Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
16 pending office actions • 15 art units • 15 examiners • 0 of 16 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days
TOYOBO MC Corporation has 15 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The portfolio involves 14 examiners and 14 art units, showing wide distribution across both examiner assignments and technical examination groups.
KARST, DAVID THOMAS is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. The limited concentration with that examiner means most prosecution work is spread among other examiner relationships, rather than being controlled by a single point of contact.
Because the examiner and art-unit counts are both 14, counsel should maintain detailed matter-level tracking. Coordination can improve consistency, but responses will likely need to account for the distinct examination settings represented across the portfolio.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 | 9 (56%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (6%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (38%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KARST, DAVID THOMAS | 2 | 64.8% | +9.7% |
| IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE | 1 | 33.5% | +24.9% |
| FRAZIER, KELVIN MITCHELL | 1 | — | — |
| SANDERSON, LEE E | 1 | 45.2% | +45.2% |
| HE, QIANPING | 1 | 66.2% | +15.8% |
| WALKER, AJA ARYANNA | 1 | 66.7% | +42.9% |
| LEE, ALEXANDER N | 1 | 75.4% | +11.0% |
| YOON, TAE H | 1 | 66.7% | +24.5% |
| JOHNSTON, BRIEANN R | 1 | 49.6% | +32.6% |
| BOYLE, ROBERT C | 1 | 69.7% | -2.8% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17799862 | ROTOR CORE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ROTOR CORE | TALPALATSKI, ALEXANDER | 57d |
| 19121987 | FILTER MATERIAL AND FILTER | IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE | — |
| 18721436 | AQUEOUS DISPERSION COMPOSITION CONTAINING POLYESTER RESIN | SANDERSON, LEE E | — |
| 18718504 | GAS TREATMENT SYSTEM AND GAS TREATMENT METHOD | HE, QIANPING | — |
| 18285050 | PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION FOR FLEXOGRAPHIC PRINTING ORIGINAL PLATE AND FLEXOGRAPHIC PRINTING ORIGINAL PLATE OBTAINED THEREFROM | BOYLE, ROBERT C | — |
| 18270372 | THERMOPLASTIC POLYESTER RESIN COMPOSITION, AND EXTRUSION-MOLDED ARTICLE COMPOSED THEREOF | KARST, DAVID THOMAS | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19121987 | FILTER MATERIAL AND FILTER | IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE | — |
| 18721436 | AQUEOUS DISPERSION COMPOSITION CONTAINING POLYESTER RESIN | SANDERSON, LEE E | — |
| 18718504 | GAS TREATMENT SYSTEM AND GAS TREATMENT METHOD | HE, QIANPING | — |
| 18712525 | ADHESIVE COMPOSITION, ADHESIVE SHEET, ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SHIELD FILM, LAMINATE, AND PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD | WALKER, AJA ARYANNA | — |
| 18690984 | PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN PRINTING PLATE PRECURSOR FOR RELIEF PRINTING, AND PRINTING PLATE | LEE, ALEXANDER N | — |
| 18687156 | ADHESIVE RESIN COMPOSITION | YOON, TAE H | — |
| 18284995 | FLAME-RETARDANT THERMOPLASTIC POLYESTER ELASTOMER RESIN COMPOSITION, AND MOLDED ARTICLE OBTAINED THEREFROM | JOHNSTON, BRIEANN R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1767 | 2 |
| 1789 | 1 |
| 1783 | 1 |
| 3991 | 1 |
| 1776 | 1 |
| 1761 | 1 |
| 1737 | 1 |
| 1762 | 1 |
| 1766 | 1 |
| 1764 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19121987 | FILTER MATERIAL AND FILTER | IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE | 1789 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 17, 2025 |
| 18726495 | ELECTRODE, BATTERY CELL, CELL STACK, AND REDOX-FLOW BATTERY SYSTEM | FRAZIER, KELVIN MITCHELL | 1783 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2024 |
| 18721436 | AQUEOUS DISPERSION COMPOSITION CONTAINING POLYESTER RESIN | SANDERSON, LEE E | 3991 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2024 |
| 18718504 | GAS TREATMENT SYSTEM AND GAS TREATMENT METHOD | HE, QIANPING | 1776 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 11, 2024 |
| 18712525 | ADHESIVE COMPOSITION, ADHESIVE SHEET, ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SHIELD FILM, LAMINATE, AND PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD | WALKER, AJA ARYANNA | 1761 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 22, 2024 |
| 18690984 | PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN PRINTING PLATE PRECURSOR FOR RELIEF PRINTING, AND PRINTING PLATE | LEE, ALEXANDER N | 1737 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2024 |
| 18687156 | ADHESIVE RESIN COMPOSITION | YOON, TAE H | 1762 | §102§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2024 |
| 18683019 | POLYBENZOXAZOLE POWDER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME | KARST, DAVID THOMAS | 1767 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2024 |
| 18284995 | FLAME-RETARDANT THERMOPLASTIC POLYESTER ELASTOMER RESIN COMPOSITION, AND MOLDED ARTICLE OBTAINED THEREFROM | JOHNSTON, BRIEANN R | 1766 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 29, 2023 |
| 18285050 | PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION FOR FLEXOGRAPHIC PRINTING ORIGINAL PLATE AND FLEXOGRAPHIC PRINTING ORIGINAL PLATE OBTAINED THEREFROM | BOYLE, ROBERT C | 1764 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 29, 2023 |
| 18283356 | HOT MELT ADHESIVE COMPOSITION AND LAMINATE | CHEN, VIVIAN | 1787 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 21, 2023 |
| 18282842 | POLYESTER RESIN COMPOSITION, AQUEOUS DISPERSION, COATING COMPOSITION, AND COATING FILM | MCDONOUGH, JAMES E | 1734 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2023 |
| 18279662 | AQUEOUS DISPERSION | ZHANG, RUIYUN | 1782 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 31, 2023 |
| 18270372 | THERMOPLASTIC POLYESTER RESIN COMPOSITION, AND EXTRUSION-MOLDED ARTICLE COMPOSED THEREOF | KARST, DAVID THOMAS | 1767 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 29, 2023 |
| 18037633 | INORGANIC MATERIAL-REINFORCED THERMOPLASTIC POLYESTER RESIN COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | WU, ANDREA | 1763 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 18, 2023 |
| 17799862 | ROTOR CORE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ROTOR CORE | TALPALATSKI, ALEXANDER | 2837 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 57d | Pending | Aug 15, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialTOYOBO MC Corporation has 16 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 15 art units and 15 examiners.
David Thomas Karst has the most, with 2 of TOYOBO MC Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
