Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
69 pending office actions • 38 art units • 60 examiners • 0 of 69 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 73 patents granted in the last 365 days
Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd. has 72 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters span 63 distinct examiners and 40 distinct art units, demonstrating broad allocation across both examination personnel and technical groups. The action count exceeds the examiner count, so the data reflects some examiner repetition within a large and distributed docket.
DICUS, TAMRA is the busiest examiner, with 3 pending matters. That concentration is limited relative to the overall portfolio, but it identifies a useful point for checking consistency in responses and claim amendments. Portfolio management should combine centralized tracking with art-unit-specific analysis, particularly where related chemistry or materials inventions are examined in different groups.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 21 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. 21 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 | 1 (1%) |
| §101 + other | 4 (6%) |
| §103 only | 20 (29%) |
| §102 only | 5 (7%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 9 (13%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 27 (39%) |
| No statute on record | 3 (4%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DICUS, TAMRA | 3 | 30.4% | +21.3% |
| ZACHARIA, RAMSEY E | 2 | 78.4% | +28.7% |
| VO, HAI | 2 | 57.1% | +72.5% |
| FERRE, ALEXANDRE F | 2 | 59.1% | +20.1% |
| HENDRICKSON, STUART L | 2 | 72.4% | +8.1% |
| RIOJA, MELISSA A | 2 | 49.3% | +54.1% |
| PATTERSON, GARRETT CHRISTOPHER | 2 | — | — |
| FRITCHMAN, REBECCA M | 2 | 45.6% | +35.4% |
| SANTOS-DIAZ, MARIA C | 1 | 32.7% | +31.4% |
| LAWLER, JOHN VINCENT | 1 | 57.1% | +43.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18280326 | ANTICORROSION ADHESIVE TAPE | DICUS, TAMRA | 53d overdue |
| 17912920 | PRODUCTION METHOD FOR ORGANIC SUBSTANCE AND ORGANIC SUBSTANCE PRODUCTION DEVICE | AKRAM, IMRAN | 17d overdue |
| 18032009 | SCAFFOLD | ADAMOS, THEODORE V | 3d overdue |
| 18277424 | IMMUNOLOGICAL ANALYSIS METHOD FOR TYPE-I COLLAGEN C-TERMINAL TELOPEPTIDE | FRITCHMAN, REBECCA M | 3d overdue |
| 18268484 | CELL CULTURE MICROCARRIER AND CELL CULTURING METHOD | HERNANDEZ-KENNEY, JOSE | 2d overdue |
| 18029248 | FOAM SHEET | RIOJA, MELISSA A | 2d overdue |
| 18273153 | IMMUNOLOGICAL ASSAY METHOD | GIERE, REBECCA M | 2d overdue |
| 19107555 | WATCHING DEVICE, WATCHING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | REICHERT, RACHELLE LEIGH | 22d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17279321 | POLYOLEFIN RESIN FOAM SHEET | RIOJA, MELISSA A | 91d overdue |
| 18280326 | ANTICORROSION ADHESIVE TAPE | DICUS, TAMRA | 53d overdue |
| 18032894 | ADHESIVE TAPE FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE PRODUCTION | DICUS, TAMRA | 46d overdue |
| 18565267 | RESIN FILM, LAMINATED GLASS AND SCREEN | DICUS, TAMRA | 26d overdue |
| 18277424 | IMMUNOLOGICAL ANALYSIS METHOD FOR TYPE-I COLLAGEN C-TERMINAL TELOPEPTIDE | FRITCHMAN, REBECCA M | 3d overdue |
| 18029248 | FOAM SHEET | RIOJA, MELISSA A | 2d overdue |
| 19143066 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | SANTOS-DIAZ, MARIA C | — |
| 19110598 | PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE TAPE FOR CORROSION PREVENTION, STRUCTURE, AND CORROSION PREVENTION METHOD | ZACHARIA, RAMSEY E | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1787 | 7 |
| 1788 | 5 |
| 1764 | 4 |
| 1762 | 3 |
| 1798 | 3 |
| 1678 | 3 |
| 2847 | 2 |
| 1726 | 2 |
| 1765 | 2 |
| 1725 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19143066 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | SANTOS-DIAZ, MARIA C | 3629 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 25, 2025 |
| 19110598 | PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE TAPE FOR CORROSION PREVENTION, STRUCTURE, AND CORROSION PREVENTION METHOD | ZACHARIA, RAMSEY E | 1787 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2025 |
| 19107928 | COATING SHEET AND METHOD FOR FORMING COATING | LAWLER, JOHN VINCENT | 1787 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2025 |
| 19105086 | LAMINATED BODY AND SOLAR POWER GENERATION SYSTEM | MEKHLIN, ELI S | 1759 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 20, 2025 |
