Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
96 pending office actions • 35 art units • 87 examiners • 0 of 96 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 164 patents granted in the last 365 days
Omron Corporation maintains a substantial presence in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area with 96 pending office actions. This high volume of activity is spread across 34 distinct art units, suggesting a broad technological footprint that spans multiple specialized examination groups. The involvement of 87 distinct examiners indicates a highly decentralized prosecution landscape where individual examiner preferences likely play a significant role in outcomes.
Ahmed M Saeed is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, yet he only manages 2 pending office actions. This highlights the extreme fragmentation of the portfolio, as no examiner holds a significant portion of the 96 pending office actions. With 87 distinct examiners involved, practitioners must prepare for a wide variety of examination styles and interpretations across the 34 distinct art units. The ratio of pending office actions to examiners underscores that very few individuals are handling multiple Omron applications simultaneously. This structure necessitates a highly individualized approach to each matter within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 24 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 24 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 2 (2%) |
| §101 + other | 30 (31%) |
| §103 only | 28 (29%) |
| §102 only | 7 (7%) |
| §112 only | 4 (4%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 24 (25%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (1%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAEED, AHMED M | 2 | 80.6% | +13.4% |
| ROJAS, BERNARD | 2 | 83.0% | +7.9% |
| HOMZA, LISA NHUNG | 2 | 86.8% | +1.3% |
| BLOCH, MICHAEL RYAN | 2 | 50.0% | +54.6% |
| SHOSTAK, ANDREY | 2 | 52.2% | +61.8% |
| PORTILLO, JAIRO H | 2 | 53.5% | +31.1% |
| OGLES, MATTHEW ERIC | 2 | 50.0% | +58.4% |
| REICHERT, RACHELLE LEIGH | 2 | 30.2% | +33.2% |
| MOSSBROOK, WILLIAM ERIC | 2 | 53.7% | +75.5% |
| NGUYEN, BAO LONG T | 1 | 83.0% | +7.3% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18922961 | POWER SWITCHING DEVICE | SAEED, AHMED M | — |
| 18811779 | TRIGGER SWITCH | SAEED, AHMED M | — |
| 18764378 | ELECTROMAGNETIC RELAY | ROJAS, BERNARD | — |
| 18764387 | ELECTROMAGNETIC RELAY | ROJAS, BERNARD | — |
| 18627452 | ELECTROMAGNETIC RELAY | HOMZA, LISA NHUNG | — |
| 18627453 | ELECTROMAGNETIC RELAY | HOMZA, LISA NHUNG | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17764219 | DETERIORATION DETERMINATION APPARATUS, DETERIORATION DETERMINATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING A CONTROL PROGRAM | SAMPLE, JONATHAN L | 131d overdue |
| 18511458 | MEDICAL CARE ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, MEDICAL CARE ASSISTANCE DEVICE, MEDICAL CARE ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | REICHERT, RACHELLE LEIGH | 86d overdue |
| 18504974 | MOBILE ROBOT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS | CAIN, AARON G | 32d overdue |
| 18511478 | BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION MEASUREMENT DEVICE | MALAMUD, DEBORAH LESLIE | 26d overdue |
| 18858627 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM | O'MALLEY, JOHN MARTIN | 23d overdue |
| 18279540 | DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT DEVICE, DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM | BUI, HANH THI MINH | 17d overdue |
| 18442585 | BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT DEVICE | OGLES, MATTHEW ERIC | 15d overdue |
| 18493094 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM ENCODED WITH COMPUTER-READABLE INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM | BARBEE, MANUEL L | 12d |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18511458 | MEDICAL CARE ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, MEDICAL CARE ASSISTANCE DEVICE, MEDICAL CARE ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | REICHERT, RACHELLE LEIGH | 86d overdue |
| 17827498 | SPHYGMOMANOMETER | SHOSTAK, ANDREY | 36d overdue |
| 18442585 | BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT DEVICE | OGLES, MATTHEW ERIC | 15d overdue |
| 18442707 | MEDICAL CARE ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, MEDICAL CARE ASSISTANCE DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | REICHERT, RACHELLE LEIGH | 14d |
| 18922961 | POWER SWITCHING DEVICE | SAEED, AHMED M | — |
| 18811779 | TRIGGER SWITCH | SAEED, AHMED M | — |
| 19075367 | BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND CONTROL RECORDING MEDIUM | BLOCH, MICHAEL RYAN | — |
