Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.

Portfolio Summary

59

Total Pending OAs

38

Non-Final OAs

19

Final Rejections

2

Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 58 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

30

Overdue

2

Due this week

18

Due this month

7

Due in next 60 days

1

Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 58 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

Overdue (30)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (18)Due ≤ 60 days (7)Due later (1)

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.

2

Hard (3%)

52

Medium (88%)

3

Easy (5%)

2

Unknown (3%)

Rejection Statute Mix

Bucket	Cases
§101 only	2 (3%)
§103 only	49 (83%)
§102 only	3 (5%)
§112 only	3 (5%)
No statute on record	2 (3%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

12

Life Sciences

20% of docket

6

Information Tech

10% of docket

1

Communications

2% of docket

8

Semiconductors

14% of docket

32

Mechanical / Eng

54% 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.

590 h

Manual time on pending OAs

118 h

Time saved (low, 20%)

206 h

Time saved (mid, 35%)

5.2 wks

FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

Examiner	Apps on this docket	Allow rate	Interview lift
KIL, JINNEY	2	46.4%	+53.1%
LAMBERT, WAYNE A	1	62.3%	+23.0%
WONG, ELTON K	1	77.9%	+18.6%
BROCKMAN, ELDON T	1	85.2%	+6.1%
FLORES, JUAN G	1	79.2%	+14.7%
REDHEAD JR., ASHLEY L	1	90.7%	+9.7%
HTAY, AYE SU MON	1	66.9%	+28.5%
AWORUNSE, OLUWABUSAYO ADEBANJO	1	0.0%	+0.0%
LETTMAN, BRYAN MATTHEW	1	64.6%	+52.3%
DELRUE, BRIAN CHRISTOPHER	1	84.5%	+22.8%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #	Title	Examiner	Due in
18873138	STATOR BLADE AND GAS TURBINE PROVIDED WITH SAME	DELRUE, BRIAN CHRISTOPHER	45d overdue
19109739	STEAM TURBINE BLADE, STEAM TURBINE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING STEAM TURBINE BLADE	BROCKMAN, ELDON T	2d overdue
18881070	MOVEMENT CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, AND MOVEMENT CONTROL SYSTEM	REDHEAD JR., ASHLEY L	2d overdue

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #	Title	Examiner	Due in
17773740	WORK SUPPORT SYSTEM, WORK SUPPORT METHOD, AND WORK SUPPORT PROGRAM	BAINS, SARJIT S	1d overdue
18876510	SELF-POSITION ESTIMATION DEVICE, SELF-POSITION ESTIMATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM	AWORUNSE, OLUWABUSAYO ADEBANJO	15d
17928466	PLANT MONITORING DEVICE, PLANT MONITORING METHOD, AND PROGRAM	NORTON, JENNIFER L	28d

Interview Candidates (8)

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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #	Title	Examiner	Due in
19092390	DETERIORATION DETERMINATION DEVICE, DETERIORATION DETERMINATION SYSTEM, AND DETERIORATION DETERMINATION METHOD	LAMBERT, WAYNE A	50d overdue
18873138	STATOR BLADE AND GAS TURBINE PROVIDED WITH SAME	DELRUE, BRIAN CHRISTOPHER	45d overdue
18875880	PRESSURE BOOSTING PUMP AND HYDROGEN SUPPLY SYSTEM	LETTMAN, BRYAN MATTHEW	4d overdue
17424543	NUCLEAR REACTOR	KIL, JINNEY	3d overdue
19111513	TURBINE STATOR VANE AND GAS TURBINE	WONG, ELTON K	21d
18879439	GAS TURBINE STATIONARY BLADE AND GAS TURBINE	HTAY, AYE SU MON	34d
18997999	INTAKE AIR HEATING SYSTEM, OPERATION METHOD FOR INTAKE AIR HEATING SYSTEM, AND GAS TURBINE SYSTEM	FLORES, JUAN G	42d
18031766	NUCLEAR REACTOR	KIL, JINNEY	—

Top Art Units

Art Unit	Apps
3745	5
3741	4
3646	3
3662	2
1717	2
2857	2
3663	2
2117	2
1741	2
3799	1

