Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
The Nisshin OilliO Group, Ltd. has 4 pending office actions focused in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed among 3 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, showing some concentration of technical focus despite the variety of 3 distinct examiners assigned. The use of 2 distinct art units for 4 pending office actions indicates that the portfolio likely covers related chemical processes or material compositions that fall under similar examination guidelines.
SILVERMAN, JANICE Y serves as the busiest examiner for the portfolio with 2 pending office actions under review. Because there are 4 pending office actions in total across 3 distinct examiners, this specific examiner handles more of the workload than the other individuals assigned to the company's matters. Practitioners should note that this concentration with SILVERMAN, JANICE Y means that 2 of the current pending actions are subject to the same individual's interpretive style and prior art preferences within the Chemistry & Materials sector.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 3 (75%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SILVERMAN, JANICE Y | 2 | 36.7% | +53.8% |
| GULLEDGE, BRIAN M | 1 | 55.8% | +26.1% |
| TRAN, LIEN THUY | 1 | 28.6% | +26.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18550327 | FLAVOR-IMPARTING AGENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | SILVERMAN, JANICE Y | 16d overdue |
| 18027612 | Loosening Agent for Starch-Containing Food | TRAN, LIEN THUY | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18550327 | FLAVOR-IMPARTING AGENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | SILVERMAN, JANICE Y | 16d overdue |
| 18809682 | OILY COMPOSITION AND COSMETIC PREPARATION | GULLEDGE, BRIAN M | — |
| 18027612 | Loosening Agent for Starch-Containing Food | TRAN, LIEN THUY | — |
| 18026473 | OIL-IN-WATER EMULSIFIED SEASONING, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | SILVERMAN, JANICE Y | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1792 | 2 |
| 1793 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18809682 | OILY COMPOSITION AND COSMETIC PREPARATION | GULLEDGE, BRIAN M | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 20, 2024 |
| 18550327 | FLAVOR-IMPARTING AGENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | SILVERMAN, JANICE Y | 1792 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 16d overdue | Pending | Sep 13, 2023 |
| 18027612 | Loosening Agent for Starch-Containing Food | TRAN, LIEN THUY | 1793 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2023 |
| 18026473 | OIL-IN-WATER EMULSIFIED SEASONING, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | SILVERMAN, JANICE Y | 1792 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 15, 2023 |
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