Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
9 pending office actions • 7 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days
Oji Holdings Corporation currently manages 9 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed among 8 distinct examiners, which means that most examiners are handling a single case, while one examiner is managing more. This distribution requires the company to account for the individual tendencies of 8 different examiners. The presence of 8 examiners for 9 actions indicates a slight concentration of the workload compared to a perfectly fragmented portfolio, requiring a versatile prosecution strategy.
The prosecution activity spans 7 distinct art units, indicating a relatively diverse technical scope within the chemistry field. HIGGINS, GERARD T is the busiest examiner for the company, currently overseeing 2 pending office actions. Since this examiner holds 2 of the 9 total pending actions, their specific prosecution history may have a more significant impact on the overall portfolio than others. The distribution across 7 art units suggests that the company's innovations are being evaluated by several different specialized groups, requiring technical arguments tailored to each unit's standards.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 | 4 (44%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (11%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (44%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIGGINS, GERARD T | 2 | 63.3% | +39.4% |
| AHMED, SHEEBA | 1 | 80.6% | +14.5% |
| DILLON, DANIEL P | 1 | 26.3% | +30.7% |
| KESSLER JR, THOMAS JOSEPH | 1 | 46.2% | +46.6% |
| WEYDEMEYER, ALICIA JANE | 1 | 46.2% | +28.0% |
| CARREON, ADRIAN JOHN | 1 | 80.0% | +33.3% |
| MINSKEY, JACOB T | 1 | 69.2% | +33.1% |
| UTT, ETHAN A | 1 | 48.1% | +40.6% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18546584 | CELL MASS-FORMING MEMBER, CULTURE VESSEL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING CULTURED CELLS, AND CULTURED CELLS WITH CELL MASS-FORMING MEMBER | CARREON, ADRIAN JOHN | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18287724 | HEAT-SEALABLE PAPER AND PACKAGING BAG | KESSLER JR, THOMAS JOSEPH | 19d overdue |
| 18874157 | HEAT-SEALABLE PAPER AND PACKAGING BAG | AHMED, SHEEBA | — |
| 18710668 | MEDIUM FOR ULTRAVIOLET LASER PRINTING, PRINTED MATERIAL, AND PROCESSED ARTICLE | HIGGINS, GERARD T | — |
| 18704637 | FIBER AGGREGATE FOR MOLDING | DILLON, DANIEL P | — |
| 18269098 | LAMINATE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LAMINATE | UTT, ETHAN A | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18287724 | HEAT-SEALABLE PAPER AND PACKAGING BAG | KESSLER JR, THOMAS JOSEPH | 19d overdue |
| 18276708 | SHEET AND LAYERED BODY | MINSKEY, JACOB T | 9d overdue |
| 18874157 | HEAT-SEALABLE PAPER AND PACKAGING BAG | AHMED, SHEEBA | — |
| 18710668 | MEDIUM FOR ULTRAVIOLET LASER PRINTING, PRINTED MATERIAL, AND PROCESSED ARTICLE | HIGGINS, GERARD T | — |
| 18704637 | FIBER AGGREGATE FOR MOLDING | DILLON, DANIEL P | — |
| 18690905 | HEAT-SENSITIVE RECORDING BODY | HIGGINS, GERARD T | — |
| 18281239 | FILM SUITABLE FOR CAPACITOR USE | WEYDEMEYER, ALICIA JANE | — |
| 18546584 | CELL MASS-FORMING MEMBER, CULTURE VESSEL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING CULTURED CELLS, AND CULTURED CELLS WITH CELL MASS-FORMING MEMBER | CARREON, ADRIAN JOHN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1785 | 2 |
| 1783 | 2 |
| 1787 | 1 |
| 1782 | 1 |
| 1781 | 1 |
| 1638 | 1 |
| 1748 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18874157 | HEAT-SEALABLE PAPER AND PACKAGING BAG | AHMED, SHEEBA | 1787 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 |
| 18710668 | MEDIUM FOR ULTRAVIOLET LASER PRINTING, PRINTED MATERIAL, AND PROCESSED ARTICLE | HIGGINS, GERARD T | 1785 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 16, 2024 |
| 18704637 | FIBER AGGREGATE FOR MOLDING | DILLON, DANIEL P | 1783 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 25, 2024 |
| 18690905 | HEAT-SENSITIVE RECORDING BODY | HIGGINS, GERARD T | 1785 | §103DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2024 |
| 18287724 | HEAT-SEALABLE PAPER AND PACKAGING BAG | KESSLER JR, THOMAS JOSEPH | 1782 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 19d overdue | Pending | Oct 20, 2023 |
| 18281239 | FILM SUITABLE FOR CAPACITOR USE | WEYDEMEYER, ALICIA JANE | 1781 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 08, 2023 |
| 18546584 | CELL MASS-FORMING MEMBER, CULTURE VESSEL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING CULTURED CELLS, AND CULTURED CELLS WITH CELL MASS-FORMING MEMBER | CARREON, ADRIAN JOHN | 1638 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 15, 2023 |
| 18276708 | SHEET AND LAYERED BODY | MINSKEY, JACOB T | 1748 | §103 | Final Rejection | 9d overdue | Pending | Aug 10, 2023 |
| 18269098 | LAMINATE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LAMINATE | UTT, ETHAN A | 1783 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 22, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialOji Holdings Corporation has 9 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 7 art units and 8 examiners.
Gerard T Higgins has the most, with 2 of Oji Holdings Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
