Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Shiseido Company Ltd.

33 pending office actions • 13 art units • 28 examiners • 0 of 33 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 16 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

33
Total Pending OAs
15
Non-Final OAs
18
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 33 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

18
Overdue
0
Due this week
10
Due this month
3
Due in next 60 days
2
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 33 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (18)Due ≤ 30 days (10)Due ≤ 60 days (3)Due later (2)

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.

1
Hard (3%)
29
Medium (88%)
0
Easy (0%)
3
Unknown (9%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (3%)
§103 only28 (85%)
§102 only1 (3%)
No statute on record3 (9%)

Industry Mix

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

27
Life Sciences
82% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
3% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
15% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

330 h
Manual time on pending OAs
66 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
115 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LIU, TRACY 2 54.9% +28.0%
YU, HONG 2 31.2% +5.7%
LEE, SIN J 2 68.8% +25.5%
CRAIGO, BAHAR ALAWI 2 46.9% +27.0%
WRIGHT, SARAH C 2 41.5% +46.9%
GREENE, IVAN A 1 18.7% +6.6%
GHALI, ISIS A D 1 27.7% +41.0%
GOTFREDSON, GAREN 1 40.0% +29.1%
MITCHELL, EDWIN COLEMAN 1 33.3% +65.1%
WERTZ, ASHLEE ELIZABETH 1 45.7% +33.1%

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
17997280 SAGGING EVALUATION METHOD, DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND SYSTEM OGLES, MATTHEW ERIC 105d overdue
18283379 COSMETIC GHALI, ISIS A D 36d overdue
18706770 COSMETIC GREENE, IVAN A 17d overdue

Interview Candidates (12)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17631721 SOLID COSMETIC AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME WRIGHT, SARAH C 96d overdue
18012257 COSMETICS LIU, TRACY 85d overdue
17770410 METHOD OF UTILIZING ULTRAFINE BUBBLES CRAIGO, BAHAR ALAWI 67d overdue
18692081 POWDER COSMETIC GOTFREDSON, GAREN 46d overdue
18282327 TOPICAL COMPOSITION FOR SKIN LIU, TRACY 43d overdue
18283379 COSMETIC GHALI, ISIS A D 36d overdue
18028675 WATER-IN-OIL EMULSION COMPOSITION INCLUDING SALICYLIC ACID LEE, SIN J 31d overdue
18020227 ADENOSINE-CONTAINING COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR SUPPRESSING PRECIPITATION OF ADENOSINE CRAIGO, BAHAR ALAWI 11d overdue

