (8%)
Multi-statute (no §101)9 (22%)
No statute on record1 (2%)

Industry Mix

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

34
Life Sciences
85% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
2% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
5
Business / Other
12% 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.

400 h
Manual time on pending OAs
80 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
140 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MOORE, MARGARET G 3 68.0% +15.0%
LEE, ALEXANDER N 3 75.5% +11.9%
XU, JIANGTIAN 2 65.3% +34.5%
EOFF, ANCA 2 80.0% +11.0%
SHIN, DANA H 1 27.0% +27.4%
PHAM, THOMAS T 1 51.7% +15.8%
CARTER, JONATHAN LANGDON 1
ROELOFSE, CHRISTIAAN 1 68.4% +31.6%
CLEMENTE, ROBERT ARTHUR 1 80.9% +7.2%
GUINO-O UZZLE, MARITES A 1 68.9% +16.7%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18286612 METHOD FOR FORMING A RESIST PATTERN EOFF, ANCA
18285141 COMPOSITION FOR FORMING SILICON-CONTAINING UNDERLAYER FILM FOR INDUCED SELF-ORGANIZATION EOFF, ANCA

Hard Cases (12)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
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
18269716 METHOD FOR PRODUCING LIPIDIC PEPTIDE REYNOLDS, FRED H 29d
18025780 STEP SUBSTRATE COATING COMPOSITION NGUYEN, HA S 33d
19552507 ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE OF RasGRP4 SHIN, DANA H
19008224 POLISHING COMPOSITION COMPRISING POLISHING PARTICLES HAVING HIGH WATER AFFINITY PHAM, THOMAS T
18701152 MEMBRANE FORMATION COMPOSITION, AND GAS PERMEATION MEMBRANE CLEMENTE, ROBERT ARTHUR
18285022 STABILIZED AQUEOUS ACTIVE SILICA SOLUTION, SILICA SOL USING SAME, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME GUINO-O UZZLE, MARITES A

Interview Candidates (14)

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
18285093 ADHESIVE COMPOSITION, LAMINATE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LAMINATE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PROCESSED SUBSTRATE MOORE, MARGARET G 4d overdue
17795061 RESIST UNDERLAYER FILM-FORMING COMPOSITION LEE, ALEXANDER N 23d
17598981 FILM-FORMING COMPOSITION XU, JIANGTIAN 33d
18284015 ADHESIVE COMPOSITION, LAMINATE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING LAMINATE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE MOORE, MARGARET G 62d
19552507 ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE OF RasGRP4 SHIN, DANA H
19008224 POLISHING COMPOSITION COMPRISING POLISHING PARTICLES HAVING HIGH WATER AFFINITY PHAM, THOMAS T
18932296 INORGANIC OXIDE PARTICLE, INORGANIC OXIDE PARTICLE DISPERSION AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SURFACE MODIFIER XU, JIANGTIAN
18715207 RELEASABILITY-IMPARTING AGENT, ADHESIVE COMPOSITION, LAMINATE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE ROELOFSE, CHRISTIAAN

