Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

SUMITOMO CHEMICAL Company, Limited

74 pending office actions • 40 art units • 64 examiners • 0 of 74 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 77 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

74
Total Pending OAs
47
Non-Final OAs
25
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 27 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

15
Overdue
1
Due this week
7
Due this month
2
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. 27 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (15)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (7)Due ≤ 60 days (2)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.

23
Hard (31%)
48
Medium (65%)
3
Easy (4%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (1%)
§101 + other3 (4%)
§103 only31 (42%)
§102 only8 (11%)
§112 only3 (4%)
Double-patenting + other9 (12%)
Multi-statute (no §101)19 (26%)

Industry Mix

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

58
Life Sciences
78% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
1% of docket
15
Business / Other
20% 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.

740 h
Manual time on pending OAs
148 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
259 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
6.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MALLOY, ANNA E 5 46.2% -4.9%
WOODARD, AUSTIN TAYLOR 2
WALKE, AMANDA C 2 88.5% +8.6%
ROSWELL, JESSICA MARIE 2 52.2% +36.5%
BEKKER, KELLY JO 2 16.6% +35.2%
EOFF, ANCA 2 80.0% +11.0%
AHMED, SHEEBA 2 80.8% +14.3%
HOLLAND, PAUL J 1 57.3% +64.7%
LIU, TRACY 1 54.5% +27.3%
HIRT, ERIN E 1 40.2% +21.9%

Quick Wins (5)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 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
18190650 CARBOXYLATE, CARBOXYLIC ACID GENERATOR, RESIN, RESIST COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING RESIST PATTERN EOFF, ANCA 14d
18392011 COMPOUND, RESIN, RESIST COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING RESIST PATTERN WALKE, AMANDA C
18460842 SALT, ACID GENERATOR, RESIN, RESIST COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING RESIST PATTERN EOFF, ANCA

Hard Cases (24)

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
18285189 Livestock Feed BEKKER, KELLY JO 51d overdue
18695708 FISH REARING COMPOSITION, AND COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING FISH DISEASES OGUNBIYI, OLUWATOSIN A 17d overdue
18260796 OLEFIN RESIN COMPOSITION AND MOLDED BODY CONTAINING SAME REUTHER, ARRIE L 16d overdue
18546735 PHENYLACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE, USE THEREFOR, AND PRODUCTION INTERMEDIATE THEREOF MOU, LIYUAN 5d overdue
18275608 PHOSPHOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING PHOSPHOR FERRE, ALEXANDRE F 3d overdue
18267877 CHEMICAL COMPOUND, ELECTROOPTIC COMPOSITION, ELECTROOPTIC FILM, AND ELECTROOPTIC ELEMENT NILAND, PATRICK DENNIS 8d
18548641 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING HARMFUL ARTHROPODS OR HARMFUL NEMATODES USING ZOANTHAMINE BARSKY, JARED 15d
18691884 ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSOR PATEL, NIDHI NIRAJ 33d

Interview Candidates (11)

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
18285189 Livestock Feed BEKKER, KELLY JO 51d overdue
18036270 MIXED COMPOSITION AHMED, SHEEBA 19d overdue
18274612 METHOD FOR PRODUCING RESIN COMPOSITION, AND RESIN COMPOSITION AHMED, SHEEBA 10d overdue
18190650 CARBOXYLATE, CARBOXYLIC ACID GENERATOR, RESIN, RESIST COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING RESIST PATTERN EOFF, ANCA 14d
18915912 METABOLICALLY ENGINEERED CELLS FOR JASMONIC ACID BIOSYNTHESIS HOLLAND, PAUL J
18843151 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING HARMFUL ARTHROPODS OR HARMFUL NEMATODES USING ZOANTHAMINE ANALOG LIU, TRACY
18726440 LIQUID PESTICIDAL COMPOSITION HIRT, ERIN E
18288367 CURED FILM AND DISPLAY DEVICE ROSWELL, JESSICA MARIE

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1767 4
1737 4
1792 3
1722 3
1766 3
1763 2
1628 2
1787 2
1762 2
1727 2

