Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
101 pending office actions • 58 art units • 93 examiners • 0 of 101 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 219 patents granted in the last 365 days
SHIMADZU Corporation has 99 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The matters involve 89 distinct examiners and 54 distinct art units, reflecting a large and widely distributed prosecution docket. The difference between the pending-action total and the examiner count indicates that some examiners handle multiple matters, while the art-unit assignments cover a still broader technical structure.
WANG, JING is the busiest examiner, with 4 pending matters. That is the largest identified examiner workload, but it remains a limited portion of the overall docket. Counsel should use portfolio-level tracking for recurring issues while maintaining examiner-specific playbooks for the many separate assignments.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 24 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 24 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 7 (7%) |
| §101 + other | 22 (22%) |
| §103 only | 20 (20%) |
| §102 only | 6 (6%) |
| §112 only | 3 (3%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (1%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 42 (42%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GAMBLE JR, RANDALL LEE | 3 | 51.3% | +26.9% |
| WANG, JING | 3 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| LI, LARRY | 2 | 66.7% | +66.7% |
| WHATLEY, BENJAMIN R | 2 | 66.7% | +68.3% |
| WASHINGTON, BRITNEY NICOLE | 2 | 84.0% | +13.2% |
| QUIGLEY, KYLE ROBERT | 2 | 53.3% | +34.2% |
| LEE, EDMUND H | 1 | 69.6% | +17.4% |
| LYONS, MICHAEL A | 1 | 86.5% | +9.9% |
| CWERN, JONATHAN | 1 | 51.0% | +33.1% |
| DUKE, EMMANUEL E | 1 | 68.9% | +27.4% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18215023 | AUTOMATIC DISPENSING DEVICE | WASHINGTON, BRITNEY NICOLE | 71d |
| 18710286 | INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETER | WANG, JING | — |
| 18699230 | MASS SPECTROMETER | WANG, JING | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17685453 | Microorganism Discrimination Method and System | SKIBINSKY, ANNA | 191d overdue |
| 18691356 | Image Pick-Up System and Image Pick-Up Method | BEZUAYEHU, SOLOMON G | 45d overdue |
| 18586034 | DATA PROCESSING METHOD, DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | ADAMS, CHARLES D | 44d overdue |
| 17957014 | DATA ANALYSIS SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | QUIGLEY, KYLE ROBERT | 37d overdue |
| 18008050 | AUTOMATIC SAMPLE INJECTION DEVICE | WHATLEY, BENJAMIN R | 26d overdue |
| 18367003 | ION MOBILITY ANALYSIS APPARATUS | LOGIE, MICHAEL J | 13d |
| 18079481 | ELECTROPHORESIS SYSTEM, ELECTROPHORESIS APPARATUS, AND ELECTROPHORESIS ANALYSIS METHOD | GAMBLE JR, RANDALL LEE | 14d |
| 18703774 | BIOMAGNETISM MEASUREMENT APPARATUS | CWERN, JONATHAN | 26d |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17957014 | DATA ANALYSIS SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | QUIGLEY, KYLE ROBERT | 37d overdue |
| 18008050 | AUTOMATIC SAMPLE INJECTION DEVICE | WHATLEY, BENJAMIN R | 26d overdue |
| 18094528 | ELECTROPHORESIS SYSTEM, ELECTROPHORESIS APPARATUS, AND ELECTROPHORESIS ANALYSIS METHOD | GAMBLE JR, RANDALL LEE | 4d overdue |
| 18079481 | ELECTROPHORESIS SYSTEM, ELECTROPHORESIS APPARATUS, AND ELECTROPHORESIS ANALYSIS METHOD | GAMBLE JR, RANDALL LEE | 14d |
| 18703774 | BIOMAGNETISM MEASUREMENT APPARATUS | CWERN, JONATHAN | 26d |
| 18276323 | CALIBRANT FOR USE IN MASS SPECTROMETER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | WASHINGTON, BRITNEY NICOLE | 28d |
| 18215023 | AUTOMATIC DISPENSING DEVICE | WASHINGTON, BRITNEY NICOLE | 71d |
| 18835064 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING COAXIAL CABLE | LEE, EDMUND H | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2857 | 11 |
| 2881 | 10 |
| 2858 | 4 |
| 1798 | 4 |
| 1686 | 4 |
| 2855 | 3 |
| 1795 | 3 |
| 3796 | 3 |
| 1797 | 3 |
| 2877 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18835064 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING COAXIAL CABLE | LEE, EDMUND H | 1744 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 12, 2025 |
