Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Toyobo Co., Ltd.

29 pending office actions • 17 art units • 28 examiners • 0 of 29 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 35 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

29
Total Pending OAs
19
Non-Final OAs
9
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 14 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

9
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
2
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. 14 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (9)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due later (2)

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.

6
Hard (21%)
21
Medium (72%)
2
Easy (7%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only21 (72%)
§112 only1 (3%)
Double-patenting only1 (3%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (21%)

Industry Mix

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

20
Life Sciences
69% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
3% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
7% of docket
6
Business / Other
21% 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.

290 h
Manual time on pending OAs
58 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
102 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
FREEMAN, JOHN D 2 45.6% +6.9%
FLORES JR, DONALD M 1 76.7% +27.8%
GAITONDE, MEGHA MEHTA 1 40.6% +35.0%
TAWFIK, SAMEH 1 63.0% +31.1%
YANG, ZHEREN J 1 57.2% +52.9%
CHOI, PETER Y 1 20.7% +33.3%
ISAAC, STANETTA D 1 85.6% -36.9%
XU, JIANGTIAN 1 65.3% +34.5%
WALSHON, SCOTT R 1 50.9% +20.8%
BOYKIN, TERRESSA M 1 89.4% +8.4%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18689669 SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS ISAAC, STANETTA D
18560726 METHOD FOR PRODUCING RECYCLE FILM BOYKIN, TERRESSA M

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18033973 CELL CRYOPRESERVATION HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE BOWERS, NATHAN ANDREW 8d
17442741 LAMINATED POLYESTER FILM DUCHENEAUX, FRANK D 62d
18695278 LAMINATED FILM, FILM FOR PROTECTED HORTICULTURE, AND WOVEN OR KNITTED FABRIC CHOI, PETER Y 83d
18713454 BIAXIALLY ORIENTED POLYESTER FILM YANG, ZHEREN J
18247309 HEAT-SHRINKABLE POLYESTER FILM CHEN, VIVIAN
17913620 THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE RESIN COMPOSITION AND MOLDED ARTICLE COMPRISING SAME DIAZ, MATTHEW R

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
18695278 LAMINATED FILM, FILM FOR PROTECTED HORTICULTURE, AND WOVEN OR KNITTED FABRIC CHOI, PETER Y 83d
18832260 HEAT SHRINKABLE WHITE POLYESTER-BASED FILM FLORES JR, DONALD M
18850723 POLYPROPYLENE HEAT-SHRINKABLE FILM GAITONDE, MEGHA MEHTA
18724444 MULTILAYER FILM, LID MEMBER FOR FOOD PACKAGING CONTAINER, AND FOOD PACKAGING CONTAINER TAWFIK, SAMEH
18713454 BIAXIALLY ORIENTED POLYESTER FILM YANG, ZHEREN J
18681994 CROSSLINKED POLYESTER RESIN XU, JIANGTIAN
18577439 BIAXIALLY ORIENTED LAMINATED POLYPROPYLENE FILM WALSHON, SCOTT R

