Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Hitachi Zosen Corporation

1 pending office actions • 0 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Hitachi Zosen Corporation has 1 pending office action currently under review. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, YOUNG, MONICA S, who is the busiest examiner for the company with 1 pending matter. The data shows 0 distinct art units for this portfolio.

The presence of 1 pending office action and 1 distinct examiner indicates a focused prosecution effort. Because there are 0 distinct art units listed, the activity is highly centralized. The prosecution of the 1 pending office action depends entirely on the interaction with YOUNG, MONICA S. This limited data set suggests a specific engagement with the patent office, with no additional examiners or art units available for comparison within the company's current profile. Practitioners must focus on the individual examination style of this 1 examiner to ensure the successful advancement of the pending matter.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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.

1
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
100% 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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
YOUNG, MONICA S 1 74.9% +32.5%

Hard Cases (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18726140 ULTRASONIC PHASED ARRAY INSPECTION DEVICE AND ULTRASONIC PHASED ARRAY INSPECTION METHOD USING THE SAME YOUNG, MONICA S —

Interview Candidates (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18726140 ULTRASONIC PHASED ARRAY INSPECTION DEVICE AND ULTRASONIC PHASED ARRAY INSPECTION METHOD USING THE SAME YOUNG, MONICA S —

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18726140 ULTRASONIC PHASED ARRAY INSPECTION DEVICE AND ULTRASONIC PHASED ARRAY INSPECTION METHOD USING THE SAME YOUNG, MONICA S — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 02, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Hitachi Zosen Corporation have?

Hitachi Zosen Corporation has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 0 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Hitachi Zosen Corporation applications?

Monica S Young has the most, with 1 of Hitachi Zosen Corporation's pending office actions.

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