Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Nidec Powertrain Systems Corporation has active matters in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The company currently has 2 pending office actions, each assigned to a different distinct examiner, resulting in a total of 2 distinct examiners involved. The 2 actions are also split between 2 distinct art units, indicating that even with a small portfolio, the company's innovations are being reviewed in different administrative sections of the USPTO.
BERTHEAUD, PETER JOHN is listed as the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action, which represents a portion of the company's current pending workload. With 2 pending office actions and 2 distinct examiners, the company's prosecution is evenly split. The involvement of 2 distinct art units for only 2 actions shows administrative dispersion relative to the portfolio size. For practitioners, this means that each of the company's current filings in the medical and mechanical sectors is being handled by a unique combination of examiner and art unit. The role of BERTHEAUD, PETER JOHN is significant as a primary reviewer for the company's active applications.
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.
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 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BERTHEAUD, PETER JOHN | 1 | 78.3% | +8.3% |
| CHANG, MINKI | 1 | 71.9% | +10.6% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19387845 | ELECTRIC PUMP | BERTHEAUD, PETER JOHN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18393484 | MOTOR AND PUMP | CHANG, MINKI | 28d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3746 | 1 |
| 2834 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19387845 | ELECTRIC PUMP | BERTHEAUD, PETER JOHN | 3746 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2025 |
| 18393484 | MOTOR AND PUMP | CHANG, MINKI | 2834 | §103 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Dec 21, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialNidec Powertrain Systems Corporation has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Peter John Bertheaud has the most, with 1 of Nidec Powertrain Systems Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
