Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
8 pending office actions • 7 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days
Osaka Gas Co. Ltd. is managing 8 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed among 8 distinct examiners, meaning each pending action is being handled by a different official. The portfolio spans 7 distinct art units, indicating a high level of technical variety within the chemistry sector. This broad distribution suggests that the company's patent strategy involves a wide range of chemical applications, each subject to the specific standards of different art units.
SMITH, JEREMIAH R is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently handling 1 pending office action. Because each of the 8 examiners is responsible for exactly 1 action, the workload is distributed. This requires the company to manage 8 different examiner relationships across 7 separate art units, suggesting a broad and diverse prosecution strategy. For practitioners, this means that no single examiner's habits will dominate the portfolio's outcome, necessitating a highly individualized approach for each of the 8 pending actions.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 5 (62%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH, JEREMIAH R | 1 | 58.2% | +25.0% |
| DIAZ, MATTHEW R | 1 | 54.0% | +43.4% |
| CREPEAU, JONATHAN | 1 | 73.1% | +18.0% |
| SIMKINS, SLONE ELIZABETH | 1 | 54.3% | +50.0% |
| CHANG, KYUNG SOOK | 1 | 60.4% | +40.9% |
| KELLY-O'NEILL, YOLANDA LYNNETTE | 1 | 33.3% | +29.9% |
| TURNER, FELICIA C | 1 | 26.3% | +30.1% |
| BILLIET, AMANDA JUNE | 1 | 54.9% | +19.0% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17794792 | OIL AND FAT COMPOSITION CONTAINING 3-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID | TURNER, FELICIA C | 128d overdue |
| 18284330 | Absorption Refrigeration Cycle and Compression-Absorption Refrigeration Cycle | DIAZ, MATTHEW R | — |
| 18283110 | Method for Producing Reverse Water-Gas Shift Catalyst, Reverse Water-Gas Shift Catalyst, Electrolysis Reaction System, Hydrocarbon Production System, and Method for Using Reverse Water-Gas Shift Catalyst | SIMKINS, SLONE ELIZABETH | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17794792 | OIL AND FAT COMPOSITION CONTAINING 3-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID | TURNER, FELICIA C | 128d 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 |
| 17928003 | 3-HYDROXYBUTYRIC-ACID-CONTAINING OIL AND FAT COMPOSITION | CHANG, KYUNG SOOK | 34d |
| 18646833 | Method for Manufacturing Metal Plate | SMITH, JEREMIAH R | 75d |
| 18284330 | Absorption Refrigeration Cycle and Compression-Absorption Refrigeration Cycle | DIAZ, MATTHEW R | — |
| 18283110 | Method for Producing Reverse Water-Gas Shift Catalyst, Reverse Water-Gas Shift Catalyst, Electrolysis Reaction System, Hydrocarbon Production System, and Method for Using Reverse Water-Gas Shift Catalyst | SIMKINS, SLONE ELIZABETH | — |
| 17913534 | Reverse Water-Gas Shift Catalyst, Electrolytic Reaction System, Hydrocarbon Production System, and Production Method and Use Method Therefor | KELLY-O'NEILL, YOLANDA LYNNETTE | — |
| 17333860 | Electrochemical Element, Electrochemical Module, Electrochemical Device, and Energy System | BILLIET, AMANDA JUNE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1723 | 1 |
| 1725 | 1 |
| 1735 | 1 |
| 1613 | 1 |
| 1692 | 1 |
| 1793 | 1 |
| 1729 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18646833 | Method for Manufacturing Metal Plate | SMITH, JEREMIAH R | 1723 | §103 | Final Rejection | 75d | Pending | Apr 26, 2024 |
| 18284330 | Absorption Refrigeration Cycle and Compression-Absorption Refrigeration Cycle | DIAZ, MATTHEW R | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 05, 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 |
| 18283110 | Method for Producing Reverse Water-Gas Shift Catalyst, Reverse Water-Gas Shift Catalyst, Electrolysis Reaction System, Hydrocarbon Production System, and Method for Using Reverse Water-Gas Shift Catalyst | SIMKINS, SLONE ELIZABETH | 1735 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2023 |
| 17928003 | 3-HYDROXYBUTYRIC-ACID-CONTAINING OIL AND FAT COMPOSITION | CHANG, KYUNG SOOK | 1613 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | Nov 28, 2022 |
| 17913534 | Reverse Water-Gas Shift Catalyst, Electrolytic Reaction System, Hydrocarbon Production System, and Production Method and Use Method Therefor | KELLY-O'NEILL, YOLANDA LYNNETTE | 1692 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 22, 2022 |
| 17794792 | OIL AND FAT COMPOSITION CONTAINING 3-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID | TURNER, FELICIA C | 1793 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 128d overdue | Pending | Jul 22, 2022 |
| 17333860 | Electrochemical Element, Electrochemical Module, Electrochemical Device, and Energy System | BILLIET, AMANDA JUNE | 1729 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 28, 2021 |
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