Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
107 pending office actions • 58 art units • 93 examiners • 0 of 107 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 124 patents granted in the last 365 days
Toray Industries Inc. has 105 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The docket spans 89 examiners and 55 art units, indicating substantial breadth across examination assignments. The difference between pending matters and distinct examiners also shows that some examiner-level concentration exists, but the overall structure remains widely distributed.
MCKINNON, LASHAWNDA T is the busiest examiner, with 3 pending matters. That concentration is limited relative to the full docket, so prosecution management should combine portfolio-wide consistency with detailed examiner and art-unit review. Counsel may benefit from organizing matters by recurring technical issues, while preserving application-specific responses to differing examination positions.
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.
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.
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 | 2 (2%) |
| §103 only | 44 (41%) |
| §102 only | 2 (2%) |
| §112 only | 5 (5%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (1%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 4 (4%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 48 (45%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (1%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCKINNON, LASHAWNDA T | 3 | 54.0% | +30.2% |
| VO, HAI | 3 | 57.1% | +72.5% |
| WORRELL, KEVIN | 2 | 12.5% | -3.1% |
| GAITONDE, MEGHA MEHTA | 2 | 40.5% | +35.6% |
| CHOI, PETER Y | 2 | 20.4% | +32.5% |
| WILLIAMS, CEDRICK S | 2 | 60.0% | +26.4% |
| IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE | 2 | 33.5% | +24.9% |
| LING, DORIS | 2 | 25.0% | +27.3% |
| LIU, SUE XU | 2 | 20.9% | +18.6% |
| ALI, WAQAAS A | 2 | 81.1% | +17.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18285500 | BLOOD TREATMENT MATERIAL | ALI, WAQAAS A | 52d overdue |
| 18567966 | METHOD FOR OPERATING MEMBRANE-SEPARATION ACTIVATED SLUDGE TREATMENT DEVICE, AND MEMBRANE-SEPARATION ACTIVATED SLUDGE TREATMENT DEVICE | ALI, WAQAAS A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18267798 | CONJUGATE FIBER AND MULTIFILAMENT | CHOI, PETER Y | 79d overdue |
| 18046109 | PLATE, SOLE, SHOE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PLATE | NUNNERY, GRADY ALEXANDER | 9d |
| 18278677 | COATED MEDICAL DEVICE AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR | ARMSTRONG, SUSANNAH SIPPLE | 12d |
| 18842187 | COATING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING WEB WITH COATING FILM | TADESSE, YEWEBDAR T | 20d |
| 18288249 | HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | MILLER-CRUZ, EKANDRA S. | 27d |
| 18025298 | POLYAMIDE CORE-SHEATH COMPOSITE FIBER AND FABRIC | WORRELL, KEVIN | 34d |
| 17627215 | POLYESTER RESIN COMPOSITION AND MOLDED PRODUCT THEREOF | EASHOO, MARK | 48d |
| 18849341 | LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYESTER RESIN, LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYESTER RESIN COMPOSITION, AND MOLDED ARTICLE FORMED THEREFROM | VISCONTI, GERALDINA | 49d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18267798 | CONJUGATE FIBER AND MULTIFILAMENT | CHOI, PETER Y | 79d overdue |
| 18194316 | CROSSLINKED POLYETHYLENE FOAM | VO, HAI | 56d overdue |
| 18285500 | BLOOD TREATMENT MATERIAL | ALI, WAQAAS A | 52d overdue |
| 18840244 | AIRFLOW CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING STRETCHED FILM | WILLIAMS, CEDRICK S | 4d overdue |
| 19112734 | COMPOSITE FIBER, MULTIFILAMENT, WOVEN ARTICLE, AND TEXTILE PRODUCT | MCKINNON, LASHAWNDA T | — |
| 19105973 | SYNTHETIC FIBERS | MCKINNON, LASHAWNDA T | — |
| 18832397 | POLYPROPYLENE FILM, LAMINATE, PACKAGING MATERIAL, PACKAGED BODY, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | MCKINNON, LASHAWNDA T | — |
| 18868933 | MEMBER FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE HOUSING | GAITONDE, MEGHA MEHTA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1789 | 11 |
| 1783 | 5 |
| 1781 | 5 |
| 1786 | 4 |
| 1788 | 4 |
| 1767 | 4 |
| 1763 | 4 |
| 1762 | 3 |
| 1764 | 3 |
| 1787 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19484371 | KNITTED FABRIC AND CLOTHING CONTAINING THE SAME | HUANG, GRACE | 3732 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2025 |
| 19144553 | DIRECTLY IMAGEABLE WATERLESS PLANOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE PRECURSOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING WATERLESS PLANOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE THEREFROM | ZIMMERMAN, JOSHUA D | 2853 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 30, 2025 |
