Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Zeon Corporation

38 pending office actions • 27 art units • 36 examiners • 0 of 38 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 75 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

38
Total Pending OAs
26
Non-Final OAs
12
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 38 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

24
Overdue
0
Due this week
11
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 38 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (24)Due ≤ 30 days (11)Due ≤ 60 days (2)Due later (1)

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.

0
Hard (0%)
37
Medium (97%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (3%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only34 (89%)
§102 only3 (8%)
No statute on record1 (3%)

Industry Mix

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

37
Life Sciences
97% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
3% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

380 h
Manual time on pending OAs
76 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
133 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
VO, HAI 2 57.0% +72.2%
FRASER, STEWART A 2 86.0% +14.2%
LE, HOA T 1 72.6% +12.6%
LUK, EMMANUEL S 1 71.3% +26.3%
GAITONDE, MEGHA MEHTA 1 40.3% +35.9%
FERRE, ALEXANDRE F 1 59.6% +19.9%
MCGINNITY, JAMES RYAN 1 57.3% +51.7%
ZHANG, KELING NMN 1 66.5% +18.2%
ESSEX, STEPHAN J 1 65.5% -16.1%
MCCRACKEN, DANIEL 1 72.0% +16.2%

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
18252719 ELECTRODE FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE AND ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE FRASER, STEWART A 71d overdue
18252720 PASTE FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE, SLURRY FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE ELECTRODE, ELECTRODE FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE, AND ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE FRASER, STEWART A 66d overdue

Interview Candidates (11)

