Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
6 pending office actions • 3 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 16 patents granted in the last 365 days
MITSUBA Corporation currently manages 6 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These 6 actions are assigned to 6 distinct examiners across 3 distinct art units. This suggests a concentration of technical focus, as the 6 examiners are grouped into only 3 specialized art units at the USPTO.
Victor L Macarthur is the busiest examiner for the company, with 1 pending office action. Since there are 6 pending actions and 6 distinct examiners, the workload is evenly split across the identified individuals. The busiest examiner pending count of 1 confirms that no single examiner is currently managing more than one case for this company.
The use of only 3 distinct art units for 6 pending office actions implies that multiple examiners are working within the same technical classifications. Practitioners should be prepared to manage 6 distinct examiner relationships while navigating the specific policies of the 3 art units involved. This structure may allow for more consistent feedback across the portfolio, as the 6 examiners are concentrated in a small number of technical groups within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems field.
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.
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 | 2 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MACARTHUR, VICTOR L | 1 | 66.3% | +12.8% |
| ELAHMADI, ZAKARIA | 1 | 76.0% | +11.9% |
| SCHLAK, DANIEL KEITH | 1 | 75.0% | +33.3% |
| RODGERS, THOMAS RAYMOND | 1 | 58.6% | +59.2% |
| MCFARLAND, TYLER JAMES | 1 | 44.9% | +37.7% |
| VO, ETHAN NGUYEN | 1 | 79.0% | +10.1% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18416892 | WIPING DEVICE | MCFARLAND, TYLER JAMES | 15d overdue |
| 19166032 | MOTOR DEVICE | MACARTHUR, VICTOR L | — |
| 19079380 | MOTOR DEVICE | SCHLAK, DANIEL KEITH | — |
| 18706729 | WIPER BLADE | RODGERS, THOMAS RAYMOND | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18416892 | WIPING DEVICE | MCFARLAND, TYLER JAMES | 15d overdue |
| 19203096 | WORM | ELAHMADI, ZAKARIA | 56d |
| 19166032 | MOTOR DEVICE | MACARTHUR, VICTOR L | — |
| 19079380 | MOTOR DEVICE | SCHLAK, DANIEL KEITH | — |
| 18706729 | WIPER BLADE | RODGERS, THOMAS RAYMOND | — |
| 18547881 | ROTOR AND MOTOR | VO, ETHAN NGUYEN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3618 | 2 |
| 3723 | 2 |
| 2834 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19166032 | MOTOR DEVICE | MACARTHUR, VICTOR L | 3618 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 16, 2025 |
| 19203096 | WORM | ELAHMADI, ZAKARIA | 3618 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 56d | Pending | May 08, 2025 |
| 19079380 | MOTOR DEVICE | SCHLAK, DANIEL KEITH | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2025 |
| 18706729 | WIPER BLADE | RODGERS, THOMAS RAYMOND | 3723 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 01, 2024 |
| 18416892 | WIPING DEVICE | MCFARLAND, TYLER JAMES | 3723 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 15d overdue | Pending | Jan 19, 2024 |
| 18547881 | ROTOR AND MOTOR | VO, ETHAN NGUYEN | 2834 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 25, 2023 |
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