Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
7 pending office actions • 4 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 27 patents granted in the last 365 days
Ishida Co., Ltd. has 8 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. Each action is assigned to a distinct examiner, while the portfolio spans 4 distinct art units. This shows complete examiner dispersion within a smaller set of technical assignments.
HODGE, LINDA J is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending action. No examiner carries more than the reported single action in the busiest-examiner field, so coordination across separate examiner contacts is central to managing the docket. Art-unit grouping can still support consistent review of technical issues.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 | 3 (43%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (57%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HODGE, LINDA J | 1 | 87.7% | +26.6% |
| PALMER, LUCAS E A | 1 | 80.3% | +16.6% |
| KIM, KIHO | 1 | 85.4% | +4.4% |
| TOOHEY, RICHARD ORLANDO | 1 | 81.9% | +11.8% |
| LEEDS, DANIEL JEREMY | 1 | 69.9% | +34.7% |
| GIBSON, RANDY W | 1 | 75.8% | +22.2% |
| LEE, KYUNG S | 1 | 87.2% | +8.3% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19433379 | FILM SUPPLY DEVICE AND BAG-MAKING-PACKAGING MACHINE | PALMER, LUCAS E A | — |
| 19081982 | X-RAY INSPECTION APPARATUS | KIM, KIHO | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19037180 | PUSHING MECHANISM AND BOX PACKAGING DEVICE | LEEDS, DANIEL JEREMY | 31d overdue |
| 19565216 | BOXING APPARATUS | HODGE, LINDA J | — |
| 19057574 | X-RAY INSPECTION DEVICE | TOOHEY, RICHARD ORLANDO | — |
| 18603238 | STRAIN GAUGE COMPONENT, LOAD CELL, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LOAD CELL | LEE, KYUNG S | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19037180 | PUSHING MECHANISM AND BOX PACKAGING DEVICE | LEEDS, DANIEL JEREMY | 31d overdue |
| 19565216 | BOXING APPARATUS | HODGE, LINDA J | — |
| 19433379 | FILM SUPPLY DEVICE AND BAG-MAKING-PACKAGING MACHINE | PALMER, LUCAS E A | — |
| 19057574 | X-RAY INSPECTION DEVICE | TOOHEY, RICHARD ORLANDO | — |
| 18930722 | COMBINATION WEIGHING APPARATUS | GIBSON, RANDY W | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3731 | 3 |
| 2884 | 1 |
| 2855 | 1 |
| 2833 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19565216 | BOXING APPARATUS | HODGE, LINDA J | 3731 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 12, 2026 |
| 19433379 | FILM SUPPLY DEVICE AND BAG-MAKING-PACKAGING MACHINE | PALMER, LUCAS E A | 3731 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2025 |
| 19081982 | X-RAY INSPECTION APPARATUS | KIM, KIHO | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 17, 2025 |
| 19057574 | X-RAY INSPECTION DEVICE | TOOHEY, RICHARD ORLANDO | 2884 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 19, 2025 |
| 19037180 | PUSHING MECHANISM AND BOX PACKAGING DEVICE | LEEDS, DANIEL JEREMY | 3731 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 31d overdue | Pending | Jan 25, 2025 |
| 18930722 | COMBINATION WEIGHING APPARATUS | GIBSON, RANDY W | 2855 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 29, 2024 |
| 18603238 | STRAIN GAUGE COMPONENT, LOAD CELL, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LOAD CELL | LEE, KYUNG S | 2833 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialIshida Co., Ltd. has 7 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 7 examiners.
Linda J Hodge has the most, with 1 of Ishida Co., Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
