Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Ihi Power Systems Co. Ltd. currently manages 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This single matter is being prosecuted in 1 distinct art unit, which suggests a highly specific technical focus for the company's current patent filings. Practitioners should note that the entire pending portfolio is concentrated within this one specialized area of the USPTO.
Sizo Binda Vilakazi is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently handling 1 pending office action. Because there is only 1 pending action in the entire company profile, Vilakazi's workload represents the totality of the company's current interactions with the patent office. The busiest examiner pending count of 1 confirms that no other matters are currently competing for this examiner's attention within the Ihi Power Systems Co. Ltd. account.
The presence of 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit for the 1 pending office action indicates a streamlined prosecution environment. There is no diversity in the examiner pool, as only 1 individual is involved in the current pending cases. This structure allows for a direct and singular point of contact, which may simplify the management of the company's intellectual property in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VILAKAZI, SIZO BINDA | 1 | 74.5% | +11.1% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19331031 | GAS ENGINE | VILAKAZI, SIZO BINDA | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19331031 | GAS ENGINE | VILAKAZI, SIZO BINDA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3747 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19331031 | GAS ENGINE | VILAKAZI, SIZO BINDA | 3747 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 17, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialIhi Power Systems Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Sizo Binda Vilakazi has the most, with 1 of Ihi Power Systems Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
