Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 3 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days
Akebono Brake Industry Co., Ltd. has 5 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The matters involve 5 distinct examiners across 3 art units, indicating broad examiner distribution with some art-unit overlap.
NGUYEN, LILLIAN T is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. No single examiner dominates the docket, so counsel should organize prosecution by application and art unit while checking for recurring brake or mechanical claim issues.
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 | 2 (40%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (60%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGUYEN, LILLIAN T | 1 | 84.1% | +13.9% |
| KRAMER, DEVON C | 1 | 15.3% | +16.1% |
| JONES, KOLTON ED | 1 | — | — |
| FLUHART, STACEY A | 1 | 82.8% | +13.6% |
| PAK, HANNAH J | 1 | 78.2% | +21.3% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18922875 | PAD CLIP FOR DISC BRAKE DEVICE AND DISC BRAKE DEVICE | NGUYEN, LILLIAN T | — |
| 18719999 | FLOATING DISC BRAKE DEVICE | KRAMER, DEVON C | — |
| 18603749 | OPPOSED PISTON TYPE DISC BRAKE DEVICE | FLUHART, STACEY A | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18922875 | PAD CLIP FOR DISC BRAKE DEVICE AND DISC BRAKE DEVICE | NGUYEN, LILLIAN T | — |
| 18719999 | FLOATING DISC BRAKE DEVICE | KRAMER, DEVON C | — |
| 18603749 | OPPOSED PISTON TYPE DISC BRAKE DEVICE | FLUHART, STACEY A | — |
| 18293037 | UNDERLAYER MATERIAL AND FRICTION MEMBER | PAK, HANNAH J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3655 | 2 |
| 3741 | 1 |
| 1764 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18922875 | PAD CLIP FOR DISC BRAKE DEVICE AND DISC BRAKE DEVICE | NGUYEN, LILLIAN T | 3655 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 22, 2024 |
| 18719999 | FLOATING DISC BRAKE DEVICE | KRAMER, DEVON C | 3741 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 14, 2024 |
| 18707703 | FRICTION MATERIAL | JONES, KOLTON ED | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 06, 2024 |
| 18603749 | OPPOSED PISTON TYPE DISC BRAKE DEVICE | FLUHART, STACEY A | 3655 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2024 |
| 18293037 | UNDERLAYER MATERIAL AND FRICTION MEMBER | PAK, HANNAH J | 1764 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialAkebono Brake Industry Co., Ltd. has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 5 examiners.
Lillian T Nguyen has the most, with 1 of Akebono Brake Industry Co., Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
