Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Nitto Advanced Nonwoven Ascania GmbH

Technology area: Chemistry & Materials

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Nitto Advanced Nonwoven Ascania GmbH has 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. Prosecution for this portfolio involves 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. This indicates a specific focus for the company's current material science research and patenting efforts, concentrated within a single administrative group at the USPTO that specializes in chemistry-related subject matter.

LYNDA SALVATORE is the busiest examiner for the company, managing 1 pending office action. With only 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, the company's current patenting activity is highly centralized. The 1 pending office action in Chemistry & Materials is the only active prosecution matter for the company at this time. This singular focus means that the company's immediate intellectual property outcomes are entirely subject to the individual examination style and requirements of the 1 distinct examiner assigned to the portfolio.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
0
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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.

0
Hard (0%)
1
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
100% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% 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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SALVATORE, LYNDA 1 64.2% +19.1%

Interview Candidates (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18087906 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A NONWOVEN ELEMENT FOR HYGIENE ARTICLES SALVATORE, LYNDA —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1789 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18087906 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A NONWOVEN ELEMENT FOR HYGIENE ARTICLES SALVATORE, LYNDA 1789 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 23, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Nitto Advanced Nonwoven Ascania GmbH have?

Nitto Advanced Nonwoven Ascania GmbH has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Nitto Advanced Nonwoven Ascania GmbH applications?

Lynda Salvatore has the most, with 1 of Nitto Advanced Nonwoven Ascania GmbH's pending office actions.

What technology area are Nitto Advanced Nonwoven Ascania GmbH's patent applications in?

Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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