Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
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
Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd. is currently managing 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This single action is assigned to 1 distinct art unit, reflecting a concentrated technical scope for the company's current patenting efforts. The involvement of only 1 distinct examiner means that the company's immediate success depends on a single individual's review. The focus on the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector suggests a very specific technical challenge is currently being addressed.
The busiest examiner, SONG, HIMCHAN, is responsible for 1 busiest_examiner_pending action, which accounts for the entire active docket. Practitioners should focus on the specific tendencies of SONG, HIMCHAN, as there are no other 1 distinct examiners to provide a broader context for the company's 1 pending office action. The focus on 1 distinct art unit suggests a very narrow mechanical engineering challenge is currently being addressed at the patent office. Successfully resolving this 1 pending office action is the primary goal for the company's current mechanical patent efforts.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SONG, HIMCHAN | 1 | 86.4% | +12.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19480300 | ELECTRIC TOOL | SONG, HIMCHAN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19480300 | ELECTRIC TOOL | SONG, HIMCHAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3731 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19480300 | ELECTRIC TOOL | SONG, HIMCHAN | 3731 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2025 |
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