Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

MIKUNI Corporation

Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics

5 pending office actions • 5 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

MIKUNI Corporation has 5 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The matters are assigned to 5 distinct examiners and 5 distinct art units, indicating a separate examination path for each action.

GONZALEZ QUINONES, JOSE A is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. No examiner concentration appears in the profile. Practitioners should maintain separate response strategies while coordinating portfolio-level technical terminology and disclosure positions.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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 (80%)
1
Medium (20%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§102 only1 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (80%)

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
5
Semiconductors
100% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
GONZALEZ QUINONES, JOSE A 1 76.1% +13.2%
SPLIT, JAMES GERALD 1 61.4% +35.3%
HINZE, LEO T 1 52.9% +10.2%
JEFFERSON, QUOVAUNDA 1 79.4% +8.7%
TALPALATSKI, ALEXANDER 1 71.9% +8.9%

Hard Cases (4)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19186910 CIRCUIT-INTEGRATED MOTOR GONZALEZ QUINONES, JOSE A —
18797549 SENSOR UNIT AND INTAKE SYSTEM OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE SPLIT, JAMES GERALD —
18664527 ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT APPARATUS AND CIRCUIT-INTEGRATED MOTOR JEFFERSON, QUOVAUNDA —
18634976 ELECTROMAGNETIC ACTUATOR TALPALATSKI, ALEXANDER —

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19186910 CIRCUIT-INTEGRATED MOTOR GONZALEZ QUINONES, JOSE A —
18797549 SENSOR UNIT AND INTAKE SYSTEM OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE SPLIT, JAMES GERALD —
18798802 SENSOR UNIT HINZE, LEO T —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2834 1
2858 1
2853 1
2899 1
2837 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19186910 CIRCUIT-INTEGRATED MOTOR GONZALEZ QUINONES, JOSE A 2834 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 23, 2025
18797549 SENSOR UNIT AND INTAKE SYSTEM OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE SPLIT, JAMES GERALD 2858 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 08, 2024
18798802 SENSOR UNIT HINZE, LEO T 2853 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 08, 2024
18664527 ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT APPARATUS AND CIRCUIT-INTEGRATED MOTOR JEFFERSON, QUOVAUNDA 2899 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 15, 2024
18634976 ELECTROMAGNETIC ACTUATOR TALPALATSKI, ALEXANDER 2837 §102§103Other Final Rejection — Pending Apr 14, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does MIKUNI Corporation have?

MIKUNI Corporation has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 5 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most MIKUNI Corporation applications?

Jose A Gonzalez Quinones has the most, with 1 of MIKUNI Corporation's pending office actions.

What technology area are MIKUNI Corporation's patent applications in?

Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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