Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Daikyo Seiko Ltd. currently has 5 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 5 actions are distributed among 5 distinct examiners, ensuring that each pending matter is under the review of a different official. This distribution occurs across 4 distinct art units, showing that the portfolio's mechanical and medical device applications are grouped into a few specific technical categories within the patent office structure.
ELOSHWAY, NIKI MARINA is identified as the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. Because each of the 5 distinct examiners is handling exactly 1 pending action, the workload is perfectly spread across the 5 individuals. This lack of examiner concentration across the 5 pending office actions suggests that the prosecution strategy must account for 5 different examiner perspectives. The involvement of 4 distinct art units for 5 pending actions indicates a relatively focused technical scope, even though the examiners themselves are entirely distinct.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 2 (40%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (60%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELOSHWAY, NIKI MARINA | 1 | 63.5% | +24.6% |
| STEVENS, ALLAN D | 1 | 41.5% | +50.3% |
| WENG, KAI H | 1 | 70.0% | +17.5% |
| REDDY, KARUNA P | 1 | 42.6% | +10.4% |
| GRASMEDER, SARAH DYMPNA | 1 | 72.0% | +33.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18020524 | PISTON | GRASMEDER, SARAH DYMPNA | 18d overdue |
| 18913266 | PACKAGING FOR CONTAINERS | ELOSHWAY, NIKI MARINA | — |
| 18254727 | RUBBER STOPPER | STEVENS, ALLAN D | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18020524 | PISTON | GRASMEDER, SARAH DYMPNA | 18d overdue |
| 18913266 | PACKAGING FOR CONTAINERS | ELOSHWAY, NIKI MARINA | — |
| 18254727 | RUBBER STOPPER | STEVENS, ALLAN D | — |
| 18254814 | PLASTIC ADAPTER AND CLOSED SYSTEM DRUG TRANSFER DEVICE | WENG, KAI H | — |
| 18030150 | FLUORINE RESIN FILM AND MOLDED RUBBER BODY | REDDY, KARUNA P | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3736 | 2 |
| 3781 | 1 |
| 1764 | 1 |
| 3783 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18913266 | PACKAGING FOR CONTAINERS | ELOSHWAY, NIKI MARINA | 3736 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2024 |
| 18254727 | RUBBER STOPPER | STEVENS, ALLAN D | 3736 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 26, 2023 |
| 18254814 | PLASTIC ADAPTER AND CLOSED SYSTEM DRUG TRANSFER DEVICE | WENG, KAI H | 3781 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 26, 2023 |
| 18030150 | FLUORINE RESIN FILM AND MOLDED RUBBER BODY | REDDY, KARUNA P | 1764 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2023 |
| 18020524 | PISTON | GRASMEDER, SARAH DYMPNA | 3783 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 18d overdue | Pending | Feb 09, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialDaikyo Seiko Ltd. has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 5 examiners.
Niki Marina Eloshway has the most, with 1 of Daikyo Seiko Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
