Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Nihon Seizuki Kogyo Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This single action is being processed within 1 distinct art unit, which indicates a focused technical area for the company's current patent application. The 1 pending action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, MACFARLANE, EVAN H, who is the only examiner currently reviewing the company's workload.
MACFARLANE, EVAN H is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, as they are responsible for the 1 pending office action. This specific action represents the entirety of the company's active prosecution at the USPTO. The use of 1 distinct art unit suggests a streamlined examination process within a single specialized division. For the practitioner, this means the outcome of the current portfolio is entirely dependent on the specific review and feedback of this 1 examiner within that 1 art unit.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MACFARLANE, EVAN H | 1 | 50.7% | +42.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18684553 | SHEET PROCESSING DEVICE, CUTTING BLADE WEAR DETERMINATION DEVICE, CUTTING BLADE WEAR DETERMINATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM | MACFARLANE, EVAN H | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18684553 | SHEET PROCESSING DEVICE, CUTTING BLADE WEAR DETERMINATION DEVICE, CUTTING BLADE WEAR DETERMINATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM | MACFARLANE, EVAN H | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3724 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18684553 | SHEET PROCESSING DEVICE, CUTTING BLADE WEAR DETERMINATION DEVICE, CUTTING BLADE WEAR DETERMINATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM | MACFARLANE, EVAN H | 3724 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 16, 2024 |
IP Author helps IP teams respond to office actions faster with AI-generated responses, examiner analytics, and prosecution intelligence.
Start Free TrialNihon Seizuki Kogyo Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Evan H Macfarlane has the most, with 1 of Nihon Seizuki Kogyo Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