Pending Office Actions

App #	Title	Examiner	Art Unit	Statutes	Status	Due in	AI	Filed
19092390	DETERIORATION DETERMINATION DEVICE, DETERIORATION DETERMINATION SYSTEM, AND DETERIORATION DETERMINATION METHOD	LAMBERT, WAYNE A	3745	§103	Non-Final OA	50d overdue	Pending	Mar 27, 2025
19111513	TURBINE STATOR VANE AND GAS TURBINE	WONG, ELTON K	3745	§112	Non-Final OA	21d	Pending	Mar 13, 2025
19109739	STEAM TURBINE BLADE, STEAM TURBINE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING STEAM TURBINE BLADE	BROCKMAN, ELDON T	3799	§103	Non-Final OA	2d overdue	Pending	Mar 07, 2025
18997999	INTAKE AIR HEATING SYSTEM, OPERATION METHOD FOR INTAKE AIR HEATING SYSTEM, AND GAS TURBINE SYSTEM	FLORES, JUAN G	3745	§103	Non-Final OA	42d	Pending	Jan 23, 2025
18881070	MOVEMENT CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, AND MOVEMENT CONTROL SYSTEM	REDHEAD JR., ASHLEY L	3661	§103	Non-Final OA	2d overdue	Pending	Jan 03, 2025
18879439	GAS TURBINE STATIONARY BLADE AND GAS TURBINE	HTAY, AYE SU MON	3745	§103	Non-Final OA	34d	Pending	Dec 27, 2024
18876510	SELF-POSITION ESTIMATION DEVICE, SELF-POSITION ESTIMATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM	AWORUNSE, OLUWABUSAYO ADEBANJO	3662	§103	Non-Final OA	15d	Pending	Dec 18, 2024
18875880	PRESSURE BOOSTING PUMP AND HYDROGEN SUPPLY SYSTEM	LETTMAN, BRYAN MATTHEW	3746	§103	Non-Final OA	4d overdue	Pending	Dec 17, 2024
18873138	STATOR BLADE AND GAS TURBINE PROVIDED WITH SAME	DELRUE, BRIAN CHRISTOPHER	3745	§103	Non-Final OA	45d overdue	Pending	Dec 09, 2024
18863570	CLEANING DEVICE AND CLEANING METHOD	MARKOFF, ALEXANDER	1711	§103	Non-Final OA	14d	Pending	Nov 06, 2024
18857011	GAS TURBINE CONTROL DEVICE AND GAS TURBINE CONTROL METHOD	IGUE, ROBERTO TOSHIHARU	3741	§103	Non-Final OA	28d overdue	Pending	Oct 15, 2024
18850895	COMBUSTOR AND GAS TURBINE	LIU, JINGCHEN	3741	§103	Final Rejection	67d overdue	Pending	Sep 25, 2024
18818594	METHOD FOR SETTING FLIGHT PATH OF UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE	MELTON, TODD M	3669	§102	Non-Final OA	22d	Pending	Aug 29, 2024
18810515	COLLECTION METHOD AND COLLECTION SYSTEM	KAN, YURI	3662	§103	Non-Final OA	78d overdue	Pending	Aug 21, 2024
18836413	MONITORING DEVICE	RUPPERT, ERIC S	3763	§103	Non-Final OA	34d	Pending	Aug 07, 2024
18783427	REPAIR DEVICE, REPAIR SYSTEM, AND REPAIR METHOD	TADESSE, YEWEBDAR T	1717	§103	Non-Final OA	39d	Pending	Jul 25, 2024
18833039	CERAMIC THERMAL SPRAY PARTICLES AND METHOD FOR FORMING THERMAL BARRIER COATING LAYER	CHU, YONG LIANG	1731	§103	Final Rejection	26d	Pending	Jul 25, 2024
18729361	GAS TURBINE COMBUSTOR AND GAS TURBINE INCLUDING A COMBUSTION CYLINDER HAVING COOLING PASSAGES AND AN ACOUSTIC ATTENUATION SPACE	BURKE, THOMAS P	3741	§103	Non-Final OA	37d overdue	Pending	Jul 16, 2024
18726310	DIAGNOSIS METHOD, DIAGNOSIS DEVICE, AND PROGRAM	LUU, THANH X	2878	§103	Non-Final OA	16d overdue	Pending	Jul 02, 2024
18741843	TRANSPORT METHOD	WOOD, BLAKE ANDREW	3658	§103	Final Rejection	35d overdue	Pending	Jun 13, 2024
18716347	SEALING DEVICE AND ROTATING MACHINE	KONERU, LAKSHMI S	3675	§103	Final Rejection	13d	Pending	Jun 04, 2024
18716486	ELECTRIC PROPULSION DEVICE	ALMAWRI, MAGED M	2834	§103	Non-Final OA	4d overdue	Pending	Jun 04, 2024
