Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Noritake Co., Limited

4 pending office actions • 1 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
3
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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
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.

3
Hard (75%)
1
Medium (25%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (25%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (75%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
25% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
3
Business / Other
75% 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.

40 h
Manual time on pending OAs
8 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
14 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
DEO, DUY VU NGUYEN 1 82.4% +7.0%
RIVERA, CARLOS A 1 77.2% +29.1%
FORREST, MICHAEL 1 59.5% +13.6%
PATEL, RONAK C 1 51.1% +56.1%

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18847502 SILICON POLISHING METHOD AND COMPOSITION FOR SILICON POLISHING DEO, DUY VU NGUYEN
18724774 DRESSER FOR POLISHING PAD, DRESSING METHOD, POLISHING METHOD, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING WORKPIECE RIVERA, CARLOS A
18684570 PRODUCTION METHOD OF CALCIUM CARBONATE AND CALCIUM CARBONATE PRODUCTION DEVICE FORREST, MICHAEL

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18284591 PLATINUM SOLUTION FOR SILVER DECORATION AND USE THEREOF PATEL, RONAK C 32d overdue
18724774 DRESSER FOR POLISHING PAD, DRESSING METHOD, POLISHING METHOD, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING WORKPIECE RIVERA, CARLOS A
18684570 PRODUCTION METHOD OF CALCIUM CARBONATE AND CALCIUM CARBONATE PRODUCTION DEVICE FORREST, MICHAEL

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1788 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18847502 SILICON POLISHING METHOD AND COMPOSITION FOR SILICON POLISHING DEO, DUY VU NGUYEN §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Sep 16, 2024
18724774 DRESSER FOR POLISHING PAD, DRESSING METHOD, POLISHING METHOD, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING WORKPIECE RIVERA, CARLOS A §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 27, 2024
18684570 PRODUCTION METHOD OF CALCIUM CARBONATE AND CALCIUM CARBONATE PRODUCTION DEVICE FORREST, MICHAEL §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 16, 2024
18284591 PLATINUM SOLUTION FOR SILVER DECORATION AND USE THEREOF PATEL, RONAK C 1788 §103 Final Rejection 32d overdue Pending Sep 28, 2023

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