Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Komatsu America Corp. has 2 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These 2 actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners, but they are both located within 1 distinct art unit. This indicates that while different individuals are reviewing the applications, they are operating within the same administrative and technical department at the patent office. This concentration within a single art unit can provide a more stable environment for prosecution, as both examiners likely follow the same internal policies and guidelines.
ARELLANO, PAUL WOODWARD is the busiest examiner, handling 1 pending office action. Because there are 2 distinct examiners for the 2 pending actions, the workload is divided evenly. However, the concentration within 1 distinct art unit means that both examiners are part of the same specialized group. Practitioners can benefit from this by identifying common trends or preferences within the 1 distinct art unit that may apply to both pending actions, even though they are being reviewed by 2 different individuals. This shared administrative context can help in developing a more unified strategy for the company's 2 pending matters.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARELLANO, PAUL WOODWARD | 1 | 78.1% | +27.7% |
| RESTIFO, JEFFREY J | 1 | 79.2% | +10.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19308065 | POWER CONTROL SYSTEM | ARELLANO, PAUL WOODWARD | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19308065 | POWER CONTROL SYSTEM | ARELLANO, PAUL WOODWARD | — |
| 18985815 | Modular Fuel Cell Assembly And Liquid Hydrogen Tank For A Work Vehicle | RESTIFO, JEFFREY J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3658 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19308065 | POWER CONTROL SYSTEM | ARELLANO, PAUL WOODWARD | 3658 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 22, 2025 |
| 18985815 | Modular Fuel Cell Assembly And Liquid Hydrogen Tank For A Work Vehicle | RESTIFO, JEFFREY J | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialKomatsu America Corp. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Paul Woodward Arellano has the most, with 1 of Komatsu America Corp.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.