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1787 5
1765 2
1788 2
1781 1
1786 1
2898 1
1613 1
3654 1
1799 1
1766 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18832260 HEAT SHRINKABLE WHITE POLYESTER-BASED FILM FLORES JR, DONALD M §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 15, 2025
18850723 POLYPROPYLENE HEAT-SHRINKABLE FILM GAITONDE, MEGHA MEHTA §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 25, 2024
18724444 MULTILAYER FILM, LID MEMBER FOR FOOD PACKAGING CONTAINER, AND FOOD PACKAGING CONTAINER TAWFIK, SAMEH §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 26, 2024
18713454 BIAXIALLY ORIENTED POLYESTER FILM YANG, ZHEREN J 1781 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 24, 2024
18695278 LAMINATED FILM, FILM FOR PROTECTED HORTICULTURE, AND WOVEN OR KNITTED FABRIC CHOI, PETER Y 1786 §103§112 Non-Final OA 83d Pending Mar 25, 2024
18693854 LAMINATED FILM, FILM FOR PROTECTED HORTICULTURE, AND WOVEN OR KNITTED FABRIC FREEMAN, JOHN D 1787 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 20, 2024
18689669 SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS ISAAC, STANETTA D 2898 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 06, 2024
18681994 CROSSLINKED POLYESTER RESIN XU, JIANGTIAN §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 07, 2024
18577439 BIAXIALLY ORIENTED LAMINATED POLYPROPYLENE FILM WALSHON, SCOTT R §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 08, 2024
18560726 METHOD FOR PRODUCING RECYCLE FILM BOYKIN, TERRESSA M §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 14, 2023
18558962 LAMINATE OF INORGANIC SUBSTRATE AND HEAT-RESISTANT POLYMER FILM FREEMAN, JOHN D 1787 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Nov 03, 2023
18551653 ANTITHROMBOGENIC MATERIAL ROSENTHAL, ANDREW S 1613 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 21, 2023
18254106 BIAXIALLY ORIENTED POLYPROPYLENE RESIN FILM, AND PACKAGING USING SAME SHUKLA, KRUPA 1787 §103 Final Rejection 43d overdue Pending May 23, 2023
18036107 REELING DEVICE AND REELING METHOD BURRELL, KATELYNNE RUTH 3654 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 09, 2023
18033973 CELL CRYOPRESERVATION HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE BOWERS, NATHAN ANDREW 1799 §103§112 Final Rejection 8d Pending Apr 26, 2023
18031761 CROSSLINKED AROMATIC POLYESTER RESIN COMPOSITION AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR DESTEFANO, AUDRA JEAN 1766 §103 Final Rejection 18d overdue Pending Apr 13, 2023
18031770 CROSSLINKED POLYESTER RESIN SLOAN, LILY KAYOKO 1762 §103 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Apr 13, 2023
18030546 BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION MEASURING BELT FOR CALF MINCHELLA, ADAM ZACHARY 3794 §103 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Apr 06, 2023
18247309 HEAT-SHRINKABLE POLYESTER FILM CHEN, VIVIAN 1787 §102§103Other Non-Final OA Pending Mar 30, 2023
18020316 INORGANIC MATERIAL-REINFORCED THERMOPLASTIC POLYESTER RESIN COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME DONAHUE, OLGA LUCIA 1763 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 08, 2023
17997896 COPOLYMERIZED POLYESTER RAW MATERIAL FOR FILM, HEAT-SHRINKABLE POLYESTER-BASED FILM, HEAT-SHRINKABLE LABEL, AND PACKAGE PRODUCT BERRO, ADAM JOSEPH 1765 DP Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Nov 03, 2022
17913620 THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE RESIN COMPOSITION AND MOLDED ARTICLE COMPRISING SAME DIAZ, MATTHEW R 1761 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 22, 2022
17913610 LIGHT-SENSITIVE RESIN ORIGINAL PRINTING PLATE FOR LETTERPRESS PRINTING CHU, JOHN S Y 1737 §103 Non-Final OA 66d overdue Pending Sep 22, 2022
17906568 BIAXIALLY-ORIENTED POLYPROPYLENE FILM FROST, ANTHONY J 1782 §103 Non-Final OA 107d overdue Pending Sep 16, 2022
17908327 POLYESTER RESIN, AQUEOUS DISPERSION AND ADHESIVE COMPOSITION USING THE SAME DICUS, TAMRA 1787 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 31, 2022
17622378 POLYAMIDE RESIN COMPOSITION FOR FOAM MOLDING AND FOAM MOLDED BODY EASHOO, MARK 1767 §103 Final Rejection 124d overdue Pending Dec 23, 2021
17612139 POLYAMIDE-BASED RESIN COMPOSITION FOR INJECTION MOLDING AND SLIDING COMPONENT FORMED THEREFROM LENIHAN, JEFFREY S 1765 §103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Nov 17, 2021
17442741 LAMINATED POLYESTER FILM DUCHENEAUX, FRANK D 1788 §102§103 Final Rejection 62d Pending Sep 24, 2021
17425992 READILY ADHESIVE POLYESTER FILM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME MANGOHIG, THOMAS A 1788 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Jul 27, 2021

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