Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Minebea AccessSolutions France S.A.S.

6 pending office actions • 1 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 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 only2 (33%)
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
6
Mechanical / Eng
100% 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
CUMAR, NATHAN 1 78.7% +14.6%
BARRETT, SUZANNE LALE DINO 1 77.3% +8.2%
SIDKY, YAHYA I 1 76.4% +22.7%
BROWN, EMILY GAIL 1 74.7% +16.9%
AHMAD, FARIA F 1 76.7% +8.2%
LUGO, CARLOS 1 74.9% +14.0%

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
18974896 VEHICLE DOOR HANDLE ASSEMBLY SIDKY, YAHYA I 46d overdue
19233445 VEHICLE DOOR LATCH EQUIPMENT AND ASSOCIATED VEHICLE DOOR CUMAR, NATHAN
19079822 VEHICLE DOOR LOCKING EQUIPMENT BARRETT, SUZANNE LALE DINO
18899492 VEHICLE DOOR LATCH BROWN, EMILY GAIL

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18974896 VEHICLE DOOR HANDLE ASSEMBLY SIDKY, YAHYA I 46d overdue
18571851 VEHICLE OPENING ELEMENT HANDLE ASSEMBLY LUGO, CARLOS 30d overdue
19233445 VEHICLE DOOR LATCH EQUIPMENT AND ASSOCIATED VEHICLE DOOR CUMAR, NATHAN
18899492 VEHICLE DOOR LATCH BROWN, EMILY GAIL

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3675 6

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19233445 VEHICLE DOOR LATCH EQUIPMENT AND ASSOCIATED VEHICLE DOOR CUMAR, NATHAN 3675 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 10, 2025
19079822 VEHICLE DOOR LOCKING EQUIPMENT BARRETT, SUZANNE LALE DINO 3675 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 14, 2025
18974896 VEHICLE DOOR HANDLE ASSEMBLY SIDKY, YAHYA I 3675 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 46d overdue Pending Dec 10, 2024
18899492 VEHICLE DOOR LATCH BROWN, EMILY GAIL 3675 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 27, 2024
18895480 DOOR LATCH DEVICE AHMAD, FARIA F 3675 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 25, 2024
18571851 VEHICLE OPENING ELEMENT HANDLE ASSEMBLY LUGO, CARLOS 3675 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Dec 19, 2023

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