Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

MITUTOYO Corporation

Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics

7 pending office actions • 7 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 63 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

MITUTOYO Corporation has 7 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The matters are distributed among 7 distinct examiners and 7 distinct art units, giving every open case its own examination assignment.

PEREZ BORROTO, ALFONSO is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. The fully distributed structure makes centralized docket coordination important, while substantive responses will need to address each assigned unit separately.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

4
Hard (57%)
3
Medium (43%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (43%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (57%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
2
Information Tech
29% of docket
1
Communications
14% of docket
3
Semiconductors
43% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
14% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PEREZ BORROTO, ALFONSO 1 73.5% +19.0%
SCHNASE, PAUL DANIEL 1 67.7% +7.7%
MILLER, JOHN W 1 45.9% +0.0%
SHIH, HAOSHIAN 1 69.7% +20.6%
QUINN, DANIEL MICHAEL 1 73.3% +30.6%
ROSARIO, DENNIS 1 68.7% +29.4%
WANG, FRANKLIN JEFFERSON 1 50.3% +51.1%

Hard Cases (4)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19200881 MEASURING INSTRUMENT AND POWER RECEIVING MODULE PEREZ BORROTO, ALFONSO —
19083053 IMAGE MEASURING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM SCHNASE, PAUL DANIEL —
19012127 METHOD FOR DETERMINING A SURFACE MAP AND IMAGING SYSTEM FOR SAME MILLER, JOHN W —
18895946 CALIBRATION DATA ACQUISITION METHOD AND INSPECTION GAUGE QUINN, DANIEL MICHAEL —

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18075979 MANUFACTURING METHOD OF CONDUCTIVE PATTERN WANG, FRANKLIN JEFFERSON 29d overdue
19200881 MEASURING INSTRUMENT AND POWER RECEIVING MODULE PEREZ BORROTO, ALFONSO —
18899786 MEASUREMENT CONTROL DEVICE SHIH, HAOSHIAN —
18895946 CALIBRATION DATA ACQUISITION METHOD AND INSPECTION GAUGE QUINN, DANIEL MICHAEL —
18754677 GRADUATION-PLATE POSTURE INSPECTION METHOD ROSARIO, DENNIS —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2836 1
2877 1
2422 1
2179 1
2855 1
2676 1
3761 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19200881 MEASURING INSTRUMENT AND POWER RECEIVING MODULE PEREZ BORROTO, ALFONSO 2836 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 07, 2025
19083053 IMAGE MEASURING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM SCHNASE, PAUL DANIEL 2877 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 18, 2025
19012127 METHOD FOR DETERMINING A SURFACE MAP AND IMAGING SYSTEM FOR SAME MILLER, JOHN W 2422 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 07, 2025
18899786 MEASUREMENT CONTROL DEVICE SHIH, HAOSHIAN 2179 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 27, 2024
18895946 CALIBRATION DATA ACQUISITION METHOD AND INSPECTION GAUGE QUINN, DANIEL MICHAEL 2855 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 25, 2024
18754677 GRADUATION-PLATE POSTURE INSPECTION METHOD ROSARIO, DENNIS 2676 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 26, 2024
18075979 MANUFACTURING METHOD OF CONDUCTIVE PATTERN WANG, FRANKLIN JEFFERSON 3761 §103 Non-Final OA 29d overdue Pending Dec 06, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does MITUTOYO Corporation have?

MITUTOYO Corporation has 7 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 7 art units and 7 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most MITUTOYO Corporation applications?

Alfonso Perez Borroto has the most, with 1 of MITUTOYO Corporation's pending office actions.

What technology area are MITUTOYO Corporation's patent applications in?

Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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