Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Max Co., Ltd.

12 pending office actions • 7 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 60 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

12
Total Pending OAs
10
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due later (1)

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.

5
Hard (42%)
7
Medium (58%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only6 (50%)
§102 only1 (8%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (42%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
8% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
8
Mechanical / Eng
67% of docket
3
Business / Other
25% 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.

120 h
Manual time on pending OAs
24 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
42 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S 3 74.4% +23.6%
TRUONG, KATELYN T 1 57.4% +38.3%
WITTENSCHLAEGER, THOMAS M 1 71.6% +12.3%
HANNAN, B M M 1 82.2% +17.9%
WEEKS, GLORIA R 1 70.3% +12.3%
GUGGER, SEAN A 1 64.7% +23.2%
KIM, BOBBY YEONJIN 1 76.7% +21.6%
MACFARLANE, EVAN H 1 50.6% +42.3%
RIVERA, CARLOS A 1 77.2% +29.1%
OLSEN, KAELEIGH ELIZABETH 1 40.7% +72.7%

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
19448495 STAPLE TRUONG, KATELYN T
19144896 REINFORCING BAR BINDING ROBOT AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF HANNAN, B M M
18984076 BINDING MACHINE ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S
18983705 BINDING MACHINE ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S
18741351 MOTOR AND BINDING MACHINE GUGGER, SEAN A

Interview Candidates (12)

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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18042657 SOLID HAIR DETERGENT COMPOSITION OLSEN, KAELEIGH ELIZABETH 80d overdue
18633967 BINDING MACHINE KIM, BOBBY YEONJIN 13d
18825919 REFILL WEEKS, GLORIA R 84d
19448495 STAPLE TRUONG, KATELYN T
19276862 FASTENING TOOL WITTENSCHLAEGER, THOMAS M
19144896 REINFORCING BAR BINDING ROBOT AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF HANNAN, B M M
18984076 BINDING MACHINE ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S
18983705 BINDING MACHINE ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3731 2
3725 2
3647 1
3657 1
3724 1
3723 1
1619 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19448495 STAPLE TRUONG, KATELYN T 3647 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 14, 2026
19276862 FASTENING TOOL WITTENSCHLAEGER, THOMAS M 3731 §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Jul 22, 2025
19144896 REINFORCING BAR BINDING ROBOT AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF HANNAN, B M M 3657 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 30, 2025
18984076 BINDING MACHINE ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 17, 2024
18983705 BINDING MACHINE ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 17, 2024
18983950 BINDING MACHINE ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S §102 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 17, 2024
18825919 REFILL WEEKS, GLORIA R 3731 §103 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Sep 05, 2024
18741351 MOTOR AND BINDING MACHINE GUGGER, SEAN A 3725 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 12, 2024
18633967 BINDING MACHINE KIM, BOBBY YEONJIN 3725 §103Other Final Rejection 13d Pending Apr 12, 2024
18397763 CUTTING DEVICE MACFARLANE, EVAN H 3724 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 27, 2023
18491210 Screw Driving Machine RIVERA, CARLOS A 3723 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 20, 2023
18042657 SOLID HAIR DETERGENT COMPOSITION OLSEN, KAELEIGH ELIZABETH 1619 §103 Non-Final OA 80d overdue Pending Feb 23, 2023

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