Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Taisei Kogyo Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This single action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner within 1 distinct art unit. The portfolio shows a concentrated prosecution footprint at this stage, which allows for a focused legal strategy. Practitioners can dedicate their efforts to understanding the specific requirements and historical tendencies of the individual examiner involved. This singular focus means that the company's current patent efforts are tied to a specific technical niche within the broader Chemistry & Materials field.
WHITELEY, JESSICA is the busiest examiner, handling the 1 pending office action currently on record. Since there is only 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, the company does not face the complexity of conflicting examiner styles or varying art unit standards. This environment suggests that the outcome of the current pending matter will define the company's immediate patent position. The presence of only 1 pending office action simplifies the management of deadlines and responses for this specific portfolio. Practitioners should monitor the progress of this 1 pending office action closely as it represents the entirety of the company's active prosecution in this area. This concentrated approach allows for a more efficient use of legal resources.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHITELEY, JESSICA | 1 | 88.6% | +7.1% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18560927 | PHOTOCURABLE URETHANE GEL-STATE BODY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | WHITELEY, JESSICA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1763 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18560927 | PHOTOCURABLE URETHANE GEL-STATE BODY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | WHITELEY, JESSICA | 1763 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialTaisei Kogyo Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Jessica Whiteley has the most, with 1 of Taisei Kogyo Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.