Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
184 pending office actions • 64 art units • 121 examiners • 0 of 184 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 206 patents granted in the last 365 days
Shin Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd. currently has 1 pending office action. This single matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, MALLOY, ANNA E, who is responsible for the 1 pending office action. With 0 distinct art units recorded, the company's current prosecution activity is concentrated under a single examiner's review.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 49 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. 49 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 83 (45%) |
| §102 only | 12 (7%) |
| §112 only | 6 (3%) |
| Double-patenting only | 3 (2%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 18 (10%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 61 (33%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZIMMER, MARC S | 7 | 79.4% | +16.2% |
| ANGEBRANNDT, MARTIN J | 7 | 55.5% | +34.0% |
| CHU, JOHN S Y | 6 | 76.8% | +5.4% |
| CHACKO DAVIS, DABORAH | 6 | 72.0% | +20.4% |
| EOFF, ANCA | 5 | 80.1% | +10.8% |
| LEE, ALEXANDER N | 5 | 76.1% | +10.0% |
| MALLOY, ANNA E | 5 | 46.5% | -3.9% |
| MOORE, MARGARET G | 4 | 68.0% | +15.3% |
| MOSSBROOK, WILLIAM ERIC | 3 | 53.7% | +75.5% |
| PEPITONE, MICHAEL F | 3 | 74.5% | +21.9% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19070239 | RESIST COMPOSITION AND PATTERN FORMING PROCESS | EOFF, ANCA | — |
| 19035087 | RESIST COMPOSITION AND PATTERNING PROCESS | EOFF, ANCA | — |
| 18597253 | ONIUM SALT, CHEMICALLY AMPLIFIED POSITIVE RESIST COMPOSITION, AND RESIST PATTERN FORMING PROCESS | EOFF, ANCA | — |
| 18380454 | Positive Resist Material And Patterning Process | EOFF, ANCA | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18554444 | POLYSILOXANE COMPOSITION, ADHESIVE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYSILOXANE COMPOSITION, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ADHESIVE | NELSON, MICHAEL B | 43d overdue |
| 18309793 | Negative Photosensitive Resin Composition, Patterning Process, Interlayer Insulating Film, Surface Protection Film, And Electronic Component | LEE, ALEXANDER N | 42d overdue |
| 18316979 | Sulfonium-Salt-Type Polymerizable Monomer, Polymer Photoacid Generator, Base Rein, Resist Composition, And Patterning Process | CHACKO DAVIS, DABORAH | 37d overdue |
| 18322126 | CARBON BLACK DISPERSION COMPOSITION FOR BATTERY, MIXTURE PASTE FOR POSITIVE ELECTRODE, POSITIVE ELECTRODE FOR LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY, AND LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY | SON, TAEYOUNG | 32d overdue |
| 18276477 | ORGANOPOLYSILOXANE AND COSMETIC CONTAINING SAME | ZIMMER, MARC S | 6d |
| 18364651 | Wafer Edge Protection Film Forming Method, Patterning Process, And Composition For Forming Wafer Edge Protection Film | KIELIN, ERIK J | 7d |
| 18272620 | NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | KIM, JAY C | 14d |
| 17636471 | CURABLE FLUOROPOLYETHER ADHESIVE COMPOSITION AND OPTICAL PARTS | BLEDSOE, JOSHUA CALEB | 16d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18309793 | Negative Photosensitive Resin Composition, Patterning Process, Interlayer Insulating Film, Surface Protection Film, And Electronic Component | LEE, ALEXANDER N | 42d overdue |
| 18205127 | RESIST COMPOSITION AND PATTERN FORMING PROCESS | ANGEBRANNDT, MARTIN J | 37d overdue |
| 18316979 | Sulfonium-Salt-Type Polymerizable Monomer, Polymer Photoacid Generator, Base Rein, Resist Composition, And Patterning Process | CHACKO DAVIS, DABORAH | 37d overdue |
| 18317019 | Novel Sulfonium Salt, Resist Composition, And Patterning Process | CHACKO DAVIS, DABORAH | 37d overdue |
| 18272440 | OIL-BLEEDING SILICONE RUBBER COMPOSITION | MOORE, MARGARET G | 30d overdue |
| 18013311 | TWO-COMPONENT TYPE ROOM TEMPERATURE FAST-CURING ORGANOPOLYSILOXANE COMPOSITION, CURED PRODUCT THEREOF AND ARTICLE | MOORE, MARGARET G | 26d overdue |
| 18038805 | ROOM TEMPERATURE CURABLE ORGANOPOLYSILOXANE COMPOSITION, ARTICLE, HYDROLYZABLE ORGANOSILANE COMPOUND AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | PEPITONE, MICHAEL F | 11d overdue |
| 18407117 | Bio-Electrode, And Method For Manufacturing The Same | MOSSBROOK, WILLIAM ERIC | 3d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1737 | 36 |
| 1765 | 13 |
| 1722 | 8 |
| 1767 | 7 |
| 1762 | 7 |
| 3794 | 5 |
| 1787 | 5 |
| 1766 | 4 |
| 1724 | 4 |
| 1764 | 4 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19202120 | BIO-ELECTRODE COMPOSITION, BIO-ELECTRODE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING BIO-ELECTRODE | PREMRAJ, CATHERINE C | 3794 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 08, 2025 |
