Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Tosoh Corporation

31 pending office actions • 19 art units • 27 examiners • 0 of 31 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 31 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

31
Total Pending OAs
22
Non-Final OAs
9
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

7
Overdue
0
Due this week
4
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (7)Due ≤ 30 days (4)Due ≤ 60 days (2)

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.

14
Hard (45%)
16
Medium (52%)
1
Easy (3%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (6%)
§103 only10 (32%)
§102 only6 (19%)
§112 only1 (3%)
Multi-statute (no §101)12 (39%)

Industry Mix

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

25
Life Sciences
81% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
6
Business / Other
19% 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.

310 h
Manual time on pending OAs
62 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
108 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MCDONALD, RODNEY GLENN 3 63.4% +24.4%
PAGANO, ALEXANDER R 2 78.9% +11.1%
MILLER, CAMERON KENNETH 2 81.1% +0.3%
NGUYEN, HAIDUNG D 1 65.0% +28.2%
SCHLEIS, DANIEL J 1 71.6% +5.1%
HUNTER III, CARNELL 1 91.3% +16.1%
WIESE, NOAH S 1 83.4% -2.0%
LEONARD, MICHAEL L 1 63.6% +8.4%
GULAKOWSKI, RANDY P 1 22.4% +11.0%
AMEEN, MOHAMMAD M 1 76.5% +20.0%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17783582 SINTERED BODY WITH HIGH IMPACT RESISTANCE MILLER, CAMERON KENNETH

Hard Cases (15)

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
18871809 GALLIUM NITRIDE SINTERED BODY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME MCDONALD, RODNEY GLENN 67d overdue
17773347 ELECTROLYTE SOLUTION WEINER, LAURA S 17d overdue
17773705 RUBBER COMPOSITION AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR BLEDSOE, JOSHUA CALEB 16d overdue
19017900 HIGH PURITY SULFUR-DOPED COPPER SPUTTERING TARGET ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME MCDONALD, RODNEY GLENN 15d overdue
17905455 AROMATIC COMPOUND, ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR LAYER AND ORGANIC THIN FILM TRANSISTOR COUGHLIN, MATTHEW P 4d overdue
18835842 MATERIAL FOR METAL PATTERNING, HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND, THIN FILM FOR METAL PATTERNING, ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR FORMING METAL PATTERN PAGANO, ALEXANDER R 14d
17778593 METHOD FOR DETECTING CANCER BONE METASTASIS AND DETECTION REAGENT ABBAS, SYED JARAR 56d
18647501 STACKED STRUCTURE AND GALLIUM NITRIDE-BASED SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HUNTER III, CARNELL

Interview Candidates (9)

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
18871809 GALLIUM NITRIDE SINTERED BODY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME MCDONALD, RODNEY GLENN 67d overdue
18866558 METALLIC SPUTTERING TARGET, PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR, AND METALLIC MATERIAL AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR MCDONALD, RODNEY GLENN 28d overdue
19017900 HIGH PURITY SULFUR-DOPED COPPER SPUTTERING TARGET ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME MCDONALD, RODNEY GLENN 15d overdue
18835842 MATERIAL FOR METAL PATTERNING, HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND, THIN FILM FOR METAL PATTERNING, ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR FORMING METAL PATTERN PAGANO, ALEXANDER R 14d
19105444 CONDUCTIVE POLYMER SOLUTION AND APPLICATION OF SAME NGUYEN, HAIDUNG D
18647501 STACKED STRUCTURE AND GALLIUM NITRIDE-BASED SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HUNTER III, CARNELL
18291077 POLYARYLENE SULFIDE COMPOSITION GULAKOWSKI, RANDY P
18288202 MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SINTERED BODY AMEEN, MOHAMMAD M

