Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Nisshin Seifun Group Inc. has 2 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The actions are distributed across 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, so counsel must account for separate examination contexts.
RUMP, RICHARD M is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. The data does not identify a single examiner as responsible for the full workload, making separate response analysis appropriate for each application.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RUMP, RICHARD M | 1 | 74.4% | +20.3% |
| SWEENEY, MAURA ELIZABETH | 1 | 7.0% | -8.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18714943 | COMPOSITION INCLUDING ONLY NANOWIRES | RUMP, RICHARD M | — |
| 18280838 | DRY PASTA AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | SWEENEY, MAURA ELIZABETH | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18714943 | COMPOSITION INCLUDING ONLY NANOWIRES | RUMP, RICHARD M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1736 | 1 |
| 1791 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18714943 | COMPOSITION INCLUDING ONLY NANOWIRES | RUMP, RICHARD M | 1736 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2024 |
| 18280838 | DRY PASTA AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | SWEENEY, MAURA ELIZABETH | 1791 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 07, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialNisshin Seifun Group Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Richard M Rump has the most, with 1 of Nisshin Seifun Group Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
