Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 26, 2026

Aisan Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

9 pending office actions • 8 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Aisan Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha has 7 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. Each matter is associated with a distinct examiner and a distinct art unit, producing a fully distributed assignment pattern in the recorded data.

HANNAN, B M M is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. No examiner or art unit has a larger concentration. Counsel should treat each action as an individual prosecution matter, while preserving consistent positions where the underlying inventions or specifications overlap.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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 (44%)
4
Medium (44%)
1
Easy (11%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (22%)
§102 only2 (22%)
§112 only1 (11%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (44%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
33% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
11% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
56% 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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HOLWERDA, STEPHEN 1 73.2% +20.0%
WADDY, JONATHAN J 1 71.8% +36.6%
HANNAN, B M M 1 82.2% +18.1%
MURPHY, KEVIN F 1 67.9% +27.9%
MCDANIEL, TYNESE V 1 59.1% +15.9%
BILLIET, AMANDA JUNE 1 54.9% +19.0%
CARRICO, ROBERT SCOTT 1 66.0% +32.5%
PEKARSKAYA, LILYA 1 67.7% +41.5%
GARCIA, BETHANY CLAIRE 1 66.7% +34.5%

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
19396673 COLLABORATIVE ROBOT SYSTEM HOLWERDA, STEPHEN —
19302260 ROBOT SYSTEM HANNAN, B M M —
18281167 BATTERY PACK BILLIET, AMANDA JUNE —
18346361 BATTERY TEMPERATURE ADJUSTING DEVICE CARRICO, ROBERT SCOTT —

Interview Candidates (9)

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
19396673 COLLABORATIVE ROBOT SYSTEM HOLWERDA, STEPHEN —
19323556 THROTTLE DEVICE WADDY, JONATHAN J —
19302260 ROBOT SYSTEM HANNAN, B M M —
19111259 FLOW PATH SWITCHING DEVICE MURPHY, KEVIN F —
18416452 POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM USING A FLYING BODY MCDANIEL, TYNESE V —
18281167 BATTERY PACK BILLIET, AMANDA JUNE —
18346361 BATTERY TEMPERATURE ADJUSTING DEVICE CARRICO, ROBERT SCOTT —
18341341 EJECTOR PEKARSKAYA, LILYA —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3753 2
3656 1
3657 1
2859 1
1729 1
1727 1
3746 1
1721 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19396673 COLLABORATIVE ROBOT SYSTEM HOLWERDA, STEPHEN 3656 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 21, 2025
19323556 THROTTLE DEVICE WADDY, JONATHAN J 3753 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 09, 2025
19302260 ROBOT SYSTEM HANNAN, B M M 3657 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 18, 2025
19111259 FLOW PATH SWITCHING DEVICE MURPHY, KEVIN F 3753 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 12, 2025
18416452 POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM USING A FLYING BODY MCDANIEL, TYNESE V 2859 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 18, 2024
18281167 BATTERY PACK BILLIET, AMANDA JUNE 1729 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 08, 2023
18346361 BATTERY TEMPERATURE ADJUSTING DEVICE CARRICO, ROBERT SCOTT 1727 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 03, 2023
18341341 EJECTOR PEKARSKAYA, LILYA 3746 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 26, 2023
18026682 SUPPORT STRUCTURE GARCIA, BETHANY CLAIRE 1721 §102 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 16, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Aisan Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha have?

Aisan Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha has 9 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 8 art units and 9 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Aisan Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha applications?

Stephen Holwerda has the most, with 1 of Aisan Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha's pending office actions.

What technology area are Aisan Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha's patent applications in?

Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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