Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Daikyo Seiko Ltd.

4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
3
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.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
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.

3
Hard (75%)
1
Medium (25%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (25%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (75%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
25% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
75% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

40 h
Manual time on pending OAs
8 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
14 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
STEVENS, ALLAN D 1 41.4% +49.9%
REDDY, KARUNA P 1 42.4% +9.9%
TRINH, HONG-VAN N 1 62.4% +58.8%
FARRAR, LAUREN PENG 1 78.7% +15.3%

Hard Cases (3)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17913317 A MEDICAL SYRINGE PLUNGER AND A MEDICAL FINGER GRIP TRINH, HONG-VAN N 42d overdue
17913304 A MEDICAL SYRINGE BARREL AND A PACKAGE THEREOF FARRAR, LAUREN PENG 9d overdue
18254727 RUBBER STOPPER STEVENS, ALLAN D

Interview Candidates (3)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17913317 A MEDICAL SYRINGE PLUNGER AND A MEDICAL FINGER GRIP TRINH, HONG-VAN N 42d overdue
17913304 A MEDICAL SYRINGE BARREL AND A PACKAGE THEREOF FARRAR, LAUREN PENG 9d overdue
18254727 RUBBER STOPPER STEVENS, ALLAN D

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3783 2
3736 1
1764 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18254727 RUBBER STOPPER STEVENS, ALLAN D 3736 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending May 26, 2023
18030150 FLUORINE RESIN FILM AND MOLDED RUBBER BODY REDDY, KARUNA P 1764 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 04, 2023
17913317 A MEDICAL SYRINGE PLUNGER AND A MEDICAL FINGER GRIP TRINH, HONG-VAN N 3783 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Sep 21, 2022
17913304 A MEDICAL SYRINGE BARREL AND A PACKAGE THEREOF FARRAR, LAUREN PENG 3783 §102§103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Sep 21, 2022

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