Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Harmonic Drive Systems Inc. is managing 1 pending office action within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This action is handled by 1 distinct examiner, JOHNSON, ERIC, who is the busiest examiner for the portfolio with a single pending office action.
The current prosecution activity is concentrated in a single distinct art unit. With only 1 pending office action and a unique distinct examiner, the company's entire pending workload is focused under a single individual in one specific specialized group at the USPTO.
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 | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MACARTHUR, VICTOR L | 1 | 66.4% | +12.7% |
| JOHNSON, ERIC | 1 | 62.3% | +22.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19146582 | STRAIN WAVE GEARING | MACARTHUR, VICTOR L | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19146582 | STRAIN WAVE GEARING | MACARTHUR, VICTOR L | — |
| 18843961 | AXIAL GAP MOTOR | JOHNSON, ERIC | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3618 | 1 |
| 2834 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19146582 | STRAIN WAVE GEARING | MACARTHUR, VICTOR L | 3618 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 09, 2025 |
| 18843961 | AXIAL GAP MOTOR | JOHNSON, ERIC | 2834 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 14, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialHarmonic Drive Systems Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Victor L Macarthur has the most, with 1 of Harmonic Drive Systems Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
