Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Dmg Mori Co., Ltd.

Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

24 pending office actions • 14 art units • 24 examiners • 0 of 24 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 58 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

24
Total Pending OAs
16
Non-Final OAs
8
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
4
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 30 days (4)Due ≤ 60 days (1)

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.

13
Hard (54%)
11
Medium (46%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (8%)
§103 only9 (38%)
§102 only2 (8%)
Multi-statute (no §101)11 (46%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
2
Information Tech
8% of docket
1
Communications
4% of docket
1
Semiconductors
4% of docket
12
Mechanical / Eng
50% of docket
8
Business / Other
33% 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.

240 h
Manual time on pending OAs
48 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
84 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
JOHNSON, VICKY A 1 79.9% +12.3%
TRAC, JONATHAN KHANH 1 — —
ADDISU, SARA 1 85.4% +10.7%
ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S 1 74.1% +24.5%
GONZALEZ, MADELINE 1 72.6% +15.7%
DUNN, DARRIN D 1 75.3% +24.2%
CHANG, VINCENT WEN-LIANG 1 72.8% +26.1%
KARIM, ZIAUL 1 81.9% +21.8%
DINH, THAI T 1 86.1% +0.2%
BOEHLER, ANNE MARIE M 1 67.0% +14.1%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18718056 DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE AND MACHINE TOOL DINH, THAI T 14d
18689099 MACHINE TOOL ADDISU, SARA —
18718054 DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE AND MACHINE TOOL KARIM, ZIAUL —

Hard Cases (13)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18266154 Autonomous Traveling Apparatus NGUYEN, NGA X 28d
18844837 Coolant Supply Device GONZALEZ, MADELINE —
18837009 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, MACHINE TOOL, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM DUNN, DARRIN D —
18716447 CONVEYING VEHICLE AND UNMANNED CONVEYING SYSTEM BOEHLER, ANNE MARIE M —
18560175 MACHINE TOOL CADUGAN, ERICA E —
18705412 DISPLAY DEVICE AND MEASURING INSTRUMENT AMIN, JWALANT B —
18617489 DEVICE FOR MACHINE TOOL, AND MACHINE TOOL CIGNA, JACOB JAMES —
18286356 MACHINE TOOL RUFO, RYAN C —

Interview Candidates (8)

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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19128136 Oscillating unit rotation control apparatus and machine tool including the same JOHNSON, VICKY A —
18689099 MACHINE TOOL ADDISU, SARA —
18859857 MACHINE TOOL ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S —
18844837 Coolant Supply Device GONZALEZ, MADELINE —
18837009 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, MACHINE TOOL, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM DUNN, DARRIN D —
18833382 MACHINE TOOL, MACHINE TOOL CONTROL SYSTEM, AND MACHINE TOOL CONTROL METHOD CHANG, VINCENT WEN-LIANG —
18718054 DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE AND MACHINE TOOL KARIM, ZIAUL —
18716447 CONVEYING VEHICLE AND UNMANNED CONVEYING SYSTEM BOEHLER, ANNE MARIE M —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3722 3
3617 1
3725 1
2846 1
3611 1
3726 1
3731 1
3799 1
3723 1
3662 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19128136 Oscillating unit rotation control apparatus and machine tool including the same JOHNSON, VICKY A 3617 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending May 07, 2025
19069944 MACHINING SYSTEM TRAC, JONATHAN KHANH — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 04, 2025
18689099 MACHINE TOOL ADDISU, SARA — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 28, 2025
18859857 MACHINE TOOL ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S 3725 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 24, 2024
18844837 Coolant Supply Device GONZALEZ, MADELINE — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 06, 2024
18837009 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, MACHINE TOOL, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM DUNN, DARRIN D — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 08, 2024
18833382 MACHINE TOOL, MACHINE TOOL CONTROL SYSTEM, AND MACHINE TOOL CONTROL METHOD CHANG, VINCENT WEN-LIANG — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 25, 2024
18718054 DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE AND MACHINE TOOL KARIM, ZIAUL — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 09, 2024
18718056 DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE AND MACHINE TOOL DINH, THAI T 2846 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Jun 09, 2024
18716447 CONVEYING VEHICLE AND UNMANNED CONVEYING SYSTEM BOEHLER, ANNE MARIE M 3611 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 04, 2024
18560175 MACHINE TOOL CADUGAN, ERICA E — §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 30, 2024
18705412 DISPLAY DEVICE AND MEASURING INSTRUMENT AMIN, JWALANT B — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 26, 2024
18617489 DEVICE FOR MACHINE TOOL, AND MACHINE TOOL CIGNA, JACOB JAMES 3726 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 26, 2024
18286356 MACHINE TOOL RUFO, RYAN C 3722 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 20, 2024
18573208 MACHINE TOOL, CONTROL METHOD, AND CONTROL PROGRAM LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN 3731 §103 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Dec 21, 2023
18568427 MACHINE TOOL, CONTROL METHOD, AND CONTROL PROGRAM COZART, JERMIE E 3799 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 08, 2023
18286347 MACHINE TOOL VITALE, MICHAEL J 3722 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 10, 2023
18285373 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM HAWKINS, JASON KHALIL 3723 §101§102 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 02, 2023
18266154 Autonomous Traveling Apparatus NGUYEN, NGA X 3662 §103§112 Final Rejection 28d Pending Jun 08, 2023
18142874 TOOL MANAGEMENT DEVICE AHMED, ISTIAQUE 2116 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 03, 2023
18088643 MACHINE TOOL WILENSKY, MOSHE K 3722 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 26, 2022
17976989 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, MACHINING SYSTEM, MACHINE TOOL, AND PROGRAM KAUR, JASPREET 2662 §103 Final Rejection 23d Pending Oct 31, 2022
17889815 ADDITIVE PROCESSING DEVICE, ADDITIVE PROCESSING DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING ADDITIVE PROCESSING DEVICE CONTROL PROGRAM NORTON, JENNIFER L 2117 §103 Final Rejection 55d Pending Aug 17, 2022
17782982 MACHINING SYSTEM, MACHINE TOOL, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, SETTING DATA INHERITANCE METHOD, AND SETTING DATA INHERITANCE PROGRAM BROSH, BENJAMIN J 3658 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Jun 06, 2022

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