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18915912 METABOLICALLY ENGINEERED CELLS FOR JASMONIC ACID BIOSYNTHESIS HOLLAND, PAUL J §101 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 15, 2024
18843151 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING HARMFUL ARTHROPODS OR HARMFUL NEMATODES USING ZOANTHAMINE ANALOG LIU, TRACY §103DP Non-Final OA Pending Aug 30, 2024
18726440 LIQUID PESTICIDAL COMPOSITION HIRT, ERIN E 1616 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 03, 2024
18712963 LAMINATED FILM, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME SHEWAREGED, BETELHEM 1785 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending May 23, 2024
18707747 RESIN COMPOSITION, RESIN FILM, AND DISPLAY DEVICE HOBAN, MATTHEW E §102§103DP Non-Final OA Pending May 06, 2024
18707800 RESIN COMPOSITION, RESIN FILM, AND DISPLAY DEVICE GROOMS, NOA WILLIAM FRAN 1759 §102§103DPOther Non-Final OA Pending May 06, 2024
18629609 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR MEMBER WOODARD, AUSTIN TAYLOR §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 08, 2024
18626914 GROUP III NITRIDE MULTILAYERED STRUCTURE AND HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTOR WOODARD, AUSTIN TAYLOR §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Apr 04, 2024
18697382 CELL AGGREGATE INCLUDING PITUITARY HORMONE-PRODUCING CELLS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME JACKSON III, WALTER 1638 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 29, 2024
18695708 FISH REARING COMPOSITION, AND COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING FISH DISEASES OGUNBIYI, OLUWATOSIN A 1645 §101§102§112 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Mar 26, 2024
18694147 OLEFIN PRODUCTION METHOD SINGH, PREM C 1771 §102 Non-Final OA 62d Pending Mar 21, 2024
18691884 ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSOR PATEL, NIDHI NIRAJ 3791 §103§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 Final Rejection 21d Pending Mar 01, 2024
18414588 SALT, ACID GENERATOR, RESIN, RESIST COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING RESIST PATTERN TRAYWICK, ANDREW PRESTON §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 17, 2024
18414615 SALT, ACID GENERATOR, RESIN, RESIST COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING RESIST PATTERN COSGROVE, JAYSON D §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 17, 2024
18574616 HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND AND RESISTANT HARMFUL ARTHROPOD- CONTROLLING METHOD FOR COMPOSITION CONTAINING SAME ROBINSON, MIKHAIL O'DONNEL 1627 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 27, 2023
18574642 HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND AND HARMFUL-ARTHROPOD-CONTROLLING COMPOSITION CONTAINING SAME BORALSKY, LUKE ALAN 1624 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 27, 2023
18573351 RESIN COMPOSITION AND MOLDED BODY FISCHER, JUSTIN R §102 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 21, 2023
18392011 COMPOUND, RESIN, RESIST COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING RESIST PATTERN WALKE, AMANDA C §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 21, 2023
18391802 COMPOUND, RESIN, RESIST COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING RESIST PATTERN MALLOY, ANNA E §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 21, 2023
18030270 SOLID COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME MOORE, MARGARET G §102 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 29, 2023
18564567 PHOSPHITE COMPOSITION PAK, HANNAH J §112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 27, 2023
18517654 SALT, ACID GENERATOR, RESIST COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING RESIST PATTERN ANGEBRANNDT, MARTIN J §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 22, 2023
18288367 CURED FILM AND DISPLAY DEVICE ROSWELL, JESSICA MARIE 1767 §102DP Non-Final OA Pending Oct 25, 2023
18287635 PIEZOELECTRIC STACK, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PIEZOELECTRIC STACK, SPUTTERING TARGET MATERIAL, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SPUTTERING TARGET MATERIAL SAN MARTIN, JAYDI A §102 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 19, 2023
18553646 RESIN COMPOSITION AND MOLDED BODY HALL, DEVE V. 1763 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 02, 2023
18285189 Livestock Feed BEKKER, KELLY JO 1792 §102§103§112Other Final Rejection 51d overdue Pending Sep 29, 2023
18281498 COMPOSITE PARTICLE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME AND SENSOR ELEMENT LUSI, ELLIS FOLLETT 1677 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 11, 2023
18460842 SALT, ACID GENERATOR, RESIN, RESIST COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING RESIST PATTERN EOFF, ANCA 1722 §112 Final Rejection Pending Sep 05, 2023
18548641 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING HARMFUL ARTHROPODS OR HARMFUL NEMATODES USING ZOANTHAMINE BARSKY, JARED 1628 §101§103Other Final Rejection 15d Pending Sep 01, 2023
18546735 PHENYLACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE, USE THEREFOR, AND PRODUCTION INTERMEDIATE THEREOF MOU, LIYUAN 1628 §102§103§112Other Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Aug 16, 2023
18277408 Livestock Feed MUKHOPADHYAY, BHASKAR 1792 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Aug 16, 2023
18277365 Livestock Feed BEKKER, KELLY JO 1792 §103§112DPOther Non-Final OA Pending Aug 15, 2023
18275608 PHOSPHOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING PHOSPHOR FERRE, ALEXANDRE F 1788 §102§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
18273853 Resin Composition and Member, Laminate, and Sustained Release Insect Repellent Preparation Containing Said Resin Composition JOHNSON, DANIELLE D 1617 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jul 24, 2023
