Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS Corporation

6 pending office actions • 3 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
1
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.

3
Hard (50%)
3
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (33%)
Double-patenting + other1 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
50% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
3
Business / Other
50% 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
CAMPBELL, NATASHA N. 1 67.8% +14.0%
LEE, DOUGLAS 1 45.0% +13.5%
PARSLEY, DAVID J 1 53.9% +28.5%
TREMARCHE, CONNOR J. 1 65.1% +28.0%
MCDONALD, RODNEY GLENN 1 63.4% +24.4%
KURPLE, KARL 1 51.8% +63.8%

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
18891253 SUBSTRATE CLEANING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE CLEANING METHOD PARSLEY, DAVID J
18612598 DRYING APPARATUS, DRY CONDITION CONFIRMATION METHOD, AND WAFER STORAGE CONTAINER CLEANING APPARATUS TREMARCHE, CONNOR J.
18612678 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD MCDONALD, RODNEY GLENN

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19188406 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD CAMPBELL, NATASHA N.
19087923 SUBSTRATE TREATMENT DEVICE LEE, DOUGLAS
18891253 SUBSTRATE CLEANING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE CLEANING METHOD PARSLEY, DAVID J
18612598 DRYING APPARATUS, DRY CONDITION CONFIRMATION METHOD, AND WAFER STORAGE CONTAINER CLEANING APPARATUS TREMARCHE, CONNOR J.
18612678 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD MCDONALD, RODNEY GLENN
18103462 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD KURPLE, KARL

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1714 1
1713 1
1717 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19188406 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD CAMPBELL, NATASHA N. §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 24, 2025
19087923 SUBSTRATE TREATMENT DEVICE LEE, DOUGLAS 1714 §102§103DP Non-Final OA Pending Mar 24, 2025
18891253 SUBSTRATE CLEANING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE CLEANING METHOD PARSLEY, DAVID J §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 20, 2024
18612598 DRYING APPARATUS, DRY CONDITION CONFIRMATION METHOD, AND WAFER STORAGE CONTAINER CLEANING APPARATUS TREMARCHE, CONNOR J. §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 21, 2024
18612678 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD MCDONALD, RODNEY GLENN 1713 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 21, 2024
18103462 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD KURPLE, KARL 1717 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 30, 2023

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