Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co., Ltd.

13 pending office actions • 6 art units • 12 examiners • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 13 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

13
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (3)

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.

4
Hard (31%)
9
Medium (69%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only8 (62%)
§102 only1 (8%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (31%)

Industry Mix

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

9
Life Sciences
69% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
15% of docket
2
Business / Other
15% 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.

130 h
Manual time on pending OAs
26 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
46 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
FERRE, ALEXANDRE F 2 59.1% +19.7%
PROSSER, ALISSA J 1 15.8% +11.3%
STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F 1 75.6% +14.5%
ANBACHT, BRIT ELIZA 1 73.6% +20.9%
MOORE, MARGARET G 1 68.0% +15.0%
PATEL, RONAK C 1 51.2% +56.2%
SU, SUSAN SHAN 1 71.9% +23.6%
LEAVITT, MORDECAI MIZANI 1 100.0% +0.0%
JOHNSON, CHRISTINA ANN 1 38.2% -9.0%
EGWIM, KELECHI CHIDI 1 69.9% +13.9%

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
18547586 METHOD FOR PRODUCING WATER ABSORBENT RESIN PARTICLES LEAVITT, MORDECAI MIZANI 15d

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18561121 WATER-ABSORBING RESIN PARTICLE, ABSORBER, AND ABSORBENT ARTICLE PATEL, RONAK C 10d overdue
18006025 WATER-ABSORBENT RESIN COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR PRODUCING WATER-ABSORBENT RESIN COMPOSITION, AND METHOD FOR SLOWING WATER ABSORPTION RATE OF WATER-ABSORBENT RESIN PARTICLES JOHNSON, CHRISTINA ANN 10d overdue
18730907 POLYALKYLENE OXIDE PARTICLES FOR PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATION, MEDICINAL COMPOSITION, COMPOSITION FOR PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATION, AND PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATION PROSSER, ALISSA J
18016157 RESIN DISPERSION COMPOSITION EGWIM, KELECHI CHIDI

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
18561121 WATER-ABSORBING RESIN PARTICLE, ABSORBER, AND ABSORBENT ARTICLE PATEL, RONAK C 10d overdue
18730907 POLYALKYLENE OXIDE PARTICLES FOR PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATION, MEDICINAL COMPOSITION, COMPOSITION FOR PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATION, AND PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATION PROSSER, ALISSA J
18705017 WATER-ABSORBING RESIN COMPOSITION, ABSORBENT, AND ABSORBENT ARTICLE STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F
18569121 RECOVERY METHOD AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR CYCLIC CARBONATE ANBACHT, BRIT ELIZA
18565356 METHOD FOR PRODUCING WATER-ABSORBING RESIN, WATER-ABSORBING RESIN, ABSORBER, AND ABSORBENT ARTICLE MOORE, MARGARET G
18561119 COATED RESIN PARTICLES AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING COATED RESIN PARTICLES FERRE, ALEXANDRE F
18553433 ABSORBENT, AND ABSORBENT ARTICLE SU, SUSAN SHAN
18005489 RESIN DISPERSION COMPOSITION FERRE, ALEXANDRE F

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1788 3
3781 2
1742 2
1763 2
1619 1
1762 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18730907 POLYALKYLENE OXIDE PARTICLES FOR PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATION, MEDICINAL COMPOSITION, COMPOSITION FOR PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATION, AND PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATION PROSSER, ALISSA J 1619 §102§103Other Non-Final OA Pending Jul 22, 2024
18705017 WATER-ABSORBING RESIN COMPOSITION, ABSORBENT, AND ABSORBENT ARTICLE STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F 3781 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 26, 2024
18569121 RECOVERY METHOD AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR CYCLIC CARBONATE ANBACHT, BRIT ELIZA §102 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 11, 2023
18565356 METHOD FOR PRODUCING WATER-ABSORBING RESIN, WATER-ABSORBING RESIN, ABSORBER, AND ABSORBENT ARTICLE MOORE, MARGARET G §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 29, 2023
18561121 WATER-ABSORBING RESIN PARTICLE, ABSORBER, AND ABSORBENT ARTICLE PATEL, RONAK C 1788 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Nov 15, 2023
18561119 COATED RESIN PARTICLES AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING COATED RESIN PARTICLES FERRE, ALEXANDRE F 1788 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 15, 2023
18553433 ABSORBENT, AND ABSORBENT ARTICLE SU, SUSAN SHAN 3781 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 29, 2023
18547586 METHOD FOR PRODUCING WATER ABSORBENT RESIN PARTICLES LEAVITT, MORDECAI MIZANI 1742 §103 Final Rejection 15d Pending Aug 23, 2023
18006025 WATER-ABSORBENT RESIN COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR PRODUCING WATER-ABSORBENT RESIN COMPOSITION, AND METHOD FOR SLOWING WATER ABSORPTION RATE OF WATER-ABSORBENT RESIN PARTICLES JOHNSON, CHRISTINA ANN 1742 §102§103 Final Rejection 10d overdue Pending Jan 19, 2023
18005489 RESIN DISPERSION COMPOSITION FERRE, ALEXANDRE F 1788 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 13, 2023
18016157 RESIN DISPERSION COMPOSITION EGWIM, KELECHI CHIDI 1762 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 13, 2023
17999761 WATER-SOLUBLE POLYMER COMPOSITION USELDING, JOHN E 1763 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Nov 23, 2022
17926264 LATEX COMPOSITION NERANGIS, VICKEY M 1763 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Nov 18, 2022

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