Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Zeon Corporation

41 pending office actions • 21 art units • 36 examiners • 0 of 41 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 63 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

41
Total Pending OAs
22
Non-Final OAs
18
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
0
Due this week
6
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 30 days (6)

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.

3
Hard (7%)
35
Medium (85%)
3
Easy (7%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only33 (80%)
§102 only1 (2%)
§112 only3 (7%)
Double-patenting + other1 (2%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (7%)

Industry Mix

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

28
Life Sciences
68% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
2% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
5% of docket
10
Business / Other
24% 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.

410 h
Manual time on pending OAs
82 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
144 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LE, HOA T 3 72.6% +12.3%
HOLBROOK, MIA KEILANI 2
VO, HAI 2 57.1% +72.3%
KLINE, SYDNEY LYNN 2 71.9% +21.5%
WALKER, AJA ARYANNA 1 75.0% +33.3%
USELDING, JOHN E 1 53.5% +17.6%
ORDUNA, TAMARA 1
GAITONDE, MEGHA MEHTA 1 40.6% +35.0%
HORNSBY, BARTHOLOMEW ANDREW 1 74.3% +21.0%
ORTIZ, ARYANA YASMINE 1 50.0% +23.6%

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18260335 COMPOSITION FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE FUNCTIONAL LAYER, LAMINATE FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE, AND ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE JACOBSON, SARAH JORDAN 12d
18684835 COMPOSITE PARTICLES, ELECTRODE FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE, AND ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE HORNSBY, BARTHOLOMEW ANDREW
17997145 ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME SHUKLA, KRUPA

Interview Candidates (12)

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
18715855 HOLLOW PARTICLES, RESIN COMPOSITION, AND RESIN MOLDED BODY LE, HOA T 42d overdue
18685230 VINYL CHLORIDE RESIN COMPOSITION, VINYL CHLORIDE RESIN MOLDED PRODUCT, AND LAMINATE VO, HAI 24d overdue
18260319 COMPOSITION FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE FUNCTIONAL LAYER, FUNCTIONAL LAYER FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE, LAMINATE FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE, AND ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE KLINE, SYDNEY LYNN 17d overdue
18689862 LAMINATE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME GAITONDE, MEGHA MEHTA 14d
18837614 HOLLOW PARTICLES, RESIN COMPOSITION, AND RESIN MOLDED BODY LE, HOA T
18715872 HOLLOW PARTICLES, METHOD FOR PRODUCING HOLLOW PARTICLES, AND RESIN COMPOSITION LE, HOA T
18706383 HEAT CONDUCTIVE SHEET WALKER, AJA ARYANNA
18697483 RESIN COMPOSITION AND OPTICAL ELEMENT USELDING, JOHN E

