Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 12, 2026

Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd.

8 pending office actions • 4 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
3
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (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.

1
Hard (12%)
7
Medium (88%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only5 (62%)
Double-patenting + other2 (25%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (12%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
62% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
3
Business / Other
38% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CHRISTY, KATHERINE A 2 75.2% +35.3%
TRAN, DAN NGUYEN 1
KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K 1 50.5% +16.0%
PARK, LISA S 1 77.3% +22.6%
NELSON, MICHAEL B 1 21.2% +36.8%
JONES, OLIVIA ANN 1 55.6% +55.4%
CORNO JR, JAMES ANTHONY JOHN 1 36.6% +36.2%

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18366266 RESIN-COATED METAL SHEET FOR CONTAINER, CONTAINER FORMED OF RESIN-COATED METAL SHEET, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING RESIN-COATED METAL SHEET NELSON, MICHAEL B 71d overdue
18860893 SURFACE-TREATED STEEL FOIL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME CHRISTY, KATHERINE A 39d

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18004963 ELECTROLYTIC IRON FOIL CORNO JR, JAMES ANTHONY JOHN 77d overdue
18366266 RESIN-COATED METAL SHEET FOR CONTAINER, CONTAINER FORMED OF RESIN-COATED METAL SHEET, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING RESIN-COATED METAL SHEET NELSON, MICHAEL B 71d overdue
18005104 ELECTROLYTIC IRON FOIL JONES, OLIVIA ANN 12d
18860893 SURFACE-TREATED STEEL FOIL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME CHRISTY, KATHERINE A 39d
18848999 ROLL-BONDED LAMINATE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME CHRISTY, KATHERINE A
18557603 SURFACE TREATED STEEL FOIL FOR CURRENT COLLECTOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K
18557606 SURFACE TREATED STEEL FOIL PARK, LISA S

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1784 2
1787 1
1789 1
1722 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18860893 SURFACE-TREATED STEEL FOIL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME CHRISTY, KATHERINE A 1784 §102§103 Non-Final OA 39d Pending Oct 28, 2024
18848999 ROLL-BONDED LAMINATE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME CHRISTY, KATHERINE A 1784 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 20, 2024
18687992 SURFACE-TREATED METAL SHEET FOR BATTERY TRAN, DAN NGUYEN §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 29, 2024
18557603 SURFACE TREATED STEEL FOIL FOR CURRENT COLLECTOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Oct 27, 2023
18557606 SURFACE TREATED STEEL FOIL PARK, LISA S §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Oct 27, 2023
18366266 RESIN-COATED METAL SHEET FOR CONTAINER, CONTAINER FORMED OF RESIN-COATED METAL SHEET, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING RESIN-COATED METAL SHEET NELSON, MICHAEL B 1787 §103 Non-Final OA 71d overdue Pending Aug 07, 2023
18005104 ELECTROLYTIC IRON FOIL JONES, OLIVIA ANN 1789 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Jan 11, 2023
18004963 ELECTROLYTIC IRON FOIL CORNO JR, JAMES ANTHONY JOHN 1722 §103 Non-Final OA 77d overdue Pending Jan 10, 2023

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