Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 21, 2026

Sanko Co. Ltd.

Technology area: Chemistry & Materials

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Sanko Co. Ltd. is managing 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This action involves 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. The portfolio shows a single point of interaction with the patent office, with all pending activity focused on one application.

DIGGS, TANISHA is the busiest examiner for the company, with 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This individual is the sole examiner for the 1 pending office action currently in the pipeline. Because the entire portfolio's pending status rests with 1 distinct examiner in 1 distinct art unit, the prosecution outcome is dependent on the review of this specific individual. Practitioners should observe that the current workload is limited to this single point of contact.

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

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
0
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

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%)
1
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

1
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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
DIGGS, TANISHA 1 55.1% +54.1%

Interview Candidates (1)

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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18289953 NEW ORGANIC COMPOUND AND FLAME RETARDANT USING SAME DIGGS, TANISHA —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1761 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18289953 NEW ORGANIC COMPOUND AND FLAME RETARDANT USING SAME DIGGS, TANISHA 1761 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 08, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Sanko Co. Ltd. have?

Sanko Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Sanko Co. Ltd. applications?

Tanisha Diggs has the most, with 1 of Sanko Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Sanko Co. Ltd.'s patent applications in?

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

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