Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Osaka Gas Co. Ltd.

6 pending office actions • 6 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (1)

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%)
5
Medium (83%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (17%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only5 (83%)
No statute on record1 (17%)

Industry Mix

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

6
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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SMITH, JEREMIAH R 1 58.2% +25.2%
CREPEAU, JONATHAN 1 73.2% +18.1%
CHANG, KYUNG SOOK 1 60.3% +41.2%
ABU ALI, SHUANGYI 1 45.1% +38.0%
TURNER, FELICIA C 1 26.0% +30.6%
HORNSBY, BARTHOLOMEW ANDREW 1 73.7% +20.7%

Hard Cases (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17794792 OIL AND FAT COMPOSITION CONTAINING 3-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID TURNER, FELICIA C 128d overdue

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
17794792 OIL AND FAT COMPOSITION CONTAINING 3-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID TURNER, FELICIA C 128d overdue
17914222 Method for Producing Coating Composition, Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia Layer, Electrochemical Element, Electrochemical Module, Electrochemical Device, Energy System, Solid Oxide Fuel Cell, and Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cell ABU ALI, SHUANGYI 50d overdue
18487167 Substrate with Electrode Layer for Metal-Supported Electrochemical Element, Electrochemical Element, Electrochemical Module, Solid Oxide Fuel Cell and Manufacturing Method CREPEAU, JONATHAN 38d overdue
17043825 Metal Plate, Electrochemical Element, Electrochemical Module, Electrochemical Device, Energy System, Solid Oxide Fuel Cell, and Method for Manufacturing Metal Plate HORNSBY, BARTHOLOMEW ANDREW 4d overdue
17928003 3-HYDROXYBUTYRIC-ACID-CONTAINING OIL AND FAT COMPOSITION CHANG, KYUNG SOOK 34d
18646833 Method for Manufacturing Metal Plate SMITH, JEREMIAH R 75d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1723 1
1725 1
1613 1
1731 1
1793 1
1728 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18646833 Method for Manufacturing Metal Plate SMITH, JEREMIAH R 1723 §103 Final Rejection 75d Pending Apr 26, 2024
18487167 Substrate with Electrode Layer for Metal-Supported Electrochemical Element, Electrochemical Element, Electrochemical Module, Solid Oxide Fuel Cell and Manufacturing Method CREPEAU, JONATHAN 1725 §103 Non-Final OA 38d overdue Pending Oct 16, 2023
17928003 3-HYDROXYBUTYRIC-ACID-CONTAINING OIL AND FAT COMPOSITION CHANG, KYUNG SOOK 1613 Other Final Rejection 34d Pending Nov 28, 2022
17914222 Method for Producing Coating Composition, Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia Layer, Electrochemical Element, Electrochemical Module, Electrochemical Device, Energy System, Solid Oxide Fuel Cell, and Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cell ABU ALI, SHUANGYI 1731 §103 Non-Final OA 50d overdue Pending Sep 23, 2022
17794792 OIL AND FAT COMPOSITION CONTAINING 3-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID TURNER, FELICIA C 1793 §103 Final Rejection 128d overdue Pending Jul 22, 2022
17043825 Metal Plate, Electrochemical Element, Electrochemical Module, Electrochemical Device, Energy System, Solid Oxide Fuel Cell, and Method for Manufacturing Metal Plate HORNSBY, BARTHOLOMEW ANDREW 1728 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Dec 28, 2020

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