Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

Bandai Co., Ltd.

20 pending office actions • 4 art units • 20 examiners • 0 of 20 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 23 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

20
Total Pending OAs
19
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
1
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

11
Hard (55%)
8
Medium (40%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (5%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (10%)
§101 + other4 (20%)
§103 only5 (25%)
§102 only1 (5%)
Double-patenting + other2 (10%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (25%)
No statute on record1 (5%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

2
Life Sciences
10% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
25% of docket
13
Business / Other
65% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

200 h
Manual time on pending OAs
40 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
70 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MASUD, ROKIB 1 68.6% +0.2%
SALMAN, AVIA ABDULSATTAR 1 49.0% +41.4%
SCHWARZENBERG, PAUL 1 62.0% +28.6%
OJOFEITIMI, AYODEJI HARRY 1 87.3% +1.9%
DEODHAR, OMKAR A 1 80.2% +19.1%
GART, MATTHEW S 1 11.8% +19.7%
HUANG, JAY 1 53.2% +20.1%
BUKOWSKI, KENNETH 1 67.9% +6.0%
FULTON, KRISTINA ROSE 1 52.7% +35.4%
POON, PETER M 1 5.5% +6.5%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19067892 NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, AND GAMING DEVICE DEODHAR, OMKAR A

Hard Cases (13)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18260471 ARTICLE SUPPLY DEVICE MANAGING METHOD, USER INTERFACE, ARTICLE SUPPLY DEVICE MANAGING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM THEREFOR LUDWIG, PETER L 6d
18252876 MATCH-MAKING SYSTEM, PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL, AND SERVER DOSHI, ANKIT B 27d
19087459 PRODUCT PROVIDING DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND PRODUCT PROVIDING SYSTEM MASUD, ROKIB
19087460 PRODUCT PROVIDING DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND PRODUCT PROVIDING SYSTEM SALMAN, AVIA ABDULSATTAR
19087458 LOTTERY PROCESSING PROGRAM AND LOTTERY PROCESSING DEVICE SCHWARZENBERG, PAUL
19086325 ARTICLE SUPPLY DEVICE AND ARTICLE SUPPLY DEVICE SET OJOFEITIMI, AYODEJI HARRY
19067814 STUFFED TOY GART, MATTHEW S
19053433 TOY FULTON, KRISTINA ROSE

Interview Candidates (6)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
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
19053433 TOY FULTON, KRISTINA ROSE

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3715 3
1792 2
3695 1
3627 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19087459 PRODUCT PROVIDING DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND PRODUCT PROVIDING SYSTEM MASUD, ROKIB §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 22, 2025
19087460 PRODUCT PROVIDING DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND PRODUCT PROVIDING SYSTEM SALMAN, AVIA ABDULSATTAR §101§103 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
19067892 NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, AND GAMING DEVICE DEODHAR, OMKAR A §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 01, 2025
19067814 STUFFED TOY GART, MATTHEW S §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 28, 2025
19062350 NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM AND GAME APPARATUS HUANG, JAY §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 25, 2025
19056755 NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, PROVISION MANAGEMENT DEVICE, AND GAMING DEVICE BUKOWSKI, KENNETH §102 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 19, 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
18964356 SOLID BATH AGENT MILLS, CHRISTINE M §102§103DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 30, 2024
18927984 EVENT MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND SYSTEM LIM, SENG HENG §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
18927986 EVENT MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND SYSTEM BODDIE, WILLIAM §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 26, 2024
18806764 PROGRAM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, MATCH-MAKING SERVER, AND MATCH-MAKING SYSTEM CHAN, ALLEN 3715 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 16, 2024
18614678 CONFECTION AND METHOD FOR MAKING CONFECTIONS ZILBERING, ASSAF 1792 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 24, 2024
18607505 CONFECTION AXTELL, ASHLEY 1792 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 17, 2024
18581411 GAME DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM MCCULLOCH JR, WILLIAM H 3715 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 20, 2024
18260471 ARTICLE SUPPLY DEVICE MANAGING METHOD, USER INTERFACE, ARTICLE SUPPLY DEVICE MANAGING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM THEREFOR LUDWIG, PETER L 3627 §101§103 Final Rejection 6d Pending Jul 05, 2023
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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