Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

TOYOBO MC Corporation

Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics

14 pending office actions • 10 art units • 14 examiners • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

14
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
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.

4
Hard (29%)
10
Medium (71%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only9 (64%)
Double-patenting + other1 (7%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (29%)

Industry Mix

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

8
Life Sciences
57% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
14% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
4
Business / Other
29% 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.

140 h
Manual time on pending OAs
28 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
49 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ZIMMERMAN, JOSHUA D 1 40.9% +15.7%
FRAZIER, KELVIN MITCHELL 1 — —
HE, QIANPING 1 66.8% +15.9%
WALKER, AJA ARYANNA 1 57.1% +50.0%
LEE, ALEXANDER N 1 76.7% +11.9%
YOON, TAE H 1 66.5% +24.7%
BOYLE, ROBERT C 1 69.7% -2.7%
CHEN, VIVIAN 1 56.7% +29.1%
MCDONOUGH, JAMES E 1 71.1% +10.9%
ZHANG, RUIYUN 1 70.4% +10.6%

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17799862 ROTOR CORE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ROTOR CORE TALPALATSKI, ALEXANDER 57d
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 —

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
18874642 DEVELOPMENT BRUSH, DEVELOPING DEVICE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING FLEXOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE, AND METHOD FOR DEVELOPING PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN FLEXOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE PRECURSOR ZIMMERMAN, JOSHUA D —
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 —
18283356 HOT MELT ADHESIVE COMPOSITION AND LAMINATE CHEN, VIVIAN —
18282842 POLYESTER RESIN COMPOSITION, AQUEOUS DISPERSION, COATING COMPOSITION, AND COATING FILM MCDONOUGH, JAMES E —
18279662 AQUEOUS DISPERSION ZHANG, RUIYUN —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2853 1
1776 1
1764 1
1787 1
1734 1
1782 1
1765 1
1767 1
1763 1
2837 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18874642 DEVELOPMENT BRUSH, DEVELOPING DEVICE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING FLEXOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE, AND METHOD FOR DEVELOPING PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN FLEXOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE PRECURSOR ZIMMERMAN, JOSHUA D 2853 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 13, 2024
18726495 ELECTRODE, BATTERY CELL, CELL STACK, AND REDOX-FLOW BATTERY SYSTEM FRAZIER, KELVIN MITCHELL — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 03, 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 — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 22, 2024
18690984 PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN PRINTING PLATE PRECURSOR FOR RELIEF PRINTING, AND PRINTING PLATE LEE, ALEXANDER N — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 11, 2024
18687156 ADHESIVE RESIN COMPOSITION YOON, TAE H — §102§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 27, 2024
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
18275492 POLYESTER RESIN COMPOSITION, AQUEOUS DISPERSION, COATING COMPOSITION, AND COATING FILM LISTVOYB, GREGORY 1765 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 02, 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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