Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
909 pending office actions • 277 art units • 716 examiners • 0 of 909 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1,447 patents granted in the last 365 days
Panasonic Holdings Corporation has 938 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters are distributed among 736 examiners and 283 art units, making the portfolio operationally broad and requiring coordination across many examination environments.
KASS-MULLET, BENJAMIN ELI is the busiest examiner, with 7 pending matters. That concentration is modest within the stated portfolio structure, so examiner-specific preparation alone will not address the management challenge. Counsel should maintain standardized status controls, response calendars, and issue coding across the art-unit assignments.
The large spread of matters supports separating portfolio oversight from substantive prosecution. Central review can identify recurring claim or prior-art themes, while local teams preserve the technical context needed for individual responses.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 170 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. 170 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 19 (2%) |
| §101 + other | 81 (9%) |
| §103 only | 379 (42%) |
| §102 only | 52 (6%) |
| §112 only | 13 (1%) |
| Double-patenting only | 18 (2%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 16 (2%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 325 (36%) |
| No statute on record | 6 (1%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KASS-MULLET, BENJAMIN ELI | 7 | 71.4% | +6.3% |
| ESTES, JONATHAN WILLIAM | 6 | 69.0% | +6.5% |
| LI, CE LI | 5 | 71.8% | +14.5% |
| HIGGINS, KATHERINE NICOLE | 5 | 62.5% | +24.3% |
| ZEMUI, NATHANAEL T | 5 | 55.6% | +23.7% |
| ALBAN, FELICITY BERNARD | 5 | 56.4% | +34.6% |
| GARCIA, BETHANY CLAIRE | 4 | 66.7% | +34.5% |
| MEDLEY, JOHN SAMUEL | 4 | 67.5% | +32.6% |
| PATEL, SUHANI JITENDRA | 4 | 61.1% | +11.1% |
| GRANNUM, VERITA EUDORA EBUN | 4 | 61.3% | +45.6% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17805456 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | CHAD, ANISS | 338d overdue |
| 17690836 | MOISTURE SENSING DEVICE | GEISEL, KARA E | 156d overdue |
| 18183223 | ELECTRODE CATALYST INK OF WATER ELECTROLYSIS CELL, ELECTRODE CATALYST, WATER ELECTROLYSIS CELL, AND WATER ELECTROLYZER | RUFO, LOUIS J | 147d overdue |
| 18822372 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | JOSEPH, TONYA S | 146d overdue |
| 18650988 | IMAGING ELEMENT AND RANGING DEVICE | LUU, THANH X | 132d overdue |
| 17318513 | PREDICTION MODEL CONVERSION METHOD AND PREDICTION MODEL CONVERSION SYSTEM | TRAN, AMY NMN | 121d overdue |
| 18492864 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE | TRINH, THANH TRUC | 86d overdue |
| 17441235 | POWER STORAGE DEVICE | HIGGINS, KATHERINE NICOLE | 72d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17441235 | POWER STORAGE DEVICE | HIGGINS, KATHERINE NICOLE | 72d overdue |
| 18930577 | PARKING SUPPORT METHOD AND PARKING SUPPORT DEVICE | LI, CE LI | 28d overdue |
| 18011444 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, AND NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY | MEDLEY, JOHN SAMUEL | 23d overdue |
| 18139571 | ELECTRODE LAMINATE MANUFACTURING METHOD, ALL-SOLID-STATE BATTERY MANUFACTURING METHOD, ELECTRODE LAMINATE, AND ALL-SOLID-STATE BATTERY | PATEL, SUHANI JITENDRA | 9d overdue |
| 17786820 | SECONDARY BATTERY AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR SAME | GARCIA, BETHANY CLAIRE | 4d overdue |
| 18267359 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERIES, AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY | PATEL, SUHANI JITENDRA | 9d |
| 18277190 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERIES, AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY | GARCIA, BETHANY CLAIRE | 9d |
| 18055841 | SOLID ELECTROLYTE MATERIAL AND BATTERY USING SAME | MEDLEY, JOHN SAMUEL | 30d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1725 | 31 |
| 1723 | 28 |
| 1728 | 27 |
| 1751 | 24 |
| 1727 | 20 |
| 1752 | 17 |
| 3761 | 16 |
| 2847 | 13 |
| 1729 | 13 |
| 1721 | 13 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19444716 | INPUT DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INPUT DEVICE | SHAH, PRIYANK J | 2626 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2026 |
| 19294618 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE APPARATUS, DRIVING ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING DRIVING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND READABLE BY COMPUTER | WILSON, BRIAN P | 2689 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 08, 2025 |
| 19241724 | CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | HOLMAN, JOHN D | 3667 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2025 |
| 19205118 | INFORMATION PRESENTATION SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PRESENTATION METHOD | SARWAR, BABAR | — | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 12, 2025 |
| 19086794 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | YANG, JAMES J | — | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2025 |
| 19082956 | CHAIR, VIBRATOR, AND MOVABLE OBJECT | WHITE, RODNEY BARNETT | 3636 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2025 |
| 19081501 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | BROWN, ANTHONY D | 2408 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 17, 2025 |
| 19081863 | HEAD-UP DISPLAY | GAGNON, GRANT A | 2872 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 17, 2025 |
| 19076813 | SONAR APPARATUS AND OBJECT DETECTION METHOD | BREIER, KRYSTINE E | 3645 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2025 |
| 19073999 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE | NGUYEN, AN T | 2686 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2025 |
| 19070049 | OBJECT DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DETECTING OBJECT | BREIER, KRYSTINE E | 3645 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2025 |
| 19064330 | VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD AND VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE | REINBOLD, SCOTT A | 3747 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 |
| 19056292 | DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD | SUO, JOSHUA JUNGWOOK | 2616 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 18, 2025 |
| 19056377 | OBJECT DETERMINATION APPARATUS AND OBJECT DETERMINATION METHOD | ATMAKURI, VIKAS NMN | 3645 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 18, 2025 |
