Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

TAIYO NIPPON SANSO Corporation

7 pending office actions • 4 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

3
Hard (43%)
3
Medium (43%)
1
Easy (14%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (43%)
§112 only1 (14%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (43%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
57% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
3
Business / Other
43% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
RAYMOND, KEITH MICHAEL 1 55.3% +21.8%
CARRILLO, BIBI SHARIDAN 1 62.1% -16.2%
ADENIJI, IBRAHIM M 1 67.7% +38.8%
SLAUGOVSKY, RACHEL MARIE 1 65.7% +42.5%
NGUYEN, HAIDUNG D 1 65.0% +28.2%
MOSHER, ERIC PARKER 1 100.0% +0.0%
MCGUTHRY BANKS, TIMA MICHELE 1 81.7% +2.2%

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
17921249 MELTING/REFINING FURNACE FOR COLD IRON SOURCES, AND MELTING/REFINING FURNACE OPERATION METHOD MCGUTHRY BANKS, TIMA MICHELE 16d overdue
18250591 CONTRAST AGENT FOR DETECTING CARTILAGE DAMAGE AND METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR EXAMINING CARTILAGE DAMAGE USING SAID CONTRAST AGENT MOSHER, ERIC PARKER

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
18995019 HEAT EXCHANGER RAYMOND, KEITH MICHAEL
18686813 ARGON COLUMN FOR AIR SEPARATION UNIT AND AIR SEPARATION UNIT ADENIJI, IBRAHIM M
18844074 GAS PURIFICATION DEVICE SLAUGOVSKY, RACHEL MARIE

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18691238 CONDUCTIVE PASTE, CONDUCTIVE FILM-COATED SUBSTRATE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING CONDUCTIVE FILM-COATED SUBSTRATE NGUYEN, HAIDUNG D 33d
18995019 HEAT EXCHANGER RAYMOND, KEITH MICHAEL
18686813 ARGON COLUMN FOR AIR SEPARATION UNIT AND AIR SEPARATION UNIT ADENIJI, IBRAHIM M
18844074 GAS PURIFICATION DEVICE SLAUGOVSKY, RACHEL MARIE

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1711 1
1761 1
1612 1
1733 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18995019 HEAT EXCHANGER RAYMOND, KEITH MICHAEL §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 15, 2025
19000257 METHOD FOR CLEANING AN APPARATUS FOR A TIN COMPOUND AND THE CLEANED APPARATUS OBTAINED THEREBY CARRILLO, BIBI SHARIDAN 1711 §112Other Non-Final OA Pending Dec 23, 2024
18686813 ARGON COLUMN FOR AIR SEPARATION UNIT AND AIR SEPARATION UNIT ADENIJI, IBRAHIM M §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 21, 2024
18844074 GAS PURIFICATION DEVICE SLAUGOVSKY, RACHEL MARIE §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 05, 2024
18691238 CONDUCTIVE PASTE, CONDUCTIVE FILM-COATED SUBSTRATE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING CONDUCTIVE FILM-COATED SUBSTRATE NGUYEN, HAIDUNG D 1761 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Mar 12, 2024
18250591 CONTRAST AGENT FOR DETECTING CARTILAGE DAMAGE AND METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR EXAMINING CARTILAGE DAMAGE USING SAID CONTRAST AGENT MOSHER, ERIC PARKER 1612 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 01, 2023
17921249 MELTING/REFINING FURNACE FOR COLD IRON SOURCES, AND MELTING/REFINING FURNACE OPERATION METHOD MCGUTHRY BANKS, TIMA MICHELE 1733 §103 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Oct 25, 2022

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