Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Shoei Chemical Inc.

6 pending office actions • 5 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

2
Hard (33%)
4
Medium (67%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (50%)
§102 only1 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
33% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
3
Semiconductors
50% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
17% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
NGUYEN, TRI V 1 67.4% +57.7%
HENRY, CALEB E 1 86.8% +6.1%
YOUNG, WILLIAM D 1 54.4% +15.4%
CHEN, YU 1 68.0% +29.7%
HSIEH, HSIN YI 1 50.9% +5.5%
YEMELYANOV, DMITRIY 1 73.8% +19.5%

Quick Wins (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18672754 ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES WITH HYBRID TRANSPORT LAYERS HENRY, CALEB E

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18699129 INK, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING INK, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MULTILAYER CERAMIC CAPACITOR NGUYEN, TRI V
18055572 LIGHT EMITTING DEVICES INCLUDING A QUANTUM DOT COLOR CONVERSION MATERIAL AND METHOD OF MAKING THEREOF HSIEH, HSIN YI

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18346485 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC COMPONENT YOUNG, WILLIAM D 30d overdue
18150976 LIGHT EMITTING DIODES AND METHOD OF MAKING THEREOF BY SELECTIVELY GROWING ACTIVE LAYERS FROM TRENCH SEPARATED AREAS CHEN, YU 5d
18699129 INK, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING INK, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MULTILAYER CERAMIC CAPACITOR NGUYEN, TRI V
17980683 LIGHT EMITTING DEVICES INCLUDING A COLOR CONVERSION MATERIAL AND LIGHT EXTRACTING STRUCTURES AND METHOD OF MAKING THEREOF YEMELYANOV, DMITRIY

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1731 1
1761 1
2896 1
2899 1
2891 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18699129 INK, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING INK, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MULTILAYER CERAMIC CAPACITOR NGUYEN, TRI V 1731 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 23, 2024
18672754 ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES WITH HYBRID TRANSPORT LAYERS HENRY, CALEB E §102 Non-Final OA Pending May 23, 2024
18346485 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC COMPONENT YOUNG, WILLIAM D 1761 §103 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Jul 03, 2023
18150976 LIGHT EMITTING DIODES AND METHOD OF MAKING THEREOF BY SELECTIVELY GROWING ACTIVE LAYERS FROM TRENCH SEPARATED AREAS CHEN, YU 2896 §103 Final Rejection 5d Pending Jan 06, 2023
18055572 LIGHT EMITTING DEVICES INCLUDING A QUANTUM DOT COLOR CONVERSION MATERIAL AND METHOD OF MAKING THEREOF HSIEH, HSIN YI 2899 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 15, 2022
17980683 LIGHT EMITTING DEVICES INCLUDING A COLOR CONVERSION MATERIAL AND LIGHT EXTRACTING STRUCTURES AND METHOD OF MAKING THEREOF YEMELYANOV, DMITRIY 2891 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 04, 2022

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