Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Murata Machinery Ltd.

16 pending office actions • 9 art units • 16 examiners • 0 of 16 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 51 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

16
Total Pending OAs
11
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)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.

8
Hard (50%)
7
Medium (44%)
1
Easy (6%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (6%)
§103 only5 (31%)
§102 only2 (12%)
Double-patenting only1 (6%)
Multi-statute (no §101)7 (44%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
12% of docket
8
Mechanical / Eng
50% of docket
6
Business / Other
38% 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.

160 h
Manual time on pending OAs
32 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
56 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH C 1 78.5% +15.4%
HAGEMAN, MARK C 1 74.0% +15.7%
LOGAN, KYLE O 1 87.4% +9.4%
JOERGER, KAITLIN S 1 86.7% +10.9%
BRAUCH, CHARLES JOSEPH 1 81.6% +13.6%
MITCHELL, NATHAN A 1 73.0% +9.9%
SPICER, JENINE MARIE 1 50.9% +18.6%
ORTIZ RODRIGUEZ, CARLOS R 1 76.7% +10.8%
MCCARRY JR, ROBERT J 1 81.7% +16.9%
DEVINE, MOLLY K 1 67.1% +30.8%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18848632 TRANSPORT SYSTEM BRAUCH, CHARLES JOSEPH
18712372 NON-CONTACT POWER FEEDING DEVICE AND NON-CONTACT POWER FEEDING METHOD MCCARRY JR, ROBERT J

Hard Cases (8)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18008340 LASER MACHINING TOOL AND WORKPIECE MACHINING METHOD CHOU, JIMMY 18d overdue
18844567 AUTOMATED STORAGE SYSTEM AND LOAD STORAGE METHOD MITCHELL, NATHAN A 22d
18865833 PICKING DEVICE RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH C
18862086 STACKER HAGEMAN, MARK C
18850702 CONVEYANCE SYSTEM LOGAN, KYLE O
18850172 SORTING STATION JOERGER, KAITLIN S
18730896 OPERATING APPARATUS AND DISPLAY METHOD ORTIZ RODRIGUEZ, CARLOS R
18275031 POWER RECEIVING DEVICE AND CONTACTLESS POWER FEEDING SYSTEM BARNETT, JOEL

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18865833 PICKING DEVICE RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH C
18862086 STACKER HAGEMAN, MARK C
18850172 SORTING STATION JOERGER, KAITLIN S
18848632 TRANSPORT SYSTEM BRAUCH, CHARLES JOSEPH
18843925 WAFER CONTAINER AND WAFER SUPPORT SPICER, JENINE MARIE
18730896 OPERATING APPARATUS AND DISPLAY METHOD ORTIZ RODRIGUEZ, CARLOS R
18712372 NON-CONTACT POWER FEEDING DEVICE AND NON-CONTACT POWER FEEDING METHOD MCCARRY JR, ROBERT J
18708134 OVERHEAD CONVEYING VEHICLE DEVINE, MOLLY K

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3653 2
3627 1
3736 1
3615 1
3652 1
3762 1
2859 1
2836 1
3761 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18865833 PICKING DEVICE RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH C 3653 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 14, 2024
18862086 STACKER HAGEMAN, MARK C §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 31, 2024
18850702 CONVEYANCE SYSTEM LOGAN, KYLE O §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 25, 2024
18850172 SORTING STATION JOERGER, KAITLIN S §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 24, 2024
18848632 TRANSPORT SYSTEM BRAUCH, CHARLES JOSEPH §102 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 19, 2024
18844567 AUTOMATED STORAGE SYSTEM AND LOAD STORAGE METHOD MITCHELL, NATHAN A 3627 §101 Final Rejection 22d Pending Sep 06, 2024
18843925 WAFER CONTAINER AND WAFER SUPPORT SPICER, JENINE MARIE 3736 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 04, 2024
18730896 OPERATING APPARATUS AND DISPLAY METHOD ORTIZ RODRIGUEZ, CARLOS R §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 22, 2024
18712372 NON-CONTACT POWER FEEDING DEVICE AND NON-CONTACT POWER FEEDING METHOD MCCARRY JR, ROBERT J 3615 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 22, 2024
18708134 OVERHEAD CONVEYING VEHICLE DEVINE, MOLLY K 3653 §102 Final Rejection Pending May 07, 2024
18700352 PURGE SYSTEM SHRIEVES, STEPHANIE ALEXANDRA DP Non-Final OA Pending Apr 11, 2024
18573090 TRANSPORT VEHICLE SYSTEM MOSCOSO, JUAN SALVADOR 3652 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 21, 2023
18277447 PURGE DEVICE TREMARCHE, CONNOR J. 3762 §103 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Aug 16, 2023
18275031 POWER RECEIVING DEVICE AND CONTACTLESS POWER FEEDING SYSTEM BARNETT, JOEL 2859 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 31, 2023
18008693 NON-CONTACT POWER SUPPLY DEVICE, CONVEYING SYSTEM, AND PARAMETER SETTING METHOD KESSIE, DANIEL 2836 §103 Non-Final OA 38d overdue Pending Dec 07, 2022
18008340 LASER MACHINING TOOL AND WORKPIECE MACHINING METHOD CHOU, JIMMY 3761 §103§112 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Dec 05, 2022

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