Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

Toyo Seikan Co., Ltd.

12 pending office actions • 6 art units • 12 examiners • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

12
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 30 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.

7
Hard (58%)
2
Medium (17%)
3
Easy (25%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (17%)
§112 only3 (25%)
Multi-statute (no §101)7 (58%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
17% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
8% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
50% of docket
3
Business / Other
25% 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.

120 h
Manual time on pending OAs
24 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
42 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S 1 74.4% +23.6%
ALLEN, JEFFREY R 1 47.7% +27.0%
HARM, NICKOLAS R 1 79.3% +5.9%
SMITH JR., JIMMY R 1 64.7% +43.7%
CASTRIOTTA, JENNIFER 1 62.2% +28.7%
RICHMOND, SCOTT A. 1 87.3% +6.5%
VINEIS, FRANK J 1 39.9% +44.8%
SULLIVAN, DEBRA M 1 78.4% +17.3%
LIEUWEN, CODY J 1 59.5% +45.9%
TEMPLETON, CHRISTOPHER L 1 50.9% +56.0%

Hard Cases (7)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18114421 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CAN BODY AND MANUFACTURING LINE OF THE SAME TEMPLETON, CHRISTOPHER L 157d overdue
18352235 DISCHARGE APPARATUS AND DISCHARGE METHOD LIEUWEN, CODY J 60d overdue
17787932 UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE GREENLUND, JOSEPH A 17d overdue
18943651 CAN CONTAINER ALLEN, JEFFREY R
18941108 METHOD FOR PRODUCING MULTILAYER FILM, AND MULTILAYER FILM HARM, NICKOLAS R
18764402 CAN PRINTING SYSTEM, CAN MANUFACTURING SYSTEM, COLOR GUIDE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING COLOR GUIDE RICHMOND, SCOTT A.
18293443 IRONING PUNCH SULLIVAN, DEBRA M

Interview Candidates (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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18114421 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CAN BODY AND MANUFACTURING LINE OF THE SAME TEMPLETON, CHRISTOPHER L 157d overdue
18767208 STACKABLE METAL CUP CASTRIOTTA, JENNIFER 147d overdue
18352235 DISCHARGE APPARATUS AND DISCHARGE METHOD LIEUWEN, CODY J 60d overdue
19013417 CAN MANUFACTURING METHOD AND DEVICE ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S
18943651 CAN CONTAINER ALLEN, JEFFREY R
18810830 METHOD FOR PRODUCING LAMINATED FILM, LAMINATED FILM, AND PACKAGING CONTAINER SMITH JR., JIMMY R
18740908 LAMINATE VINEIS, FRANK J
18293443 IRONING PUNCH SULLIVAN, DEBRA M

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3733 2
3725 2
3752 2
1745 1
2853 1
1792 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19013417 CAN MANUFACTURING METHOD AND DEVICE ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 08, 2025
18943651 CAN CONTAINER ALLEN, JEFFREY R 3733 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Nov 11, 2024
18941108 METHOD FOR PRODUCING MULTILAYER FILM, AND MULTILAYER FILM HARM, NICKOLAS R §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 08, 2024
18810830 METHOD FOR PRODUCING LAMINATED FILM, LAMINATED FILM, AND PACKAGING CONTAINER SMITH JR., JIMMY R 1745 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 21, 2024
18767208 STACKABLE METAL CUP CASTRIOTTA, JENNIFER 3733 §112 Final Rejection 147d overdue Pending Jul 09, 2024
18764402 CAN PRINTING SYSTEM, CAN MANUFACTURING SYSTEM, COLOR GUIDE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING COLOR GUIDE RICHMOND, SCOTT A. 2853 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 05, 2024
18740908 LAMINATE VINEIS, FRANK J §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 12, 2024
18293443 IRONING PUNCH SULLIVAN, DEBRA M 3725 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 30, 2024
18352235 DISCHARGE APPARATUS AND DISCHARGE METHOD LIEUWEN, CODY J 3752 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Jul 13, 2023
18114421 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CAN BODY AND MANUFACTURING LINE OF THE SAME TEMPLETON, CHRISTOPHER L 3725 §102§112 Non-Final OA 157d overdue Pending Feb 27, 2023
17787932 UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE GREENLUND, JOSEPH A 3752 §103§112 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Jun 21, 2022
17719803 MICROWAVABLE POUCH KIM, BRYAN 1792 §103 Final Rejection 27d Pending Apr 13, 2022

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