Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

RISO KAGAKU Corporation

6 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

2
Hard (33%)
4
Medium (67%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (17%)
§103 only3 (50%)
§102 only1 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (17%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

1
Life Sciences
17% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
33% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
17% of docket
2
Business / Other
33% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SHAH, MANISH S 2 85.9% +7.6%
GOKHALE, PRASAD V 1 85.9% +8.4%
RICHMOND, SCOTT A. 1 87.3% +6.5%
ISLAM, MUHAMMAD S 1 87.9% +9.2%
BARZACH, JEFFREY EUGENE 1 56.6% +41.3%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19015481 INKJET INK AND INK SET SHAH, MANISH S
19015476 INKJET INK SHAH, MANISH S
18953747 SHEET FEEDING METHOD, SHEET FEEDING APPARATUS, SHEET FEEDING PROGRAM, AND LEARNING MODEL GOKHALE, PRASAD V

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18640083 DRIVE CONTROL DEVICE ISLAM, MUHAMMAD S 2d overdue
18670157 TEXTILE PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING TEXTILE PRINTED MATERIAL RICHMOND, SCOTT A. 13d

Interview Candidates (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18336602 AQUEOUS PIGMENT INK FOR TEXTILE INKJET PRINTING, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING PRINTED TEXTILE ITEM BARZACH, JEFFREY EUGENE

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3653 1
2853 1
2846 1
1731 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19015481 INKJET INK AND INK SET SHAH, MANISH S §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Jan 09, 2025
19015476 INKJET INK SHAH, MANISH S §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Jan 09, 2025
18953747 SHEET FEEDING METHOD, SHEET FEEDING APPARATUS, SHEET FEEDING PROGRAM, AND LEARNING MODEL GOKHALE, PRASAD V 3653 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 20, 2024
18670157 TEXTILE PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING TEXTILE PRINTED MATERIAL RICHMOND, SCOTT A. 2853 §102§103 Final Rejection 13d Pending May 21, 2024
18640083 DRIVE CONTROL DEVICE ISLAM, MUHAMMAD S 2846 §101§102§112 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Apr 19, 2024
18336602 AQUEOUS PIGMENT INK FOR TEXTILE INKJET PRINTING, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING PRINTED TEXTILE ITEM BARZACH, JEFFREY EUGENE 1731 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 16, 2023

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