Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
68 pending office actions • 39 art units • 57 examiners • 0 of 68 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 111 patents granted in the last 365 days
Toppan Holdings Inc. has 68 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The portfolio spans 58 distinct examiners and 39 distinct art units. The difference between the action count and the examiner count indicates recurring examiner assignments, while the smaller art-unit count reflects broader grouping within the examination organization.
AHVAZI, BIJAN is the busiest examiner, with 3 pending matters. That concentration is visible but remains limited relative to the full docket. A practical prosecution program should combine examiner-level preparation with art-unit monitoring, particularly where related chemistry or materials claims may receive similar treatment. Consistent disclosure and claim terminology can help manage the distributed workload.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 20 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. 20 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 (1%) |
| §103 only | 26 (38%) |
| §102 only | 5 (7%) |
| §112 only | 1 (1%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 6 (9%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 29 (43%) |
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 | 3 | 63.1% | +47.6% |
| YANG, ZHEREN J | 2 | 57.3% | +52.8% |
| DILLON, DANIEL P | 2 | 26.3% | +30.7% |
| MIGGINS, MICHAEL C | 2 | 80.8% | +16.6% |
| KASAYAN, KATRIEL BARCELLANO | 2 | 25.0% | +0.0% |
| DAUNER, JOSEPH G | 2 | 57.0% | +35.3% |
| LAN, YAN | 2 | 63.1% | +22.0% |
| SHAH, SAMIR | 2 | 36.7% | +35.1% |
| RUSSELL, STEPHEN MATTHEW | 2 | 63.2% | +34.6% |
| WHALEN, DANIEL B | 2 | 80.3% | +15.9% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18273976 | ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE | WHALEN, DANIEL B | 15d |
| 18591509 | LAMINATE, PACKAGE, AND PACKAGED ARTICLE | MIGGINS, MICHAEL C | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18116411 | FLUIDIC DEVICE AND USE OF THE SAME | WRIGHT, PATRICIA KATHRYN | 93d overdue |
| 18276026 | ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT | WHALEN, DANIEL B | 28d overdue |
| 17844195 | PACKAGING MATERIAL FOR POWER STORAGE DEVICE AND POWER STORAGE DEVICE USING THE SAME, METHOD OF PRODUCING PACKAGING MATERIAL FOR POWER STORAGE DEVICE, AND METHOD OF SELECTING SEALANT FILM USED AS SEALANT LAYER IN PACKAGING MATERIAL FOR POWER STORAGE DEVICE | MERKLING, MATTHEW J | 16d overdue |
| 18884573 | DECORATIVE SHEET AND DECORATIVE MATERIAL | POWERS, LAURA C | 4d overdue |
| 18686227 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING PROTEIN MATERIAL WITHOUT USING ORGANIC SOLVENT | SWIFT, CANDICE LEE | 7d |
| 18650397 | PHOTOSENSITIVE COLORING COMPOSITIONS FOR INFRARED PASS FILTERS, INFRARED PASS FILTERS, METHODS OF PRODUCING PHOTOSENSITIVE COLORING COMPOSITIONS FOR INFRARED PASS FILTERS, AND METHODS OF PRODUCING INFRARED PASS FILTERS | AHVAZI, BIJAN | 14d |
| 18195306 | THERMAL TRANSFER SHEET AND INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER MEDIUM | HIGGINS, GERARD T | 15d |
| 18420031 | COMPOSITION FOR FORMING FIRE EXTINGUISHING MATERIAL, FIRE EXTINGUISHING MATERIAL, AND FIRE EXTINGUISHING MEMBER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME | DILLON, DANIEL P | 22d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18276026 | ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT | WHALEN, DANIEL B | 28d overdue |
| 18650397 | PHOTOSENSITIVE COLORING COMPOSITIONS FOR INFRARED PASS FILTERS, INFRARED PASS FILTERS, METHODS OF PRODUCING PHOTOSENSITIVE COLORING COMPOSITIONS FOR INFRARED PASS FILTERS, AND METHODS OF PRODUCING INFRARED PASS FILTERS | AHVAZI, BIJAN | 14d |
| 18273976 | ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE | WHALEN, DANIEL B | 15d |
| 18420031 | COMPOSITION FOR FORMING FIRE EXTINGUISHING MATERIAL, FIRE EXTINGUISHING MATERIAL, AND FIRE EXTINGUISHING MEMBER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME | DILLON, DANIEL P | 22d |
| 18561173 | PACKAGING MATERIAL FILM, PACKAGING MATERIAL, PACKAGING BAG, AND PACKAGE BODY | LAN, YAN | 57d |
| 18244891 | ADHESIVE SHEET, OPTICAL SHEET, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ADHESIVE LAYER-FORMING COMPOSITION | AHVAZI, BIJAN | 70d |
| 19258511 | DECORATIVE SHEET | YANG, ZHEREN J | — |
| 18984392 | DECORATIVE SHEET | YANG, ZHEREN J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1782 | 6 |
| 1781 | 5 |
| 2893 | 3 |
| 1763 | 3 |
| 2898 | 3 |
| 3645 | 2 |
