Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

Sekisui House Ltd.

7 pending office actions • 3 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 13 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
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.

3
Hard (43%)
4
Medium (57%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (14%)
§103 only4 (57%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (29%)

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
6
Mechanical / Eng
86% of docket
1
Business / Other
14% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PATTERSON, GARRETT CHRISTOPHER 1
NGUYEN, NGA B 1 53.0% +25.4%
AL-ASWAR, ZAKARIA KHALED 1 0.0% +0.0%
FORD, GISELE D 1 69.6% +13.9%
KENNY, DANIEL J 1 61.8% +21.7%
ADAMOS, THEODORE V 1 55.3% +44.7%
WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE 1 73.4% +30.4%

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18274107 SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING DEGREE OF INTEREST, SERVER DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING DEGREE OF INTEREST NGUYEN, NGA B
18841909 ANCHOR SUPPORT AND ANCHOR INSTALLATION METHOD AL-ASWAR, ZAKARIA KHALED
18716690 UNDER-STAIRS STRUCTURE KENNY, DANIEL J

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18032009 SCAFFOLD ADAMOS, THEODORE V 3d overdue
18274107 SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING DEGREE OF INTEREST, SERVER DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING DEGREE OF INTEREST NGUYEN, NGA B
18720378 OUTER WALL AND BUILDING FORD, GISELE D
18716690 UNDER-STAIRS STRUCTURE KENNY, DANIEL J
17924283 DRAINING MEMBER WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3635 3
3633 2
3625 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19103663 CONNECTION STRUCTURE AND ROOF OF BUILDING PATTERSON, GARRETT CHRISTOPHER §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 13, 2025
18274107 SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING DEGREE OF INTEREST, SERVER DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING DEGREE OF INTEREST NGUYEN, NGA B 3625 §101§102 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 18, 2024
18841909 ANCHOR SUPPORT AND ANCHOR INSTALLATION METHOD AL-ASWAR, ZAKARIA KHALED 3635 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Aug 27, 2024
18720378 OUTER WALL AND BUILDING FORD, GISELE D 3633 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 14, 2024
18716690 UNDER-STAIRS STRUCTURE KENNY, DANIEL J 3633 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 05, 2024
18032009 SCAFFOLD ADAMOS, THEODORE V 3635 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Apr 14, 2023
17924283 DRAINING MEMBER WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE 3635 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 09, 2022

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