Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Computing & Software • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 3 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Fujikoki Corporation is currently navigating 5 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are being handled by 5 distinct examiners, ensuring a diverse range of individual perspectives during prosecution. The cases are distributed across 3 distinct art units, which suggests a focus on specific technical niches within the engineering field.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is CARY, KELSEY E, who holds 1 pending office action. Because there are 5 distinct examiners for 5 pending actions, this workload is evenly distributed. The ratio of 5 pending office actions to 3 distinct art units implies that at least one art unit is overseeing more than one active matter.
With 5 distinct examiners, the company must manage five separate prosecution styles. The 3 distinct art units indicate that the technical subject matter is somewhat concentrated. This structure allows for specialized knowledge within the art units while maintaining a variety of examiner interactions.
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.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 1 (20%) |
| §112 only | 1 (20%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (40%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (20%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARY, KELSEY E | 1 | 75.0% | +24.9% |
| ARUNDALE, ROBERT K | 1 | 75.7% | +24.0% |
| KEASEL, ERIC S | 1 | 79.7% | +14.7% |
| FITZSIMMONS, ALLISON G | 1 | 47.9% | +16.1% |
| KAKARLA, BHASKAR | 1 | 33.3% | +0.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18567097 | CONTROL APPARATUS OF ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN VALVE, ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN VALVE, AND ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN VALVE UNIT USING THE SAME | KAKARLA, BHASKAR | 16d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18572640 | ACCUMULATOR | FITZSIMMONS, ALLISON G | 13d |
| 19161472 | FLOW PATH SWITCHING VALVE | CARY, KELSEY E | — |
| 19216885 | ELECTRICALLY OPERATED VALVE | ARUNDALE, ROBERT K | — |
| 18925908 | ELECTRICALLY OPERATED VALVE | KEASEL, ERIC S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3753 | 2 |
| 1773 | 1 |
| 2116 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19161472 | FLOW PATH SWITCHING VALVE | CARY, KELSEY E | 3753 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 02, 2025 |
| 19216885 | ELECTRICALLY OPERATED VALVE | ARUNDALE, ROBERT K | — | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2025 |
| 18925908 | ELECTRICALLY OPERATED VALVE | KEASEL, ERIC S | 3753 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2024 |
| 18572640 | ACCUMULATOR | FITZSIMMONS, ALLISON G | 1773 | §102 | Final Rejection | 13d | Pending | Dec 20, 2023 |
| 18567097 | CONTROL APPARATUS OF ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN VALVE, ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN VALVE, AND ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN VALVE UNIT USING THE SAME | KAKARLA, BHASKAR | 2116 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 16d overdue | Pending | Dec 05, 2023 |
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