| 19028770 | ETHANOL | TOOMER, CEPHIA D | 1771 | §103 | Final Rejection | 17d overdue | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18952290 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | NG, SHERMAN | 2847 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 19, 2024 |
| 18855122 | INTERLAYER FILM FOR LAMINATED GLASS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME AND LAMINATED GLASS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | SHAH, SAMIR | 1787 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 08, 2024 |
| 18849177 | INSTALLATION STRUCTURE FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER GENERATION SHEET | TRIVISONNO, ANGELO | 1722 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 62d | Pending | Sep 20, 2024 |
| 18848686 | MOLDED ARTICLE | VO, HAI | 1788 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2024 |
| 18848766 | SOLAR CELL SHEET INSTALLATION STRUCTURE, SOLAR CELL SHEET CONSTRUCTION METHOD, AND SOLAR CELL SHEET FOR TEXTURED EXTERIOR MATERIAL | TRINH, THANH TRUC | 1726 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2024 |
| 18848263 | INSTALLATION STRUCTURE FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC SHEET | DINH, BACH T | 1726 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 18, 2024 |
| 18846511 | FOAM SHEET AND ADHESIVE TAPE | VO, HAI | 1788 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2024 |
| 18838359 | LIGHT-EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE | SON, ERIKA HEERA | 2893 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 14, 2024 |
| 18722920 | CURABLE RESIN COMPOSITION, CURED FILM, MULTILAYERED OBJECT, IMAGING DEVICE, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING MULTILAYERED OBJECT, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELEMENT HAVING JUNCTION ELECTRODE | MCCLENDON, SANZA L | 1765 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 |
| 18717118 | INTERMEDIATE FILM FOR LAMINATED GLASS AND LAMINATED GLASS | ZACHARIA, RAMSEY E | 1787 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2024 |
| 18712519 | COLORED RESIN PARTICLES AND DIMMING LAMINATE | FERRE, ALEXANDRE F | 1788 | §103§112DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 22, 2024 |
| 18711984 | COLORED RESIN PARTICLE AND DIMMER LAMINATE | FERRE, ALEXANDRE F | 1788 | §102§103§112DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 21, 2024 |
| 18667505 | SCAFFOLDING MATERIAL FOR STEM CELL CULTURES AND STEM CELL CULTURE METHOD USING SAME | KNIGHT, TERESA E | 1634 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 17, 2024 |
| 18685714 | LAMINATED STRUCTURE | DILLON, DANIEL P | 1783 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 41d | Pending | Feb 22, 2024 |
| 18683360 | NEAR-INFRARED LIGHT TRANSMITTING BLACK PARTICLES | YOON, TAE H | 1762 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2024 |
| 18683365 | CHLORINATED VINYL-CHLORIDE-BASED RESIN, RESIN COMPOSITION FOR MOLDING, AND MOLDED OBJECT | KAUCHER, MARK S | 1764 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2024 |
| 18578531 | SLURRY COMPOSITION FOR ALL-SOLID-STATE BATTERY PRODUCTION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ALL-SOLID-STATE BATTERY | CHAN, HENG M | 1725 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 11, 2024 |
| 18578540 | MASTERBATCH FOR FOAM MOLDING AND MOLDED FOAM ARTICLE | COONEY, JOHN M | 1765 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 11, 2024 |
| 18567857 | THERMALLY-CONDUCTIVE SHEET AND THERMALLY-CONDUCTIVE SHEET PRODUCTION METHOD | KOLB, KATARZYNA I | 1767 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 07, 2023 |
| 18565758 | ULTRAVIOLET-CURABLE HEAT-DISSIPATING RESIN COMPOSITION, HEAT-DISSIPATING PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE SHEET, LAYERED PRODUCT, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING LAYERED PRODUCT | ZIMMER, MARC S | — | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 30, 2023 |
| 18565267 | RESIN FILM, LAMINATED GLASS AND SCREEN | DICUS, TAMRA | 1787 | §103 | Final Rejection | 26d overdue | Pending | Nov 29, 2023 |
| 18286870 | ADHESIVE TAPE | XU, JIANGTIAN | 1762 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 13, 2023 |
| 18282071 | COATING AGENT, COATING FILM, AND LAMINATED PACKAGING MATERIAL | KUVAYSKAYA, ANASTASIA ALEKSEYEVNA | 1731 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 14, 2023 |