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
18552389 ENDOSCOPIC TREATMENT TOOL MCGINNITY, JAMES RYAN 92d overdue
18711879 APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL LAYER LUK, EMMANUEL S 81d overdue
18252719 ELECTRODE FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE AND ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE FRASER, STEWART A 71d overdue
18252720 PASTE FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE, SLURRY FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE ELECTRODE, ELECTRODE FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE, AND ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE FRASER, STEWART A 66d overdue
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
18547926 CARBON FILM ZHANG, KELING NMN 18d overdue
18689862 LAMINATE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME GAITONDE, MEGHA MEHTA 14d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1788 4
1763 3
1727 2
1766 2
1724 2
1765 2
1751 2
1767 2
1744 1
1781 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18715855 HOLLOW PARTICLES, RESIN COMPOSITION, AND RESIN MOLDED BODY LE, HOA T 1788 §102 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Jun 03, 2024
18713660 VINYL CHLORIDE RESIN COMPOSITION, VINYL CHLORIDE RESIN MOLDED PRODUCT, AND LAMINATE VO, HAI 1788 §103 Final Rejection 54d Pending May 27, 2024
18711879 APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL LAYER LUK, EMMANUEL S 1744 §103 Non-Final OA 81d overdue Pending May 21, 2024
18689862 LAMINATE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME GAITONDE, MEGHA MEHTA 1781 §102 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Mar 07, 2024
18685230 VINYL CHLORIDE RESIN COMPOSITION, VINYL CHLORIDE RESIN MOLDED PRODUCT, AND LAMINATE VO, HAI 1788 §103 Final Rejection 24d overdue Pending Feb 21, 2024
18574182 HOLLOW PARTICLES, METHOD FOR PRODUCING HOLLOW PARTICLES, RESIN COMPOSITION, MOLDED BODY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING MOLDED BODY FERRE, ALEXANDRE F 1788 §103 Final Rejection 78d Pending Dec 26, 2023
18552389 ENDOSCOPIC TREATMENT TOOL MCGINNITY, JAMES RYAN 3771 §103 Final Rejection 92d overdue Pending Sep 25, 2023
18547926 CARBON FILM ZHANG, KELING NMN 1732 §103 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Aug 25, 2023
18546429 COMPOSITION FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE FUNCTIONAL LAYER, FUNCTIONAL LAYER FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE, LAMINATE FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE, AND ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE ESSEX, STEPHAN J 1727 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Aug 15, 2023
18546277 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING CARBON NANOTUBE AGGREGATES MCCRACKEN, DANIEL 1736 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Aug 14, 2023
18276764 THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY MODIFIER AND MOLDED BODY WASHVILLE, JEFFREY D 1766 §103 Non-Final OA 78d overdue Pending Aug 10, 2023
18275239 METHOD FOR PRODUCING MOLDED BODY WU, ANDREA 1763 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Aug 01, 2023
18262199 COMPOSITION FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE FUNCTIONAL LAYER, LAMINATE FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE, AND ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE BERRESFORD, JORDAN ELIZABETH 1727 §103 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Jul 20, 2023
18261748 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PARTICLE SEPARATION AND CONCENTRATION HOBBS, MICHAEL L 1799 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Jul 17, 2023
18260335 COMPOSITION FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE FUNCTIONAL LAYER, LAMINATE FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE, AND ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE JACOBSON, SARAH JORDAN 1785 §103 Non-Final OA 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 Non-Final OA 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 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending May 18, 2023
18252720 PASTE FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE, SLURRY FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE ELECTRODE, ELECTRODE FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE, AND ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE FRASER, STEWART A 1724 §103 Non-Final OA 66d overdue Pending May 12, 2023
18252719 ELECTRODE FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE AND ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE FRASER, STEWART A 1724 §103 Non-Final OA 71d overdue Pending May 12, 2023
18031815 METHOD FOR PRODUCING HOLLOW PARTICLES AND HOLLOW PARTICLES BHUSHAN, KUMAR R 1766 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Apr 13, 2023
18029147 CONJUGATED-DIENE-BASED POLYMER, RUBBER COMPOSITION, CROSS-LINKED RUBBER OBJECT, AND TIRE QIAO, HUIHONG 1763 §103 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Mar 29, 2023
18027475 RESIN COMPOSITION LENIHAN, JEFFREY S 1765 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Mar 21, 2023
18027263 RUBBER COMPOSITION FOR HEAVY-LOAD TIRE BLEDSOE, JOSHUA CALEB 1762 §102 Final Rejection 14d Pending Mar 20, 2023
18044782 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 RUTISER, CLAIRE A 1751 §103 Non-Final OA 56d overdue Pending Mar 10, 2023
18044574 ELASTOMER COMPOSITION, METHOD OF PRODUCING ELASTOMER COMPOSITION, CROSS-LINKED MATERIAL, AND SHAPED OBJECT KOLB, KATARZYNA I 1767 §103 Non-Final OA 127d overdue Pending Mar 09, 2023
18017235 FILM MOLDED BODY ILLING, CAITLIN NORINE 1767 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Jan 20, 2023
18001870 RESIN COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SAME, SHAPING MATERIAL, PACKAGING CONTAINER, AND SEMICONDUCTOR CONTAINER LEE, DORIS L 1764 §103 Final Rejection 33d Pending Dec 15, 2022
17997144 SLURRY COMPOSITION FOR ALL-SOLID-STATE SECONDARY BATTERY, SOLID ELECTROLYTE-CONTAINING LAYER, AND ALL-SOLID-STATE SECONDARY BATTERY AMPONSAH, OSEI K 1752 §103 Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Oct 26, 2022
17801083 TONER SET SEILER, GRANT STEVEN 1734 §103 Non-Final OA 23d Pending Aug 19, 2022
17759535 LAMINATE FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE AND ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K 1723 §103 Final Rejection 1d overdue Pending Jul 27, 2022
17759120 BINDER PARTICLES FOR ALL-SOLID-STATE BATTERY, COMPOSITION FOR ALL-SOLID-STATE BATTERY, FUNCTIONAL LAYER FOR ALL-SOLID-STATE BATTERY, AND ALL-SOLID-STATE BATTERY CHOI, EVERETT TIMOTHY 1751 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Jul 20, 2022
17788697 MICROFLUIDIC CARTRIDGES FOR PROCESSING PARTICLES AND CELLS KRCHA, MATTHEW D 1796 §103 Final Rejection 98d overdue Pending Jun 23, 2022
17757157 RING-OPENED COPOLYMER MILLER, DAVID L 1763 §103 Final Rejection 28d Pending Jun 10, 2022
17613370 MICROCHIP GERHARD, ALISON CLAIRE 1797 §103 Final Rejection 49d overdue Pending Nov 22, 2021
17424065 METHOD FOR PRODUCING CARBOXYL GROUP- CONTAINING LIQUID NITRILE RUBBER BUTTNER, DAVID J 1765 §103 Final Rejection 8d Pending Jul 19, 2021
17287650 FIXING MEMBER AND LAMINATED BODY FREEMAN, JOHN D 1787 §103 Non-Final OA 66d overdue Pending Apr 22, 2021
17054097 Combined Purification and Concentration by Deterministic Lateral Displacement With Recirculation of Product BEHARRY, ZANNA MARIA 1632 Other Non-Final OA 86d overdue Pending Mar 12, 2021

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