Technology areas: Computing & Software • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
7 pending office actions • 6 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 13 patents granted in the last 365 days
Amada Co., Ltd. has 6 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The matters involve 6 distinct examiners across 5 art units, indicating wide examiner distribution with limited art-unit concentration.
SALONE, BAYAN is associated with 1 pending matter. The portfolio may benefit from centralized tracking of technical positions, while each response should address the examiner and art-unit context directly.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 1 (14%) |
| §101 + other | 2 (29%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (57%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SALONE, BAYAN | 1 | 76.1% | +17.4% |
| DICKSTEIN, WILLIAM DOUGLAS | 1 | 25.0% | +0.0% |
| MCCLAIN, GERALD | 1 | 74.2% | +14.6% |
| PARK, JE HWAN JOHN | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| MONTES, NARCISO EDUARDO | 1 | 50.0% | +0.0% |
| WUNDERLICH, ERWIN J | 1 | 42.9% | +40.4% |
| MONTY, MARZIA T | 1 | 70.8% | +30.9% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19110244 | TOOL STORAGE DEVICE AND TOOL REVERSING DEVICE | SALONE, BAYAN | — |
| 19106135 | PRESS BRAKE, BENDING SYSTEM, AND SENSOR MOVEMENT CONTROL METHOD | DICKSTEIN, WILLIAM DOUGLAS | — |
| 18875227 | WORKPIECE SUPPLY SYSTEM, WORKPIECE SUPPLY METHOD, AND WORKPIECE SUPPLY PROGRAM | MCCLAIN, GERALD | — |
| 18290294 | LASER PROCESSING MACHINE AND LASER PROCESSING METHOD | PARK, JE HWAN JOHN | — |
| 18274310 | WORKPIECE DISPLAY ASSISTANCE DEVICE, WORKPIECE DISPLAY ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND WORKPIECE DISPLAY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM | MONTES, NARCISO EDUARDO | — |
| 18035737 | LASER PROCESSING METHOD, LASER PROCESSING MACHINE, AND PROCESSING PROGRAM CREATION DEVICE | WUNDERLICH, ERWIN J | — |
| 17766111 | ALARM REPORTING APPARATUS AND ALARM REPORTING METHOD FOR REPORTING AN ABNORMALITY RELATED TO A MACHINE | MONTY, MARZIA T | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19110244 | TOOL STORAGE DEVICE AND TOOL REVERSING DEVICE | SALONE, BAYAN | — |
| 18875227 | WORKPIECE SUPPLY SYSTEM, WORKPIECE SUPPLY METHOD, AND WORKPIECE SUPPLY PROGRAM | MCCLAIN, GERALD | — |
| 18035737 | LASER PROCESSING METHOD, LASER PROCESSING MACHINE, AND PROCESSING PROGRAM CREATION DEVICE | WUNDERLICH, ERWIN J | — |
| 17766111 | ALARM REPORTING APPARATUS AND ALARM REPORTING METHOD FOR REPORTING AN ABNORMALITY RELATED TO A MACHINE | MONTY, MARZIA T | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3761 | 2 |
| 3726 | 1 |
| 3725 | 1 |
| 3652 | 1 |
| 2189 | 1 |
| 2117 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19110244 | TOOL STORAGE DEVICE AND TOOL REVERSING DEVICE | SALONE, BAYAN | 3726 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 10, 2025 |
| 19106135 | PRESS BRAKE, BENDING SYSTEM, AND SENSOR MOVEMENT CONTROL METHOD | DICKSTEIN, WILLIAM DOUGLAS | 3725 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 24, 2025 |
| 18875227 | WORKPIECE SUPPLY SYSTEM, WORKPIECE SUPPLY METHOD, AND WORKPIECE SUPPLY PROGRAM | MCCLAIN, GERALD | 3652 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 18290294 | LASER PROCESSING MACHINE AND LASER PROCESSING METHOD | PARK, JE HWAN JOHN | 3761 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 11, 2023 |
| 18274310 | WORKPIECE DISPLAY ASSISTANCE DEVICE, WORKPIECE DISPLAY ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND WORKPIECE DISPLAY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM | MONTES, NARCISO EDUARDO | 2189 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 26, 2023 |
| 18035737 | LASER PROCESSING METHOD, LASER PROCESSING MACHINE, AND PROCESSING PROGRAM CREATION DEVICE | WUNDERLICH, ERWIN J | 3761 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 06, 2023 |
| 17766111 | ALARM REPORTING APPARATUS AND ALARM REPORTING METHOD FOR REPORTING AN ABNORMALITY RELATED TO A MACHINE | MONTY, MARZIA T | 2117 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 01, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialAmada Co., Ltd. has 7 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 6 art units and 7 examiners.
Bayan Salone has the most, with 1 of Amada Co., Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
