Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

Toyo Seikan Group Holdings Ltd.

15 pending office actions • 12 art units • 15 examiners • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

15
Total Pending OAs
11
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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 (47%)
7
Medium (47%)
1
Easy (7%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (20%)
§103 only4 (27%)
§102 only1 (7%)
Double-patenting only1 (7%)
Double-patenting + other2 (13%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (27%)

Industry Mix

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

8
Life Sciences
53% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
27% of docket
3
Business / Other
20% 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.

150 h
Manual time on pending OAs
30 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
52 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
GOLDBERG, IVAN R 1 35.4% +35.6%
IQBAL, MUSTAFA 1 46.2% +26.7%
PACKARD, BENJAMIN J 1 66.5% +15.7%
TOLAN, EDWARD THOMAS 1 78.0% +16.2%
KHATRI, PRASHANT J 1 61.1% +28.5%
ROMANOWSKI, MICHAEL C 1 53.6% +61.9%
JACKSON, MONIQUE R 1 34.8% +44.3%
UNDERDAHL, THANE E 1 58.9% +50.6%
DO, NHAT CHIEU Q 1 63.7% +49.2%
HENKEL, DANIELLE B 1 56.3% +24.0%

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
17792801 POROUS SILICA, DEODORANT AGENT, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING DEODORANT AGENT LACLAIR, LOGAN EDWARD 36d
19289693 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFERENCE DEVICE, MACHINE LEARNING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFERENCE METHOD, AND MACHINE LEARNING METHOD GOLDBERG, IVAN R
19048626 CONTAINER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT METHOD AND CONTAINER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT DEVICE IQBAL, MUSTAFA
18294352 SEAMLESS CAN AND COATED METAL SHEET ROMANOWSKI, MICHAEL C
18392380 CELL CULTURE METHOD, CELL CULTURE KIT, AND CELL CULTURE SYSTEM UNDERDAHL, THANE E
18307968 CELL CULTURE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING PROLIFERATIVE PROPERTY OF CELLS HENKEL, DANIELLE B
17426313 SEAMLESS CAN BODY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEAMLESS CAN BODY POON, ROBERT

Interview Candidates (10)

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
19289693 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFERENCE DEVICE, MACHINE LEARNING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFERENCE METHOD, AND MACHINE LEARNING METHOD GOLDBERG, IVAN R
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
18670246 STRETCHED FILM AND METHOD FOR MODIFICATION TREATMENT OF STRETCHED FILM KHATRI, PRASHANT J
18294352 SEAMLESS CAN AND COATED METAL SHEET ROMANOWSKI, MICHAEL C
18294412 SEAMLESS CAN AND COATED METAL SHEET JACKSON, MONIQUE R
18392380 CELL CULTURE METHOD, CELL CULTURE KIT, AND CELL CULTURE SYSTEM UNDERDAHL, THANE E

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3625 1
1783 1
1782 1
1787 1
1699 1
3724 1
1799 1
1798 1
1638 1
3725 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19289693 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFERENCE DEVICE, MACHINE LEARNING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFERENCE METHOD, AND MACHINE LEARNING METHOD GOLDBERG, IVAN R §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 04, 2025
19048626 CONTAINER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT METHOD AND CONTAINER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT DEVICE IQBAL, MUSTAFA 3625 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 07, 2025
18969961 ANTIVIRAL COATING COMPOSITION, COATING FILM, AND ARTICLE PACKARD, BENJAMIN J DP Non-Final OA Pending Dec 05, 2024
18922997 CAN BODY MANUFACTURING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CAN BODY TOLAN, EDWARD THOMAS §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 22, 2024
18670246 STRETCHED FILM AND METHOD FOR MODIFICATION TREATMENT OF STRETCHED FILM KHATRI, PRASHANT J 1783 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 21, 2024
18294352 SEAMLESS CAN AND COATED METAL SHEET ROMANOWSKI, MICHAEL C 1782 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 01, 2024
18294412 SEAMLESS CAN AND COATED METAL SHEET JACKSON, MONIQUE R 1787 §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Feb 01, 2024
18392380 CELL CULTURE METHOD, CELL CULTURE KIT, AND CELL CULTURE SYSTEM UNDERDAHL, THANE E 1699 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Dec 21, 2023
18318348 MACHINING JIG, MACHINING METHOD, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEAMLESS CAN BODIES DO, NHAT CHIEU Q 3724 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 16, 2023
18307968 CELL CULTURE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING PROLIFERATIVE PROPERTY OF CELLS HENKEL, DANIELLE B 1799 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 27, 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 Final Rejection 29d Pending Dec 29, 2022
17926971 MASS PRODUCTION METHOD OF UNIFORM SIZE CELL AGGREGATES ROGERS, ERIC JASON 1638 §103§112DP Final Rejection Pending Nov 21, 2022
17907484 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING BOTTOMED CYLINDRICAL BODY STEPHENS, MATTHEW 3725 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 27, 2022
17792801 POROUS SILICA, DEODORANT AGENT, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING DEODORANT AGENT LACLAIR, LOGAN EDWARD 1736 §102§103 Final Rejection 36d Pending Jul 14, 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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