| 18281409 | VIRAL INFECTION INHIBITOR AND VIRAL INFECTION-INHIBITING PRODUCT | MCCORMICK, CATHERINE LYNN | 1638 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 11, 2023 |
| 18281079 | COATING AGENT MANUFACTURING KIT, COATING AGENT, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELECTRONIC SUBSTRATE AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENT MODULE | TSO, STANLEY | 2847 | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 08, 2023 |
| 18280326 | ANTICORROSION ADHESIVE TAPE | DICUS, TAMRA | 1787 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 53d overdue | Pending | Sep 05, 2023 |
| 18277122 | HEAT-CONDUCTIVE SHEET, HEAT-CONDUCTIVE SHEET PRODUCTION METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT | CHOI, PETER Y | 1786 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 14, 2023 |
| 18019560 | GAS PRODUCTION DEVICE, GAS PRODUCTION SYSTEM, AND GAS PRODUCTION METHOD | HENDRICKSON, STUART L | 1736 | Other | Final Rejection | 56d | Pending | Jul 03, 2023 |
| 18019561 | GAS PRODUCTION APPARATUS, GAS PRODUCTION SYSTEM, AND GAS PRODUCTION METHOD | HENDRICKSON, STUART L | 1736 | Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2023 |
| 18019545 | GAS MANUFACTURING DEVICE, GAS MANUFACTURING SYSTEM, AND GAS MANUFACTURING METHOD | KUYKENDALL, ALYSSA LEE | 1732 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 29, 2023 |
| 18268484 | CELL CULTURE MICROCARRIER AND CELL CULTURING METHOD | HERNANDEZ-KENNEY, JOSE | 1717 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | Jun 20, 2023 |
| 18268533 | MICROCARRIER FOR CELL CULTURE AND CELL CULTURE METHOD | MARVICH, MARIA | 1656 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2023 |
| 18033499 | INTERLAYER FILM FOR LAMINATED GLASS AND LAMINATED GLASS | GAITONDE, MEGHA MEHTA | 1781 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 67d overdue | Pending | Apr 24, 2023 |
| 18032894 | ADHESIVE TAPE FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE PRODUCTION | DICUS, TAMRA | 1787 | §103 | Final Rejection | 46d overdue | Pending | Apr 20, 2023 |
| 18029248 | FOAM SHEET | RIOJA, MELISSA A | 1764 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 2d overdue | Pending | Mar 29, 2023 |
| 17912920 | PRODUCTION METHOD FOR ORGANIC SUBSTANCE AND ORGANIC SUBSTANCE PRODUCTION DEVICE | AKRAM, IMRAN | 1725 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 17d overdue | Pending | Sep 20, 2022 |
| 17796480 | RESIN COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING MOLDED ARTICLES | AMATO, ELIZABETH KATHRYN | 1762 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 15d | Pending | Jul 29, 2022 |
| 17785178 | ADHESIVE AGENT, ADHESIVE TAPE, ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE, ONBOARD MEMBER, AND SECURING METHOD | DUCHENEAUX, FRANK D | 1788 | §103 | Final Rejection | 31d overdue | Pending | Jun 14, 2022 |
| 17784217 | RESIN COMPOSITION FOR SINTERING, INORGANIC FINE PARTICLE DISPERSED SLURRY COMPOSITION, AND INORGANIC FINE PARTICLE DISPERSED SHEET | REDDY, KARUNA P | 1764 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 36d | Pending | Jun 10, 2022 |
| 17608008 | CELL CULTURING SCAFFOLDING MATERIAL AND CELL CULTURING VESSEL | SCHUBERG, LAURA J | 1631 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2021 |
| 17040448 | DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING ORGANIC SUBSTANCE, AND GAS PROCESSING SYSTEM | JONES-FOSTER, ERICA NICOLE | 1656 | §102 | Final Rejection | 23d | Pending | May 19, 2021 |
| 17279321 | POLYOLEFIN RESIN FOAM SHEET | RIOJA, MELISSA A | 1764 | §103 | Final Rejection | 91d overdue | Pending | Mar 24, 2021 |
| 19107555 | WATCHING DEVICE, WATCHING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | REICHERT, RACHELLE LEIGH | 3686 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 |
| 19107541 | CONNECTION STRUCTURE AND BUILDING ROOF | PATTERSON, GARRETT CHRISTOPHER | 3633 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 |
| 19103663 | CONNECTION STRUCTURE AND ROOF OF BUILDING | PATTERSON, GARRETT CHRISTOPHER | 3633 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialSekisui Chemical Co., Ltd. has 69 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 38 art units and 60 examiners.
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Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
