Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

MIZUNO Corporation

12 pending office actions • 3 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

12
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 30 days (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.

6
Hard (50%)
6
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (8%)
§103 only4 (33%)
§102 only2 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (42%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
8% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
10
Mechanical / Eng
83% of docket
1
Business / Other
8% 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.

120 h
Manual time on pending OAs
24 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
42 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
NUNNERY, GRADY ALEXANDER 3 43.9% +45.1%
KAVANAUGH, JOHN T 2 71.9% +32.5%
MARIN, DAKOTA 2 51.6% +60.3%
ELLIOTT, ANDREW JAMES 1 0.0% +0.0%
GORDEN, RAEANN 1 83.0% -4.6%
PETERS, BRIAN O 1 72.9% +16.2%
ALI, SABA N. 1 100.0% +0.0%
LENIHAN, JEFFREY S 1 73.3% +16.7%

Hard Cases (7)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18226435 Racket Frame and Racket ALI, SABA N. 42d overdue
18660661 IRON GOLF CLUB HEAD GORDEN, RAEANN 31d overdue
18921311 SOLE FOR A SHOE NUNNERY, GRADY ALEXANDER 22d overdue
19292736 SOLE MARIN, DAKOTA
19274925 SWIMSUIT MARIN, DAKOTA
19089783 SOLE STRUCTURE AND SHOE INCLUDING THE SOLE STRUCTURE NUNNERY, GRADY ALEXANDER
18930179 HITTING TOOL SELECTION DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM, HITTING TOOL SELECTION DIAGNOSIS METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING DIAGNOSIS PROGRAM ELLIOTT, ANDREW JAMES

Interview Candidates (9)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19068954 SOLE STRUCTURE AND SHOE INCLUDING THE SOLE STRUCTURE NUNNERY, GRADY ALEXANDER 38d overdue
18522764 Racket PETERS, BRIAN O 24d overdue
18921311 SOLE FOR A SHOE NUNNERY, GRADY ALEXANDER 22d overdue
18121794 RESIN COMPOSITION TO BE CROSS-LINKED AND FOAMED LENIHAN, JEFFREY S 16d
19386163 SHOE UPPER AND SHOE KAVANAUGH, JOHN T
19318473 SOLE STRUCTURE FOR A SHOE KAVANAUGH, JOHN T
19292736 SOLE MARIN, DAKOTA
19274925 SWIMSUIT MARIN, DAKOTA

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3732 7
3711 3
1765 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19386163 SHOE UPPER AND SHOE KAVANAUGH, JOHN T 3732 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 11, 2025
19318473 SOLE STRUCTURE FOR A SHOE KAVANAUGH, JOHN T 3732 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 04, 2025
19292736 SOLE MARIN, DAKOTA 3732 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 06, 2025
19274925 SWIMSUIT MARIN, DAKOTA 3732 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 21, 2025
19089783 SOLE STRUCTURE AND SHOE INCLUDING THE SOLE STRUCTURE NUNNERY, GRADY ALEXANDER 3732 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Mar 25, 2025
19068954 SOLE STRUCTURE AND SHOE INCLUDING THE SOLE STRUCTURE NUNNERY, GRADY ALEXANDER 3732 §103 Final Rejection 38d overdue Pending Mar 03, 2025
18930179 HITTING TOOL SELECTION DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM, HITTING TOOL SELECTION DIAGNOSIS METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING DIAGNOSIS PROGRAM ELLIOTT, ANDREW JAMES §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 29, 2024
18921311 SOLE FOR A SHOE NUNNERY, GRADY ALEXANDER 3732 §103§112 Final Rejection 22d overdue Pending Oct 21, 2024
18660661 IRON GOLF CLUB HEAD GORDEN, RAEANN 3711 §102§103 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending May 10, 2024
18522764 Racket PETERS, BRIAN O 3711 §103 Final Rejection 24d overdue Pending Nov 29, 2023
18226435 Racket Frame and Racket ALI, SABA N. 3711 §102§103 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Jul 26, 2023
18121794 RESIN COMPOSITION TO BE CROSS-LINKED AND FOAMED LENIHAN, JEFFREY S 1765 §103 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Mar 15, 2023

Managing MIZUNO Corporation's Patent Portfolio?

IP Author helps IP teams respond to office actions faster with AI-generated responses, examiner analytics, and prosecution intelligence.

Start Free Trial

Sign in with your work email

Enter your email to receive a magic link. No password needed.

Personal email addresses (Gmail, Yahoo, etc.) are not accepted.

Free tier: 3 strategy analyses per month