Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
6 pending office actions • 3 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Aoyama Seisakusho Co. Ltd. has 6 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The matters involve 6 distinct examiners but only 3 distinct art units, indicating broad examiner distribution within a smaller set of technical examination groups. CRAIG, DANIEL THOMAS is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter.
The examiner distribution means that no listed examiner carries a larger pending workload in the available record. The art-unit figure, which is lower than the examiner figure, supports organizing review by art unit while preserving examiner-specific response histories. Practitioners may also use the separate assignments to identify whether similar technology is receiving different examination treatment across the three units.
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 | 1 (17%) |
| §102 only | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRAIG, DANIEL THOMAS | 1 | 84.8% | +25.0% |
| BYRD, EUGENE G | 1 | 70.1% | +8.9% |
| FOSTER, NICHOLAS L | 1 | 75.5% | +24.6% |
| SAETHER, FLEMMING | 1 | 65.2% | +27.8% |
| UPCHURCH, DAVID M | 1 | 73.7% | +18.0% |
| WONG, JOCK M | 1 | 37.5% | +51.0% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19022134 | Underbody Part and Method for Manufacturing Underbody Part | CRAIG, DANIEL THOMAS | — |
| 18669749 | WATER STOP MOUNTING STRUCTURE OF BOLT TO PLATE-LIKE METAL MEMBER | FOSTER, NICHOLAS L | — |
| 18598364 | SEAL WASHER | SAETHER, FLEMMING | — |
| 18502128 | METAL ELEMENT, JOINING STRUCTURE OF METAL ELEMENT TO METAL PLATE, JOINING STRUCTURE OF METAL ELEMENT TO DISSIMILAR MATERIAL PLATES MADE OF RESIN, METAL, AND THE LIKE, JOINED ARTICLE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING JOINED ARTICLE | WONG, JOCK M | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19022134 | Underbody Part and Method for Manufacturing Underbody Part | CRAIG, DANIEL THOMAS | — |
| 18669749 | WATER STOP MOUNTING STRUCTURE OF BOLT TO PLATE-LIKE METAL MEMBER | FOSTER, NICHOLAS L | — |
| 18598364 | SEAL WASHER | SAETHER, FLEMMING | — |
| 18411148 | FASTENING MEMBER | UPCHURCH, DAVID M | — |
| 18502128 | METAL ELEMENT, JOINING STRUCTURE OF METAL ELEMENT TO METAL PLATE, JOINING STRUCTURE OF METAL ELEMENT TO DISSIMILAR MATERIAL PLATES MADE OF RESIN, METAL, AND THE LIKE, JOINED ARTICLE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING JOINED ARTICLE | WONG, JOCK M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3675 | 3 |
| 3676 | 1 |
| 3677 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19022134 | Underbody Part and Method for Manufacturing Underbody Part | CRAIG, DANIEL THOMAS | 3676 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 18934610 | FASTENING MEMBER | BYRD, EUGENE G | 3675 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2024 |
| 18669749 | WATER STOP MOUNTING STRUCTURE OF BOLT TO PLATE-LIKE METAL MEMBER | FOSTER, NICHOLAS L | 3675 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 21, 2024 |
| 18598364 | SEAL WASHER | SAETHER, FLEMMING | — | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2024 |
| 18411148 | FASTENING MEMBER | UPCHURCH, DAVID M | 3677 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 12, 2024 |
| 18502128 | METAL ELEMENT, JOINING STRUCTURE OF METAL ELEMENT TO METAL PLATE, JOINING STRUCTURE OF METAL ELEMENT TO DISSIMILAR MATERIAL PLATES MADE OF RESIN, METAL, AND THE LIKE, JOINED ARTICLE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING JOINED ARTICLE | WONG, JOCK M | 3675 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialAoyama Seisakusho Co. Ltd. has 6 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 6 examiners.
Daniel Thomas Craig has the most, with 1 of Aoyama Seisakusho 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.
