Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Komatsu Ntc Ltd. is currently managing 2 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. Both of these matters are assigned to a single distinct examiner, VELASQUEZ SANCHEZ, CHANCIE ISABELLE. The prosecution is concentrated within 1 distinct art unit, indicating a very specific technical focus for the company's current patent applications. This high level of concentration simplifies the administrative burden of tracking multiple examiners. The applicant can focus their efforts on the specific procedural requirements of this 1 distinct art unit.
As the busiest examiner for the portfolio, VELASQUEZ SANCHEZ, CHANCIE ISABELLE is responsible for 2 pending office actions. This means that the company's current pending workload is under the review of this one individual. Practitioners should focus on building a consistent prosecution history with this examiner, as the outcomes for both pending actions will be determined by the same reviewer within the single art unit. Success in one matter may provide a useful roadmap for the other of the 2 pending office actions. Effectively addressing the 2 pending office actions with this examiner will be critical for the portfolio's growth.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VELASQUEZ SANCHEZ, CHANCIE ISABELLE | 2 | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18248437 | LASER PROCESSING DEVICE | VELASQUEZ SANCHEZ, CHANCIE ISABELLE | 35d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3761 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18248437 | LASER PROCESSING DEVICE | VELASQUEZ SANCHEZ, CHANCIE ISABELLE | 3761 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | 35d overdue | Pending | Apr 10, 2023 |
| 18248403 | LASER PROCESSING DEVICE | VELASQUEZ SANCHEZ, CHANCIE ISABELLE | 3761 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | 35d overdue | Pending | Apr 10, 2023 |
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