| 1783 | 2 |
| 2871 | 2 |
| 1785 | 2 |
| 1634 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19314429 | REFLECT ARRAY | MUNOZ, DANIEL | 2845 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2025 |
| 19258511 | DECORATIVE SHEET | YANG, ZHEREN J | 1781 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 02, 2025 |
| 19190996 | INSPECTION DEVICES AND INSPECTION METHODS | AKANBI, ISIAKA O | 2877 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 28, 2025 |
| 19084401 | PACKAGING BODY | THAKUR, VIREN A | 1792 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 19, 2025 |
| 19066505 | AVATAR MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AVATAR MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM | TRAORE, FATOUMATA | 2436 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2025 |
| 19067599 | LIGHT CONTROL SHEET | SHAH, PRIYANK J | 2626 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2025 |
| 19021147 | DECORATIVE SHEET AND DECORATIVE PLATE | ZHANG, MICHAEL N | 1781 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 |
| 19006914 | DECORATIVE SHEET AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING DECORATIVE SHEET | GAITONDE, MEGHA MEHTA | 1717 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 31, 2024 |
| 19002414 | GLASS CORE LAMINATE STRUCTURE AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR GLASS CORE LAMINATE STRUCTURE | SAWYER, STEVEN T | 2847 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2024 |
| 18984392 | DECORATIVE SHEET | YANG, ZHEREN J | 1784 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
| 18968274 | RANGE IMAGING ELEMENT AND RANGE IMAGING APPARATUS | HULKA, JAMES R | 3645 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2024 |
| 18969207 | DECORATIVE SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DECORATIVE SHEET | DILLON, DANIEL P | 1783 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2024 |
| 18924557 | LIGHT CONTROL SHEET | QUARTERMAN, KEVIN J | 2875 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2024 |
| 18923761 | WIRING BOARD, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING WIRING BOARD | BRADFORD, PETER | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2024 |
| 18913160 | RANGE IMAGING APPARATUS AND RANGE IMAGING METHOD | YANG, NAN-YING | 2629 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2024 |
| 18911765 | PACKAGING BODY FOR LIGHT CONTROL SHEET | CHIEN, LUCY P | 2871 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2024 |
| 18910480 | DISPLAY UNIT | KLEIN, JORDAN M | 2893 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 09, 2024 |
| 18899425 | DECORATIVE SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DECORATIVE SHEET | WEYDEMEYER, ALICIA JANE | 1781 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
| 18848881 | PRODUCTION METHOD FOR DECORATIVE SHEET, AND DECORATIVE SHEET | GUGLIOTTA, NICOLE T | 1781 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2024 |
| 18884573 | DECORATIVE SHEET AND DECORATIVE MATERIAL | POWERS, LAURA C | 1785 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 18846425 | PACKAGING MATERIAL FOR AQUEOUS CONTENT AND PACKAGING BAG FOR AQUEOUS CONTENT | MIGGINS, MICHAEL C | 1782 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2024 |
| 18826871 | RANGE IMAGING DEVICE AND RANGE IMAGING APPARATUS | SHAFI, MUHAMMAD | 3666 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2024 |
| 18806771 | INFRARED LIGHT PASS FILTER, COLORING COMPOSITION, FILTER FOR SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSORS, AND SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR | AHVAZI, BIJAN | 1763 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 16, 2024 |
| 18795968 | METAL FOIL FOR SPRING MEMBER, SPRING MEMBER FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE, PRODUCTION METHOD FOR METAL FOIL FOR SPRING MEMBER, AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR SPRING MEMBER FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE | SCHWARTZ, CHRISTOPHER P | 3616 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 06, 2024 |
| 18750595 | METHOD OF CULTURING THREE-DIMENSIONAL CELLULAR TISSUES | KASAYAN, KATRIEL BARCELLANO | 1634 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 |
| 18652258 | METHOD OF DETECTING TARGET SUBSTANCE | DAUNER, JOSEPH G | 1682 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 01, 2024 |
| 18650397 | PHOTOSENSITIVE COLORING COMPOSITIONS FOR INFRARED PASS FILTERS, INFRARED PASS FILTERS, METHODS OF PRODUCING PHOTOSENSITIVE COLORING COMPOSITIONS FOR INFRARED PASS FILTERS, AND METHODS OF PRODUCING INFRARED PASS FILTERS | AHVAZI, BIJAN | 1763 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 14d | Pending | Apr 30, 2024 |
