Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Shin-etsu Polymer Co. Ltd.

4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

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.

3
Hard (75%)
1
Medium (25%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (25%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (75%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
25% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
25% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
2
Business / Other
50% 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.

40 h
Manual time on pending OAs
8 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
14 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
APENTENG, JESSICA MCMILLAN 1 65.4% +19.1%
AURORA, REENA 1 87.1% -13.4%
DESAI, ANISH P 1 44.8% +7.5%
FLORES JR, DONALD M 1 76.7% +27.8%

Hard Cases (3)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18691045 HEAT-DISSIPATING SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME FLORES JR, DONALD M 76d
18729505 ANISOTROPICALLY CONDUCTIVE CONNECTOR, ANISOTROPICALLY CONDUCTIVE CONNECTOR HAVING FRAME, AND INSPECTION APPARATUS AURORA, REENA
18851685 ADHESIVE COMPOSITION DESAI, ANISH P

Interview Candidates (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18691045 HEAT-DISSIPATING SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME FLORES JR, DONALD M 76d
19153870 LIGHT TRANSMISSION DIRECTION CONTROL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME APENTENG, JESSICA MCMILLAN

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2875 1
1781 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19153870 LIGHT TRANSMISSION DIRECTION CONTROL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME APENTENG, JESSICA MCMILLAN 2875 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 05, 2025
18729505 ANISOTROPICALLY CONDUCTIVE CONNECTOR, ANISOTROPICALLY CONDUCTIVE CONNECTOR HAVING FRAME, AND INSPECTION APPARATUS AURORA, REENA §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 26, 2025
18851685 ADHESIVE COMPOSITION DESAI, ANISH P §103§112 Non-Final OA 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

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