| 19058735 | BLOOD PRESSURE MEASURING DEVICE | SHOSTAK, ANDREY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3791 | 9 |
| 2837 | 5 |
| 3645 | 5 |
| 3796 | 5 |
| 3656 | 2 |
| 2675 | 2 |
| 3657 | 2 |
| 2127 | 2 |
| 3792 | 2 |
| 3686 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19219281 | SETTING DEVICE, SENSOR, SETTING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM | NGUYEN, BAO LONG T | 3656 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 27, 2025 |
| 19132823 | POWER SUPPLY SWITCHING DEVICE | PARRIES, DRU M | 2836 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 26, 2025 |
| 19069398 | LEARNING ASSISTANCE DEVICE, LEARNING ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND LEARNING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM | LANE, DANIEL E | — | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2025 |
| 19106493 | METHOD, LEARNING MODEL EVALUATION SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM | BALI, VIKKRAM | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 25, 2025 |
| 19039029 | SENSOR, CONTROL METHOD FOR SENSOR, PROGRAM, AND SAFETY MONITORING SYSTEM | PRINGLE-PARKER, JASON A | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 28, 2025 |
| 18261678 | GRAYSCALE IMAGE GENERATION DEVICE, GRAYSCALE IMAGE CORRECTION METHOD, AND GRAYSCALE IMAGE CORRECTION PROGRAM | FAYE, MAMADOU | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 18881239 | OXYGEN SATURATION MEASURING DEVICE AND OXYGEN SATURATION MEASURING METHOD | COOPER, JONATHAN EPHRAIM | — | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 03, 2025 |
| 18876187 | TASK CYCLE ESTIMATION DEVICE, TASK CYCLE ESTIMATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING TASK CYCLE ESTIMATION PROGRAM | MARIAM, DANIEL G | 2675 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
| 18876030 | CONTROL SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD | SINGH, AMNEET | 2633 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
| 18874841 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | WILBURN, MOLLY K | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 |
| 18868573 | CONTROL SYSTEM, RELAY DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD | KIR, ALBERT | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 |
| 18868586 | CONTROL SYSTEM, RELAY DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD | WAHID, MUSADDIQUE | 2458 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 |
| 18865338 | ABNORMALITY DETERMINATION DEVICE, ABNORMALITY DETERMINATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | BARTLETT, WILLIAM P | 2117 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2024 |
| 18859606 | ENVIRONMENT CONTROL SYSTEM, ENVIRONMENT CONTROL METHOD, AND ENVIRONMENT CONTROL PROGRAM | LU, HUA | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2024 |
| 18859200 | EVALUATION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND EVALUATION SYSTEM | NAH, JONGBONG | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2024 |
| 18922961 | POWER SWITCHING DEVICE | SAEED, AHMED M | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 22, 2024 |
| 18858627 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM | O'MALLEY, JOHN MARTIN | 3658 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | 23d overdue | Pending | Oct 21, 2024 |
| 18843082 | WORK RECOGNITION DEVICE, WORK RECOGNITION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING WORK RECOGNITION PROGRAM | XIE, THEODORE L | 3623 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 |
| 18841871 | PSYCHOLOGICAL STATE ESTIMATION DEVICE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL STATE ESTIMATION METHOD | BORISSOV, IGOR N | 3685 | §101§102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 27, 2024 |
| 18841732 | DEVICE FOR TEACHING ROBOT, METHOD FOR TEACHING ROBOT, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR TEACHING ROBOT | KHAYER, SOHANA T | 3657 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 27, 2024 |
| 18811779 | TRIGGER SWITCH | SAEED, AHMED M | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 22, 2024 |
| 18839867 | SENSOR SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR | BAGHDASARYAN, HOVHANNES | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 20, 2024 |
| 18834281 | PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM | SIDDIQUEE, TAMEEM | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2024 |
| 18764378 | ELECTROMAGNETIC RELAY | ROJAS, BERNARD | 2837 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 05, 2024 |
| 18764387 | ELECTROMAGNETIC RELAY | ROJAS, BERNARD | 2837 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 05, 2024 |
