Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
25 pending office actions • 10 art units • 23 examiners • 0 of 25 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 101 patents granted in the last 365 days
Asics Corporation is currently managing 25 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 25 pending office actions are distributed among 23 distinct examiners, which indicates that the company interacts with a diverse group of patent officials. This distribution means that the company prosecution experience is spread across many different individual perspectives.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is NUNNERY, GRADY ALEXANDER, who is responsible for 2 pending office actions. While this is the highest individual workload, it represents a small portion of the 25 pending office actions total. The reliance on 23 distinct examiners suggests that the company must maintain a flexible prosecution strategy to address the varying requirements of many different patent officials.
The involvement of 10 distinct art units means that the technical review is conducted across different specialized groups at the patent office. With 25 pending office actions and 10 distinct art units, the company must navigate various procedural preferences and technical standards. The company must tailor its responses to the specific requirements of the 10 distinct art units involved in the prosecution of these cases.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 3 (12%) |
| §101 + other | 6 (24%) |
| §103 only | 6 (24%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (4%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 9 (36%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NUNNERY, GRADY ALEXANDER | 2 | 43.2% | +42.4% |
| COLLIER, JAMESON D | 2 | 54.2% | +47.0% |
| MANGINE, HEATHER N | 1 | 47.4% | +65.1% |
| SMITH, HALEY ANNE | 1 | 56.3% | +59.1% |
| BAYS, MARIE D | 1 | 74.5% | +19.5% |
| ZHAO, AIYING | 1 | 48.4% | +42.1% |
| MARCHEWKA, MATTHEW R | 1 | 47.4% | +68.3% |
| ZIMMERMAN, JEFFREY P | 1 | 13.4% | +15.2% |
| KORANG-BEHESHTI, YOSSEF | 1 | 74.1% | +11.4% |
| DUCKWORTH, BRIANNA T | 1 | 44.8% | +47.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18054058 | SHOE PURCHASE RECOMMENDATION DEVICE | LEVINE, ADAM L | 117d overdue |
| 18359611 | GAIT EVALUATION SYSTEM AND GAIT EVALUATION METHOD | MELHUS, BENJAMIN S | 79d overdue |
| 18741603 | ORDER SUPPORTING METHOD, ORDER SUPPORTING SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | LADONI, AHOORA | 46d overdue |
| 18459009 | RUNNING ANALYSIS SYSTEM AND RUNNING ANALYSIS METHOD | HISHAM, MOSTOFA AHMED | 17d overdue |
| 18843161 | RUNNING STYLE ANALYSIS DEVICE, RUNNING STYLE ANALYSIS METHOD, AND RUNNING STYLE ANALYSIS PROGRAM | KORANG-BEHESHTI, YOSSEF | 2d overdue |
| 19453610 | SOLE AND SHOE | MANGINE, HEATHER N | — |
| 19341904 | SHOE | BAYS, MARIE D | — |
| 19237953 | FIBER STRUCTURE, SHOE, GARMENT, BAG, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING FIBER STRUCTURE | ZHAO, AIYING | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17996580 | ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR | COLLIER, JAMESON D | 3d overdue |
| 18843161 | RUNNING STYLE ANALYSIS DEVICE, RUNNING STYLE ANALYSIS METHOD, AND RUNNING STYLE ANALYSIS PROGRAM | KORANG-BEHESHTI, YOSSEF | 2d overdue |
| 19453610 | SOLE AND SHOE | MANGINE, HEATHER N | — |
| 19385130 | PLATE, SOLE, AND SHOE | SMITH, HALEY ANNE | — |
| 19341904 | SHOE | BAYS, MARIE D | — |
| 19237953 | FIBER STRUCTURE, SHOE, GARMENT, BAG, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING FIBER STRUCTURE | ZHAO, AIYING | — |
| 19093361 | SPORT TIGHTS | NUNNERY, GRADY ALEXANDER | — |
| 19034242 | SHOE SOLE AND SHOE INCLUDING THE SAME | MARCHEWKA, MATTHEW R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3732 | 12 |
| 3689 | 3 |
| 2857 | 2 |
| 3628 | 1 |
| 1764 | 1 |
| 3688 | 1 |
| 3791 | 1 |
| 1754 | 1 |
| 3684 | 1 |
| 1788 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19453610 | SOLE AND SHOE | MANGINE, HEATHER N | 3732 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 20, 2026 |
