Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
6 pending office actions • 4 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Hosokawa Yoko Co., Ltd. is currently addressing 6 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed across 6 distinct examiners, meaning no pending matters are currently being reviewed by the same individual. This distribution requires the applicant to manage unique examiner relationships simultaneously, which prevents the use of consistent negotiation tactics across the pending portfolio. The high number of distinct examiners relative to the total actions indicates a lack of examiner-level concentration.
The portfolio is spread across 4 distinct art units, reflecting a moderate level of technical diversity in the pending applications. TAWFIK, SAMEH is the busiest examiner for the company, though this role involves only 1 pending office action. With 6 pending office actions and 6 distinct examiners, the applicant faces a broad range of examination styles across the 4 distinct art units involved. This variety in art units suggests that the applicant must be prepared for different procedural interpretations within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 2 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TAWFIK, SAMEH | 1 | 63.1% | +31.2% |
| POWERS, LAURA C | 1 | 56.3% | +47.5% |
| MIGGINS, MICHAEL C | 1 | 80.8% | +16.6% |
| ATTEL, NINA KAY | 1 | 41.4% | +27.8% |
| ARBLE, JESSICA R | 1 | 66.3% | +25.4% |
| MACKEY, PATRICK HEWEY | 1 | 83.6% | +12.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18277934 | CONTAINER MULTILAYERED BODY, CONTAINER, MEDICAL CONTAINER, AND DRUG-CONTAINING MEDICAL CONTAINER | ARBLE, JESSICA R | 51d overdue |
| 18547695 | CONTROLLER FOR POUCH-MAKING MACHINE, POUCH-MAKING MACHINE, POUCH, CONTROL METHOD FOR POUCH-MAKING MACHINE, AND CONTROL PROGRAM FOR POUCH-MAKING MACHINE | MACKEY, PATRICK HEWEY | 61d |
| 18726890 | PACKAGING BAG LAMINATE, PACKAGING BAG, SPOUT-ATTACHED PACKAGING BAG, AND CONTENT-CONTAINED SPOUT-ATTACHED PACKAGING BAG | POWERS, LAURA C | — |
| 18726898 | PACKAGING BAG LAMINATE, PACKAGING BAG, SPOUT-ATTACHED PACKAGING BAG, AND CONTENT-CONTAINED SPOUT-ATTACHED PACKAGING BAG | MIGGINS, MICHAEL C | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18277934 | CONTAINER MULTILAYERED BODY, CONTAINER, MEDICAL CONTAINER, AND DRUG-CONTAINING MEDICAL CONTAINER | ARBLE, JESSICA R | 51d overdue |
| 18724486 | ZIPPER AND ZIPPER-ATTACHED MICROWAVE OVEN APPLICABLE PACKAGING BAG | ATTEL, NINA KAY | 21d |
| 18547695 | CONTROLLER FOR POUCH-MAKING MACHINE, POUCH-MAKING MACHINE, POUCH, CONTROL METHOD FOR POUCH-MAKING MACHINE, AND CONTROL PROGRAM FOR POUCH-MAKING MACHINE | MACKEY, PATRICK HEWEY | 61d |
| 19060108 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING RECTANGULAR-BOTTOMED PACKAGING BAG, DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING RECTANGULAR-BOTTOMED PACKAGING BAG, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PACKAGING BODY, AND DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING PACKAGING BODY | TAWFIK, SAMEH | — |
| 18726890 | PACKAGING BAG LAMINATE, PACKAGING BAG, SPOUT-ATTACHED PACKAGING BAG, AND CONTENT-CONTAINED SPOUT-ATTACHED PACKAGING BAG | POWERS, LAURA C | — |
| 18726898 | PACKAGING BAG LAMINATE, PACKAGING BAG, SPOUT-ATTACHED PACKAGING BAG, AND CONTENT-CONTAINED SPOUT-ATTACHED PACKAGING BAG | MIGGINS, MICHAEL C | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3731 | 1 |
| 3734 | 1 |
| 3781 | 1 |
| 3653 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19060108 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING RECTANGULAR-BOTTOMED PACKAGING BAG, DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING RECTANGULAR-BOTTOMED PACKAGING BAG, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PACKAGING BODY, AND DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING PACKAGING BODY | TAWFIK, SAMEH | 3731 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2025 |
| 18726890 | PACKAGING BAG LAMINATE, PACKAGING BAG, SPOUT-ATTACHED PACKAGING BAG, AND CONTENT-CONTAINED SPOUT-ATTACHED PACKAGING BAG | POWERS, LAURA C | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 12, 2024 |
| 18726898 | PACKAGING BAG LAMINATE, PACKAGING BAG, SPOUT-ATTACHED PACKAGING BAG, AND CONTENT-CONTAINED SPOUT-ATTACHED PACKAGING BAG | MIGGINS, MICHAEL C | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 06, 2024 |
| 18724486 | ZIPPER AND ZIPPER-ATTACHED MICROWAVE OVEN APPLICABLE PACKAGING BAG | ATTEL, NINA KAY | 3734 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 21d | Pending | Jun 26, 2024 |
| 18277934 | CONTAINER MULTILAYERED BODY, CONTAINER, MEDICAL CONTAINER, AND DRUG-CONTAINING MEDICAL CONTAINER | ARBLE, JESSICA R | 3781 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 51d overdue | Pending | Oct 19, 2023 |
| 18547695 | CONTROLLER FOR POUCH-MAKING MACHINE, POUCH-MAKING MACHINE, POUCH, CONTROL METHOD FOR POUCH-MAKING MACHINE, AND CONTROL PROGRAM FOR POUCH-MAKING MACHINE | MACKEY, PATRICK HEWEY | 3653 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 61d | Pending | Aug 24, 2023 |
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