Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Sanshu Co. Ltd.

1 pending office actions • 0 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Sanshu Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office action currently in progress. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and is associated with 0 distinct art units. The presence of 1 pending action indicates a focused current prosecution effort for the company.

The busiest examiner for the portfolio is BATES, ZAKIYA W, who is handling 1 busiest examiner pending office action. As this examiner is responsible for the 1 active office action, the company's immediate patent outcomes are tied to this individual's review. Practitioners should focus on the specific examiner's requirements to resolve this 1 pending action.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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.

1
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
100% 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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BATES, ZAKIYA W 1 88.9% -2.1%

Hard Cases (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18738862 SCREW FOR FASTENING DIFFERENT BATES, ZAKIYA W —

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18738862 SCREW FOR FASTENING DIFFERENT BATES, ZAKIYA W — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 10, 2024

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