18691979	DESIGN METHOD FOR TARGET OBJECT, AND DESIGN METHOD FOR VEHICLE DRIVING TEST DEVICE	KUNTZ, JEWEL A	3666	§103	Final Rejection	33d	Pending	Mar 14, 2024
18594353	TURBINE BLADE AND STEAM TURBINE	LEGENDRE, CHRISTOPHER RYAN	3711	§102	Non-Final OA	110d overdue	Pending	Mar 04, 2024
18683089	INSPECTION SYSTEM	RAJAPUTRA, SURESH KS	2858	§103	Non-Final OA	15d overdue	Pending	Feb 12, 2024
18293842	BIOMASS GASIFIER, BIOMASS GASIFICATION PLANT, AND PRODUCTION METHOD OF BIOMASS GAS	MILLER, JONATHAN	1772	§103	Final Rejection	16d	Pending	Jan 31, 2024
18284358	CONTROL SYSTEM, PROCESSING DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD	CHUNG, MONG-SHUNE	2118	§103	Non-Final OA	15d	Pending	Jan 04, 2024
18574985	ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING METHOD AND ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING DEVICE	LI, LARRY	2881	—	Non-Final OA	11d overdue	Pending	Dec 28, 2023
18570407	CONTAINER-TYPE DATA CENTER	OXENKNECHT, KYLE	2835	§103	Final Rejection	31d overdue	Pending	Dec 14, 2023
18563537	PLANT MONITORING DEVICE, PLANT MONITORING METHOD, AND PROGRAM	VON WALD, ERIC S	2857	§103	Non-Final OA	8d	Pending	Nov 22, 2023
18559428	FLOATING STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING FLOATING STRUCTURE	POLAY, ANDREW	3615	§103	Non-Final OA	28d	Pending	Nov 07, 2023
18490971	NOISE REDUCTION DEVICE, NOISE REDUCTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM	SUTHERS, DOUGLAS JOHN	2695	§103	Final Rejection	72d overdue	Pending	Oct 20, 2023
18284210	MONITORING PLAN GENERATION DEVICE, MONITORING SYSTEM, MONITORING PLAN GENERATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM	MOSCOLA, MATTHEW JOHN	3663	§103	Non-Final OA	52d overdue	Pending	Sep 26, 2023
18280524	PLANT CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RENEWING CONTROL IO MODULE IN PLANT CONTROL DEVICE	CHAMBERS, TRAVIS SLOAN	2831	§102	Non-Final OA	6d	Pending	Sep 06, 2023
18278301	OPERATING CONDITION DECISION DEVICE, OPERATION ASSISTANCE DEVICE, CONTROL DEVICE, AND OPERATING CONDITION DECISION METHOD FOR ROTATING MACHINE	POUDEL, SANTOSH RAJ	2115	§103	Final Rejection	112d overdue	Pending	Aug 22, 2023
18277173	PLANT MONITORING METHOD, PLANT MONITORING DEVICE, AND PLANT MONITORING PROGRAM	RIVERA VARGAS, MANUEL A	2857	§103	Non-Final OA	36d	Pending	Aug 14, 2023
18276693	SEAL MATERIAL FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTION CELL, ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTION CELL CARTRIDGE, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SEAL MATERIAL FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTION CELL	MARTIN, ANGELA J	1727	§103	Non-Final OA	28d	Pending	Aug 10, 2023
18228841	FUEL SUPPLY METHOD, FUEL SUPPLY SYSTEM, FUEL COMBUSTION SYSTEM PROVIDED WITH FUEL SUPPLY SYSTEM, AND GAS TURBINE PLANT	MEADE, LORNE EDWARD	3741	§103	Final Rejection	60d	Pending	Aug 01, 2023
18274577	CULTIVATION GREENHOUSE	VALENTI, ANDREA M	3643	§103	Final Rejection	16d overdue	Pending	Jul 27, 2023
18036810	FIRST AID PRESENTATION SYSTEM, FIRST AID PRESENTATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM	MONTY, MARZIA T	2117	§103	Final Rejection	21d	Pending	May 12, 2023
18034176	APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING PERFORMANCE OF DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM	SACKALOSKY, COREY MATTHEW	2128	§103	Non-Final OA	49d overdue	Pending	Apr 27, 2023
