Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Nitto Shinko Corporation has 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This single action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, NELSON, MICHAEL B. The portfolio is active in 1 distinct art unit, indicating a focused technical and administrative placement for this filing.
The busiest examiner, NELSON, MICHAEL B, is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. This 1 action represents the entirety of the 1 pending office action currently tracked for the company. With only 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit involved, the prosecution process is highly centralized.
Practitioners should note that the 1 pending office action is concentrated under NELSON, MICHAEL B, making this examiner the sole point of contact for the company's current activity. The 1 distinct art unit suggests a specific technical context for the review. The 1 busiest examiner pending action confirms that no other examiners or art units are currently involved in the portfolio's pending matters.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NELSON, MICHAEL B | 1 | 21.5% | +37.3% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18998348 | INSULATING SHEET | NELSON, MICHAEL B | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18998348 | INSULATING SHEET | NELSON, MICHAEL B | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1787 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18998348 | INSULATING SHEET | NELSON, MICHAEL B | 1787 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialNitto Shinko Corporation has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Michael B Nelson has the most, with 1 of Nitto Shinko Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.