Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Toppan Holdings Inc.

Technology area: Chemistry & Materials

76 pending office actions • 32 art units • 67 examiners • 0 of 76 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 105 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Toppan Holdings Inc. has 72 pending office actions concentrated in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These active cases are being reviewed by 63 distinct examiners, which indicates that most officials are handling only a single matter for the company. The portfolio's technical footprint is broad, as it spans 31 distinct art units. This distribution suggests that the company's chemical and material innovations are being evaluated across a wide range of specialized examination categories within the patent office.

The busiest examiner for this portfolio is AHVAZI, BIJAN, who is responsible for 3 busiest examiner pending office actions. This small concentration of 3 actions is the highest for any individual official among the 63 distinct examiners involved. With 72 pending office actions in total, the prosecution strategy must account for the varied requirements of 31 distinct art units. The high number of examiners relative to the total actions suggests that practitioners will need to adapt to many different individual styles to successfully navigate the active cases.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

76
Total Pending OAs
48
Non-Final OAs
22
Final Rejections
6
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 23 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

7
Overdue
2
Due this week
10
Due this month
3
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 23 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (7)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (10)Due ≤ 60 days (3)Due later (1)

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.

39
Hard (51%)
36
Medium (47%)
1
Easy (1%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (3%)
§103 only24 (32%)
§102 only5 (7%)
§112 only1 (1%)
Double-patenting + other7 (9%)
Multi-statute (no §101)37 (49%)

Industry Mix

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

34
Life Sciences
45% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
1% of docket
9
Semiconductors
12% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
5% of docket
28
Business / Other
37% 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.

760 h
Manual time on pending OAs
152 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
266 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
6.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MIGGINS, MICHAEL C 3 80.8% +16.6%
AHVAZI, BIJAN 3 63.2% +47.3%
YANG, ZHEREN J 2 57.4% +52.4%
KHATRI, PRASHANT J 2 61.4% +28.0%
LAN, YAN 2 63.1% +21.9%
RUSSELL, STEPHEN MATTHEW 2 63.6% +34.4%
WHALEN, DANIEL B 2 80.2% +15.9%
STONER, KILEY SHAWN 1 80.8% +15.3%
GRUSBY, REBECCA LYNN 1 32.3% +41.8%
AKANBI, ISIAKA O 1 76.6% +22.8%

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
18383830 LAMINATES, PACKAGING MATERIALS AND PACKAGING BAGS MIGGINS, MICHAEL C 16d overdue
18273976 ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE WHALEN, DANIEL B 15d

Hard Cases (39)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18276026 ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT WHALEN, DANIEL B 28d overdue
18118369 ORGANIC CONDUCTIVE FILM PRODUCTION METHOD, ORGANIC CONDUCTIVE FILM, AND LAMINATE SHUKLA, KRUPA 23d 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
18090841 SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR ADHIKARI DAWADI, BIPANA 15d 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
19195483 EDIBLE INK FOR INKJET PRINTING GRUSBY, REBECCA LYNN 8d
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

Interview Candidates (19)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18276026 ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT WHALEN, DANIEL B 28d overdue
18383830 LAMINATES, PACKAGING MATERIALS AND PACKAGING BAGS MIGGINS, MICHAEL C 16d overdue
19195483 EDIBLE INK FOR INKJET PRINTING GRUSBY, REBECCA LYNN 8d
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
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
19364971 JOINING MATERIAL AND METHOD OF PRODUCING JOINED BODY STONER, KILEY SHAWN —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1785 4
1782 4
1735 2
2871 2
1763 2
1632 2
1787 2
4100 2
1748 2
2898 2

