Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Nitta Mold Corporation has 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and is situated within 1 distinct art unit, reflecting a highly focused prosecution effort for this specific application. The concentration of the portfolio's active workload into a single art unit suggests that the company's current legal strategy is tied to a very specific technical niche.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is LEE, MICHAEL S, who is responsible for the pending office action. Because this individual is the only examiner currently reviewing the company's work, his individual examination style will be the primary factor in the outcome of the 1 pending office action. Practitioners should focus on the specific trends within the assigned art unit to anticipate the progression of the case under LEE, MICHAEL S.
With only a single pending action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems area, the company has a very narrow prosecution profile at this time. This allows for a highly tailored approach to the distinct examiner involved in the process. The outcome will be determined by the interaction between the examiner and the specific requirements of the 1 distinct 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEE, MICHAEL S | 1 | 63.1% | +20.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18871575 | FASTENER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR SAME | LEE, MICHAEL S | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18871575 | FASTENER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR SAME | LEE, MICHAEL S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3677 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18871575 | FASTENER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR SAME | LEE, MICHAEL S | 3677 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialNitta Mold Corporation has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Michael S Lee has the most, with 1 of Nitta Mold Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
