Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
18 pending office actions • 14 art units • 17 examiners • 0 of 18 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 28 patents granted in the last 365 days
Tokuyama Corporation has 19 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters involve 18 distinct examiners across 14 distinct art units, showing broad examiner dispersion and a wide technical footprint. Portfolio-level consistency will be useful, but most matters require individualized prosecution attention.
AHVAZI, BIJAN is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. Those assignments provide a limited basis for monitoring examiner treatment, while the wider docket calls for application-specific prior-art and claim analysis. Counsel should coordinate materials terminology and disclosure support across the art units without assuming uniform examination preferences.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 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. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 7 (39%) |
| §112 only | 1 (6%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 9 (50%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (6%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AHVAZI, BIJAN | 2 | 63.1% | +47.6% |
| SCHWARTZ, PHILIP N | 1 | 55.5% | +17.0% |
| NIEVES, NELSON J | 1 | 75.5% | +16.5% |
| DUCLAIR, STEPHANIE P. | 1 | 72.3% | +19.6% |
| FAYYAZ, NASHMIYA SAQIB | 1 | 67.3% | +42.3% |
| QI, HUA | 1 | 56.5% | +23.0% |
| SALAMON, PETER A | 1 | 86.3% | +5.9% |
| SAWYER, JENNIFER C | 1 | 68.4% | -8.2% |
| NGUYEN, CAM N | 1 | 84.8% | +12.3% |
| MANGOHIG, THOMAS A | 1 | 20.0% | +24.1% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18037966 | POLYCRYSTAL SILICON ROD, POLYCRYSTAL SILICON ROD PRODUCTION METHOD, AND POLYCRYSTAL SILICON THERMAL PROCESSING METHOD | SONG, MATTHEW J | 60d |
| 18690523 | METHOD FOR MEASURING SURFACE CARBON LEVEL OF INORGANIC SOLID | FAYYAZ, NASHMIYA SAQIB | — |
| 18729281 | PHOTOCHROMIC COMPOUND, NAPHTHOL DERIVATIVE, CURABLE COMPOSITION, OPTICAL ARTICLE, LENS, AND EYEGLASSES | AHVAZI, BIJAN | — |
| 18728569 | Reaction Furnace for Producing Polycrystalline Silicon Rod, Gas Supply Nozzle, Production Method of Polycrystalline Silicon Rod, and Polycrystalline Silicon Rod | QI, HUA | — |
| 18697034 | Masterbatch, Method for Producing Masterbatch, Rubber Composition for Tires, Method for Producing Rubber Composition for Tires, and Rubber Material for Tires | SALAMON, PETER A | — |
| 18615802 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ORGANIC SOLVENT SOLUTION OF QUATERNARY AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE | SAWYER, JENNIFER C | — |
| 18565351 | HEXAGONAL BORON NITRIDE POWDER | NGUYEN, CAM N | — |
| 18281918 | SURFACE-TREATED INORGANIC POWDER, PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF, AND RESIN COMPOSITION AND DISPERSION COMPRISING SAID SURFACE-TREATED INORGANIC POWDER | MANGOHIG, THOMAS A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18286646 | OPTICAL ARTICLE, SPECTACLE LENS AND SPECTACLES | AHVAZI, BIJAN | 84d |
| 19161577 | Rubber Composition for Tire and Rubber Material for Tire | SCHWARTZ, PHILIP N | — |
| 19105855 | ALUMINUM NITRIDE POWDER AND RESIN COMPOSITION | NIEVES, NELSON J | — |
| 18999298 | SEMICONDUCTOR TREATMENT LIQUID FOR REMOVING RUTHENIUM SILICIDE | DUCLAIR, STEPHANIE P. | — |
| 18690523 | METHOD FOR MEASURING SURFACE CARBON LEVEL OF INORGANIC SOLID | FAYYAZ, NASHMIYA SAQIB | — |
| 18729281 | PHOTOCHROMIC COMPOUND, NAPHTHOL DERIVATIVE, CURABLE COMPOSITION, OPTICAL ARTICLE, LENS, AND EYEGLASSES | AHVAZI, BIJAN | — |
| 18728569 | Reaction Furnace for Producing Polycrystalline Silicon Rod, Gas Supply Nozzle, Production Method of Polycrystalline Silicon Rod, and Polycrystalline Silicon Rod | QI, HUA | — |
| 18565351 | HEXAGONAL BORON NITRIDE POWDER | NGUYEN, CAM N | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1763 | 2 |