| 19385130 | PLATE, SOLE, AND SHOE | SMITH, HALEY ANNE | 3732 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 10, 2025 |
| 19341904 | SHOE | BAYS, MARIE D | 3732 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2025 |
| 19237953 | FIBER STRUCTURE, SHOE, GARMENT, BAG, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING FIBER STRUCTURE | ZHAO, AIYING | 3732 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2025 |
| 19093361 | SPORT TIGHTS | NUNNERY, GRADY ALEXANDER | 3732 | §101§102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2025 |
| 19034242 | SHOE SOLE AND SHOE INCLUDING THE SAME | MARCHEWKA, MATTHEW R | 3732 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2025 |
| 18894120 | VIRTUAL FITTING APPARATUS AND VIRTUAL FITTING PROGRAM | ZIMMERMAN, JEFFREY P | 3628 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2024 |
| 18843161 | RUNNING STYLE ANALYSIS DEVICE, RUNNING STYLE ANALYSIS METHOD, AND RUNNING STYLE ANALYSIS PROGRAM | KORANG-BEHESHTI, YOSSEF | 2857 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 2d overdue | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 |
| 18820711 | FOOTWEAR | DUCKWORTH, BRIANNA T | 3732 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 |
| 18728334 | UPPER, SHOE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING UPPER | COLLIER, JAMESON D | 3732 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2024 |
| 18741603 | ORDER SUPPORTING METHOD, ORDER SUPPORTING SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | LADONI, AHOORA | 3689 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 46d overdue | Pending | Jun 12, 2024 |
| 18736955 | INSOLE DESIGNING APPARATUS, INSOLE DESIGNING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON | NGHIEM, MICHAEL P | — | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2024 |
| 18624079 | SHOE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SHOE | LYNCH, MEGAN E | 3732 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 01, 2024 |
| 18510438 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING RESIN FOAM PRODUCT, RESIN FOAM PRODUCT, AND SHOE INCLUDING RESIN FOAM PRODUCT | RIOJA, MELISSA A | 1764 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2023 |
| 18459009 | RUNNING ANALYSIS SYSTEM AND RUNNING ANALYSIS METHOD | HISHAM, MOSTOFA AHMED | 2857 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 17d overdue | Pending | Aug 30, 2023 |
| 18264715 | INFORMATION NOTIFICATION DEVICE | GIBSON-WYNN, KENNEDY ANNA | 3688 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 08, 2023 |
| 18359611 | GAIT EVALUATION SYSTEM AND GAIT EVALUATION METHOD | MELHUS, BENJAMIN S | 3791 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 79d overdue | Pending | Jul 26, 2023 |
| 18341646 | SHOE PRODUCT INFORMATION PROVIDING DEVICE AND SHOE PRODUCT INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD | KANG, TIMOTHY J | 3689 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2023 |
| 18269285 | CUSHIONING MEMBER AND SOLE FOR SHOE | TAUFIQ, FARAH N | 1754 | §103 | Final Rejection | 43d overdue | Pending | Jun 22, 2023 |
| 18249448 | EXERCISE IMPROVEMENT INSTRUCTION DEVICE, EXERCISE IMPROVEMENT INSTRUCTION METHOD, AND EXERCISE IMPROVEMENT INSTRUCTION PROGRAM | RUIZ, JOSHUA DAMIAN | 3684 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2023 |
| 18054058 | SHOE PURCHASE RECOMMENDATION DEVICE | LEVINE, ADAM L | 3689 | §101 | Final Rejection | 117d overdue | Pending | Nov 09, 2022 |
| 17996580 | ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR | COLLIER, JAMESON D | 3732 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 3d overdue | Pending | Oct 19, 2022 |
| 17905460 | SHOE SOLE AND SHOE | PATEL, RONAK C | 1788 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 5d overdue | Pending | Sep 01, 2022 |
| 17764137 | SHOE | NUNNERY, GRADY ALEXANDER | 3732 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2022 |
| 17753416 | UPPER AND SHOE | HOANG, GIAO QT | 3732 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 02, 2022 |
IP Author helps IP teams respond to office actions faster with AI-generated responses, examiner analytics, and prosecution intelligence.
Start Free Trial