| 18626829 | LAMINATE, PACKAGE, AND PACKAGED ARTICLE | LAN, YAN | 1782 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2024 |
| 18611641 | SUBSTRATE WITH SUPPORT AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | STARK, JARRETT J | 2898 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2024 |
| 18600975 | METHOD FOR EVALUATING MIGRATION ABILITY OF MIGRATORY CELLS | CORDAS, EMILY ANN | 1632 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2024 |
| 18591509 | LAMINATE, PACKAGE, AND PACKAGED ARTICLE | MIGGINS, MICHAEL C | 1782 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 29, 2024 |
| 18686227 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING PROTEIN MATERIAL WITHOUT USING ORGANIC SOLVENT | SWIFT, CANDICE LEE | 1657 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 7d | Pending | Feb 23, 2024 |
| 18423447 | DISTANCE IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE, DISTANCE IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | GARCES-RIVERA, ANGEL L | 2637 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 26, 2024 |
| 18534094 | DISTANCE IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND DISTANCE IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD | VASQUEZ JR, ROBERT WILLIAM | 4100 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 08, 2023 |
| 18561173 | PACKAGING MATERIAL FILM, PACKAGING MATERIAL, PACKAGING BAG, AND PACKAGE BODY | LAN, YAN | 1782 | §103 | Final Rejection | 57d | Pending | Nov 15, 2023 |
| 18253920 | LID MATERIAL FOR PTP AND PTP BODY | SHAH, SAMIR | 1787 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2023 |
| 18253594 | LID MATERIAL FOR PTP AND PTP BODY | SHAH, SAMIR | 1787 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 19, 2023 |
| 17926930 | MULTILAYER FILM, PACKAGING MATERIAL AND PACKAGE | FROST, ANTHONY J | 1782 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2022 |
| 19086969 | DISPLAY AND DISPLAY METHOD | GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2025 |
| 18420761 | MOLDED PULP ARTICLE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING MOLDED PULP ARTICLE | RUSSELL, STEPHEN MATTHEW | 1748 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2024 |
| 18420031 | COMPOSITION FOR FORMING FIRE EXTINGUISHING MATERIAL, FIRE EXTINGUISHING MATERIAL, AND FIRE EXTINGUISHING MEMBER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME | DILLON, DANIEL P | 1783 | §102§103§112Other | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Jan 23, 2024 |
| 18498339 | FLAP PROBE AND USE THEREOF | DAUNER, JOSEPH G | 1682 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2023 |
| 18244891 | ADHESIVE SHEET, OPTICAL SHEET, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ADHESIVE LAYER-FORMING COMPOSITION | AHVAZI, BIJAN | 1763 | §102§103Other | Final Rejection | 70d | Pending | Sep 11, 2023 |
| 18459464 | LIGHT CONTROL SHEET AND LIGHT CONTROL DEVICE | PAN, JIA X | 2871 | §103 | Final Rejection | 60d | Pending | Sep 01, 2023 |
| 18241791 | MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY AND POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL | EGGERDING, ALIX ECHELMEYER | 1729 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 01, 2023 |
| 18233712 | ELECTRODE CATALYST LAYER, MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY AND POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL | BILLIET, AMANDA JUNE | 1729 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 14, 2023 |
| 18366938 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTRUTING THIN FILM TRANSISTOR | WALL, VINCENT | 2898 | §103 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Aug 08, 2023 |
| 18276026 | ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT | WHALEN, DANIEL B | 2893 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 28d overdue | Pending | Aug 05, 2023 |
| 18273976 | ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE | WHALEN, DANIEL B | 2893 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 15d | Pending | Jul 25, 2023 |
| 18213650 | PULP MOLDED PRODUCT AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME | RUSSELL, STEPHEN MATTHEW | 1748 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 23, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialToppan Holdings Inc. has 68 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 39 art units and 57 examiners.
Bijan Ahvazi has the most, with 3 of Toppan Holdings Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