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1619 7
1614 4
1613 4
1612 3
3791 3
1615 3
1699 2
1617 2
1611 1
3797 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18706770 COSMETIC GREENE, IVAN A 1619 Other Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending May 02, 2024
18283379 COSMETIC GHALI, ISIS A D 1611 §103 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Apr 01, 2024
18692081 POWDER COSMETIC GOTFREDSON, GAREN 1619 Other Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Mar 14, 2024
18691620 COSMETIC COMPOSITION MITCHELL, EDWIN COLEMAN 1619 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Mar 13, 2024
18691616 COSMETIC COMPOSITION WERTZ, ASHLEE ELIZABETH 1612 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Mar 13, 2024
18688252 METHOD FOR EVALUATING AGING OF SKIN AND APPEARANCE BY HAIR IP, JASON M 3797 §103 Final Rejection 26d Pending Feb 29, 2024
18572982 SKIN PENETRATION COSMETIC MATERIAL, AND SKIN PENETRATION COSMETIC MATERIAL PRODUCTION METHOD ARMSTRONG, SUSANNAH SIPPLE 1616 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Dec 21, 2023
18557674 LIQUID COMPOSITION PETRITSCH, AMANDA MICHELLE 1612 §103 Non-Final OA 62d Pending Oct 27, 2023
18282327 TOPICAL COMPOSITION FOR SKIN LIU, TRACY 1614 §103 Final Rejection 43d overdue Pending Sep 15, 2023
18368437 SILICONE FREE COSMETIC COMPOSITION KIM, DANIELLE A 1613 §103 Final Rejection 21d Pending Sep 14, 2023
18279536 COSMETIC YU, HONG 1614 Other Final Rejection 34d Pending Aug 30, 2023
18277330 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM FRUNZI, VICTORIA E. 3689 §103 Final Rejection 43d overdue Pending Aug 15, 2023
18262620 SKIN STATE ESTIMATION METHOD, DEVICE, PROGRAM, SYSTEM, TRAINED MODEL GENERATION METHOD, AND TRAINED MODEL NATNITHITHADHA, NAVIN 3791 §102 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Jul 24, 2023
18261508 SKELETON ESTIMATING METHOD, DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, SYSTEM, TRAINED MODEL GENERATING METHOD, AND TRAINED MODEL SOHRABY, PARDIS 2664 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Jul 14, 2023
18261512 WATER-IN-OIL TYPE COMPOSITION BARBER, KIMBERLY 1615 §103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Jul 14, 2023
18256102 BLOOD FLOW ASSESSMENT DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM BALAJI, KAVYA SHOBANA 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 71d Pending Jun 06, 2023
18038892 OIL-IN-WATER EMULSION COSMETIC BERRIOS, JENNIFER A 1613 §103 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending May 25, 2023
18028675 WATER-IN-OIL EMULSION COMPOSITION INCLUDING SALICYLIC ACID LEE, SIN J 1613 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Mar 27, 2023
18020464 OIL-IN-WATER EMULSION COMPOSITION YU, HONG 1614 §103 Final Rejection 60d overdue Pending Feb 09, 2023
18020227 ADENOSINE-CONTAINING COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR SUPPRESSING PRECIPITATION OF ADENOSINE CRAIGO, BAHAR ALAWI 1699 §103 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Feb 07, 2023
18012257 COSMETICS LIU, TRACY 1614 §103 Non-Final OA 85d overdue Pending Dec 22, 2022
18000451 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR APPLICATION OVER SKIN VIGIL, TORIANA NICHOLE 1612 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Dec 01, 2022
17997280 SAGGING EVALUATION METHOD, DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND SYSTEM OGLES, MATTHEW ERIC 3791 §101 Final Rejection 105d overdue Pending Oct 27, 2022
17909669 LAMELLAR GEL-CONTAINING COMPOSITION, EMULSIFIED COMPOSITION, AND COMPOSITION FOR EXTERNAL-USE SKIN PREPARATION LEE, SIN J 1613 §103 Final Rejection 13d Pending Sep 06, 2022
17788582 OIL-IN-WATER-TYPE EMULSIFIED COSMETIC OLSEN, KAELEIGH ELIZABETH 1619 §103 Final Rejection 26d Pending Jun 23, 2022
17785689 SUNSCREEN COSMETIC PROSSER, ALISSA J 1619 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Jun 15, 2022
17777325 WATER IN OIL TYPE EMULSION COSMETIC BOATENG, AFUA BAMFOAA 1617 §103 Final Rejection 78d overdue Pending May 17, 2022
17770410 METHOD OF UTILIZING ULTRAFINE BUBBLES CRAIGO, BAHAR ALAWI 1699 §103 Non-Final OA 67d overdue Pending Apr 20, 2022
17632131 COSMETIC NGUYEN, NGOC-ANH THI 1615 §103 Final Rejection 28d Pending Feb 01, 2022
17631721 SOLID COSMETIC AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME WRIGHT, SARAH C 1619 §103 Final Rejection 96d overdue Pending Jan 31, 2022
17629639 WATER BASED COMPOSITION HELM, CARALYNNE E 1615 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Jan 24, 2022
17601252 EMULSION COMPOSITION COMPRISING ULTRAVIOLET WAVELENGTH CONVERSION SUBSTANCE AND ORGANIC OILY PHASE THICKENER WRIGHT, SARAH C 1619 §103 Final Rejection 16d Pending Oct 04, 2021
17601331 COSMETIC PREPARATION CONTAINING ULTRAVIOLET WAVELENGTH CONVERSION MATERIAL AND WATER-SOLUBLE THICKENING AGENT PEEBLES, KATHERINE 1617 §103 Final Rejection 15d Pending Oct 04, 2021

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