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1794 5
1692 2
1677 2
1712 1
1784 1
1742 1
1767 1
1765 1
1736 1
1799 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19105444 CONDUCTIVE POLYMER SOLUTION AND APPLICATION OF SAME NGUYEN, HAIDUNG D 1712 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 21, 2025
18871809 GALLIUM NITRIDE SINTERED BODY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME MCDONALD, RODNEY GLENN 1794 §102§103 Final Rejection 67d overdue Pending Dec 05, 2024
18866558 METALLIC SPUTTERING TARGET, PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR, AND METALLIC MATERIAL AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR MCDONALD, RODNEY GLENN 1794 §112 Final Rejection 28d overdue Pending Nov 18, 2024
18862043 CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME SCHLEIS, DANIEL J 1784 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 31, 2024
18835842 MATERIAL FOR METAL PATTERNING, HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND, THIN FILM FOR METAL PATTERNING, ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR FORMING METAL PATTERN PAGANO, ALEXANDER R 1692 §102§112 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Aug 05, 2024
18647501 STACKED STRUCTURE AND GALLIUM NITRIDE-BASED SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HUNTER III, CARNELL §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 26, 2024
18603813 ZIRCONIA LAYERED BODY MILLER, CAMERON KENNETH §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 13, 2024
18691559 POWDER COMPOSITION, CALCINED BODY, SINTERED BODY, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME WIESE, NOAH S §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 13, 2024
18439596 POLYCARBONATE DIOL, URETHANE RESIN, AND COATING AGENT LEONARD, MICHAEL L §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 12, 2024
18291077 POLYARYLENE SULFIDE COMPOSITION GULAKOWSKI, RANDY P §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 22, 2024
18288202 MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SINTERED BODY AMEEN, MOHAMMAD M 1742 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 25, 2023
18493807 INSULATING FILM FOR SECONDARY BATTERY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING IT MCCLURE, JOSHUA PATRICK §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 25, 2023
18020652 METAL PATTERNING MATERIAL, AMINE COMPOUND, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR FORMING METAL PATTERN PAGANO, ALEXANDER R 1692 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 29, 2023
18552950 FUMARIC ACID DIESTER RESIN, FILM AND POLARIZING PLATE HEINCER, LIAM J 1767 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 28, 2023
18372927 COATING MATERIAL COMPOSITION, KIT, COATING FILM, AND COATING FILM FORMING METHOD SERGENT, RABON A 1765 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 26, 2023
18552439 CR-SI FILM SHERMAN, ERIC SCOTT 1736 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 26, 2023
18284133 TEMPERATURE-RESPONSIVE POLYMER SURFACE TREATMENT AGENT BOWERS, NATHAN ANDREW 1799 §103 Final Rejection 33d Pending Sep 26, 2023
18272724 NONFLAMMABLE LIQUID COMPOSITION AND ITS APPLICATIONS BORI, IBRAHIM D 1629 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 17, 2023
18270749 BIOMARKER FOR DETERMINING FERTILITY, AND DETERMINING METHOD USING SAME TRAN, CHAU NGUYEN BICH 1677 §101§102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 03, 2023
18037879 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CELL MASS SPENCE, JENNIFER SUZANNE 1633 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 19, 2023
18027785 TRIAZINE COMPOUND, MATERIAL FOR ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE, ELECTRON TRANSPORT MATERIAL FOR ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE, AND ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE BELL, SARA ELIZABETH 1625 §102 Final Rejection 10d overdue Pending Mar 22, 2023
18019969 CHA-TYPE ZEOLITE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME DAVIS, SHENG HAN 1732 §103 Final Rejection 8d Pending Feb 06, 2023
17905455 AROMATIC COMPOUND, ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR LAYER AND ORGANIC THIN FILM TRANSISTOR COUGHLIN, MATTHEW P 1626 §102§112 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Sep 01, 2022
17788429 METHOD FOR DETECTING PROTEIN IN EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES AND EXTRACELLULAR VESICLE MEMBRANE PERMEABILIZATION TREATMENT AGENT OGUNTADE, ELIZABETH BISOLA 1677 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 23, 2022
17783582 SINTERED BODY WITH HIGH IMPACT RESISTANCE MILLER, CAMERON KENNETH 1731 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 08, 2022
17778593 METHOD FOR DETECTING CANCER BONE METASTASIS AND DETECTION REAGENT ABBAS, SYED JARAR 1674 §101§112 Non-Final OA 56d Pending May 20, 2022
17773705 RUBBER COMPOSITION AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR BLEDSOE, JOSHUA CALEB 1762 §103§112 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending May 02, 2022
17773347 ELECTROLYTE SOLUTION WEINER, LAURA S 1723 §103§112 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Apr 29, 2022
19017900 HIGH PURITY SULFUR-DOPED COPPER SPUTTERING TARGET ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME MCDONALD, RODNEY GLENN 1794 §103§112 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Jan 13, 2025
18992549 DYNAMIC VACUUM SEAL SYSTEM FOR PHYSICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION SPUTTER APPLICATIONS BERMAN, JASON 1794 §102 Final Rejection 26d Pending Jan 08, 2025
18120358 LOW CARBON DEFECT COPPER-MANGANESE SPUTTERING TARGET AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME BAND, MICHAEL A 1794 §103 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Mar 10, 2023

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