Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
17 pending office actions • 7 art units • 17 examiners • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 49 patents granted in the last 365 days
JTEKT Corporation maintains 17 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. Each of these 17 pending office actions is assigned to a different individual, as there are 17 distinct examiners. These examiners are spread across 7 distinct art units. TO, TOAN C is the busiest examiner with 1 busiest examiner pending action. The 7 distinct art units indicate the technical variety within the company's mechanical engineering filings.
With 17 distinct examiners for the 17 pending office actions, the workload is perfectly distributed. This means that every pending office action is being reviewed by a different individual, requiring the company to navigate 17 different examiner styles. The 1 busiest examiner pending action assigned to TO, TOAN C represents a small portion of the 17 pending office actions. Practitioners should focus on the specific preferences of each examiner to ensure successful outcomes.
The 7 distinct art units suggest that the portfolio touches on several specialized groups within the USPTO. Managing 17 pending office actions across these units requires an understanding of the specific technical standards applied by each group. Because the 17 distinct examiners are spread across 7 distinct art units, there is significant variety in the technical scrutiny applied to the applications. This structure requires a prosecution strategy that accounts for both individual examiner preferences and art unit trends.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (6%) |
| §103 only | 6 (35%) |
| §102 only | 5 (29%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (29%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TO, TOAN C | 1 | 91.6% | -3.5% |
| ZALESKAS, JOHN M | 1 | 62.3% | +19.0% |
| FLUHART, STACEY A | 1 | 82.9% | +14.1% |
| TADAYYON ESLAMI, TABASSOM | 1 | 49.5% | +26.5% |
| BOEHLER, ANNE MARIE M | 1 | 67.0% | +14.1% |
| PREGLER, SHARON | 1 | 78.0% | +21.1% |
| PARCO JR, RUBEN C | 1 | 46.0% | +16.3% |
| SHARMA, NABIN KUMAR | 1 | 54.7% | +56.6% |
| LAGUARDA, GONZALO | 1 | 72.9% | +7.0% |
| RUSHING, JR, BOBBY | 1 | 76.3% | +12.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19487601 | STEERING SYSTEM | TO, TOAN C | — |
| 19143189 | ELECTROMAGNETIC CLUTCH | FLUHART, STACEY A | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19099541 | STEERING DEVICE | BOEHLER, ANNE MARIE M | — |
| 18843854 | STEERING DEVICE | SHARMA, NABIN KUMAR | — |
| 18710397 | GEAR GRINDING METHOD AND GEAR GRINDING DEVICE | DION, MARCEL T | — |
| 18434814 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING BATTERY | D'ANIELLO, NICHOLAS P | — |
| 18811898 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A SET TORQUE FOR A MOTOR ALLOWING THE CONSUMED DC CURRENT TO BE CONTROLLED | DINH, THAI T | — |
| 18220559 | SPEED REDUCER WITH GAP COMPENSATION FOR ELECTRIC POWER STEERING | MEDANI, MOHAMED | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19334093 | STEERING SYSTEM | ZALESKAS, JOHN M | — |
| 19143189 | ELECTROMAGNETIC CLUTCH | FLUHART, STACEY A | — |
| 19207361 | ELECTRODE SHEET PROCESSING METHOD AND ELECTRODE SHEET MANUFACTURING DEVICE | TADAYYON ESLAMI, TABASSOM | — |
| 19099541 | STEERING DEVICE | BOEHLER, ANNE MARIE M | — |
| 18701489 | CO2 RECOVERY DEVICE | PREGLER, SHARON | — |
| 18846018 | SENSOR DEVICE | PARCO JR, RUBEN C | — |
| 18843854 | STEERING DEVICE | SHARMA, NABIN KUMAR | — |
| 18726243 | BALL SCREW DEVICE AND STEERING DEVICE | RUSHING, JR, BOBBY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3747 | 2 |
| 3611 | 2 |
| 3614 | 1 |
| 3655 | 1 |
| 3618 | 1 |
| 2835 | 1 |
| 3723 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19487601 | STEERING SYSTEM | TO, TOAN C | 3614 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2025 |
| 19334093 | STEERING SYSTEM | ZALESKAS, JOHN M | 3747 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2025 |
| 19143189 | ELECTROMAGNETIC CLUTCH | FLUHART, STACEY A | 3655 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 25, 2025 |
| 19207361 | ELECTRODE SHEET PROCESSING METHOD AND ELECTRODE SHEET MANUFACTURING DEVICE | TADAYYON ESLAMI, TABASSOM | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 14, 2025 |
| 19099541 | STEERING DEVICE | BOEHLER, ANNE MARIE M | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2025 |
| 18701489 | CO2 RECOVERY DEVICE | PREGLER, SHARON | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
| 18846018 | SENSOR DEVICE | PARCO JR, RUBEN C | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 11, 2024 |
| 18843854 | STEERING DEVICE | SHARMA, NABIN KUMAR | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 04, 2024 |
| 18729619 | STEERING CONTROL DEVICE AND STEERING CONTROL METHOD | LAGUARDA, GONZALO | 3747 | §102Other | Final Rejection | 19d overdue | Pending | Jul 17, 2024 |
| 18726243 | BALL SCREW DEVICE AND STEERING DEVICE | RUSHING, JR, BOBBY | 3618 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 02, 2024 |
| 18712847 | MOTOR UNIT | SMITH, COURTNEY L | 2835 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 23, 2024 |
| 18710397 | GEAR GRINDING METHOD AND GEAR GRINDING DEVICE | DION, MARCEL T | 3723 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 15, 2024 |
| 18707759 | GEAR AND STEERING SYSTEM | WEHRLY, CHRISTOPHER B | 3611 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 06, 2024 |
| 18434814 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING BATTERY | D'ANIELLO, NICHOLAS P | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2024 |
| 19027393 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A BLADE FOR A SUSPENSION | ROBITAILLE, JOHN P | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18811898 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A SET TORQUE FOR A MOTOR ALLOWING THE CONSUMED DC CURRENT TO BE CONTROLLED | DINH, THAI T | — | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 22, 2024 |
| 18220559 | SPEED REDUCER WITH GAP COMPENSATION FOR ELECTRIC POWER STEERING | MEDANI, MOHAMED | 3611 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2023 |
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