| 18847709 | UNIDIRECTIONAL COMPOSITE, SPAR CAP, AND WINDMILL BLADE | SINGH-PANDEY, ARTI R | 1786 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 24, 2025 |
| 19112734 | COMPOSITE FIBER, MULTIFILAMENT, WOVEN ARTICLE, AND TEXTILE PRODUCT | MCKINNON, LASHAWNDA T | 1789 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2025 |
| 19105973 | SYNTHETIC FIBERS | MCKINNON, LASHAWNDA T | 1789 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 24, 2025 |
| 18841893 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PRINTED MATTER, LAMINATE USING SAME, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PACKAGING BAG | GHORISHI, SEYED BEHROOZ | 1748 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 19, 2025 |
| 18832397 | POLYPROPYLENE FILM, LAMINATE, PACKAGING MATERIAL, PACKAGED BODY, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | MCKINNON, LASHAWNDA T | 1789 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2025 |
| 18721634 | BALLOON CATHETER AND BALLOON CATHETER SYSTEM | FLANAGAN, BEVERLY MEINDL | 3794 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 18994138 | X-RAY INSPECTION DEVICE AND X-RAY INSPECTION METHOD | GUTIERREZ, GISSELLE M | 2884 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 |
| 18874619 | MULTILAYER FILM | KHATRI, PRASHANT J | 1783 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 |
| 18874082 | WATER-REPELLENT TEXTILE | WORRELL, KEVIN | 1789 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18871917 | ACTIVE ENERGY RAY-CURABLE COMPOSITION, ACTIVE ENERGY RAY-CURABLE INK, AND PRINTED OBJECT PRODUCTION METHOD | TUROCY, DAVID P | 1718 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2024 |
| 18871665 | COATING FILM REMOVING MECHANISM AND COATING FILM REMOVING EQUIPMENT | SINAKI, ARFAN Y | 3642 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2024 |
| 18868933 | MEMBER FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE HOUSING | GAITONDE, MEGHA MEHTA | 1781 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18709938 | POROUS BODY | VO, HAI | 1788 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 16, 2024 |
| 18856477 | RESIN MOLDED BODY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | MORENO HERNANDEZ, JERZI H | 1743 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2024 |
| 18849836 | COPOLYMER, MEDICAL COMPOSITION, COATED MEDICAL DEVICE, AND METHODS RESPECTIVELY FOR PRODUCING THOSE | SCOTLAND, REBECCA LYNN | 1615 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2024 |
| 18849797 | FIBER-REINFORCED RESIN STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING FIBER-REINFORCED RESIN STRUCTURE | CHOI, PETER Y | 1789 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2024 |
| 18849341 | LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYESTER RESIN, LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYESTER RESIN COMPOSITION, AND MOLDED ARTICLE FORMED THEREFROM | VISCONTI, GERALDINA | 1737 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 49d | Pending | Sep 20, 2024 |
| 18848308 | PLASTIC OPTICAL FIBER AND MEDICAL SENSOR DEVICE | TRAN, HOANG Q | 2874 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 18, 2024 |
| 18846075 | COMPOSITE FALSE TWISTED YARN, WOVEN FABRIC AND CLOTHING | BOYD, JENNIFER A | 1786 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 11, 2024 |
| 18843369 | EPOXY RESIN COMPOSITION, PREPREG, AND FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITE MATERIAL | SLOAN, LILY KAYOKO | 1762 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 03, 2024 |
| 18842132 | BLOWOFF NOZZLE | WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION | 1712 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 28, 2024 |
| 18842192 | CORE MATERIAL, SKIN-CORE STRUCTURAL BODY, AEROSPACE EQUIPMENT, FLYING OBJECT, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SKIN-CORE STRUCTURAL BODY | VO, HAI | 1788 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 28, 2024 |
| 18842187 | COATING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING WEB WITH COATING FILM | TADESSE, YEWEBDAR T | 1717 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 20d | Pending | Aug 28, 2024 |
| 18840548 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRET MELT BLOWN NONWOVEN FABRIC | BARTLETT, VICTORIA | 1744 | §103 | Final Rejection | 8d | Pending | Aug 22, 2024 |
| 18840601 | BLOWOFF NOZZLE | DANDRIDGE, CHRISTOPHER R. | 3752 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 22, 2024 |
