Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Sakata INX Corporation

Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics

12 pending office actions • 10 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 19 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Sakata INX Corporation has 11 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters involve 9 distinct examiners and 9 distinct art units, indicating a portfolio distributed across several examination channels while retaining some repeated examiner and unit assignments.

SHAH, MANISH S is the busiest examiner, with 3 pending matters. That relationship is the clearest concentration in the data and may justify coordinated review of claim amendments, cited art, and response timing for those matters. The remaining work requires separate examiner and art-unit analysis.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

12
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
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 (25%)
9
Medium (75%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only9 (75%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (25%)

Industry Mix

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

9
Life Sciences
75% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
3
Semiconductors
25% 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.

120 h
Manual time on pending OAs
24 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
42 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SHAH, MANISH S 3 86.0% +7.2%
MCNALLY, DANIEL 1 68.2% +13.3%
BLEDSOE, JOSHUA CALEB 1 43.9% +45.8%
RICE, STEVEN 1 39.3% +43.7%
BUTCHER, ROBERT T 1 71.3% +16.7%
WHITELEY, JESSICA 1 88.6% +7.1%
STANLEY, JANE L 1 58.2% +29.2%
GOLOBOY, JAMES C 1 63.7% +8.7%
HALL, DEVE V. 1 74.8% +16.2%
BARZACH, JEFFREY EUGENE 1 56.9% +39.2%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19101350 AQUEOUS INKJET INK COMPOSITION AND PRINTED MATTER SHAH, MANISH S —
18695283 INK COMPOSITION FOR ULTRAVIOLET-CURABLE INKJET PRINTING SHAH, MANISH S —
18695148 INK COMPOSITION FOR ULTRAVIOLET-CURABLE INKJET PRINTING SHAH, MANISH S —

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
18696300 RELEASING PRIMER COMPOSITION AND PRINTED MATTER RICE, STEVEN —
18559258 CONDUCTIVE RESIN COMPOSITION WHITELEY, JESSICA —
18547326 WHITE INK COMPOSITION GOLOBOY, JAMES C —

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18264883 WHITE INK COMPOSITION HALL, DEVE V. 2d overdue
17297104 ELECTRON BEAM CURABLE WATER-BASEDINK-JET INK COMPOSITION BARZACH, JEFFREY EUGENE 26d
18724498 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LAMINATED BODY MCNALLY, DANIEL —
18724561 INK SET BLEDSOE, JOSHUA CALEB —
18696300 RELEASING PRIMER COMPOSITION AND PRINTED MATTER RICE, STEVEN —
18683612 PHOTOCURABLE INKJET PRINTING INK COMPOSITION BUTCHER, ROBERT T —
18556275 INK SET STANLEY, JANE L —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2853 3
1746 1
1762 1
1787 1
1764 1
1732 1
1767 1
1771 1
1763 1
1731 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19101350 AQUEOUS INKJET INK COMPOSITION AND PRINTED MATTER SHAH, MANISH S 2853 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 05, 2025
18695283 INK COMPOSITION FOR ULTRAVIOLET-CURABLE INKJET PRINTING SHAH, MANISH S 2853 §103Other Final Rejection — Pending Feb 03, 2025
18724498 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LAMINATED BODY MCNALLY, DANIEL 1746 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 30, 2024
18724561 INK SET BLEDSOE, JOSHUA CALEB 1762 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 26, 2024
18696300 RELEASING PRIMER COMPOSITION AND PRINTED MATTER RICE, STEVEN 1787 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 27, 2024
18695148 INK COMPOSITION FOR ULTRAVIOLET-CURABLE INKJET PRINTING SHAH, MANISH S 2853 §103Other Final Rejection — Pending Mar 25, 2024
18683612 PHOTOCURABLE INKJET PRINTING INK COMPOSITION BUTCHER, ROBERT T 1764 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 14, 2024
18559258 CONDUCTIVE RESIN COMPOSITION WHITELEY, JESSICA 1732 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 06, 2023
18556275 INK SET STANLEY, JANE L 1767 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 19, 2023
18547326 WHITE INK COMPOSITION GOLOBOY, JAMES C 1771 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 21, 2023
18264883 WHITE INK COMPOSITION HALL, DEVE V. 1763 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Aug 09, 2023
17297104 ELECTRON BEAM CURABLE WATER-BASEDINK-JET INK COMPOSITION BARZACH, JEFFREY EUGENE 1731 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending May 26, 2021

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Sakata INX Corporation have?

Sakata INX Corporation has 12 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 10 art units and 10 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Sakata INX Corporation applications?

Manish S Shah has the most, with 3 of Sakata INX Corporation's pending office actions.

What technology area are Sakata INX Corporation's patent applications in?

Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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