Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
4 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Hirakawa Hewtech Corporation manages a company patent portfolio with 4 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These 4 pending office actions are distributed across 1 distinct art unit. The prosecution involves 3 distinct examiners.
DUNWOODY, AARON M is the busiest examiner for the portfolio. This examiner is responsible for 2 pending office actions. This count of 2 pending office actions is the highest number assigned to any examiner within the portfolio. The assignment of cases shows how the patent office distributes the company's filings among its staff.
Practitioners should address the requirements of the 1 distinct art unit. The prosecution of these matters depends on the specific standards of the assigned art unit and the perspectives of the 3 distinct examiners. Each application requires a focused approach to navigate the legal and technical hurdles presented during the examination process. This ensures that every filing is evaluated based on the technical merits of the disclosed invention. This specific attention helps in managing the requirements of the patent office.
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 (25%) |
| §102 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUNWOODY, AARON M | 2 | 75.2% | +11.2% |
| CHOI, WILLIAM SOON | 1 | 74.4% | +11.5% |
| PAUMEN, GARY F | 1 | 88.6% | -1.3% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19387343 | TUBE CONNECTOR AND TUBE WITH CONNECTOR | CHOI, WILLIAM SOON | — |
| 18802700 | CONNECTOR BOARD | PAUMEN, GARY F | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19387315 | TUBE CONNECTOR AND TUBE WITH CONNECTOR | DUNWOODY, AARON M | — |
| 19387329 | TUBE CONNECTOR AND TUBE WITH CONNECTOR | DUNWOODY, AARON M | — |
| 19387343 | TUBE CONNECTOR AND TUBE WITH CONNECTOR | CHOI, WILLIAM SOON | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3679 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19387315 | TUBE CONNECTOR AND TUBE WITH CONNECTOR | DUNWOODY, AARON M | 3679 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 12, 2025 |
| 19387329 | TUBE CONNECTOR AND TUBE WITH CONNECTOR | DUNWOODY, AARON M | 3679 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 12, 2025 |
| 19387343 | TUBE CONNECTOR AND TUBE WITH CONNECTOR | CHOI, WILLIAM SOON | 3679 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 12, 2025 |
| 18802700 | CONNECTOR BOARD | PAUMEN, GARY F | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 13, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialHirakawa Hewtech Corporation has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 3 examiners.
Aaron M Dunwoody has the most, with 2 of Hirakawa Hewtech Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
