Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.

63 pending office actions • 38 art units • 55 examiners • 0 of 63 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 82 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

63
Total Pending OAs
33
Non-Final OAs
28
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 63 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

33
Overdue
3
Due this week
12
Due this month
8
Due in next 60 days
7
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. 63 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (33)Due ≤ 7 days (3)Due ≤ 30 days (12)Due ≤ 60 days (8)Due later (7)

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.

0
Hard (0%)
48
Medium (76%)
5
Easy (8%)
10
Unknown (16%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only40 (63%)
§102 only7 (11%)
§112 only5 (8%)
Double-patenting + other1 (2%)
No statute on record10 (16%)

Industry Mix

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

60
Life Sciences
95% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
3% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
2% 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.

630 h
Manual time on pending OAs
126 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
220 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
5.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BEKKER, KELLY JO 3 15.9% +33.9%
TRAYWICK, ANDREW PRESTON 3 71.6% +27.1%
HIRT, ERIN E 2 39.2% +23.3%
AHMED, SHEEBA 2 80.6% +14.2%
NEWMAN, DREW C 2 42.4% +34.3%
HA, STEVEN S 2 70.3% +30.6%
BERMAN, JASON 1 63.3% +21.9%
CRAIGO, BAHAR ALAWI 1 46.9% +27.0%
SHEWAREGED, BETELHEM 1 71.7% +8.7%
OGUNBIYI, OLUWATOSIN A 1 63.3% +42.1%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18036270 MIXED COMPOSITION AHMED, SHEEBA 19d overdue
18274612 METHOD FOR PRODUCING RESIN COMPOSITION, AND RESIN COMPOSITION AHMED, SHEEBA 10d overdue

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
18285189 Livestock Feed BEKKER, KELLY JO 51d overdue
18037993 Abscisic Acid-Mixed Pig Feed BEKKER, KELLY JO 27d
18267519 Livestock Feed BEKKER, KELLY JO 68d

Interview Candidates (17)

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
17795698 LAMINATE HA, STEVEN S 70d overdue
18285189 Livestock Feed BEKKER, KELLY JO 51d overdue
17912631 SOLID ELECTROLYTE-CONTAINING LAYER HA, STEVEN S 43d overdue
18036270 MIXED COMPOSITION AHMED, SHEEBA 19d overdue
18695708 FISH REARING COMPOSITION, AND COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING FISH DISEASES OGUNBIYI, OLUWATOSIN A 17d overdue
18274612 METHOD FOR PRODUCING RESIN COMPOSITION, AND RESIN COMPOSITION AHMED, SHEEBA 10d overdue
18124180 SALT, ACID GENERATOR, RESIN, RESIST COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING RESIST PATTERN TRAYWICK, ANDREW PRESTON 10d overdue
18509414 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SOYBEAN RUST FUNGUS HAVING RESISTANCE AGAINST Qo SITE INHIBITOR HIRT, ERIN E 3d overdue

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1616 4
1792 4
1787 3
1737 3
1735 3
1699 2
1628 2
1692 2
1762 2
1767 2