18262306 RESIN COMPOSITION AND MOLDED BODY ROELOFSE, CHRISTIAAN 1762 §103 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Jul 20, 2023
18272180 COMPOSITION, FILM, LAMINATE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE HON, SOW FUN §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 13, 2023
18260796 OLEFIN RESIN COMPOSITION AND MOLDED BODY CONTAINING SAME REUTHER, ARRIE L 1764 §102§103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Jul 10, 2023
18271030 THERMOPLASTIC RESIN COMPOSITION AND MOLDED BODY FEELY, MICHAEL J 1766 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 05, 2023
18267877 CHEMICAL COMPOUND, ELECTROOPTIC COMPOSITION, ELECTROOPTIC FILM, AND ELECTROOPTIC ELEMENT NILAND, PATRICK DENNIS 1762 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA 8d Pending Jun 16, 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
18203546 NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY SEPARATOR WALKE, AMANDA C 1722 §102§103 Final Rejection 83d Pending May 30, 2023
18255000 PESTICIDAL COMPOSITION HOERNER, PAUL ELLSWORTH 1611 §103§112DP Final Rejection Pending May 30, 2023
18324233 NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY LAMINATED SEPARATOR BERRESFORD, JORDAN ELIZABETH 1727 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending May 26, 2023
18252815 PELLETS, METHOD FOR PRODUCING PELLETS, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING INJECTION-MOLDED ARTICLE KARST, DAVID THOMAS 1767 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 12, 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
18190650 CARBOXYLATE, CARBOXYLIC ACID GENERATOR, RESIN, RESIST COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING RESIST PATTERN EOFF, ANCA 1722 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Mar 27, 2023
18190286 CARBOXYLATE, CARBOXYLIC ACID GENERATOR, RESIN, RESIST COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING RESIST PATTERN MALLOY, ANNA E 1737 §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Mar 27, 2023
18187103 SALT, ACID GENERATOR, RESIN, RESIST COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING RESIST PATTERN MALLOY, ANNA E 1737 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 21, 2023
18024692 Light Emitting Device and Composition NGUYEN, LUCAS QUOC 1786 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 03, 2023
18024688 Light Emitting Device and Composition YOUNG, WILLIAM D 1761 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 03, 2023
18024687 Light Emitting Device and Composition LOEWE, ROBERT S 1766 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 03, 2023
18043742 POLYPROPYLENE-BASED RESIN COMPOSITION DONAHUE, OLGA LUCIA 1763 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Mar 02, 2023
18114917 NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY POROUS LAYER LEONG, SUSAN DANG 1754 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 27, 2023
18007274 MUTANT INSECT OLFACTORY RECEPTOR PROTEIN TSAY, MARSHA M 1656 §102§112 Final Rejection Pending Jan 27, 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
18012902 NEW MICROORGANISM BELONGING TO GENUS LACTOBACILLUS, AND CONTROL AGENT AND CONTROL METHOD AGAINST PLANT DISEASE CAUSED BY RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM OR RALSTONIA PSEUDOSOLANACEARUM EDWARDS, JESSICA FAYE 1657 §101DP Non-Final OA Pending Dec 23, 2022
17998437 INORGANIC POROUS SUBSTRATE, INORGANIC POROUS SUPPORT, AND NUCLEIC ACID PRODUCTION METHOD LEE, HOI YAN NMN 1693 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 10, 2022
17923077 PRODUCTION OF JASMONATES IN FILAMENTOUS FUNGI FRONDA, CHRISTIAN L 1652 §103DP Final Rejection Pending Nov 03, 2022
17970138 COMPOSITION CONTAINING NUCLEIC ACID OLIGOMER WHITEMAN, BRIAN A 1636 §103Other Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending Oct 20, 2022
17996117 COMPOSITION CONTAINING NUCLEIC ACID OLIGOMER KRISHNAN, GANAPATHY 1693 §103DP Final Rejection 49d overdue Pending Oct 13, 2022
17914232 CATALYST FOR HALOGEN PRODUCTION, PACKAGE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING PACKAGE CORALLO, CATRIONA MARY 1732 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 23, 2022
17795527 CURABLE RESIN COMPOSITION AND DISPLAY DEVICE ROSWELL, JESSICA MARIE 1767 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 26, 2022
17792621 POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR ALL-SOLID-STATE LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES, ELECTRODE AND ALL-SOLID-STATE LITHIUM-ION BATTERY LUSTGRAAF, BENJAMIN T 1727 §103 Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending Jul 13, 2022
17792356 POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR ALL-SOLID-STATE LITHIUM-ION BATTERY, ELECTRODE AND ALL-SOLID-STATE LITHIUM-ION BATTERY MARTIN, TRAVIS LYNDEN 1721 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 12, 2022
17792361 POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR AN ALL-SOLID-STATE LITHIUM-ION BATTERY, ELECTRODE AND ALL-SOLID-STATE LITHIUM-ION BATTERY SON, TAEYOUNG 1751 §102§103 Final Rejection 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
17667895 SALT, ACID GENERATOR, RESIST COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING RESIST PATTERN MALLOY, ANNA E 1737 §103Other Final Rejection Pending Feb 09, 2022
16766568 PRODUCTION METHOD FOR CELL MASS INCLUDING NEURAL CELLS/TISSUE AND NON-NEURAL EPITHELIAL TISSUE, AND CELL MASS FROM SAME WANG, CHANG YU 1675 §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending May 22, 2020
16181882 SALT, ACID GENERATOR, RESIST COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING RESIST PATTERN MALLOY, ANNA E 1737 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 06, 2018

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