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1762 4
1765 3
1737 3
1787 2
1614 2
1636 2
1635 1
1713 1
1773 1
1731 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19552507 ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE OF RasGRP4 SHIN, DANA H 1635 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 27, 2026
19008224 POLISHING COMPOSITION COMPRISING POLISHING PARTICLES HAVING HIGH WATER AFFINITY PHAM, THOMAS T 1713 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jan 02, 2025
18932296 INORGANIC OXIDE PARTICLE, INORGANIC OXIDE PARTICLE DISPERSION AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SURFACE MODIFIER XU, JIANGTIAN 1762 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 30, 2024
18849003 PROTECTIVE-FILM FORMING COMPOSITION CARTER, JONATHAN LANGDON §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 20, 2024
18715207 RELEASABILITY-IMPARTING AGENT, ADHESIVE COMPOSITION, LAMINATE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE ROELOFSE, CHRISTIAAN 1762 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 31, 2024
18659315 ADHESIVE COMPOSITION FOR INFRARED PEELING, LAMINATE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING LAMINATE, AND PEELING METHOD MOORE, MARGARET G 1765 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 09, 2024
18701152 MEMBRANE FORMATION COMPOSITION, AND GAS PERMEATION MEMBRANE CLEMENTE, ROBERT ARTHUR 1773 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 12, 2024
18285022 STABILIZED AQUEOUS ACTIVE SILICA SOLUTION, SILICA SOL USING SAME, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME GUINO-O UZZLE, MARITES A 1731 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 08, 2024
18407867 CLEANING AGENT COMPOSITION AND CLEANING METHOD MRUK, BRIAN P 1761 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 09, 2024
18284994 COMPOSITION FOR FORMING SILICON-CONTAINING RESIST UNDERLAYER FILM LEE, ALEXANDER N §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 28, 2023
18574122 COMPOSITION FOR ELECTRODE FORMATION CHMIELECKI, SCOTT J §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 26, 2023
18567671 COMPOSITION FOR FORMING SILICON-CONTAINING RESIST UNDERLAYER FILM SULLIVAN, CALEEN O §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 06, 2023
18517525 SEPARATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SEPARATING TO-BE-SEPARATED MATERIAL USING SAME WESTON, ALYSSA G 1633 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Nov 22, 2023
18286612 METHOD FOR FORMING A RESIST PATTERN EOFF, ANCA §102 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 12, 2023
18285167 LAMINATE, RELEASE AGENT COMPOSITION, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PROCESSED SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE KRUER, KEVIN R 1787 §102§103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Sep 29, 2023
18285141 COMPOSITION FOR FORMING SILICON-CONTAINING UNDERLAYER FILM FOR INDUCED SELF-ORGANIZATION EOFF, ANCA 1722 §103 Non-Final OA 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 Final Rejection 62d Pending Sep 25, 2023
18240787 RESIST UNDERLAYER FILM-FORMING COMPOSITION CONTAINING AMIDE SOLVENT FAN, SU JYA 2818 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 31, 2023
18277809 SUBSTRATE WITH THIN FILM, AND SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE MAYY, MOHAMMAD 1626 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 18, 2023
18269716 METHOD FOR PRODUCING LIPIDIC PEPTIDE REYNOLDS, FRED H 1658 §101§102§112Other Non-Final OA 29d Pending Jul 03, 2023
18269725 METHOD FOR PRODUCING LIPID PEPTIDE JARRELL, NOBLE E 1699 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 26, 2023
18037680 METHOD FOR CLEANING SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PROCESSED SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE, AND PEELING AND DISSOLVING COMPOSITION ZHANG, RICHARD Z 1714 §103 Final Rejection 62d Pending May 18, 2023
18034817 COMPOSITION CONTAINING LIPID PEPTIDE AND SUCROSE ESTER PRAGANI, RAJAN 1614 §103DP Non-Final OA Pending May 01, 2023
18025780 STEP SUBSTRATE COATING COMPOSITION NGUYEN, HA S 1766 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Mar 10, 2023
18021304 AMMONIA PRODUCTION METHOD AND AMMONIA PRODUCTION APPARATUS CONTRERAS, CIEL P 1794 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 14, 2023
18021336 AMMONIA PRODUCTION METHOD AND AMMONIA PRODUCTION APPARATUS PARENT, ALEXANDER RENE 1795 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Feb 14, 2023
17795061 RESIST UNDERLAYER FILM-FORMING COMPOSITION LEE, ALEXANDER N 1737 §103 Non-Final OA 23d Pending Feb 08, 2023
18015659 COMPOSITION FOR FORMING A COATING FILM FOR REMOVING FOREIGN MATTERS BOWMAN, ANDREW J 1717 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 11, 2023
18013174 THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR DRUG-INDUCED BRADYCARDIA AND BRADYARRHYTHMIA SOROUSH, ALI 1614 §102 Non-Final OA 253d overdue Pending Dec 27, 2022
18001505 COATING FILM HAVING COMPATIBILITY WITH BIOLOGICAL SUBSTANCE CONTAINING BLOCK COPOLYMER BOYLE, ROBERT C 1764 §102 Final Rejection 37d overdue Pending Dec 12, 2022
17999891 CLEAVABLE DNA-ENCODED LIBRARY VANHORN, ABIGAIL LOUISE 1636 §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 25, 2022
18054660 SINGLE-STRANDED OLIGONUCLEOTIDE CHONG, KIMBERLY 1636 §103 Final Rejection 107d overdue Pending Nov 11, 2022
17916431 FILM-FORMING COMPOSITION LEE, ALEXANDER N 1737 §103DP Final Rejection Pending Sep 30, 2022
17787663 ADHESIVE COMPOSITION, LAMINATE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, METHOD FOR PEELING LAMINATE, AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING SEMICONDUCTOR-FORMING SUBSTRATE NELSON, MICHAEL B 1787 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 21, 2022
17627920 COMPOSITION FOR COATING SUBSTRATE WITH LEVEL DIFFERENCE, SAID COMPOSITION CONTAINING COMPOUND HAVING CURABLE FUNCTIONAL GROUP KARST, DAVID THOMAS 1767 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jan 18, 2022
17598981 FILM-FORMING COMPOSITION XU, JIANGTIAN 1762 §103 Final Rejection 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 §103Other 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 Final Rejection 27d Pending Sep 17, 2020

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