Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd.

21 pending office actions • 12 art units • 19 examiners • 0 of 21 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

21
Total Pending OAs
16
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (1)

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.

12
Hard (57%)
9
Medium (43%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only7 (33%)
§102 only1 (5%)
Double-patenting + other1 (5%)
Multi-statute (no §101)12 (57%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
29% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
5% of docket
9
Mechanical / Eng
43% of docket
5
Business / Other
24% 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.

210 h
Manual time on pending OAs
42 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
74 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MINCHELLA, ADAM ZACHARY 2 64.1% +33.7%
GUERRERO ROSARIO, ANA VERUSKA 2 46.4% +50.0%
ANTISKAY, BRIAN MICHAEL 1 67.0% +39.6%
MORELLO, JEAN F 1 68.7% +8.9%
ZACHARIA, RAMSEY E 1 78.3% +28.8%
LE, HOA T 1 72.6% +12.3%
XU, JUSTIN 1 59.6% +36.7%
CHA, CASEY GEORGE 1 20.0% -25.0%
TURK, NEIL N 1 50.8% +44.4%
CHAMPION, RICHARD DAVID 1 44.8% +9.9%

Hard Cases (12)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18719439 FLAME-RETARDANT INSULATING SHEET AND ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONIC DEVICE LE, HOA T 42d overdue
18280772 CATHETER AND DELIVERY SYSTEM HOAG, MITCHELL BRAIN 8d overdue
18691470 BRAIN WAVE DETECTION ELECTRODE, BRAIN WAVE MEASURING DEVICE, AND BRAIN WAVE MEASURING METHOD CHA, CASEY GEORGE 4d overdue
18552256 ELECTROCHROMIC ELEMENT, ELECTROCHROMIC DISPLAY DEVICE, ELECTROCHROMIC LIGHT-CONTROLLING DEVICE, AND ELECTROLYTE COMPOSITION KING, GEORGE G 4d overdue
18859709 ELECTRODE ANTISKAY, BRIAN MICHAEL
18837203 ELECTRODE FOR BIOSIGNAL MEASUREMENT, BIOSIGNAL MEASUREMENT DEVICE, AND BIOSIGNAL MEASUREMENT METHOD MINCHELLA, ADAM ZACHARY
18726632 MOLD RELEASE FILM ZACHARIA, RAMSEY E
18716164 BRAIN WAVE MEASURING DEVICE AND BRAIN WAVE MEASURING METHOD XU, JUSTIN

Interview Candidates (9)

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
18719439 FLAME-RETARDANT INSULATING SHEET AND ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONIC DEVICE LE, HOA T 42d overdue
18728100 FLEXIBLE SHEET ELECTRODE, WEARABLE BIOELECTRODE, AND BIOSENSOR MINCHELLA, ADAM ZACHARY 21d
18859709 ELECTRODE ANTISKAY, BRIAN MICHAEL
18837203 ELECTRODE FOR BIOSIGNAL MEASUREMENT, BIOSIGNAL MEASUREMENT DEVICE, AND BIOSIGNAL MEASUREMENT METHOD MINCHELLA, ADAM ZACHARY
18726632 MOLD RELEASE FILM ZACHARIA, RAMSEY E
18716164 BRAIN WAVE MEASURING DEVICE AND BRAIN WAVE MEASURING METHOD XU, JUSTIN
18685935 MICROCHANNEL CHIP TURK, NEIL N
17289275 BIOMEDICAL ELECTRODE, BIOMEDICAL SENSOR, AND BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEM GUERRERO ROSARIO, ANA VERUSKA

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3794 6
1787 1
1788 1
3791 1
2872 1
3774 1
3771 1
1796 1
1763 1
1765 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18859709 ELECTRODE ANTISKAY, BRIAN MICHAEL 3794 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 24, 2024
18847282 DISPOSABLE PIPETTE MORELLO, JEAN F §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 16, 2024
18837203 ELECTRODE FOR BIOSIGNAL MEASUREMENT, BIOSIGNAL MEASUREMENT DEVICE, AND BIOSIGNAL MEASUREMENT METHOD MINCHELLA, ADAM ZACHARY 3794 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 09, 2024
18728100 FLEXIBLE SHEET ELECTRODE, WEARABLE BIOELECTRODE, AND BIOSENSOR MINCHELLA, ADAM ZACHARY 3794 §103Other Final Rejection 21d Pending Jul 11, 2024
18726632 MOLD RELEASE FILM ZACHARIA, RAMSEY E 1787 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 03, 2024
18719439 FLAME-RETARDANT INSULATING SHEET AND ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONIC DEVICE LE, HOA T 1788 §102§103 Final Rejection 42d overdue Pending Jun 13, 2024
18716164 BRAIN WAVE MEASURING DEVICE AND BRAIN WAVE MEASURING METHOD XU, JUSTIN 3791 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 04, 2024
18691470 BRAIN WAVE DETECTION ELECTRODE, BRAIN WAVE MEASURING DEVICE, AND BRAIN WAVE MEASURING METHOD CHA, CASEY GEORGE 3794 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Mar 13, 2024
18685935 MICROCHANNEL CHIP TURK, NEIL N §102§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Feb 23, 2024
18683961 PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE CHAMPION, RICHARD DAVID §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 15, 2024
18552256 ELECTROCHROMIC ELEMENT, ELECTROCHROMIC DISPLAY DEVICE, ELECTROCHROMIC LIGHT-CONTROLLING DEVICE, AND ELECTROLYTE COMPOSITION KING, GEORGE G 2872 §103§112 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Sep 25, 2023
18281343 PLACEMENT DEVICE PRESTON, REBECCA STRASZHEIM 3774 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 11, 2023
18280772 CATHETER AND DELIVERY SYSTEM HOAG, MITCHELL BRAIN 3771 §102§112 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Sep 07, 2023
18277591 STERILE CONTAINER FOR CELL CULTURE LEPAGE, JONATHAN EVERETT 1796 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 17, 2023
18277517 ENCAPSULATING RESIN COMPOSITION FOR INJECTION MOLDING DONAHUE, OLGA LUCIA 1763 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Aug 16, 2023
18274479 PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, CURED FILM, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE FREEMAN, JOHN D §112DP Non-Final OA Pending Jul 27, 2023
18036021 PHENOLIC RESIN COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME LISTVOYB, GREGORY 1765 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending May 09, 2023
18251624 THERMALLY-CONDUCTIVE RESIN COMPOSITION AND MOLDED ARTICLE WALKER, AJA ARYANNA 1761 §102 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending May 03, 2023
18024562 WATER SOLUBLE RESOL-TYPE PHENOL RESIN SANDERSON, LEE E 3991 §103 Non-Final OA 75d Pending Mar 03, 2023
17289275 BIOMEDICAL ELECTRODE, BIOMEDICAL SENSOR, AND BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEM GUERRERO ROSARIO, ANA VERUSKA 3794 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 28, 2021
17285924 BIOMEDICAL ELECTRODE, BIOMEDICAL SENSOR, AND BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEM GUERRERO ROSARIO, ANA VERUSKA 3794 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 16, 2021

Managing Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd.'s Patent Portfolio?

IP Author helps IP teams respond to office actions faster with AI-generated responses, examiner analytics, and prosecution intelligence.

Start Free Trial

Sign in with your work email

Enter your email to receive a magic link. No password needed.

Personal email addresses (Gmail, Yahoo, etc.) are not accepted.

Free tier: 3 strategy analyses per month