Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
23 pending office actions • 4 art units • 20 examiners • 0 of 23 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 25 patents granted in the last 365 days
Bandai Co., Ltd. is currently managing 23 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are located across 4 distinct art units, suggesting a relatively concentrated technical focus for the company's current prosecution. The use of only 4 units for 23 actions implies that many of their applications are being reviewed by the same specialized departments, which can lead to a more predictable examination environment.
The portfolio involves 20 distinct examiners. Ayodeji Harry Ojofeitimi is the busiest examiner for Bandai Co., Ltd., currently handling 2 pending office actions. With 23 pending actions and 20 examiners, there is some overlap in personnel, as evidenced by Ayodeji Harry Ojofeitimi managing 2 of the cases. This structure allows for a small degree of consistency in examiner interactions, though the 20 distinct examiners still represent a diverse group of individuals overseeing the company's intellectual property. Practitioners should focus on the 4 art units to identify common themes in how the company's 23 pending actions are being handled.
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 | 1 (4%) |
| §101 + other | 10 (43%) |
| §103 only | 1 (4%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (4%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 9 (39%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (4%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| OJOFEITIMI, AYODEJI HARRY | 2 | 89.2% | +3.9% |
| POON, PETER M | 2 | 6.1% | +5.7% |
| MUSA, BUSHIRA | 2 | — | — |
| DETWEILER, JAMES M | 1 | 38.8% | +43.5% |
| SALMAN, AVIA ABDULSATTAR | 1 | 48.8% | +42.1% |
| MASUD, ROKIB | 1 | 68.9% | +0.2% |
| SCHWARZENBERG, PAUL | 1 | 61.6% | +27.8% |
| DEODHAR, OMKAR A | 1 | 80.2% | +19.1% |
| GART, MATTHEW S | 1 | 16.4% | +18.1% |
| HUANG, JAY | 1 | 53.0% | +20.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18252876 | MATCH-MAKING SYSTEM, PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL, AND SERVER | DOSHI, ANKIT B | 27d |
| 19167265 | PROGRAM, TERMINAL, ARTICLE SUPPLY APPARATUS, AND MANAGEMENT APPARATUS | DETWEILER, JAMES M | — |
| 19087460 | PRODUCT PROVIDING DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND PRODUCT PROVIDING SYSTEM | SALMAN, AVIA ABDULSATTAR | — |
| 19087459 | PRODUCT PROVIDING DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND PRODUCT PROVIDING SYSTEM | MASUD, ROKIB | — |
| 19087458 | LOTTERY PROCESSING PROGRAM AND LOTTERY PROCESSING DEVICE | SCHWARZENBERG, PAUL | — |
| 19086325 | ARTICLE SUPPLY DEVICE AND ARTICLE SUPPLY DEVICE SET | OJOFEITIMI, AYODEJI HARRY | — |
| 19112076 | TOY | POON, PETER M | — |
| 19067892 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, AND GAMING DEVICE | DEODHAR, OMKAR 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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19167265 | PROGRAM, TERMINAL, ARTICLE SUPPLY APPARATUS, AND MANAGEMENT APPARATUS | DETWEILER, JAMES M | — |
| 19087460 | PRODUCT PROVIDING DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND PRODUCT PROVIDING SYSTEM | SALMAN, AVIA ABDULSATTAR | — |
| 19087458 | LOTTERY PROCESSING PROGRAM AND LOTTERY PROCESSING DEVICE | SCHWARZENBERG, PAUL | — |
| 19067892 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, AND GAMING DEVICE | DEODHAR, OMKAR A | — |
| 19067814 | STUFFED TOY | GART, MATTHEW S | — |
| 19062350 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM AND GAME APPARATUS | HUANG, JAY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3715 | 2 |
| 3695 | 1 |
| 3651 | 1 |
| 1792 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19167265 | PROGRAM, TERMINAL, ARTICLE SUPPLY APPARATUS, AND MANAGEMENT APPARATUS | DETWEILER, JAMES M | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2025 |
| 19087460 | PRODUCT PROVIDING DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND PRODUCT PROVIDING SYSTEM | SALMAN, AVIA ABDULSATTAR | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 22, 2025 |
| 19087459 | PRODUCT PROVIDING DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND PRODUCT PROVIDING SYSTEM | MASUD, ROKIB | — | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 22, 2025 |
| 19087458 | LOTTERY PROCESSING PROGRAM AND LOTTERY PROCESSING DEVICE | SCHWARZENBERG, PAUL | 3695 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 22, 2025 |
| 19086325 | ARTICLE SUPPLY DEVICE AND ARTICLE SUPPLY DEVICE SET | OJOFEITIMI, AYODEJI HARRY | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2025 |
| 19112076 | TOY | POON, PETER M | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2025 |
| 19067892 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, AND GAMING DEVICE | DEODHAR, OMKAR A | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 01, 2025 |
| 19067814 | STUFFED TOY | GART, MATTHEW S | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2025 |
| 19062345 | PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND GAMING SYSTEM | MUSA, BUSHIRA | — | §101§102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 25, 2025 |
| 19062350 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM AND GAME APPARATUS | HUANG, JAY | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 25, 2025 |
| 19062346 | PROGRAM, COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, AND GAMING SYSTEM | MUSA, BUSHIRA | — | §101§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 25, 2025 |
| 19060758 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, AND GAMING DEVICE | HARPER, TRAMAR YONG | — | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 23, 2025 |
| 19056755 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, PROVISION MANAGEMENT DEVICE, AND GAMING DEVICE | BUKOWSKI, KENNETH | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 19, 2025 |
| 19054846 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, PROVISION MANAGEMENT DEVICE, AND GAMING DEVICE | THOMAS, ERIC M | — | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 15, 2025 |
| 19053433 | TOY | FULTON, KRISTINA ROSE | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2025 |
| 19015803 | SOLID BATH AGENT | POON, PETER M | — | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 |
| 18927984 | EVENT MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND SYSTEM | LIM, SENG HENG | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 26, 2024 |
| 18927988 | EVENT MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND SYSTEM | ACKUN, JACOB K | — | — | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 26, 2024 |
| 18914209 | ARTICLE SUPPLY APPARATUS AND ARTICLE SUPPLY SYSTEM | RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH C | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 13, 2024 |
| 18751197 | ARTICLE SUPPLY APPARATUS | OJOFEITIMI, AYODEJI HARRY | 3651 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 22, 2024 |
| 18614678 | CONFECTION AND METHOD FOR MAKING CONFECTIONS | ZILBERING, ASSAF | 1792 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 24, 2024 |
| 18581411 | GAME DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | MCCULLOCH JR, WILLIAM H | 3715 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 20, 2024 |
| 18252876 | MATCH-MAKING SYSTEM, PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL, AND SERVER | DOSHI, ANKIT B | 3715 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 27d | Pending | May 13, 2023 |
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