| 19111702 | SILICONE PARTICLES FOR COSMETICS, AND COSMETICS | WAX, ROBERT A | 1615 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2025 |
| 19073423 | QUARTZ GLASS ROD AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | DAIGLER, CHRISTOPHER PAUL | 1741 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2025 |
| 19070239 | RESIST COMPOSITION AND PATTERN FORMING PROCESS | EOFF, ANCA | 1722 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2025 |
| 19103724 | COSMETIC PREPARATION CONTAINING CROSSLINKED ORGANIC SILICON RESIN AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | LI, WENHAN | 1614 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2025 |
| 19101829 | SOLAR CELL ELEMENT COATING COMPOSITION, AND SOLAR CELL MODULE AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR | CANNON, RYAN SMITH | 1726 | §103 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Feb 06, 2025 |
| 19035087 | RESIST COMPOSITION AND PATTERNING PROCESS | EOFF, ANCA | 1722 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2025 |
| 18879145 | DISPERSION AND COSMETIC CONTAINING SAME | WORSHAM, JESSICA N | 1615 | §102DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2024 |
| 18979490 | Imprint Device and Imprint Method | KHARE, ATUL P | 1742 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 |
| 18870206 | ANTIVIRAL COMPOSITION AND MEMBER HAVING SAID COMPOSITION AT SURFACE THEREOF | BOATENG, AFUA BAMFOAA | 1617 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18949532 | Patterning Process | CARTER, JONATHAN LANGDON | 1713 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2024 |
| 18866369 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AQUEOUS SOLUTION OF PURIFIED AMINOSILANOL COMPOUND AND AMINOSILOXANE COMPOUND, AND COMPOSITION FOR ETCHING | DEO, DUY VU NGUYEN | 1713 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2024 |
| 18940918 | OPTICAL FIBER PREFORM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING OPTICAL FIBER PREFORM | STEELE, JENNIFER A | 1789 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2024 |
| 18932752 | HEAT-CURABLE MALEIMIDE RESIN COMPOSITION | KARST, DAVID THOMAS | 1767 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2024 |
| 18862010 | GLASS CLOTH TREATMENT LIQUID AND SURFACE TREATED GLASS CLOTH | GILLETT, JENNIFER ANN | 1789 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2024 |
| 18930238 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SOLID PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATION COATED WITH SOLVENT-FREE COATING MATERIAL | SAEED, ALI S | 1616 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 29, 2024 |
| 18929741 | INSULATING COATING MATERIAL FOR COATING ELECTRIC WIRE, INSULATED WIRE, COIL, AND ELECTRIC OR ELECTRONIC DEVICE | MAYO III, WILLIAM H | 2841 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 29, 2024 |
| 18925680 | YTTRIUM FLUORIDE SPRAYED COATING, SPRAY MATERIAL THEREFOR, AND CORROSION RESISTANT COATING INCLUDING SPRAYED COATING | AUER, LAURA A | 1783 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2024 |
| 18911657 | METHOD FOR RECYCLING RARE EARTH SINTERED MAGNET | DEO, DUY VU NGUYEN | 1713 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2024 |
| 18853795 | FILM FORMING METHOD, FILM FORMING APPARATUS, AND LAMINATE | MOJADDEDI, OMAR F | 2898 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2024 |
| 18852338 | COSMETIC | MAEWALL, SNIGDHA | 1612 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
| 18846320 | SURFACTANT AND COSMETIC | LIU, TRACY | 1614 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2024 |
| 18836152 | UNDERLYING SUBSTRATE, SINGLE CRYSTAL DIAMOND LAMINATE SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THEM | SAMPLE, DAVID R | 1784 | §102DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 06, 2024 |
| 18833659 | THERMAL CONDUCTIVE STACKED INSULATIVE SUBSTRATE | DICUS, TAMRA | 1787 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 26, 2024 |
| 18770842 | COMPOSITION FOR SOLID DISPERSION, SOLID DISPERSION, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SOLID DISPERSION | WISTNER, SARAH CLINKSCALES | 1616 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 12, 2024 |
| 18726584 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL AND NEGATIVE ELECTRODE | JACOBSON, SARAH JORDAN | 1785 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2024 |
| 18725253 | FILM FORMING APPARATUS AND FILM FORMING METHOD | KITT, STEPHEN A | 1717 | §103 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18724824 | HIGH-CHARACTERISTIC EPITAXIAL GROWTH SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | SAMPLE, DAVID R | 1784 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2024 |