18032711	FUEL CELL POWER GENERATION SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD FOR FUEL CELL POWER GENERATION SYSTEM	CREPEAU, JONATHAN	1725	§103	Non-Final OA	73d overdue	Pending	Apr 19, 2023
18031766	NUCLEAR REACTOR	KIL, JINNEY	3646	Other	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Apr 13, 2023
18022651	CONTROLLER VIRTUALIZATION DEVICE AND CONTROL SYSTEM	WU, QING YUAN	2199	§112	Non-Final OA	20d	Pending	Feb 22, 2023
18015340	PRE-COATING PROCESSING METHOD AND PRE-COATING PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR FIBER-REINFORCED THERMOPLASTIC MEMBER	LAW, NGA LEUNG V	1717	§103	Non-Final OA	19d	Pending	Jan 10, 2023
18012687	WASTE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND WASTE TREATMENT METHOD	NORRIS, CLAIRE A	1779	§103	Non-Final OA	15d	Pending	Dec 23, 2022
17928466	PLANT MONITORING DEVICE, PLANT MONITORING METHOD, AND PROGRAM	NORTON, JENNIFER L	2117	§101	Final Rejection	28d	Pending	Nov 29, 2022
18058123	OPERATION CONDITION SETTING DEVICE, PEOPLE FLOW PREDICTION DEVICE, OPERATION CONDITION SETTING METHOD, PEOPLE FLOW PREDICTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM	STEWART, CRYSTOL	3624	§103	Non-Final OA	28d	Pending	Nov 22, 2022
17916232	LASER PROCESSING APPARATUS	HELFERTY, ALLISON ERIN	3761	§103	Non-Final OA	188d overdue	Pending	Sep 30, 2022
17945549	LEARNING DEVICE, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, UNMANNED VEHICLE, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, LEARNING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM	SHARMA, SHIVAM	3665	§103	Final Rejection	45d overdue	Pending	Sep 15, 2022
17802353	NUCLEAR REACTOR AND CONTROL METHOD FOR NUCLEAR REACTOR	WASIL, DANIEL D	3646	§103	Non-Final OA	7d	Pending	Aug 25, 2022
17866949	COMPOSITE MATERIAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMPOSITE MATERIAL PROCESSING METHOD	WANG, ALEXANDER A	1741	§103	Non-Final OA	29d	Pending	Jul 18, 2022
17854384	PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND PROCESSING METHOD FOR COMPOSITE MATERIAL	LIANG, SHIBIN	1741	§103	Non-Final OA	46d overdue	Pending	Jun 30, 2022
17775672	RADIANT HEAT PROTECTION DEVICE, RADIANT HEAT PROTECTION METHOD, AND SERVICE VEHICLE	KIM, CHRISTOPHER S	3752	§112	Final Rejection	78d	Pending	May 10, 2022
17773740	WORK SUPPORT SYSTEM, WORK SUPPORT METHOD, AND WORK SUPPORT PROGRAM	BAINS, SARJIT S	3623	§101	Non-Final OA	1d overdue	Pending	May 02, 2022
17635168	OBSERVATION CONTROL DEVICE, OBSERVATION SYSTEM, SPACECRAFT, OBSERVATION CONTROL METHOD, AND OBSERVATION CONTROL PROGRAM	MCCULLERS, AARON KYLE	3663	§103	Final Rejection	11d overdue	Pending	Feb 14, 2022
17618222	PURE WATER MANUFACTURING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND PURE WATER MANUFACTURING MANAGEMENT METHOD	MCCULLOUGH, ERIC J.	1773	§103	Final Rejection	24d overdue	Pending	Dec 10, 2021
17424543	NUCLEAR REACTOR	KIL, JINNEY	3646	§103	Final Rejection	3d overdue	Pending	Jul 21, 2021
17047802	COMPOSITE MATERIAL INJECTION MOLDING METHOD AND COMPOSITE MATERIAL	GUGLIOTTA, NICOLE T	1781	§103	Final Rejection	44d overdue	Pending	Oct 15, 2020

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