Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Daiwa Kasei Industry Co. Ltd. has 3 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are spread across 3 distinct art units, which shows that each pending matter is being handled by a different specialized group within the patent office. The company is currently working with distinct examiners to resolve these outstanding issues.
The workload is evenly distributed, as the busiest examiner, MCNICHOLS, ERET C, is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. This means that each of the distinct examiners is managing a specific pending office action. There is no concentration of cases under a single examiner at this time, requiring a separate strategy for each individual interaction.
The data reflects a decentralized prosecution status where the pending office actions are being examined by distinct examiners in 3 distinct art units. This structure requires the company to manage separate interactions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems field without any overlap in personnel. Each examiner and art unit will likely bring a unique perspective to the prosecution process.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCNICHOLS, ERET C | 1 | 75.0% | -15.7% |
| DUCKWORTH, BRADLEY | 1 | 72.4% | +20.1% |
| SKROUPA, JOSHUA A | 1 | 80.3% | +15.3% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19015284 | CLIPS | MCNICHOLS, ERET C | — |
| 18950519 | BINDING MEMBER | DUCKWORTH, BRADLEY | — |
| 18366262 | FIXING STRUCTURE, FIXING MEMBER, AND ASSEMBLY METHOD | SKROUPA, JOSHUA A | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18950519 | BINDING MEMBER | DUCKWORTH, BRADLEY | — |
| 18366262 | FIXING STRUCTURE, FIXING MEMBER, AND ASSEMBLY METHOD | SKROUPA, JOSHUA A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3677 | 1 |
| 3632 | 1 |
| 3678 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19015284 | CLIPS | MCNICHOLS, ERET C | 3677 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2025 |
| 18950519 | BINDING MEMBER | DUCKWORTH, BRADLEY | 3632 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 |
| 18366262 | FIXING STRUCTURE, FIXING MEMBER, AND ASSEMBLY METHOD | SKROUPA, JOSHUA A | 3678 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 07, 2023 |
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