Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
13 pending office actions • 10 art units • 12 examiners • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 13 patents granted in the last 365 days
Toyo Seikan Group Holdings Ltd. has 12 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The portfolio involves 12 examiners and 9 art units, indicating complete examiner separation with some repeated technical-group assignments.
GOLDBERG, IVAN R is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Since no examiner carries a larger concentration, portfolio review should emphasize application-specific issues while using shared art-unit experience where it is relevant.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 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. 3 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 (15%) |
| §103 only | 2 (15%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 8 (62%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PARKER, LAURA EBERT | 2 | 57.4% | +25.7% |
| GOLDBERG, IVAN R | 1 | 35.2% | +35.9% |
| SHAH, SAMIR | 1 | 36.7% | +35.1% |
| IQBAL, MUSTAFA | 1 | 46.9% | +24.7% |
| PACKARD, BENJAMIN J | 1 | 66.9% | +15.3% |
| TOLAN, EDWARD THOMAS | 1 | 78.0% | +16.0% |
| MIGGINS, MICHAEL C | 1 | 80.8% | +16.6% |
| DO, NHAT CHIEU Q | 1 | 64.0% | +48.7% |
| MCGUIRK, JOHN SCHUYLER | 1 | 77.8% | +49.3% |
| STEPHENS, MATTHEW | 1 | 65.1% | +21.6% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18826397 | PRINTED LAYERED BODY FOR PACKAGING | MIGGINS, MICHAEL C | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18014950 | CAN LID AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | PARKER, LAURA EBERT | 8d overdue |
| 18091096 | CELL CULTURE VESSEL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING CELL CULTURE VESSEL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING CELLS, CELL CULTURE APPARATUS, AND CELL CULTURE JIG | MCGUIRK, JOHN SCHUYLER | 29d |
| 19289693 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFERENCE DEVICE, MACHINE LEARNING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFERENCE METHOD, AND MACHINE LEARNING METHOD | GOLDBERG, IVAN R | — |
| 19254445 | EASY-OPEN PACKAGING BODY | PARKER, LAURA EBERT | — |
| 19091109 | GAS-BARRIER COATING COMPOSITION AND GAS-BARRIER LAMINATE | SHAH, SAMIR | — |
| 19048626 | CONTAINER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT METHOD AND CONTAINER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT DEVICE | IQBAL, MUSTAFA | — |
| 18922997 | CAN BODY MANUFACTURING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CAN BODY | TOLAN, EDWARD THOMAS | — |
| 18318348 | MACHINING JIG, MACHINING METHOD, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEAMLESS CAN BODIES | DO, NHAT CHIEU Q | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18014950 | CAN LID AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | PARKER, LAURA EBERT | 8d overdue |
| 18091096 | CELL CULTURE VESSEL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING CELL CULTURE VESSEL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING CELLS, CELL CULTURE APPARATUS, AND CELL CULTURE JIG | MCGUIRK, JOHN SCHUYLER | 29d |
| 19289693 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFERENCE DEVICE, MACHINE LEARNING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFERENCE METHOD, AND MACHINE LEARNING METHOD | GOLDBERG, IVAN R | — |
| 19254445 | EASY-OPEN PACKAGING BODY | PARKER, LAURA EBERT | — |
| 19091109 | GAS-BARRIER COATING COMPOSITION AND GAS-BARRIER LAMINATE | SHAH, SAMIR | — |
| 19048626 | CONTAINER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT METHOD AND CONTAINER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT DEVICE | IQBAL, MUSTAFA | — |
| 18969961 | ANTIVIRAL COATING COMPOSITION, COATING FILM, AND ARTICLE | PACKARD, BENJAMIN J | — |
| 18922997 | CAN BODY MANUFACTURING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CAN BODY | TOLAN, EDWARD THOMAS | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3733 | 2 |
| 3725 | 2 |
| 1782 | 2 |
| 3619 | 1 |
| 1787 | 1 |
| 3625 | 1 |
| 1612 | 1 |
| 3724 | 1 |
| 1798 | 1 |
| 3735 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19289693 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFERENCE DEVICE, MACHINE LEARNING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFERENCE METHOD, AND MACHINE LEARNING METHOD | GOLDBERG, IVAN R | 3619 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 04, 2025 |
| 19254445 | EASY-OPEN PACKAGING BODY | PARKER, LAURA EBERT | 3733 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 30, 2025 |
| 19091109 | GAS-BARRIER COATING COMPOSITION AND GAS-BARRIER LAMINATE | SHAH, SAMIR | 1787 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 26, 2025 |
| 19048626 | CONTAINER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT METHOD AND CONTAINER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT DEVICE | IQBAL, MUSTAFA | 3625 | §101§102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2025 |
| 18969961 | ANTIVIRAL COATING COMPOSITION, COATING FILM, AND ARTICLE | PACKARD, BENJAMIN J | 1612 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2024 |
| 18922997 | CAN BODY MANUFACTURING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CAN BODY | TOLAN, EDWARD THOMAS | 3725 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 22, 2024 |
| 18826397 | PRINTED LAYERED BODY FOR PACKAGING | MIGGINS, MICHAEL C | 1782 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2024 |
| 18318348 | MACHINING JIG, MACHINING METHOD, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEAMLESS CAN BODIES | DO, NHAT CHIEU Q | 3724 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 16, 2023 |
| 18014950 | CAN LID AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | PARKER, LAURA EBERT | 3733 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 8d overdue | Pending | Jan 06, 2023 |
| 18091096 | CELL CULTURE VESSEL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING CELL CULTURE VESSEL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING CELLS, CELL CULTURE APPARATUS, AND CELL CULTURE JIG | MCGUIRK, JOHN SCHUYLER | 1798 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | Dec 29, 2022 |
| 17907484 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING BOTTOMED CYLINDRICAL BODY | STEPHENS, MATTHEW | 3725 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2022 |
| 17760082 | COATING COMPOSITION, COATED METAL SHEET, AND DRAWN AND IRONED CAN AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SAME | LAN, YAN | 1782 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 35d | Pending | Aug 03, 2022 |
| 17426313 | SEAMLESS CAN BODY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEAMLESS CAN BODY | POON, ROBERT | 3735 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 28, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialToyo Seikan Group Holdings Ltd. has 13 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 10 art units and 12 examiners.
Laura Ebert Parker has the most, with 2 of Toyo Seikan Group Holdings Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
