Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days
Nippon Pillar Packing Co., Ltd. currently manages 1 pending office action in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This action is being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner in 1 distinct art unit. The busiest examiner for the company is FITZGERALD, JOHN P, who is responsible for the only active matter. This examiner is the sole point of contact for the company's active prosecution.
The company's active prosecution is focused on 1 pending office action. With 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, the review of the company's semiconductor and optics technology is centralized. FITZGERALD, JOHN P is the only examiner currently managing the company's pending workload. This concentration in a single art unit ensures that the company's 1 pending office action is evaluated by a specialist in the semiconductor field.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MERCADO, ALEXANDER A | 1 | 69.4% | +19.7% |
| FITZGERALD, JOHN P | 1 | 75.2% | +1.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18605101 | LIQUID SENSOR | MERCADO, ALEXANDER A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18605101 | LIQUID SENSOR | MERCADO, ALEXANDER A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2855 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18605101 | LIQUID SENSOR | MERCADO, ALEXANDER A | 2855 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2024 |
| 18427678 | OIL STATE DETECTION APPARATUS | FITZGERALD, JOHN P | 2855 | §103 | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | Jan 30, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialNippon Pillar Packing Co., Ltd. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Alexander A Mercado has the most, with 1 of Nippon Pillar Packing Co., Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
