Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Hitachi Astemo Hanshin Ltd. has 1 pending office action in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, reflecting a narrow scope of active prosecution. Such a concentrated profile indicates that the company's current legal efforts at the office are focused on a single technical challenge or a specific patent application within this field.
The busiest examiner, CASTELLON JR, MANUEL SALVADOR, is currently overseeing 1 busiest examiner pending office action. For a practitioner, this means the entire active portfolio is concentrated under a single examiner's review, which can streamline communication and strategy. Because there is only 1 distinct examiner involved, there is no need to compare different prosecution styles across the portfolio, allowing for a more focused approach.
The presence of 1 distinct art unit within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics field suggests that the pending matter is highly specialized. With the busiest examiner, CASTELLON JR, MANUEL SALVADOR, handling the only active case, the prosecution strategy is entirely dependent on a single individual's perspective. This singular focus allows for a dedicated approach to resolving the outstanding issues in the 1 pending office action currently on file.
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) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CASTELLON JR, MANUEL SALVADOR | 1 | 90.3% | +12.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18864737 | COMBUSTION STATE DETECTION DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE | CASTELLON JR, MANUEL SALVADOR | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18864737 | COMBUSTION STATE DETECTION DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE | CASTELLON JR, MANUEL SALVADOR | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2855 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18864737 | COMBUSTION STATE DETECTION DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE | CASTELLON JR, MANUEL SALVADOR | 2855 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialHitachi Astemo Hanshin Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Manuel Salvador Castellon Jr. has the most, with 1 of Hitachi Astemo Hanshin Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
