Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Computing & Software • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Cybozu Inc. has 4 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These matters are being handled by 4 distinct examiners, which indicates that each of the company's active cases is under the supervision of a different official. The portfolio is spread across 3 distinct art units, suggesting that the company's technical innovations are being evaluated in three different specialized areas within the transportation and mechanical sectors.
MANSFIELD, THOMAS L is the busiest examiner for the company, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. With 4 pending office actions in total, the workload is evenly distributed among the 4 distinct examiners. This lack of concentration means that practitioners must engage with 4 different individuals, each of whom may have a unique approach to patent examination. The presence of 3 distinct art units adds another layer of variety to the prosecution process. Success will require a tailored approach for each of the 4 pending office actions to address the specific requirements of the 4 distinct examiners and the 3 distinct art units involved.
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 (25%) |
| §101 + other | 1 (25%) |
| §103 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MANSFIELD, THOMAS L | 1 | 51.0% | +32.9% |
| WAESCO, JOSEPH M | 1 | 46.5% | +42.6% |
| ULRICH, NICHOLAS S | 1 | 69.4% | +7.6% |
| LEE, MARINA | 1 | 85.8% | +17.9% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18939525 | APPOINTMENT ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM, APPOINTMENT ADJUSTMENT METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM | WAESCO, JOSEPH M | 43d overdue |
| 19091778 | WORK SUPPORT SYSTEM, WORK SUPPORT METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM | MANSFIELD, THOMAS L | — |
| 18733762 | DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM | LEE, MARINA | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18939525 | APPOINTMENT ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM, APPOINTMENT ADJUSTMENT METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM | WAESCO, JOSEPH M | 43d overdue |
| 19091778 | WORK SUPPORT SYSTEM, WORK SUPPORT METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM | MANSFIELD, THOMAS L | — |
| 18733762 | DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM | LEE, MARINA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3624 | 1 |
| 3625 | 1 |
| 2192 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19091778 | WORK SUPPORT SYSTEM, WORK SUPPORT METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM | MANSFIELD, THOMAS L | 3624 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 26, 2025 |
| 18939525 | APPOINTMENT ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM, APPOINTMENT ADJUSTMENT METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM | WAESCO, JOSEPH M | 3625 | §101 | Final Rejection | 43d overdue | Pending | Nov 07, 2024 |
| 18776252 | GROUPWARE SYSTEM, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM | ULRICH, NICHOLAS S | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2024 |
| 18733762 | DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM | LEE, MARINA | 2192 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 04, 2024 |
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