Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
4 pending office actions • 1 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Minebea Accesssolutions Inc. has 4 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are assigned to 4 distinct examiners, ensuring that each case is reviewed by a different individual. All 4 matters are located within 1 distinct art unit, which points to a very specific technical focus for the company's current filings. This concentration in 1 distinct art unit allows for a more consistent prosecution approach.
HOROWITZ, NOAH NMN is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. Since there are 4 distinct examiners for the 4 pending office actions, the workload is evenly divided. The concentration in 1 distinct art unit means all 4 examiners likely operate under the same supervisory guidelines. Practitioners can focus their efforts on the specific standards and precedents relevant to this single USPTO division while managing the individual preferences of the 4 distinct examiners.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (25%) |
| §102 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (50%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
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.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOROWITZ, NOAH NMN | 1 | 74.4% | +27.1% |
| CUMAR, NATHAN | 1 | 78.8% | +14.6% |
| LUGO, CARLOS | 1 | 74.9% | +13.6% |
| WATSON, PETER HUCKLEBERRY | 1 | 54.9% | +37.8% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19069387 | KEY CYLINDER DEVICE FOR VEHICLE DOOR | CUMAR, NATHAN | — |
| 19068340 | VEHICLE DOOR HANDLE DEVICE | LUGO, CARLOS | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18925217 | OUTER HANDLE DEVICE FOR VEHICLE DOOR | WATSON, PETER HUCKLEBERRY | 15d |
| 19072131 | DOOR HANDLE DEVICE | HOROWITZ, NOAH NMN | — |
| 19069387 | KEY CYLINDER DEVICE FOR VEHICLE DOOR | CUMAR, NATHAN | — |
| 19068340 | VEHICLE DOOR HANDLE DEVICE | LUGO, CARLOS | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3675 | 4 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19072131 | DOOR HANDLE DEVICE | HOROWITZ, NOAH NMN | 3675 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2025 |
| 19069387 | KEY CYLINDER DEVICE FOR VEHICLE DOOR | CUMAR, NATHAN | 3675 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2025 |
| 19068340 | VEHICLE DOOR HANDLE DEVICE | LUGO, CARLOS | 3675 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 03, 2025 |
| 18925217 | OUTER HANDLE DEVICE FOR VEHICLE DOOR | WATSON, PETER HUCKLEBERRY | 3675 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 15d | Pending | Oct 24, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialMinebea Accesssolutions Inc. has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 4 examiners.
Noah Nmn Horowitz has the most, with 1 of Minebea Accesssolutions Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
