Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
6 pending office actions • 3 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Komatsu Industries Corporation has 6 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The matters involve 6 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units, so multiple examiners are working within a smaller set of technical examination assignments.
SHECHTMAN, SEAN P is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel should coordinate prosecution positions by art unit while maintaining separate issue tracking for each examiner.
The assignment pattern favors a structured review that distinguishes common art-unit practice from examiner-specific concerns. Consistent terminology and disclosure support can improve portfolio coordination, while amendments should remain responsive to the individual actions.
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 only | 1 (17%) |
| §103 only | 2 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHECHTMAN, SEAN P | 1 | 75.4% | +22.2% |
| MACEDA, KRYSTENE NHE BANDONG | 1 | 33.3% | +100.0% |
| ASSANTE, KEITH BRIAN | 1 | 72.2% | +30.0% |
| MITCHUM, DREW JOSEPH | 1 | 50.0% | +0.0% |
| KANG, EDWIN G | 1 | 64.1% | +66.6% |
| DODSON, JUSTIN C | 1 | 46.7% | +36.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17928675 | LASER PROCESSING DEVICE, LASER PROCESSING METHOD, AND TRANSMISSION INHIBITION LIQUID | DODSON, JUSTIN C | 72d |
| 18857321 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING ABNORMALITY IN INDUSTRIAL MACHINE | SHECHTMAN, SEAN P | — |
| 18685364 | THERMAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND THERMAL PROCESSING METHOD | MACEDA, KRYSTENE NHE BANDONG | — |
| 18564708 | LASER PROCESSING DEVICE AND LASER PROCESSING METHOD | MITCHUM, DREW JOSEPH | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17928675 | LASER PROCESSING DEVICE, LASER PROCESSING METHOD, AND TRANSMISSION INHIBITION LIQUID | DODSON, JUSTIN C | 72d |
| 18857321 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING ABNORMALITY IN INDUSTRIAL MACHINE | SHECHTMAN, SEAN P | — |
| 18685364 | THERMAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND THERMAL PROCESSING METHOD | MACEDA, KRYSTENE NHE BANDONG | — |
| 18564744 | LASER PROCESSING DEVICE AND LASER PROCESSING METHOD | ASSANTE, KEITH BRIAN | — |
| 18548392 | LASER MACHINING DEVICE AND NOZZLE UNIT FOR LASER MACHINING DEVICE | KANG, EDWIN G | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3761 | 4 |
| 2896 | 1 |
| 3741 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18857321 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING ABNORMALITY IN INDUSTRIAL MACHINE | SHECHTMAN, SEAN P | 2896 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 16, 2024 |
| 18685364 | THERMAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND THERMAL PROCESSING METHOD | MACEDA, KRYSTENE NHE BANDONG | 3761 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2024 |
| 18564744 | LASER PROCESSING DEVICE AND LASER PROCESSING METHOD | ASSANTE, KEITH BRIAN | 3761 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 28, 2023 |
| 18564708 | LASER PROCESSING DEVICE AND LASER PROCESSING METHOD | MITCHUM, DREW JOSEPH | 3761 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 28, 2023 |
| 18548392 | LASER MACHINING DEVICE AND NOZZLE UNIT FOR LASER MACHINING DEVICE | KANG, EDWIN G | 3741 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2023 |
| 17928675 | LASER PROCESSING DEVICE, LASER PROCESSING METHOD, AND TRANSMISSION INHIBITION LIQUID | DODSON, JUSTIN C | 3761 | §102§103Other | Final Rejection | 72d | Pending | Nov 30, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialKomatsu Industries Corporation has 6 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 6 examiners.
Sean P Shechtman has the most, with 1 of Komatsu Industries Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