| 18757779 | SEISMIC SENSOR, EARTHQUAKE DETECTION METHOD, AND EARTHQUAKE DETECTION PROGRAM | DO, AN H | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18703496 | MOUNTING BOARD, AND ELECTRIC APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH MOUNTING BOARD | PAPE, ZACHARY | 2835 | §103 | Final Rejection | 26d | Pending | Apr 22, 2024 |
| 18631080 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT | CHEN, VIVIAN | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2024 |
| 18627452 | ELECTROMAGNETIC RELAY | HOMZA, LISA NHUNG | 2837 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 05, 2024 |
| 18627453 | ELECTROMAGNETIC RELAY | HOMZA, LISA NHUNG | 2837 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 05, 2024 |
| 18600762 | AUTHENTICATION RELAY SERVER AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | TSANG, HENRY | 2495 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 10, 2024 |
| 18687022 | BATTERY CAPACITY ESTIMATION DEVICE, CHARGING PLAN GENERATION DEVICE, DISCHARGING PLAN GENERATION DEVICE, AND BATTERY CAPACITY ESTIMATION METHOD | FIN, MICHAEL RUTLAND | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2024 |
| 18581342 | TRIGGER SWITCH | CAROC, LHEIREN MAE ANGLO | 2831 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 19, 2024 |
| 18443431 | AUSCULTATION DEVICE, AUSCULTATION SYSTEM EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME, AUSCULTATION METHOD, AND AUSCULTATION PROGRAM | NATNITHITHADHA, NAVIN | 3791 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 16, 2024 |
| 18424296 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM THEREON | BATTINA, RAAJITA | — | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 26, 2024 |
| 18291278 | DRIVE CIRCUIT FOR SWITCHING ELEMENT AND SWITCHING CIRCUIT | BERHANE, ADOLF D | 2838 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2024 |
| 18543817 | SENSOR DEVICE | SLAUGHTER, ETHAN JAKOB | 3648 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2023 |
| 18564918 | PREDICTION SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM WITH COMPUTER-READABLE INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON | MARU, MATIYAS T | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 28, 2023 |
| 18561176 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | MENDEZ MUNIZ, DYLAN JOHN | 2675 | §103 | Final Rejection | 15d overdue | Pending | Nov 15, 2023 |
| 18504974 | MOBILE ROBOT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS | CAIN, AARON G | 3656 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 32d overdue | Pending | Nov 08, 2023 |
| 18493094 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM ENCODED WITH COMPUTER-READABLE INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM | BARBEE, MANUEL L | 2857 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | 12d | Pending | Oct 24, 2023 |
| 18020691 | Learning Device, Learning Method, Recording Medium Storing Learning Program, Control Program, Control Device, Control Method, and Recording Medium Storing Control Program | MENGISTU, TEWODROS E | 2127 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 18, 2023 |
| 18463250 | VIBRATION DEVICE, VIBRATION UNIT, AND VIBRATION APPARATUS | PHAM, EMILY P | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 07, 2023 |
| 18459878 | MOTOR MONITORING SENSOR | IMTIAZ, ZOHEB S | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 01, 2023 |
| 18279540 | DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT DEVICE, DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM | BUI, HANH THI MINH | 2192 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 17d overdue | Pending | Aug 30, 2023 |
| 18277384 | INFERENCE DEVICE, MODEL GENERATION DEVICE, INFERENCE METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIA | LEE, CLAY C | 3699 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 16, 2023 |
| 18346789 | VIBRATION DEVICE, VIBRATION APPARATUS, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF VIBRATION DEVICE | KLIMOWICZ, WILLIAM JOSEPH | — | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 04, 2023 |
| 18259639 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | DHOOGE, DEVIN J | 2677 | — | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Jun 28, 2023 |
| 18259547 | QUALITY IMPROVEMENT ASSISTANCE DEVICE | SKRZYCKI, JONATHAN MICHAEL | 2116 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 41d | Pending | Jun 27, 2023 |
| 18265961 | QUALITY PREDICTION SYSTEM, MODEL-GENERATING DEVICE, QUALITY PREDICTION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | GOLDBERG, IVAN R | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialOmron Corporation has 96 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 35 art units and 87 examiners.
Ahmed M Saeed has the most, with 2 of Omron Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.