Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Showa Denko Materials Co., Ltd. holds a patent portfolio in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The portfolio currently contains 1 pending office action. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. This arrangement reflects a highly focused prosecution strategy within the specified technical and administrative designations.
PHAM, THOMAS T is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, with 1 pending office action. For the practitioner, this means that the 1 pending office action is subject to the specific examination style and history of PHAM, THOMAS T. Because the portfolio involves 1 distinct examiner, the company can focus its resources on the preferences of this individual rather than managing diverse perspectives.
The involvement of 1 distinct art unit suggests that the subject matter of the pending office action is confined to a specific technical niche within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This concentration simplifies the management of the portfolio, as the prosecution is not divided across art units. The current data reflects a targeted approach to patent acquisition, with all active prosecution consolidated under these specific designations.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHAM, THOMAS T | 1 | 51.4% | +15.7% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16650691 | POLISHING SOLUTION, POLISHING SOLUTION SET, AND POLISHING METHOD | PHAM, THOMAS T | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16650691 | POLISHING SOLUTION, POLISHING SOLUTION SET, AND POLISHING METHOD | PHAM, THOMAS T | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1713 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16650691 | POLISHING SOLUTION, POLISHING SOLUTION SET, AND POLISHING METHOD | PHAM, THOMAS T | 1713 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2020 |
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Start Free TrialShowa Denko Materials Co., Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Thomas T Pham has the most, with 1 of Showa Denko Materials Co., Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.