Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Kataoka Corporation is currently managing 3 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These pending office actions are distributed among 3 distinct examiners, yet all are concentrated within 1 distinct art unit. Brian W Jennison is the busiest examiner for the company, handling 1 pending office action.
The concentration of pending office actions in 1 distinct art unit suggests that the company's current patent pursuits are technically focused within a specific niche of Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. However, the involvement of the distinct examiners means that the company must navigate different individual review styles. Brian W Jennison is one of these examiners, managing a portion of the workload.
For a practitioner, this profile indicates that while the technical field is narrow, the prosecution risk is spread across multiple examiners. Each of the pending office actions is being evaluated by a different official. Brian W Jennison's role as the busiest examiner is shared with others, as he only manages a single action.
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 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| JENNISON, BRIAN W | 1 | 71.9% | +22.2% |
| ASSANTE, KEITH BRIAN | 1 | 72.2% | +30.0% |
| HUNTER, JOHN S | 1 | 83.1% | +22.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18175987 | WELDING METHOD AND LASER DEVICE | HUNTER, JOHN S | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18292112 | OPTICAL APPARATUS | JENNISON, BRIAN W | — |
| 18421370 | LASER PROCESSING DEVICE | ASSANTE, KEITH BRIAN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18292112 | OPTICAL APPARATUS | JENNISON, BRIAN W | — |
| 18421370 | LASER PROCESSING DEVICE | ASSANTE, KEITH BRIAN | — |
| 18175987 | WELDING METHOD AND LASER DEVICE | HUNTER, JOHN S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3761 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18292112 | OPTICAL APPARATUS | JENNISON, BRIAN W | 3761 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 25, 2024 |
| 18421370 | LASER PROCESSING DEVICE | ASSANTE, KEITH BRIAN | 3761 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2024 |
| 18175987 | WELDING METHOD AND LASER DEVICE | HUNTER, JOHN S | 3761 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialKataoka Corporation has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 3 examiners.
Brian W Jennison has the most, with 1 of Kataoka Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