| 18840244 | AIRFLOW CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING STRETCHED FILM | WILLIAMS, CEDRICK S | 1749 | §103 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Aug 21, 2024 |
| 18837409 | BONDED ARTICLE | FLORES JR, DONALD M | 1781 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 09, 2024 |
| 18835776 | BIOELECTRODE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | MINCHELLA, ADAM ZACHARY | 2841 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 05, 2024 |
| 18832526 | INTEGRATED MOLDED BODY | GAITONDE, MEGHA MEHTA | 1781 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 24, 2024 |
| 18766295 | COMPOSITE PREPREG AND FIBER-REINFORCED PLASTIC MOLDED BODY | IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE | — | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 08, 2024 |
| 18724241 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AROMATIC HYDROCARBON, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING POLYMER, AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING AROMATIC HYDROCARBON | VASISTH, VISHAL V | 1771 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 60d | Pending | Jun 26, 2024 |
| 18724401 | DIAGNOSIS METHOD FOR SEPARATION MEMBRANE MODULE AND DETERIORATION DIAGNOSIS DEVICE FOR SEPARATION MEMBRANE MODULE | MENDOZA, WILSON GALLARDO | 1772 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2024 |
| 18717694 | BALLOON CATHETER | TRINH, HONG-VAN N | 3783 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2024 |
| 18713750 | COATING FILM REMOVING METHOD AND COATING FILM REMOVING EQUIPMENT FOR REMOVING COATING FILM FROM COATED FILM | GOLIGHTLY, ERIC WAYNE | 1714 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 28, 2024 |
| 18712806 | THERMOPLASTIC RESIN COMPOSITION AND MOLDED ARTICLE USING SAME | BLEDSOE, JOSHUA CALEB | 1762 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2024 |
| 18712820 | COMPOSITE FIBER, MULTIFILAMENT, AND FIBER PRODUCT | PIERCE, JEREMY R | 1789 | §103DP | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | May 23, 2024 |
| 18710805 | SOLUTION TREATMENT METHOD AND SOLUTION TREATMENT UNIT | GURTOWSKI, RICHARD C | 1773 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 16, 2024 |
| 18705764 | THERMOPLASTIC POLYESTER RESIN COMPOSITION AND MOLDED ARTICLE | DIGGS, TANISHA | 1761 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 29, 2024 |
| 18703747 | COMPOSITION AND COATING MATERIAL | SALAMON, PETER A | 1759 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 23, 2024 |
| 18703022 | POLYMER ION CONDUCTIVE MEMBRANE, POLYMER ION CONDUCTIVE MEMBRANE FOR SECONDARY BATTERIES, COMPOSITE ION PERMEABLE MEMBRANE, ELECTRODE COMPLEX, AND SECONDARY BATTERY | GREENE, PATRICK MARSHALL | 1724 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 19, 2024 |
| 18702360 | FIBER-REINFORCED THERMOPLASTIC RESIN MOLDED ARTICLE | GODENSCHWAGER, PETER F | 1767 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2024 |
| 18701346 | METHOD OF COLLECTING e-CAPROLACTAM AND POLYAMIDE 6 OLIGOMER, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING POLYAMIDE 6 | GULAKOWSKI, RANDY P | 1766 | §101§102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 15, 2024 |
| 18699619 | RESIN COMPOSITION, CURED PRODUCT THEREOF, LAMINATE USING SAME, ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK, AND PLASMA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT | WOODWARD, ANA LUCRECIA | 1765 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 09, 2024 |
| 18699346 | HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE, HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE MODULE AND VESICLE-CONTAINING SOLUTION | PATEL, PRANAV N | 1779 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 08, 2024 |
| 18698335 | FIBER-REINFORCED THERMOPLASTIC RESIN COMPOSITION | LING, DORIS | 1764 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 03, 2024 |
| 18693743 | POLYARYLENE SULFIDE RESIN COMPOSITION AND MOLDED ARTICLE | WU, ANDREA | 1763 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2024 |
| 18693578 | COMPOSITE SEMIPERMEABLE MEMBRANE | KURTZ, BENJAMIN M | 1779 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2024 |
| 18691307 | SILOXANE RESIN COMPOSITION FOR FORMING CURED FILM, CURED FILM, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING POLYSILOXANE | CHAMPION, RICHARD DAVID | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 12, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialToray Industries Inc. has 107 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 58 art units and 93 examiners.
Lashawnda T Mckinnon has the most, with 3 of Toray Industries Inc.'s pending office actions.
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