Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Toyo Roshi Kaisha Ltd. is active in the Chemistry & Materials technology area with 1 pending office action currently under review. The prosecution of this portfolio is centralized, as the pending matter is handled by 1 distinct examiner within 1 distinct art unit. This suggests a narrow technical focus for the company's current patenting activities in the chemical sector. Practitioners should recognize that this centralized approach allows for a dedicated focus on the specific requirements of the pending application.
The busiest examiner for the company is KEYWORTH, PETER, who is managing 1 pending office action. Since the portfolio only contains 1 distinct examiner, the company's prosecution outcomes are currently dependent on this single examiner's evaluation. This structure indicates a low volume of active matters within the Chemistry & Materials domain at this time. The 1 distinct art unit involved reflects the specialized nature of the technology being pursued. By engaging with 1 distinct examiner, the company can maintain a consistent prosecution narrative throughout the examination of the 1 pending office action. The presence of 1 distinct art unit further confirms the specialized nature of the current filing.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KEYWORTH, PETER | 1 | 58.5% | +23.8% |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18277823 | Metal Removal Filtering Material and Cartridge Filter | KEYWORTH, PETER | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1777 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18277823 | Metal Removal Filtering Material and Cartridge Filter | KEYWORTH, PETER | 1777 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 18, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialToyo Roshi Kaisha Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Peter Keyworth has the most, with 1 of Toyo Roshi Kaisha Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.