Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Nitto Boseki Co., Ltd.

Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials

10 pending office actions • 4 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

6
Hard (60%)
2
Medium (20%)
2
Easy (20%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (20%)
Double-patenting only2 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (60%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
40% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
6
Business / Other
60% 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.

100 h
Manual time on pending OAs
20 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
35 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
RILEY, JEZIA 2 82.9% +7.3%
HERRING, LISA L 1 72.9% +17.1%
CHOI, PETER Y 1 20.6% +33.0%
TURPIN, ZACHARY MARK 1 4.0% -5.0%
EASHOO, MARK 1 37.3% +35.9%
MENON, KRISHNAN S 1 59.7% +11.7%
LEE, STEVEN SHIH-CHING 1 67.9% +23.8%
EMRICH, LARISSA ROWE 1 48.3% +41.8%
KARST, DAVID THOMAS 1 64.7% +9.8%

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
18718194 METHOD FOR DETECTING MUTATIONS IN TARGET BASE SEQUENCE OF NUCLEIC ACID, METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY INHIBITING AMPLIFICATION OF NUCLEIC ACID, AND KIT FOR IMPLEMENTING SAME RILEY, JEZIA —
18715009 AGENT FOR RAISING MELTING TEMPERATURE OF DOUBLE-STRANDED NUCLEIC ACID, AND USES THEREFOR RILEY, JEZIA —

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19120850 GLASS COMPOSITION FOR FLAT CROSS-SECTION GLASS FIBERS, FLAT CROSS-SECTION GLASS FIBERS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING FLAT CROSS-SECTION GLASS FIBERS FROM GLASS MATERIAL CONTAINING GLASS RECYCLING MATERIAL HERRING, LISA L —
18861846 Resin-Equipped Fibrous Base and Method for Producing Molded Object CHOI, PETER Y —
18717367 METHOD FOR DETECTING MUTATION IN TARGET BASE SEQUENCE OF NUCLEIC ACID, METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY INHIBITING AMPLIFICATION OF NUCLEIC ACID, AND KITS FOR PERFORMING SAME TURPIN, ZACHARY MARK —
18705081 GLASS COMPOSITION FOR GLASS FIBERS, GLASS FIBER, GLASS FIBER WOVEN FABRIC, AND GLASS-FIBER-REINFORCED RESIN COMPOSION EASHOO, MARK —
18687146 BLOOD CELL SEPARATION AGENT, AND BLOOD CELL SEPARATION METHOD USING SAME MENON, KRISHNAN S —
17917974 GLASS FIBER-REINFORCED RESIN PLATE KARST, DAVID THOMAS —

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18272183 INORGANIC-FIBER WOVEN FABRIC FOR CONSTRUCTION FILM MATERIAL, AND CONSTRUCTION FILM MATERIAL EMRICH, LARISSA ROWE 12d
19120850 GLASS COMPOSITION FOR FLAT CROSS-SECTION GLASS FIBERS, FLAT CROSS-SECTION GLASS FIBERS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING FLAT CROSS-SECTION GLASS FIBERS FROM GLASS MATERIAL CONTAINING GLASS RECYCLING MATERIAL HERRING, LISA L —
18861846 Resin-Equipped Fibrous Base and Method for Producing Molded Object CHOI, PETER Y —
18705081 GLASS COMPOSITION FOR GLASS FIBERS, GLASS FIBER, GLASS FIBER WOVEN FABRIC, AND GLASS-FIBER-REINFORCED RESIN COMPOSION EASHOO, MARK —
18687146 BLOOD CELL SEPARATION AGENT, AND BLOOD CELL SEPARATION METHOD USING SAME MENON, KRISHNAN S —
18288697 METHOD FOR PRODUCING LONG GLASS FIBERS LEE, STEVEN SHIH-CHING —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1634 1
1741 1
1789 1
1767 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19120850 GLASS COMPOSITION FOR FLAT CROSS-SECTION GLASS FIBERS, FLAT CROSS-SECTION GLASS FIBERS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING FLAT CROSS-SECTION GLASS FIBERS FROM GLASS MATERIAL CONTAINING GLASS RECYCLING MATERIAL HERRING, LISA L — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 14, 2025
18861846 Resin-Equipped Fibrous Base and Method for Producing Molded Object CHOI, PETER Y — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 30, 2024
18718194 METHOD FOR DETECTING MUTATIONS IN TARGET BASE SEQUENCE OF NUCLEIC ACID, METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY INHIBITING AMPLIFICATION OF NUCLEIC ACID, AND KIT FOR IMPLEMENTING SAME RILEY, JEZIA — DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 10, 2024
18717367 METHOD FOR DETECTING MUTATION IN TARGET BASE SEQUENCE OF NUCLEIC ACID, METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY INHIBITING AMPLIFICATION OF NUCLEIC ACID, AND KITS FOR PERFORMING SAME TURPIN, ZACHARY MARK — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 06, 2024
18715009 AGENT FOR RAISING MELTING TEMPERATURE OF DOUBLE-STRANDED NUCLEIC ACID, AND USES THEREFOR RILEY, JEZIA — DP Non-Final OA — Pending May 30, 2024
18705081 GLASS COMPOSITION FOR GLASS FIBERS, GLASS FIBER, GLASS FIBER WOVEN FABRIC, AND GLASS-FIBER-REINFORCED RESIN COMPOSION EASHOO, MARK — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 26, 2024
18687146 BLOOD CELL SEPARATION AGENT, AND BLOOD CELL SEPARATION METHOD USING SAME MENON, KRISHNAN S 1634 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 27, 2024
18288697 METHOD FOR PRODUCING LONG GLASS FIBERS LEE, STEVEN SHIH-CHING 1741 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 27, 2023
18272183 INORGANIC-FIBER WOVEN FABRIC FOR CONSTRUCTION FILM MATERIAL, AND CONSTRUCTION FILM MATERIAL EMRICH, LARISSA ROWE 1789 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Jul 13, 2023
17917974 GLASS FIBER-REINFORCED RESIN PLATE KARST, DAVID THOMAS 1767 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 10, 2022

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