Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd. currently has 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This action is being handled by 1 distinct examiner, LIU, HENRY Y, who is also listed as the busiest examiner for the portfolio. With 1 busiest examiner pending action, the company's entire prosecution activity is focused on this one individual at the patent office.
The portfolio is active in 1 distinct art unit, which indicates a specific technical focus within the mechanical systems field. Managing 1 pending office action is a straightforward process, as there is only 1 distinct examiner to communicate with. This concentration allows for a very direct prosecution strategy without the need to manage multiple examination styles or technical classifications.
Practitioners should note that the presence of 1 distinct examiner means that the progress of the portfolio is entirely dependent on the review of LIU, HENRY Y. The focus on 1 distinct art unit simplifies the technical landscape for the pending matter. With 1 pending office action, the immediate goal is to navigate the specific requirements and standards of this single examiner to achieve allowance.
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 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIU, HENRY Y | 1 | 75.7% | +13.0% |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19164998 | Idler Pulley | LIU, HENRY Y | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3654 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19164998 | Idler Pulley | LIU, HENRY Y | 3654 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2025 |
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