| 18844791 | SPECTROSCOPIC DEVICE | LYONS, MICHAEL A | 2877 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 25, 2025 |
| 18703774 | BIOMAGNETISM MEASUREMENT APPARATUS | CWERN, JONATHAN | 3797 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 26d | Pending | Apr 14, 2025 |
| 19120667 | Method for Charging Refrigerant into Heat Transferring Apparatus and Refrigerant-Charging Control Apparatus for Heat Transferring Apparatus | DUKE, EMMANUEL E | 3763 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 11, 2025 |
| 18873515 | Advice Apparatus, Advice Method, Advice Program, and Advice System | BORISSOV, IGOR N | 3685 | §101§102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 26, 2025 |
| 19110767 | Control Method for Controlling Transportation of Object, Transportation Device for Transporting Object, and Operation System Including Transportation Device | ESTEVEZ, DAIRON | 3656 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2025 |
| 19013890 | TANDEM U-SHAPED ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETER AND ION MOBILITY ANALYSIS METHOD | HAWKINS, DOMINIC E | 2858 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2025 |
| 18880419 | Underwater Optical Wireless Communication System | SHAMEEM, ASIF ISLAM | 2634 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 31, 2024 |
| 19006759 | Ion Source | GASSEN, CHRISTOPHER J | 2881 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 31, 2024 |
| 19002344 | Management System, Server, Method, and Non-Transitory Computer Readable Medium | WANG, YUEHAN | 2617 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2024 |
| 18965503 | Inspection Method and Inspection Device | ELLIOTT, JORDAN MCKENZIE | 2666 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2024 |
| 18930619 | UNDERWATER OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND UNDERWATER OPTICAL COMMUNICATION METHOD | DELA ROSA-FRIO, JACOB ETHAN | 2635 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 29, 2024 |
| 18923382 | Measurement Method, Recording Medium, and Measurement System | HUYNH, VAN D | 2665 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 22, 2024 |
| 18858588 | Mass Spectrometry Method | ABDEL LATIF, MAHMOUD MOTAZ | 1773 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2024 |
| 18921189 | Ion Analyzer and Ion Analyzing Method | REISNER, NOAM S | 2852 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2024 |
| 18921757 | MAGNET PLATE, SEPARATION DEVICE AND AUTOMATIC DISPENSER USING MAGNET PLATE | DEVINE, MOLLY K | 3653 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Oct 21, 2024 |
| 18858614 | Phase Contrast X-Ray Imaging Apparatus, X-Ray Image Processing Apparatus, X-Ray Image Processing Method and Correction Curve Generation Method | TOOHEY, RICHARD ORLANDO | 2884 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2024 |
| 18921786 | Ion Analyzer and Ion Analyzing Method | MILLER, DANIEL R | 2858 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2024 |
| 18907148 | DATA PROCESSING METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM | LE, SON T | 2858 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 |
| 18907049 | NOISE REDUCTION PROCESSING METHOD AND NOISE REDUCTION PROCESSING APPARATUS | DHOOGE, DEVIN J | 2677 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 |
| 18906688 | LIQUID DELIVERY ABNORMALITY DIAGNOSIS METHOD AND LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPH | SHABMAN, MARK A | 2855 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 |
| 18830237 | CALCULATION METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ANALYSIS DEVICE FOR COST PERFORMANCE IN LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPH | SINGH, GURKANWALJIT | 3625 | §101 | Final Rejection | 40d | Pending | Sep 10, 2024 |
| 18845779 | HYPOCHLORITE ION MEASUREMENT METHOD | EINHORN, MICA JILLIAN | 2881 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 10, 2024 |
| 18838620 | MASS SPECTROMETER | LI, LARRY | 2881 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 15, 2024 |
| 18791559 | HIGH-SPEED IMAGING APPARATUS AND ACCESSORY DEVICE FOR USE WITH THE SAME | LE, TUAN H | 2638 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 01, 2024 |
| 18764681 | DETECTION DEVICE, DETECTION METHOD, DETECTION PROGRAM, AND DETECTION SYSTEM | SUN, XIUQIN | 2857 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 05, 2024 |