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1788 5
1717 2
1764 2
1729 2
1725 2
1767 2
1734 2
3763 1
1781 1
1736 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18837614 HOLLOW PARTICLES, RESIN COMPOSITION, AND RESIN MOLDED BODY LE, HOA T 1788 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 12, 2024
18715872 HOLLOW PARTICLES, METHOD FOR PRODUCING HOLLOW PARTICLES, AND RESIN COMPOSITION LE, HOA T 1788 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 03, 2024
18715855 HOLLOW PARTICLES, RESIN COMPOSITION, AND RESIN MOLDED BODY LE, HOA T 1788 §102 Final Rejection 42d overdue Pending Jun 03, 2024
18706383 HEAT CONDUCTIVE SHEET WALKER, AJA ARYANNA 3763 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 01, 2024
18702329 BINDER COMPOSITION FOR NON-AQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY NEGATIVE ELECTRODE, SLURRY COMPOSITION FOR NON-AQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY NEGATIVE ELECTRODE, NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR NON-AQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY, AND NON-AQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY HOLBROOK, MIA KEILANI §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 18, 2024
18697483 RESIN COMPOSITION AND OPTICAL ELEMENT USELDING, JOHN E §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 01, 2024
18696358 BINDER COMPOSITION FOR NON-AQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY ELECTRODE, SLURRY COMPOSITION FOR NON-AQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY ELECTRODE, ELECTRODE FOR NON-AQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY, AND NON-AQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY ORDUNA, TAMARA §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 28, 2024
18689862 LAMINATE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME GAITONDE, MEGHA MEHTA 1781 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Mar 07, 2024
18685230 VINYL CHLORIDE RESIN COMPOSITION, VINYL CHLORIDE RESIN MOLDED PRODUCT, AND LAMINATE VO, HAI 1788 §112 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Feb 21, 2024
18684835 COMPOSITE PARTICLES, ELECTRODE FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE, AND ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE HORNSBY, BARTHOLOMEW ANDREW §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 20, 2024
18684688 METHODS OF PRODUCING COMPOSITE PARTICLES AND ELECTRODE FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE ORTIZ, ARYANA YASMINE §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 19, 2024
18683247 PHOTOSENSITIVE COMPOSITION FOR PATTERN FORMATION, AND FLEXOGRAPHIC PLATE ANGEBRANNDT, MARTIN J §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 13, 2024
18578409 SLURRY COMPOSITION FOR ALL-SOLID-STATE SECONDARY BATTERY, SOLID ELECTROLYTE-CONTAINING LAYER, AND ALL-SOLID-STATE SECONDARY BATTERY YANCHUK, STEPHEN J §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 11, 2024
18578003 LAMINATE FOR NON-AQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY, METHOD OF PRODUCING LAMINATE FOR NON-AQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY, AND NON-AQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY EOFF, ANCA §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 10, 2024
18578002 CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL PASTE FOR NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SOLUTION SECONDARY BATTERY, SLURRY COMPOSITION FOR NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SOLUTION SECONDARY BATTERY NEGATIVE ELECTRODE, NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SOLUTION SECONDARY BATTERY, AND NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SOLUTION SECONDARY BATTERY HOLBROOK, MIA KEILANI §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 10, 2024
18577699 BINDER COMPOSITION FOR NON-AQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY NEGATIVE ELECTRODE, SLURRY COMPOSITION FOR NON-AQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY NEGATIVE ELECTRODE, NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR NON-AQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY, AND NON-AQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY KNOWLAN, KEVIN MICHAEL §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 09, 2024
18565675 VINYL CHLORIDE RESIN COMPOSITION FOR POWDER MOLDING, VINYL CHLORIDE RESIN MOLDED PRODUCT, AND LAMINATE VO, HAI 1788 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 30, 2023
18547924 VINYL CHLORIDE RESIN COMPOSITION, VINYL CHLORIDE RESIN MOLDED PRODUCT, AND LAMINATE WALTERS JR, ROBERT S 1717 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 25, 2023
18546277 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING CARBON NANOTUBE AGGREGATES MCCRACKEN, DANIEL 1736 §112 Final Rejection 14d Pending Aug 14, 2023
18276745 HOLLOW PARTICLES KRYLOVA, IRINA 1764 §103DP Final Rejection Pending Aug 10, 2023
18260335 COMPOSITION FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE FUNCTIONAL LAYER, LAMINATE FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE, AND ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE JACOBSON, SARAH JORDAN 1785 §103§112 Final Rejection 12d Pending Jul 05, 2023
18260319 COMPOSITION FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE FUNCTIONAL LAYER, FUNCTIONAL LAYER FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE, LAMINATE FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE, AND ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE KLINE, SYDNEY LYNN 1729 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Jul 04, 2023
18260248 METHOD OF REUSING RESIN SHAPED PRODUCT RIETH, STEPHEN EDWARD 1759 §103 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Jul 03, 2023
18253391 BINDER FOR SECONDARY BATTERY FUNCTIONAL LAYER, SLURRY COMPOSITION FOR SECONDARY BATTERY FUNCTIONAL LAYER, FUNCTIONAL LAYER FOR SECONDARY BATTERY, AND SECONDARY BATTERY LIANG, JACKIE 1726 §103 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending May 18, 2023
18253037 BINDER COMPOSITION FOR NON-AQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY POSITIVE ELECTRODE, CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL DISPERSION LIQUID FOR NON-AQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY POSITIVE ELECTRODE, SLURRY COMPOSITION FOR NON-AQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY POSITIVE ELECTRODE, POSITIVE ELECTRODE FOR NON-AQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY, AND NON-AQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY ZENG, LINGWEN R 1723 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 16, 2023
18253039 BINDER COMPOSITION FOR NON-AQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY ELECTRODE, SLURRY COMPOSITION FOR NON-AQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY ELECTRODE, ELECTRODE FOR NON-AQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY, AND NON-AQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY APICELLA, KARIE O 1725 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 16, 2023
18252885 BINDER COMPOSITION FOR NON-AQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY ELECTRODE, SLURRY COMPOSITION FOR NON-AQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY ELECTRODE, ELECTRODE FOR NON-AQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY, AND NON-AQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY KLINE, SYDNEY LYNN 1729 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 15, 2023
18249542 NEGATIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL SHEET FOR NON-AQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY, METHOD OF PRODUCING SAME, NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR NON-AQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY, AND NON-AQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY WANG, PIN JAN 1717 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 19, 2023
18029179 CONJUGATED DIENE POLYMER, RUBBER COMPOSITION, CROSSLINKED RUBBER PRODUCT, AND TIRE EASHOO, MARK 1767 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 29, 2023
18027473 HOLLOW PARTICLES FOSS, DAVID ROGER 1764 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 21, 2023
18027475 RESIN COMPOSITION LENIHAN, JEFFREY S 1765 §103 Final Rejection 19d Pending Mar 21, 2023
18027263 RUBBER COMPOSITION FOR HEAVY-LOAD TIRE BLEDSOE, JOSHUA CALEB 1762 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Mar 20, 2023
18245343 BINDER PRODUCT FOR SECONDARY BATTERY RAMOS RIVERA, GILBERTO 1725 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 15, 2023
18003253 TONER FOR DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTROSTATIC IMAGES KUIPERS, JENNA ANN 1734 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 23, 2022
17997145 ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME SHUKLA, KRUPA 1787 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 26, 2022
17914656 CONJUGATED-DIENE-BASED POLYMER, COMPOSITION OF CONJUGATED-DIENE-BASED POLYMER, CROSSLINKED RUBBER OBJECT, AND TIRE ILLING, CAITLIN NORINE 1767 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 26, 2022
17801083 TONER SET SEILER, GRANT STEVEN 1734 §103 Final Rejection 23d Pending Aug 19, 2022
17759039 PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SAME RAHIM, NILUFA 2893 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 19, 2022
17756976 BINDER COMPOSITION FOR SECONDARY BATTERY, SLURRY COMPOSITION FOR SECONDARY BATTERY, SOLID ELECTROLYTE-CONTAINING LAYER, ALL-SOLID-STATE SECONDARY BATTERY, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING ALL-SOLID-STATE SECONDARY BATTERY WEST, ROBERT GENE 1721 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 07, 2022
17754960 FUNCTIONAL LAYER FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, SEPARATOR WITH FUNCTIONAL LAYER FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME WALKE, AMANDA C 1722 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 18, 2022
17048061 MOVABLE CATHETER TRINH, HONG-VAN N 3783 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 15, 2020

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