Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Misumi Group Inc. has 3 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are assigned to 3 distinct examiners across 2 distinct art units. Lindsey B Smith is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, overseeing 1 pending office action. The portfolio's current prosecution activity is distributed among 3 examiners but remains focused within 2 art units.
The 3 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems are each handled by a different distinct examiner. With 2 distinct art units involved, the company's applications are being reviewed in a small number of technical departments. Lindsey B Smith is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action, showing that the workload is split evenly across the 3 distinct examiners. This structure indicates that the company's patent outcomes depend on multiple individual reviews within these 2 art units.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 2 (67%) |
| §103 only | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH, LINDSEY B | 1 | 51.5% | +54.3% |
| CHAMPAGNE, LUNA | 1 | 45.6% | +34.1% |
| KANG, TIMOTHY J | 1 | 45.7% | +26.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18044723 | ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF CONTROL FOR ASSISTANCE SYSTEM | KANG, TIMOTHY J | 162d overdue |
| 19061559 | SERVER APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROVISION METHOD OF COMPONENT SELECTION SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR COMPONENT SELECTION SYSTEM | SMITH, LINDSEY B | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18044723 | ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF CONTROL FOR ASSISTANCE SYSTEM | KANG, TIMOTHY J | 162d overdue |
| 19061559 | SERVER APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROVISION METHOD OF COMPONENT SELECTION SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR COMPONENT SELECTION SYSTEM | SMITH, LINDSEY B | — |
| 18292675 | PHYSICAL DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING PHYSICAL DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT DEVICE, AND CONTROL PROGRAM | CHAMPAGNE, LUNA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3627 | 1 |
| 3689 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19061559 | SERVER APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROVISION METHOD OF COMPONENT SELECTION SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR COMPONENT SELECTION SYSTEM | SMITH, LINDSEY B | — | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 24, 2025 |
| 18292675 | PHYSICAL DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING PHYSICAL DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT DEVICE, AND CONTROL PROGRAM | CHAMPAGNE, LUNA | 3627 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 26, 2024 |
| 18044723 | ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF CONTROL FOR ASSISTANCE SYSTEM | KANG, TIMOTHY J | 3689 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 162d overdue | Pending | Mar 09, 2023 |
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