Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Mayekawa Mfg. Co., Ltd.

Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

6 pending office actions • 5 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
1
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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
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.

3
Hard (50%)
3
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (33%)
§102 only1 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
17% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
17% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
67% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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
PARSLEY, DAVID J 2 54.0% +28.7%
GAMINO, CARLOS J 1 35.3% +45.6%
HUNTSINGER, PETER K 1 29.0% +17.6%
CAMERON, ATTICUS A 1 80.0% +9.1%
ABUELHAWA, MOHAMMED YOUSEF 1 78.7% +21.0%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18559815 TOOL CHECK DEVICE, TOOL CHECK PROGRAM, AND TOOL CHECK METHOD FOR ROBOT ARM CAMERON, ATTICUS A 117d overdue

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19475553 WORK GRASPING APPARATUS AND WORK GRASPING METHOD PARSLEY, DAVID J —
18998011 CLAMP DEVICE GAMINO, CARLOS J —
18699197 IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD HUNTSINGER, PETER K —

Interview Candidates (5)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18840534 MEAT PROCESSING APPARATUS AND MEAT PROCESSING SYSTEM PARSLEY, DAVID J 27d
19475553 WORK GRASPING APPARATUS AND WORK GRASPING METHOD PARSLEY, DAVID J —
18998011 CLAMP DEVICE GAMINO, CARLOS J —
18699197 IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD HUNTSINGER, PETER K —
18265718 TOOL CHECKING DEVICE, STORAGE DEVICE STORING TOOL CHECKING PROGRAM, AND TOOL CHECKING METHOD FOR ROBOT ARM ABUELHAWA, MOHAMMED YOUSEF —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3643 2
1735 1
2682 1
3658 1
3656 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19475553 WORK GRASPING APPARATUS AND WORK GRASPING METHOD PARSLEY, DAVID J 3643 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 15, 2025
18998011 CLAMP DEVICE GAMINO, CARLOS J 1735 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 23, 2025
18840534 MEAT PROCESSING APPARATUS AND MEAT PROCESSING SYSTEM PARSLEY, DAVID J 3643 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Aug 22, 2024
18699197 IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD HUNTSINGER, PETER K 2682 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 05, 2024
18559815 TOOL CHECK DEVICE, TOOL CHECK PROGRAM, AND TOOL CHECK METHOD FOR ROBOT ARM CAMERON, ATTICUS A 3658 §102 Non-Final OA 117d overdue Pending Nov 09, 2023
18265718 TOOL CHECKING DEVICE, STORAGE DEVICE STORING TOOL CHECKING PROGRAM, AND TOOL CHECKING METHOD FOR ROBOT ARM ABUELHAWA, MOHAMMED YOUSEF 3656 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 07, 2023

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