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19364971 JOINING MATERIAL AND METHOD OF PRODUCING JOINED BODY STONER, KILEY SHAWN 1735 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 21, 2025
19258511 DECORATIVE SHEET YANG, ZHEREN J — §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 02, 2025
19195483 EDIBLE INK FOR INKJET PRINTING GRUSBY, REBECCA LYNN 1785 §103§112 Final Rejection 8d Pending Apr 30, 2025
19190996 INSPECTION DEVICES AND INSPECTION METHODS AKANBI, ISIAKA O — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 28, 2025
19084401 PACKAGING BODY THAKUR, VIREN A — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 19, 2025
19067599 LIGHT CONTROL SHEET SHAH, PRIYANK J — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 28, 2025
19021147 DECORATIVE SHEET AND DECORATIVE PLATE ZHANG, MICHAEL N — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 14, 2025
19014976 RESIN-IMPREGNATED DECORATIVE PAPER AND RESIN-IMPREGNATED DECORATIVE PANEL KHATRI, PRASHANT J — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 09, 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 — §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
18977114 MULTILAYER FILM AND PACKAGING FILM KHATRI, PRASHANT J — §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 11, 2024
18968274 RANGE IMAGING ELEMENT AND RANGE IMAGING APPARATUS HULKA, JAMES R — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 04, 2024
18936319 ELECTRODE DEVICE FOR LIVING BODY ANTISKAY, BRIAN MICHAEL — §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 04, 2024
18924557 LIGHT CONTROL SHEET QUARTERMAN, KEVIN J — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 23, 2024
18913160 RANGE IMAGING APPARATUS AND RANGE IMAGING METHOD YANG, NAN-YING — §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
18908830 DISTANCE IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND DISTANCE IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD PHAM, NHUT HUY — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 08, 2024
18896975 AFFIXING BODY, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AFFIXING BODY NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L 1788 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 26, 2024
18848881 PRODUCTION METHOD FOR DECORATIVE SHEET, AND DECORATIVE SHEET GUGLIOTTA, NICOLE T — §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 — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 12, 2024
18826871 RANGE IMAGING DEVICE AND RANGE IMAGING APPARATUS SHAFI, MUHAMMAD — §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 — §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 — §112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 06, 2024
18774971 METHODS OF PRODUCING THREE-DIMENSIONAL CELLULAR TISSUES PRONZATI, GINA — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 17, 2024
18754289 DISTANCE IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND DISTANCE IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD ALCON, FERNANDO — §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 26, 2024
18750595 METHOD OF CULTURING THREE-DIMENSIONAL CELLULAR TISSUES KASAYAN, KATRIEL BARCELLANO — §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 21, 2024
18741388 WIRING SUBSTRATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF WIRING SUBSTRATE EGOAVIL, GUILLERMO J 2847 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 12, 2024
18652258 METHOD OF DETECTING TARGET SUBSTANCE SISSON, BRADLEY L — §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
18645060 GAS BARRIER LAMINATE, PACKAGING BODY AND PACKAGED ARTICLE MIGGINS, MICHAEL C — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 24, 2024
18626829 LAMINATE, PACKAGE, AND PACKAGED ARTICLE LAN, YAN — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 04, 2024
18611641 SUBSTRATE WITH SUPPORT AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STARK, JARRETT J — §103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 20, 2024
18606631 DISPLAY LEWIS, JUSTIN V 3637 §103§112 Non-Final OA 57d Pending Mar 15, 2024
18600975 METHOD FOR EVALUATING MIGRATION ABILITY OF MIGRATORY CELLS CORDAS, EMILY ANN 1632 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 11, 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
18542068 GAS BARRIER FILM, LAMINATE, AND PACKAGING MATERIAL NELSON, MICHAEL B 1787 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 15, 2023
18534094 DISTANCE IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND DISTANCE IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD VASQUEZ JR, ROBERT WILLIAM 4100 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 08, 2023
18529401 DISTANCE IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND DISTANCE IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD SINGH, AVIRAJ DONGSOOK 4100 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 05, 2023
18561173 PACKAGING MATERIAL FILM, PACKAGING MATERIAL, PACKAGING BAG, AND PACKAGE BODY LAN, YAN 1782 §103 Final Rejection 57d Pending Nov 15, 2023
