Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

KYB Corporation

6 pending office actions • 2 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 22 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

4
Hard (67%)
2
Medium (33%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (17%)
§102 only1 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (67%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
67% of docket
2
Business / Other
33% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
RODRIGUEZ, PAMELA 1 87.9% +10.4%
WILLIAMS, THOMAS J 1 78.7% +14.1%
KRAMER, DEVON C 1 13.6% +16.3%
RASHID, MAHBUBUR 1 67.6% +20.5%
HSIAO, JAMES K 1 76.9% +15.2%
MORRIS, DAVID R. 1 81.9% +14.2%

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18018183 DAMPING VALVE AND SHOCK ABSORBER MORRIS, DAVID R. 18d overdue
18265149 FRONT FORK HSIAO, JAMES K 10d overdue
18845725 DAMPING VALVE AND SHOCK ABSORBER RODRIGUEZ, PAMELA
18724203 SHOCK ABSORBER WILLIAMS, THOMAS J
18550900 FLUID PRESSURE DUMPER KRAMER, DEVON C

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18018183 DAMPING VALVE AND SHOCK ABSORBER MORRIS, DAVID R. 18d overdue
18265149 FRONT FORK HSIAO, JAMES K 10d overdue
18845725 DAMPING VALVE AND SHOCK ABSORBER RODRIGUEZ, PAMELA
18724203 SHOCK ABSORBER WILLIAMS, THOMAS J
18550900 FLUID PRESSURE DUMPER KRAMER, DEVON C
18265809 SHOCK ABSORBER RASHID, MAHBUBUR

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3616 3
3741 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18845725 DAMPING VALVE AND SHOCK ABSORBER RODRIGUEZ, PAMELA §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 10, 2024
18724203 SHOCK ABSORBER WILLIAMS, THOMAS J §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 26, 2024
18550900 FLUID PRESSURE DUMPER KRAMER, DEVON C 3741 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 15, 2023
18265809 SHOCK ABSORBER RASHID, MAHBUBUR 3616 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 07, 2023
18265149 FRONT FORK HSIAO, JAMES K 3616 §103§112 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Jun 02, 2023
18018183 DAMPING VALVE AND SHOCK ABSORBER MORRIS, DAVID R. 3616 §102§103 Final Rejection 18d overdue Pending Jan 26, 2023

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