Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Shikoku Chemicals Corporation has 2 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These 2 pending office actions are being handled by 2 distinct examiners, one of whom is Blaine R Copenheaver. The prosecution is spread across 2 distinct art units, indicating that the company's chemical products or processes are being reviewed by different specialized divisions at the USPTO. This distribution across 2 distinct art units and 2 distinct examiners suggests that the 2 pending office actions cover diverse technical subject matter within the chemical field.
Blaine R Copenheaver is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, holding 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This represents one of the 2 pending office actions total. The presence of 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units means that each of the 2 pending office actions is proceeding through a unique examination path. Practitioners should be prepared for different examiner perspectives across the 2 distinct art units when managing these Chemistry & Materials filings. The 2 distinct examiners provide independent reviews for each of the 2 pending office actions.
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 |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| COPENHEAVER, BLAINE R | 1 | 86.4% | +18.9% |
| ELHILO, EISA B | 1 | 82.9% | +16.2% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18724363 | ORGANIC FILM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | COPENHEAVER, BLAINE R | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18861109 | CLEANING AGENT COMPOSITION AND CLEANING METHOD | ELHILO, EISA B | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18724363 | ORGANIC FILM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | COPENHEAVER, BLAINE R | — |
| 18861109 | CLEANING AGENT COMPOSITION AND CLEANING METHOD | ELHILO, EISA B | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1781 | 1 |
| 1761 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18724363 | ORGANIC FILM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | COPENHEAVER, BLAINE R | 1781 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2024 |
| 18861109 | CLEANING AGENT COMPOSITION AND CLEANING METHOD | ELHILO, EISA B | 1761 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialShikoku Chemicals Corporation has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Blaine R Copenheaver has the most, with 1 of Shikoku Chemicals Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
