Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Imasen Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. currently has 3 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These are assigned to 3 distinct examiners but are all located within 1 distinct art unit. This structure implies that while different examiners are handling the cases, they are all subject to the same art unit's specific guidelines and oversight. The concentration in 1 distinct art unit provides a consistent examination environment for the company's medical and mechanical portfolio.
The busiest examiner, ROBINSON, NICHOLAS A, is responsible for 1 pending office action. Since each of the 3 distinct examiners handles exactly 1 pending office action, the workload is evenly distributed. Practitioners can focus their efforts on the precedents and preferences of the 1 distinct art unit handling the cases. This singular focus within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering area indicates that the company's current patent efforts are likely directed toward a specific technological niche despite the involvement of 3 distinct examiners.
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 | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (75%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROBINSON, NICHOLAS A | 1 | 48.3% | +58.1% |
| LEE, JYE-JUNE | 1 | 84.9% | +3.5% |
| PACHECO, ALEXIS BOATENG | 1 | 77.7% | +12.6% |
| ST CYR, DANIEL | 1 | 81.3% | +12.8% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18576885 | Active Balancer | ST CYR, DANIEL | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18875129 | WALKING STATE EVALUATION SYSTEM AND PROGRAM | ROBINSON, NICHOLAS A | — |
| 18712243 | SWITCHING CIRCUIT AND INVERTER CIRCUIT | LEE, JYE-JUNE | — |
| 18690005 | VEHICLE POWER SUPPLY DEVICE | PACHECO, ALEXIS BOATENG | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18875129 | WALKING STATE EVALUATION SYSTEM AND PROGRAM | ROBINSON, NICHOLAS A | — |
| 18690005 | VEHICLE POWER SUPPLY DEVICE | PACHECO, ALEXIS BOATENG | — |
| 18576885 | Active Balancer | ST CYR, DANIEL | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3798 | 1 |
| 2838 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18875129 | WALKING STATE EVALUATION SYSTEM AND PROGRAM | ROBINSON, NICHOLAS A | 3798 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 14, 2024 |
| 18712243 | SWITCHING CIRCUIT AND INVERTER CIRCUIT | LEE, JYE-JUNE | 2838 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 21, 2024 |
| 18690005 | VEHICLE POWER SUPPLY DEVICE | PACHECO, ALEXIS BOATENG | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2024 |
| 18576885 | Active Balancer | ST CYR, DANIEL | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 05, 2024 |
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