| 18726837 | X-RAY IMAGING SYSTEM AND DOSE DISPLAY METHOD | ARTMAN, THOMAS R | 2884 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | Jul 05, 2024 |
| 18764411 | Analysis Method and Composite Analysis Apparatus | HANSEN, JONATHAN M | 2877 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 05, 2024 |
| 18754188 | METHOD OF PRESUMING STRUCTURE OF TARGET COMPOUND CONTAINING ACYL GROUP | ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K | 2857 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2024 |
| 18699147 | PRESERVATION METHOD FOR PCR REAGENT, AND PCR TEST METHOD | OYEYEMI, OLAYINKA A | 1681 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2024 |
| 18722095 | PURIFICATION APPARATUS | WHATLEY, BENJAMIN R | 1798 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2024 |
| 18719936 | PURIFICATION APPARATUS | CHIU, MAY LEUNG | 1758 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 14, 2024 |
| 18733087 | Three-Dimensional Image Data Alignment Method and X-Ray Imaging Apparatus | ORANGE, DAVID BENJAMIN | 2663 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 04, 2024 |
| 18733050 | Laminate Molding Apparatus and Laminate Molding Method | MCGUTHRY BANKS, TIMA MICHELE | 1733 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 04, 2024 |
| 18715396 | PURIFICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING PURIFICATION APPARATUS | ORME, PATRICK JAMES | 1779 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
| 18715233 | CONTAINER AND PURIFICATION APPARATUS | EL HAJ HASSAN, BACHAR | 1772 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
| 18676145 | Display Method, Computer Readable Medium, and Electrophoresis System | GAMBLE JR, RANDALL LEE | 1795 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 28, 2024 |
| 18711498 | LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPH | FITZGERALD, JOHN P | 2855 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 17, 2024 |
| 18686188 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION, ANALYSIS SYSTEM AND PROGRAM | HISHAM, MOSTOFA AHMED | 2857 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 17, 2024 |
| 18710286 | INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETER | WANG, JING | 2881 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 15, 2024 |
| 18708649 | PURIFICATION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD | KEYWORTH, PETER | 1776 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2024 |
| 18699230 | MASS SPECTROMETER | WANG, JING | 2881 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 05, 2024 |
| 18614001 | MICROCHIP ELECTROPHORESIS METHOD | SMITH, NICHOLAS A | 1752 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 22, 2024 |
| 18606220 | Medical Service Support Method, Recording Medium, and Medical Service Support System | ALDERSON, ANNE-MARIE K | 3682 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 75d | Pending | Mar 15, 2024 |
| 18692546 | TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON ANALYZER | WRIGHT, PATRICIA KATHRYN | 1798 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 15, 2024 |
| 18691356 | Image Pick-Up System and Image Pick-Up Method | BEZUAYEHU, SOLOMON G | 2674 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 45d overdue | Pending | Mar 12, 2024 |
| 18687218 | IMPROVEMENTS IN AND RELATING TO ION ANALYSIS | ZAAB, SHARAH | 2857 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2024 |
| 18586034 | DATA PROCESSING METHOD, DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | ADAMS, CHARLES D | 2152 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 44d overdue | Pending | Feb 23, 2024 |
| 18438239 | DISPENSING DEVICE AND DISPENSING METHOD | NGUYEN, HENRY H | 3753 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 09, 2024 |
| 18290690 | X-Ray Imaging System and Image Processing Method | NGUYEN, ALLEN H | 2683 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 19, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialSHIMADZU Corporation has 101 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 58 art units and 93 examiners.
Randall Lee Gamble Jr. has the most, with 3 of SHIMADZU Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