| 19056031 | DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD | BEARD, CHARLES LLOYD | 2611 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 18, 2025 |
| 19054269 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND OPTICAL MEMBER | JHA, ABDHESH K | 3668 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2025 |
| 19049702 | NOTIFICATION DEVICE, NOTIFICATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | WILSON, BRIAN P | 2689 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 10, 2025 |
| 19043026 | ELECTRIC LEAKAGE DETECTION CIRCUIT | PATEL, PARESH H | 2858 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2025 |
| 19040143 | VEHICLE AND HEAT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | NIEVES, NELSON J | 3763 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2025 |
| 19038168 | RADAR APPARATUS, RADAR SIGNAL GENERATING APPARATUS, AND RADAR SIGNAL GENERATING METHOD | LE, HAILEY R | 3648 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 27, 2025 |
| 19038101 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | BRADY III, PATRICK MICHAEL | 3665 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 27, 2025 |
| 19029894 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE METHOD | PALMARCHUK, BRIAN KEITH | 3669 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19029738 | PARKING ASSISTANCE DEVICE AND PARKING ASSISTANCE METHOD | PATEL, MANGLESH M | 3665 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19025480 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE APPARATUS, DRIVING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE METHOD | GASCA ALVA JR, MOISES | 3667 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 19022298 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD | CASCHERA, ANTONIO A | 2612 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 19018919 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND LIGHT GUIDE MANUFACTURING METHOD | ALEXANDER, WILLIAM R | 2872 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2025 |
| 19019050 | RADAR APPARATUS, METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING RADAR SIGNAL, AND RADAR SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS | MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA | 3648 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2025 |
| 19016703 | INFORMATION PROVISION METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE | WYSZYNSKI, AUBREY H | 2434 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 |
| 19016841 | VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD AND INPUT/OUTPUT CONTROL DEVICE | WEISENFELD, ARYAN E | 3663 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 |
| 19015156 | ACTIVE INGREDIENT GENERATION DEVICE | CONLEY, SEAN EVERETT | 1799 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2025 |
| 19012447 | PRESENTATION INFORMATION GENERATION APPARATUS AND PRESENTATION INFORMATION GENERATION METHOD | VARNDELL, ROSS E | 2674 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 07, 2025 |
| 19011124 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | STRYKER, NICHOLAS F | 3665 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2025 |
| 19009296 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE | AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN | 2838 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 03, 2025 |
| 19008138 | PARKING SUPPORT METHOD AND PARKING SUPPORT DEVICE | LI, CE LI | 3661 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2025 |
| 18986991 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD | LI, CE LI | 3661 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18977723 | POWER CONVERSION APPARATUS | HAUGHTON, ANTHONY MICHAEL | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18975865 | RADAR APPARATUS AND TRANSMISSION METHOD | JUSTICE, MICHAEL W | 3648 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2024 |
| 18970443 | AUDIO PROCESSING DEVICE, AUDIO PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT | BECKER, TYLER JUSTIN | 2657 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2024 |
| 18966328 | DISPLAY, DISPLAY SYSTEM, IMAGE PROJECTION SYSTEM, AND MOVABLE OBJECT | CHOWDHURY, SULTAN U. | 2882 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 03, 2024 |
| 18958798 | EVALUATION DEVICE AND EVALUATION METHOD | LIN, KATHERINE Y | 2113 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18937686 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, ANOMALY DETERMINATION METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE | ZAIDI, SYED A | 2432 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 05, 2024 |
| 18930488 | PARKING SUPPORT METHOD AND PARKING SUPPORT DEVICE | LI, CE LI | 3661 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 29, 2024 |
| 18930577 | PARKING SUPPORT METHOD AND PARKING SUPPORT DEVICE | LI, CE LI | 3661 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 28d overdue | Pending | Oct 29, 2024 |
| 18927325 | Parking Support Method and Parking Support Device | LI, CE LI | 3661 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 |
| 18918865 | DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD | CROMER, ANDREW J | 3667 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 17, 2024 |
| 18917437 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE, DRIVING ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM WITH DRIVING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON | ROBERT, DANIEL M | 3665 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 27d | Pending | Oct 16, 2024 |
| 18913208 | BEHAVIOR SUGGESTION DEVICE AND BEHAVIOR SUGGESTION METHOD | SMITH, JORDAN T | 3666 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2024 |
| 18896628 | RADAR APPARATUS AND RADAR SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD | HALLORAN, THOMAS JAMES | 3648 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2024 |
| 18893359 | MOBILE ENTITY CONTROL DEVICE, AND MOBILE ENTITY CONTROL METHOD | TISSOT, ADAM D | 3663 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 4d overdue | Pending | Sep 23, 2024 |
| 18824581 | DISPLAY DEVICE | MINNEY, GABRIEL SEBASTIAN | 2897 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 04, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialPanasonic Holdings Corporation has 909 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 277 art units and 716 examiners.
Benjamin Eli Kass-Mullet has the most, with 7 of Panasonic Holdings Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
