Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
12 pending office actions • 10 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days
SUN CHEMICAL Corporation has 12 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These 12 actions are distributed among 10 distinct examiners, showing that most cases are being reviewed by different individuals. This level of examiner diversity suggests that the company's prosecution outcomes are spread across a variety of personal examination styles.
The company's work is currently being processed in 10 distinct art units. With 10 art units for 12 pending office actions, the portfolio shows a high degree of technical specialization. This distribution requires a management strategy that can account for the specific nuances and standards of 10 different administrative groups within the patent office.
MCDONOUGH, JAMES E is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, with 2 pending office actions. These 2 actions are a subset of the 12 total pending office actions, indicating that even the most active examiner for the company only handles a small fraction of the workload. The alignment of 10 examiners and 10 art units for 12 actions points to a broad and decentralized prosecution landscape for the company's chemical innovations.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (8%) |
| §103 only | 7 (58%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCDONOUGH, JAMES E | 2 | 71.2% | +10.9% |
| LIU, TRACY | 2 | 54.5% | +26.9% |
| COHEN, STEFANIE J | 1 | 75.5% | +2.5% |
| HESTER, HOLLEY GRACE | 1 | 67.2% | +41.1% |
| CAI, WENWEN | 1 | 59.9% | +19.4% |
| ZHANG, RUIYUN | 1 | 70.3% | +10.7% |
| MURATA, AUSTIN | 1 | 60.8% | +21.3% |
| FIDLER, SHELBY LEE | 1 | 79.1% | +14.3% |
| PALLAY, MICHAEL B | 1 | 55.8% | +33.8% |
| ABU ALI, SHUANGYI | 1 | 45.4% | +37.7% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17766693 | UV INKJET COMPOSITIONS | FIDLER, SHELBY LEE | 66d overdue |
| 18077301 | COLORED COSMETIC SOLID DISPERSIONS | LIU, TRACY | 43d overdue |
| 18508352 | POLYURETHANE DISPERSANTS, PIGMENT DISPERSIONS AND AQUEOUS INKS | HESTER, HOLLEY GRACE | — |
| 18551657 | Water-based Polymeric Colorant Inks for Cellulosic Substrates | CAI, WENWEN | — |
| 18268807 | PHOTOINITIATOR RESINS WITH DIBENZOYLMETHANE SUBSTRUCTURE | ZHANG, RUIYUN | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17766693 | UV INKJET COMPOSITIONS | FIDLER, SHELBY LEE | 66d overdue |
| 18027813 | A UV PRINTING PROCESS | MURATA, AUSTIN | 51d overdue |
| 18077301 | COLORED COSMETIC SOLID DISPERSIONS | LIU, TRACY | 43d overdue |
| 18119957 | TiO2-FREE PIGMENT | LIU, TRACY | 26d overdue |
| 15746863 | DISPERSANT EFFECTS ON ALUMINUM PIGMENTS | ABU ALI, SHUANGYI | 19d overdue |
| 17195819 | PIGMENT COMPOSITION FOR SEED COATINGS | PALLAY, MICHAEL B | 15d overdue |
| 18690626 | WATER-BORNE HEAT-SEALABLE BARRIER COATINGS | MCDONOUGH, JAMES E | — |
| 18439053 | Printing Inks & Coating Compositions for Polyethylene Coated Board | MCDONOUGH, JAMES E | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1734 | 2 |
| 1614 | 2 |
| 1732 | 1 |
| 1766 | 1 |
| 1763 | 1 |
| 1782 | 1 |
| 1712 | 1 |
| 2853 | 1 |
| 1617 | 1 |
| 1731 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18843903 | EDIBLE PRIMER LAYER | COHEN, STEFANIE J | 1732 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 04, 2024 |
| 18690626 | WATER-BORNE HEAT-SEALABLE BARRIER COATINGS | MCDONOUGH, JAMES E | 1734 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 08, 2024 |
| 18439053 | Printing Inks & Coating Compositions for Polyethylene Coated Board | MCDONOUGH, JAMES E | 1734 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2024 |
| 18508352 | POLYURETHANE DISPERSANTS, PIGMENT DISPERSIONS AND AQUEOUS INKS | HESTER, HOLLEY GRACE | 1766 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2023 |
| 18551657 | Water-based Polymeric Colorant Inks for Cellulosic Substrates | CAI, WENWEN | 1763 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 21, 2023 |
| 18268807 | PHOTOINITIATOR RESINS WITH DIBENZOYLMETHANE SUBSTRUCTURE | ZHANG, RUIYUN | 1782 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2023 |
| 18027813 | A UV PRINTING PROCESS | MURATA, AUSTIN | 1712 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 51d overdue | Pending | Mar 22, 2023 |
| 18119957 | TiO2-FREE PIGMENT | LIU, TRACY | 1614 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 26d overdue | Pending | Mar 10, 2023 |
| 18077301 | COLORED COSMETIC SOLID DISPERSIONS | LIU, TRACY | 1614 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 43d overdue | Pending | Dec 08, 2022 |
| 17766693 | UV INKJET COMPOSITIONS | FIDLER, SHELBY LEE | 2853 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 66d overdue | Pending | Apr 05, 2022 |
| 17195819 | PIGMENT COMPOSITION FOR SEED COATINGS | PALLAY, MICHAEL B | 1617 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 15d overdue | Pending | Mar 09, 2021 |
| 15746863 | DISPERSANT EFFECTS ON ALUMINUM PIGMENTS | ABU ALI, SHUANGYI | 1731 | §103 | Final Rejection | 19d overdue | Pending | Jan 23, 2018 |
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Start Free TrialSUN CHEMICAL Corporation has 12 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 10 art units and 10 examiners.
James E Mcdonough has the most, with 2 of SUN CHEMICAL Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