| 1714 | 2 |
| 1731 | 2 |
| 1787 | 2 |
| 1749 | 1 |
| 3763 | 1 |
| 1713 | 1 |
| 2855 | 1 |
| 1759 | 1 |
| 1691 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19161577 | Rubber Composition for Tire and Rubber Material for Tire | SCHWARTZ, PHILIP N | 1749 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 02, 2025 |
| 19105855 | ALUMINUM NITRIDE POWDER AND RESIN COMPOSITION | NIEVES, NELSON J | 3763 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 24, 2025 |
| 18999298 | SEMICONDUCTOR TREATMENT LIQUID FOR REMOVING RUTHENIUM SILICIDE | DUCLAIR, STEPHANIE P. | 1713 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 18690523 | METHOD FOR MEASURING SURFACE CARBON LEVEL OF INORGANIC SOLID | FAYYAZ, NASHMIYA SAQIB | 2855 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2024 |
| 18729281 | PHOTOCHROMIC COMPOUND, NAPHTHOL DERIVATIVE, CURABLE COMPOSITION, OPTICAL ARTICLE, LENS, AND EYEGLASSES | AHVAZI, BIJAN | 1763 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 16, 2024 |
| 18728569 | Reaction Furnace for Producing Polycrystalline Silicon Rod, Gas Supply Nozzle, Production Method of Polycrystalline Silicon Rod, and Polycrystalline Silicon Rod | QI, HUA | 1714 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 12, 2024 |
| 18697034 | Masterbatch, Method for Producing Masterbatch, Rubber Composition for Tires, Method for Producing Rubber Composition for Tires, and Rubber Material for Tires | SALAMON, PETER A | 1759 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 29, 2024 |
| 18615802 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ORGANIC SOLVENT SOLUTION OF QUATERNARY AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE | SAWYER, JENNIFER C | 1691 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2024 |
| 18565351 | HEXAGONAL BORON NITRIDE POWDER | NGUYEN, CAM N | 1736 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 29, 2023 |
| 18286646 | OPTICAL ARTICLE, SPECTACLE LENS AND SPECTACLES | AHVAZI, BIJAN | 1763 | §103 | Final Rejection | 84d | Pending | Oct 12, 2023 |
| 18281918 | SURFACE-TREATED INORGANIC POWDER, PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF, AND RESIN COMPOSITION AND DISPERSION COMPRISING SAID SURFACE-TREATED INORGANIC POWDER | MANGOHIG, THOMAS A | 1731 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2023 |
| 18279710 | PHOTOCHROMIC CURABLE COMPOSITION | SHAH, SAMIR | 1787 | §103 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Aug 31, 2023 |
| 18279183 | ALUMINUM NITRIDE GRANULAR POWDER AND RESIN COMPOSITION | KOLB, KATARZYNA I | 1767 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 28, 2023 |
| 18278324 | PHOTOCHROMIC CURABLE COMPOSITION, PHOTOCHROMIC LAMINATE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME | KRUER, KEVIN R | 1787 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 22, 2023 |
| 18268182 | POROUS SPHERICAL SILICA AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME | PATEL, SMITA S | 1732 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 16, 2023 |
| 18037966 | POLYCRYSTAL SILICON ROD, POLYCRYSTAL SILICON ROD PRODUCTION METHOD, AND POLYCRYSTAL SILICON THERMAL PROCESSING METHOD | SONG, MATTHEW J | 1714 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 60d | Pending | May 19, 2023 |
| 18030904 | TUNGSTEN OXIDE AND OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTION CATALYST | FIORITO, JAMES A | 1731 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 07, 2023 |
| 17920921 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING HALOGEN OXOACID AND MANUFACTURING APPARATUS THEREFOR | BAHTA, MEDHANIT W | 1692 | Other | Non-Final OA | 6d | Pending | Oct 24, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialTokuyama Corporation has 18 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 14 art units and 17 examiners.
Bijan Ahvazi has the most, with 2 of Tokuyama Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
