Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Computing & Software • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
8 pending office actions • 3 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 13 patents granted in the last 365 days
Amada Co., Ltd. is currently managing 8 pending office actions within the Computing & Software technology area. These active matters are distributed across 8 distinct examiners, which indicates that each pending action is being reviewed by a different individual at the patent office. This distribution suggests a lack of examiner-level concentration for the company's current workload.
The prosecution effort is organized within 2 distinct art units. This indicates that while the examiners are diverse, the technological focus of the applications remains relatively concentrated within specific administrative groups. Navigating these units requires the company to adapt to the specific internal practices of different divisions.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is MCCLAIN, GERALD, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. Because the busiest examiner only handles a small fraction of the total pending actions, the portfolio's outcomes are not heavily dependent on the discretion of any single examiner.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 | 2 (25%) |
| §101 + other | 2 (25%) |
| §103 only | 1 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (38%) |
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 | 76.2% | +17.4% |
| MCCLAIN, GERALD | 1 | 74.3% | +14.5% |
| CHILTON, CLARA GRACE | 1 | 54.5% | +12.7% |
| PARK, JE HWAN JOHN | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| MONTES, NARCISO EDUARDO | 1 | 50.0% | +0.0% |
| WUNDERLICH, ERWIN J | 1 | 42.3% | +40.2% |
| THONG, YEONG JUEN | 1 | 49.4% | +53.4% |
| 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 | — |
| 18875227 | WORKPIECE SUPPLY SYSTEM, WORKPIECE SUPPLY METHOD, AND WORKPIECE SUPPLY PROGRAM | MCCLAIN, GERALD | — |
| 18691111 | LOAD COLLAPSE DETECTION DEVICE IN AUTOMATED GUIDED VEHICLE AND LOAD COLLAPSE DETECTION METHOD OF AUTOMATED GUIDED VEHICLE | CHILTON, CLARA GRACE | — |
| 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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18035739 | SIDE NOZZLE, LASER WELDING MACHINE, AND LASER WELDING METHOD | THONG, YEONG JUEN | 29d |
| 19110244 | TOOL STORAGE DEVICE AND TOOL REVERSING DEVICE | SALONE, BAYAN | — |
| 18875227 | WORKPIECE SUPPLY SYSTEM, WORKPIECE SUPPLY METHOD, AND WORKPIECE SUPPLY PROGRAM | MCCLAIN, GERALD | — |
| 18691111 | LOAD COLLAPSE DETECTION DEVICE IN AUTOMATED GUIDED VEHICLE AND LOAD COLLAPSE DETECTION METHOD OF AUTOMATED GUIDED VEHICLE | CHILTON, CLARA GRACE | — |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 18875227 | WORKPIECE SUPPLY SYSTEM, WORKPIECE SUPPLY METHOD, AND WORKPIECE SUPPLY PROGRAM | MCCLAIN, GERALD | — | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 18691111 | LOAD COLLAPSE DETECTION DEVICE IN AUTOMATED GUIDED VEHICLE AND LOAD COLLAPSE DETECTION METHOD OF AUTOMATED GUIDED VEHICLE | CHILTON, CLARA GRACE | — | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 12, 2024 |
| 18290294 | LASER PROCESSING MACHINE AND LASER PROCESSING METHOD | PARK, JE HWAN JOHN | — | §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 | — | §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 |
| 18035739 | SIDE NOZZLE, LASER WELDING MACHINE, AND LASER WELDING METHOD | THONG, YEONG JUEN | 3761 | §103 | Final Rejection | 29d | 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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