Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Hitachi High-Tech Analysis Corporation

6 pending office actions • 5 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

2
Hard (33%)
3
Medium (50%)
1
Easy (17%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (17%)
§103 only3 (50%)
§112 only1 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (17%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
67% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
17% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
17% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
COTEY, PHILIP L 1 84.0% +21.2%
KEFAYATI, SOORENA 1 83.5% +7.6%
TSUI, YUNG-SHENG M 1 66.5% +7.2%
LEBRON, BENJAMIN L 1 68.8% +16.5%
GERMAIN, ADAM ADRIEN 1 24.5% -3.6%
EOM, ROBERT J 1 57.5% +34.7%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18799464 THERMAL ANALYSIS DEVICE COTEY, PHILIP L

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17878619 Chromatographic Data System Processing Apparatus EOM, ROBERT J 21d
18412139 X-RAY TRANSMISSION INSPECTION APPARATUS AND X-RAY TRANSMISSION INSPECTION METHOD KEFAYATI, SOORENA 23d
17937341 LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPH GERMAIN, ADAM ADRIEN

Interview Candidates (3)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17878619 Chromatographic Data System Processing Apparatus EOM, ROBERT J 21d
18799464 THERMAL ANALYSIS DEVICE COTEY, PHILIP L
18058698 AMINO ACID ANALYSIS METHOD AND LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHIC APPARATUS LEBRON, BENJAMIN L

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2884 1
1684 1
1773 1
1777 1
1797 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18799464 THERMAL ANALYSIS DEVICE COTEY, PHILIP L §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 09, 2024
18412139 X-RAY TRANSMISSION INSPECTION APPARATUS AND X-RAY TRANSMISSION INSPECTION METHOD KEFAYATI, SOORENA 2884 §103§112 Non-Final OA 23d Pending Jan 12, 2024
18202626 LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHIC DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS TSUI, YUNG-SHENG M 1684 §112 Final Rejection Pending May 26, 2023
18058698 AMINO ACID ANALYSIS METHOD AND LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHIC APPARATUS LEBRON, BENJAMIN L 1773 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 23, 2022
17937341 LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPH GERMAIN, ADAM ADRIEN 1777 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 30, 2022
17878619 Chromatographic Data System Processing Apparatus EOM, ROBERT J 1797 §101§102 Final Rejection 21d Pending Aug 01, 2022

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