Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Daiki Co. Ltd. currently has 5 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed among 4 distinct examiners, suggesting some overlap in examiner assignments. The company's pending matters are spread across 3 distinct art units, indicating that its mechanical and transportation innovations are being reviewed in several technical areas.
The busiest examiner for Daiki Co. Ltd. is CALLAWAY, SPENCER THOMAS, who is responsible for 2 pending office actions. This examiner handles a significant portion of the 5 pending office actions compared to the other 3 distinct examiners. CALLAWAY, SPENCER THOMAS is the busiest examiner pending 2 actions, making him a central figure in the company's current prosecution landscape.
With 5 pending office actions and 4 distinct examiners, the company must manage multiple examiner interactions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector. The 3 distinct art units involved suggest that the pending office actions cover a variety of technical sub-fields. CALLAWAY, SPENCER THOMAS's role in 2 of these actions highlights his importance to the company's overall patent strategy.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 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. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 3 (60%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (40%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CALLAWAY, SPENCER THOMAS | 2 | 36.7% | +16.1% |
| PATEL, RONAK C | 1 | 51.2% | +56.4% |
| LEAVITT, MORDECAI MIZANI | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| SKUBINNA, CHRISTINE J | 1 | 61.7% | +20.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18884683 | WATER ABSORPTION TREATMENT MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | PATEL, RONAK C | — |
| 18596987 | WATER ABSORPTION TREATMENT MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | LEAVITT, MORDECAI MIZANI | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19087738 | ANIMAL TOILET | CALLAWAY, SPENCER THOMAS | 15d |
| 18406433 | EXCREMENT TREATMENT MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | SKUBINNA, CHRISTINE J | 19d |
| 19013134 | EXCREMENT TREATMENT MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | CALLAWAY, SPENCER THOMAS | 72d |
| 18884683 | WATER ABSORPTION TREATMENT MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | PATEL, RONAK C | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3642 | 2 |
| 1788 | 1 |
| 3754 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19087738 | ANIMAL TOILET | CALLAWAY, SPENCER THOMAS | 3642 | §103 | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Mar 24, 2025 |
| 19013134 | EXCREMENT TREATMENT MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | CALLAWAY, SPENCER THOMAS | 3642 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 72d | Pending | Jan 08, 2025 |
| 18884683 | WATER ABSORPTION TREATMENT MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | PATEL, RONAK C | 1788 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 18596987 | WATER ABSORPTION TREATMENT MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | LEAVITT, MORDECAI MIZANI | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2024 |
| 18406433 | EXCREMENT TREATMENT MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | SKUBINNA, CHRISTINE J | 3754 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 19d | Pending | Jan 08, 2024 |
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