Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
Shin-etsu Polymer Co. Ltd. is managing 3 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed across 3 distinct art units and 3 distinct examiners. DESAI, ANISH P is the busiest examiner for the company, currently handling 1 pending action. With 3 distinct examiners for 3 actions, the company must navigate three different examination styles across its 3 active art units, requiring a flexible and versatile legal approach.
The distribution of 3 pending office actions among 3 distinct examiners means that no single examiner has a majority influence over the portfolio. Furthermore, the involvement of 3 distinct art units suggests that the technical subject matter is diverse, even within the Chemistry & Materials field. DESAI, ANISH P is one of three individuals currently reviewing the company's work. Practitioners should be prepared to address the specific requirements of each of the 3 distinct examiners while considering the unique standards of the 3 distinct art units involved. This structure allows for a diversified prosecution strategy where the outcome of each of the 3 pending office actions is determined by a different set of examiner preferences and technical expertise.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (75%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMALLEY, JAMES N | 1 | 70.7% | -9.8% |
| DESAI, ANISH P | 1 | 45.5% | +6.1% |
| FLORES JR, DONALD M | 1 | 77.0% | +26.9% |
| JACOBSON, SARAH JORDAN | 1 | 51.9% | +76.5% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18691045 | HEAT-DISSIPATING SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | FLORES JR, DONALD M | 76d |
| 19490748 | SUBSTRATE STORAGE CONTAINER DOOR | SMALLEY, JAMES N | — |
| 18577694 | FIRE-SPREAD PREVENTION TYPE CELL UNIT, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND BATTERY | JACOBSON, SARAH JORDAN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18691045 | HEAT-DISSIPATING SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | FLORES JR, DONALD M | 76d |
| 18577694 | FIRE-SPREAD PREVENTION TYPE CELL UNIT, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND BATTERY | JACOBSON, SARAH JORDAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3733 | 1 |
| 1788 | 1 |
| 1781 | 1 |
| 1785 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19490748 | SUBSTRATE STORAGE CONTAINER DOOR | SMALLEY, JAMES N | 3733 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2025 |
| 18851685 | ADHESIVE COMPOSITION | DESAI, ANISH P | 1788 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
| 18691045 | HEAT-DISSIPATING SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | FLORES JR, DONALD M | 1781 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 76d | Pending | Mar 12, 2024 |
| 18577694 | FIRE-SPREAD PREVENTION TYPE CELL UNIT, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND BATTERY | JACOBSON, SARAH JORDAN | 1785 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialShin-etsu Polymer Co. Ltd. has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 4 examiners.
James N Smalley has the most, with 1 of Shin-etsu Polymer Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