18437415 METHODS OF PRODUCING THREE-DIMENSIONAL CELLULAR TISSUES, AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL CELLULAR TISSUES VIJAYARAGHAVAN, JAGAMYA NMN 1633 §103§112Other Final Rejection — Pending Feb 09, 2024
18420761 MOLDED PULP ARTICLE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING MOLDED PULP ARTICLE RUSSELL, STEPHEN MATTHEW 1748 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 24, 2024
18390838 PACKAGING MATERIAL FOR POWER STORAGE DEVICE RICE, STEVEN — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 20, 2023
18498339 FLAP PROBE AND USE THEREOF DAUNER, JOSEPH G 1682 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 31, 2023
18383830 LAMINATES, PACKAGING MATERIALS AND PACKAGING BAGS MIGGINS, MICHAEL C 1782 §103 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Oct 25, 2023
18244895 OPTICAL FILM, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND COMPOSITION FOR FORMING COLORED LAYER STRAH, ELI D 1782 §112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 11, 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
18241825 MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY COMBINED ROLL, MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY, AND POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL LIANG, JACKIE 1726 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 01, 2023
18232786 MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY AND POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL YOON, KEVIN E 1735 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 10, 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
18207555 BOARD UNIT WITH SUPPORT, BOARD UNIT, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING BOARD UNIT WITH SUPPORT WEILAND, ADAM DAVID 2813 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 08, 2023
18202830 FIRE EXTINGUISHER ONDREJCAK, ANDREW DOMENIC 3752 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 26, 2023
18195306 THERMAL TRANSFER SHEET AND INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER MEDIUM HIGGINS, GERARD T 1785 §103§112 Final Rejection 15d Pending May 09, 2023
18141664 FIRE EXTINGUISHING BODY AND BATTERY PACK GORMAN, DARREN W 3752 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending May 01, 2023
18306631 RANGE IMAGING DEVICE AND RANGE IMAGING APPARATUS CHILTON, CLARA GRACE 3645 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Apr 25, 2023
18303700 MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES AND OBSERVATION METHODS KIM, YOUNG J 1681 §103DP Final Rejection 21d Pending Apr 20, 2023
18118369 ORGANIC CONDUCTIVE FILM PRODUCTION METHOD, ORGANIC CONDUCTIVE FILM, AND LAMINATE SHUKLA, KRUPA 1787 §103§112 Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending Mar 07, 2023
18171862 METHOD FOR PRODUCING THREE-DIMENSIONAL CELL STRUCTURE, AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL CELL STRUCTURE DHAR, MATASHA 1632 §103§112DP Final Rejection 37d overdue Pending Feb 21, 2023
18095610 ELECTRODE CATALYST LAYER, MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY, AND POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL CREPEAU, JONATHAN 1725 §103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 11, 2023
18095148 LAMINATED SHEET AND PACKAGING BODY KESSLER JR, THOMAS JOSEPH 1782 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 10, 2023
18151749 Terminal Resin Film and Power Storage Device Using the Same REDDY, SATHAVARAM I 1785 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 09, 2023
18090841 SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR ADHIKARI DAWADI, BIPANA 2898 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Dec 29, 2022
18086538 CATALYST FOR FUEL CELLS, ELECTRODE CATALYST LAYER, MEMBRANE ELECTRODE JOINED BODY, SOLID POLYMER TYPE FUEL CELL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING TITANIUM OXIDE FOR CATALYST CARRIERS, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING CATALYST FOR FUEL CELLS CONLEY, OI K 1752 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 21, 2022
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 1725 §103§112 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Jun 20, 2022
17749808 SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE WITH MICROLENS ELEMENTS AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME PHAM, HOAI V 2892 §103§112 Final Rejection 22d Pending May 20, 2022
17539648 COMPOSITE PARTICLES AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME, PERSONAL CARE PRODUCT, PERSONAL CARE PARTICLES AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME, PERSONAL CARE ARTICLE, AND PERSONAL CARE COMPOSITION WORSHAM, JESSICA N 1615 §112DP Final Rejection 14d Pending Dec 01, 2021
17497402 PACKAGING MATERIAL FOR POWER STORAGE DEVICE GREENE, PATRICK MARSHALL 1724 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 08, 2021
17386453 SOLID-STATE BATTERY PACKAGING MATERIAL AND SOLID-STATE BATTERY USING THE SAME LUO, KAN 1751 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Jul 27, 2021
14267212 PACKAGING MATERIAL FOR POWER STORAGE DEVICE WALLS, CYNTHIA KYUNG SOO 1751 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending May 01, 2014

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