Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
Musashi Seimitsu Industry Co., Ltd. has 3 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 3 actions are distributed among 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units. The busiest examiner, PANCHOLI, VISHAL J, is responsible for 1 pending office action.
With 3 pending office actions and 3 distinct examiners involved, the prosecution activity is decentralized. Each matter is handled by a unique examiner in a unique art unit. This distribution requires the company to manage 3 different examiner perspectives across 3 separate technical groups within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 | 2 (67%) |
| §102 only | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PANCHOLI, VISHAL J | 1 | 72.8% | +25.2% |
| PENCE, JETHRO M | 1 | 79.1% | +25.2% |
| LEWIS, TISHA D | 1 | 87.7% | +9.6% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18994784 | TRANSMISSION DEVICE | LEWIS, TISHA D | 79d overdue |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18012139 | LIQUID MATERIAL DISCHARGE DEVICE AND LIQUID MATERIAL APPLICATION DEVICE | PENCE, JETHRO M | 10d overdue |
| 19137499 | DISCHARGE STATE INSPECTION METHOD, DISCHARGE STATE INSPECTION DEVICE, AND DROPLET INSPECTION SYSTEM | PANCHOLI, VISHAL J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3754 | 1 |
| 1717 | 1 |
| 3619 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19137499 | DISCHARGE STATE INSPECTION METHOD, DISCHARGE STATE INSPECTION DEVICE, AND DROPLET INSPECTION SYSTEM | PANCHOLI, VISHAL J | 3754 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2025 |
| 18012139 | LIQUID MATERIAL DISCHARGE DEVICE AND LIQUID MATERIAL APPLICATION DEVICE | PENCE, JETHRO M | 1717 | §102 | Final Rejection | 10d overdue | Pending | Dec 21, 2022 |
| 18994784 | TRANSMISSION DEVICE | LEWIS, TISHA D | 3619 | §103 | Final Rejection | 79d overdue | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialMusashi Seimitsu Industry Co., Ltd. has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
Vishal J Pancholi has the most, with 1 of Musashi Seimitsu Industry Co., Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