| 18724431 | COATING MATERIAL FOR SECONDARY BATTERY SEPARATOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, SECONDARY BATTERY SEPARATOR, AND SECONDARY BATTERY | FRAZIER, KELVIN MITCHELL | 1783 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2024 |
| 18719276 | FLUORINE-CONTAINING ACTIVE ENERGY RAY-CURABLE COMPOSITION, CURED PRODUCT, AND ARTICLE | ROSWELL, JESSICA MARIE | 1767 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2024 |
| 18676967 | HALOALKYL ALKOXYMETHYL ETHER COMPOUND, AND PROCESS FOR PREPARING 13,15-DIMETHYLHEPTACOSANE THEREFROM AND FOR PREPARING SYNTHETIC INTERMEDIATE THEREFOR | HINES, LATOSHA D | 1771 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 29, 2024 |
| 18713771 | COMPOSITION CONTAINING ORGANOSILICON COMPOUND | BOYD, JENNIFER A | 1786 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 28, 2024 |
| 18641734 | Bio-Electrode And Method For Manufacturing Bio-Electrode | MOSSBROOK, WILLIAM ERIC | 3794 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 22, 2024 |
| 18702880 | POLYORGANOSILOXANE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME | ZIMMER, MARC S | 1765 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 19, 2024 |
| 18702994 | PAINT COMPOSITION, COATED ARTICLE, AND METHOD FOR FORMING CURED FILM | NELSON, MICHAEL B | 1787 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 19, 2024 |
| 18635945 | Resist Material, Resist Composition, And Patterning Process | CHU, JOHN S Y | 1737 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 15, 2024 |
| 18634542 | SLURRY FOR SUSPENSION PLASMA SPRAYING, METHOD FOR FORMING RARE EARTH ACID FLUORIDE SPRAYED FILM, AND SPRAYING MEMBER | HUANG, CHENG YUAN | 1787 | §103 | Final Rejection | 1d overdue | Pending | Apr 12, 2024 |
| 18631187 | RESIN COMPOSITION FOR ENCAPSULATION AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | FANG, SHANE | 1766 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2024 |
| 18699584 | RECEPTOR SUBSTRATE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING RECEPTOR SUBSTRATE, TRANSFER METHOD, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LED PANEL, AND STAMPER | CHIN, EDWARD | 2893 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 08, 2024 |
| 18626972 | ONIUM SALT, RESIST COMPOSITION, AND PATTERN FORMING PROCESS | FRASER, STEWART A | 1724 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2024 |
| 18696729 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING CYCLIC SILAZANE COMPOUND | PAGANO, ALEXANDER R | 1692 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2024 |
| 18617769 | EPOXY RESIN COMPOSITION | FROST, ANTHONY J | 1782 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2024 |
| 18575346 | THERMAL CONDUCTIVE SILICONE COMPOSITION, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | PEPITONE, MICHAEL F | 1767 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 22, 2024 |
| 18694106 | HYDROXYALKYL GROUP-CONTAINING POLYSILOXANE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | REDDY, KARUNA P | 1764 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2024 |
| 18608685 | Bio-Electrode Composition, Bio-Electrode, And Method For Manufacturing The Same | SARCENO ROBLES, CHRISTIAN MANUEL | 3794 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2024 |
| 18692228 | FLUOROPOLYETHER-GROUP-CONTAINING POLYMER, SURFACE TREATMENT AGENT, AND ARTICLE | WU, ANDREA | 1763 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2024 |
| 18691175 | SILOXANE-MODIFIED POLYURETHANE COMPOSITION | ZIMMER, MARC S | 1765 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 12, 2024 |
| 18598857 | ONIUM SALT MONOMER, POLYMER, CHEMICALLY AMPLIFIED RESIST COMPOSITION AND PATTERNING PROCESS | SULLIVAN, CALEEN O | 2899 | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2024 |
| 17773128 | INFRARED-TRANSMISSIVE CURABLE COMPOSITION, CURED PRODUCT THEREFROM, AND OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | WOODWARD, ANA LUCRECIA | 1765 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2024 |
| 18597253 | ONIUM SALT, CHEMICALLY AMPLIFIED POSITIVE RESIST COMPOSITION, AND RESIST PATTERN FORMING PROCESS | EOFF, ANCA | 1722 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialShin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. has 184 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 64 art units and 121 examiners.
Marc S Zimmer has the most, with 7 of Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.'s pending office actions.
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