Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Nippon Plarad Co. has 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are handled by 2 distinct examiners but are located within 1 distinct art unit. This suggests that while different examiners are involved, the technical focus remains within a single specialized unit of the patent office. This concentration in 1 art unit may lead to more consistent technical standards across the portfolio compared to more distributed filings.
MCCALISTER, WILLIAM M is the busiest examiner, managing 1 pending office action. Since there are 2 pending actions in total, the workload is split between the 2 distinct examiners. The company must address the specific requirements of two different examiners within the same art unit. This requires a prosecution strategy that accounts for individual examiner preferences while maintaining a consistent approach to the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. Practitioners can leverage the shared art unit context to streamline their technical arguments across both pending matters.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCCALISTER, WILLIAM M | 1 | 69.2% | +19.6% |
| SAETHER, FLEMMING | 1 | 65.2% | +27.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18688944 | WASHER AND FASTENING STRUCTURE, AND METHOD OF RELEASING THEREOF | SAETHER, FLEMMING | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19111405 | POLYGONAL WASHER AND FASTENING STRUCTURE | MCCALISTER, WILLIAM M | — |
| 18688944 | WASHER AND FASTENING STRUCTURE, AND METHOD OF RELEASING THEREOF | SAETHER, FLEMMING | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3677 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19111405 | POLYGONAL WASHER AND FASTENING STRUCTURE | MCCALISTER, WILLIAM M | 3677 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2025 |
| 18688944 | WASHER AND FASTENING STRUCTURE, AND METHOD OF RELEASING THEREOF | SAETHER, FLEMMING | — | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialNippon Plarad Co. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
William M Mccalister has the most, with 1 of Nippon Plarad Co.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