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18999547 SPUTTERING TARGET, METHOD OF BONDING TARGET MATERIAL AND BACKING PLATE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SPUTTERING TARGET BERMAN, JASON 1794 §112 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Dec 23, 2024
18858394 METHOD FOR PRODUCING OLIGONUCLEOTIDE CRAIGO, BAHAR ALAWI 1699 Other Final Rejection 7d Pending Oct 21, 2024
18712963 LAMINATED FILM, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME SHEWAREGED, BETELHEM 1785 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending May 23, 2024
18695708 FISH REARING COMPOSITION, AND COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING FISH DISEASES OGUNBIYI, OLUWATOSIN A 1645 §102 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Mar 26, 2024
18694147 OLEFIN PRODUCTION METHOD SINGH, PREM C 1771 §102 Final Rejection 62d Pending Mar 21, 2024
18691884 ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSOR PATEL, NIDHI NIRAJ 3791 §112 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Mar 13, 2024
18592567 GAS SEPARATION MEMBRANE, GAS SEPARATION DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING GAS SEPARATION MEMBRANE ANBACHT, BRIT ELIZA 1776 §102 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Mar 01, 2024
18509414 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SOYBEAN RUST FUNGUS HAVING RESISTANCE AGAINST Qo SITE INHIBITOR HIRT, ERIN E 1616 Other Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Nov 15, 2023
18285189 Livestock Feed BEKKER, KELLY JO 1792 Other Non-Final OA 51d overdue Pending Sep 29, 2023
18282301 INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND MODEL GENERATION METHOD MAINI, RAHUL 2858 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Sep 15, 2023
18548641 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING HARMFUL ARTHROPODS OR HARMFUL NEMATODES USING ZOANTHAMINE BARSKY, JARED 1628 Other Final Rejection 15d Pending Sep 01, 2023
18279862 PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR CUMENE HYDROPEROXIDE WITHERSPOON, SIKARL A 1692 §103 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Aug 31, 2023
18546735 PHENYLACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE, USE THEREFOR, AND PRODUCTION INTERMEDIATE THEREOF MOU, LIYUAN 1628 Other Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Aug 16, 2023
18277408 Livestock Feed MUKHOPADHYAY, BHASKAR 1792 §103 Final Rejection 15d Pending Aug 16, 2023
18275608 PHOSPHOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING PHOSPHOR FERRE, ALEXANDRE F 1788 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Aug 02, 2023
18274612 METHOD FOR PRODUCING RESIN COMPOSITION, AND RESIN COMPOSITION AHMED, SHEEBA 1787 §102 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Jul 27, 2023
18262306 RESIN COMPOSITION AND MOLDED BODY ROELOFSE, CHRISTIAAN 1762 §103 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Jul 20, 2023
18260825 PROPYLENE-BASED RESIN COMPOSITION ZHANG, RUIYUN 1782 §103 Final Rejection 71d Pending Jul 10, 2023
18260796 OLEFIN RESIN COMPOSITION AND MOLDED BODY CONTAINING SAME REUTHER, ARRIE L 1764 §103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Jul 10, 2023
18267877 CHEMICAL COMPOUND, ELECTROOPTIC COMPOSITION, ELECTROOPTIC FILM, AND ELECTROOPTIC ELEMENT NILAND, PATRICK DENNIS 1762 §103 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Jun 16, 2023
18267519 Livestock Feed BEKKER, KELLY JO 1792 DPOther Non-Final OA 68d Pending Jun 15, 2023
18256830 AROMATIC POLYSULFONE, RESIN COMPOSITION, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AROMATIC POLYSULFONE MCCULLEY, MEGAN CASSANDRA 1767 §103 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Jun 09, 2023
18255343 PESTICIDAL COMPOSITION WELLES, COLMAN THOMAS 1612 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending May 31, 2023
18255334 PESTICIDAL COMPOSITION PAK, JOHN D 1699 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending May 31, 2023
18203546 NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY SEPARATOR WALKE, AMANDA C 1722 §103 Final Rejection 83d Pending May 30, 2023
18255080 PESTICIDAL COMPOSITION MEYERS, ELIZABETH ANNE 1617 §103 Final Rejection 38d overdue Pending May 30, 2023
18255035 LIQUID PESTICIDAL FORMULATION BARBER, KIMBERLY 1615 Other Non-Final OA 84d overdue Pending May 30, 2023
18255005 LIQUID PESTICIDAL FORMULATION HIRT, ERIN E 1616 §103 Final Rejection 1d overdue Pending May 30, 2023
18254828 LIQUID PESTICIDAL COMPOSITION RAMACHANDRAN, UMAMAHESWARI 1627 Other Final Rejection 33d Pending May 26, 2023
18254805 LIQUID PESTICIDAL COMPOSITION ZHANG SPIERING, DONGXIU 1616 Other Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending May 26, 2023
18037993 Abscisic Acid-Mixed Pig Feed BEKKER, KELLY JO 1792 §103 Final Rejection 27d Pending May 19, 2023
18036286 PHOSPHOR KOSLOW, CAROL M 1734 §103 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending May 10, 2023
18036270 MIXED COMPOSITION AHMED, SHEEBA 1787 §103 Final Rejection 19d overdue Pending May 10, 2023
