Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Chuo Hatsujo Kabushiki Kaisha has 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This action is being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner, IRVIN, SHEA WOODROW. The portfolio is concentrated in a distinct art unit.
IRVIN, SHEA WOODROW is the busiest examiner for this entity, managing the 1 pending office action. Because the company has only the pending workload, the prosecution strategy is currently centralized. The distinct examiner and art unit represent the total footprint of the company's active patent office interactions. Practitioners should monitor the pending office action closely to ensure compliance with the specific standards of the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems area. This concentration allows for a specific approach to the pending matter, ensuring that all current legal efforts are directed toward a point of contact within the patent office.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IRVIN, SHEA WOODROW | 1 | 60.0% | -11.5% |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3616 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18546566 | FLOCKED HELICAL SPRING AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | IRVIN, SHEA WOODROW | 3616 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 18, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialChuo Hatsujo Kabushiki Kaisha has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Shea Woodrow Irvin has the most, with 1 of Chuo Hatsujo Kabushiki Kaisha's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