18033377 MIXED COMPOSITION WASHVILLE, JEFFREY D 1766 §102 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Apr 24, 2023
18127148 NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY SEPARATOR CHEN, NING 1723 §103 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Mar 28, 2023
18190207 CARBOXYLATE, CARBOXYLIC ACID GENERATOR, RESIN, RESIST COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING RESIST PATTERN TRAYWICK, ANDREW PRESTON 1737 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Mar 27, 2023
18190650 CARBOXYLATE, CARBOXYLIC ACID GENERATOR, RESIN, RESIST COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING RESIST PATTERN EOFF, ANCA 1722 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Mar 27, 2023
18246393 METHOD FOR PRODUCING NUCLEIC ACID OLIGOMER LEWIS, PATRICK T 1691 §112 Final Rejection 83d Pending Mar 23, 2023
18124180 SALT, ACID GENERATOR, RESIN, RESIST COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING RESIST PATTERN TRAYWICK, ANDREW PRESTON 1737 §103 Final Rejection 10d overdue Pending Mar 21, 2023
18117161 NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY SEPARATOR, NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY MEMBER, AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY YOON, KEVIN E 1735 §103 Non-Final OA 80d overdue Pending Mar 03, 2023
18116972 NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY SEPARATOR, NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTER MEMBER, AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY CULLEN, SEAN P 1725 §103 Final Rejection 67d overdue Pending Mar 03, 2023
18043742 POLYPROPYLENE-BASED RESIN COMPOSITION DONAHUE, OLGA LUCIA 1763 §103 Final Rejection 33d Pending Mar 02, 2023
18022740 LAYERED BODY AND DISPLAY DEVICE SIPES, JOHN CURTIS 2872 §103 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Feb 22, 2023
18022492 RESIN COMPOSITION, RESIN FILM, AND DISPLAY DEVICE HEINCER, LIAM J 1767 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Feb 21, 2023
18016815 COMPOSITION AND LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE CLARK, GREGORY D 1786 §112 Non-Final OA 23d Pending Jan 18, 2023
18005494 HERBICIDAL COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING WEEDS OLSEN, KAELEIGH ELIZABETH 1619 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Jan 13, 2023
18003433 POLYPROPYLENE-BASED RESIN COMPOSITION CAI, WENWEN 1763 §103 Non-Final OA 77d overdue Pending Dec 27, 2022
18146055 NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY SEPARATOR, NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY MEMBER, AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY FEHR, JULIA MARIE 1725 §103 Final Rejection 87d overdue Pending Dec 23, 2022
18075836 NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTTERY POROUS LAYER NEWMAN, DREW C 1751 §103 Final Rejection 40d Pending Dec 06, 2022
18075772 NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY POROUS LAYER NEWMAN, DREW C 1751 §103 Final Rejection 35d Pending Dec 06, 2022
17977185 SALT, ACID GENERATOR, RESIN, RESIST COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING RESIST PATTERN TRAYWICK, ANDREW PRESTON 1737 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Oct 31, 2022
17996732 PHENYL COMPOUND AND PLANT DISEASE CONTROL METHOD KENYON, JOHN S 1625 §102 Non-Final OA 51d overdue Pending Oct 20, 2022
17970138 COMPOSITION CONTAINING NUCLEIC ACID OLIGOMER WHITEMAN, BRIAN A 1636 Other Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending Oct 20, 2022
17919873 METAL COMPLEX, COMPOSITION AND LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT LOEWE, ROBERT S 1766 §102 Non-Final OA 78d overdue Pending Oct 19, 2022
17996117 COMPOSITION CONTAINING NUCLEIC ACID OLIGOMER KRISHNAN, GANAPATHY 1693 Other Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Oct 13, 2022
17912631 SOLID ELECTROLYTE-CONTAINING LAYER HA, STEVEN S 1735 §103 Final Rejection 43d overdue Pending Sep 19, 2022
17759694 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING QOI FUNGICIDE-RESISTANT SOYBEAN RUST FUNGI SAEED, ALI S 1616 §103 Non-Final OA 121d overdue Pending Jul 28, 2022
17759526 PHENYLACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE, USE THEREFOR, AND PRODUCTION INTERMEDIATE THEREOF MURESAN, ANA Z 1692 §103 Final Rejection 79d Pending Jul 27, 2022
17759597 METHOD FOR PRODUCING NUCLEIC ACID OLIGOMER CREWS, JARET JAMES 1691 §103 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending Jul 27, 2022
17795698 LAMINATE HA, STEVEN S 1735 §103 Final Rejection 70d overdue Pending Jul 27, 2022
17792351 POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR ALL-SOLID LITHIUM-ION BATTERY, ELECTRODE AND ALL-SOLID LITHIUM-ION BATTERY EFYMOW, JESSE JAMES 1723 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Jul 12, 2022
17782043 IMPREGNATED PESTICIDE GRANULAR COMPOSITION FOR SOIL APPLICATION ATKINSON, JOSHUA ALEXANDER 1612 §103 Final Rejection 72d overdue Pending Jun 02, 2022
17603186 COATING FILM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME NELSON, MICHAEL B 1787 §112 Non-Final OA 85d overdue Pending Oct 12, 2021

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