Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
30 pending office actions • 19 art units • 27 examiners • 0 of 30 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 90 patents granted in the last 365 days
Shimano Inc. has 34 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The actions span 31 distinct examiners and 20 distinct art units. JEFFERSON, TIFFANY DOMONIQUE is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. The profile therefore combines broad examiner dispersion with repeated assignments at the art-unit level.
The art-unit structure provides a useful basis for grouping related vehicle or mechanical technologies and identifying recurring prosecution issues. The examiner spread requires individualized review of claim construction and cited art, even where applications share technical themes. A coordinated docket can align terminology and amendment objectives while preserving matter-specific arguments. The busiest examiner represents a small repeated assignment within the broader portfolio.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 15 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. 15 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 | 1 (3%) |
| §103 only | 11 (37%) |
| §102 only | 3 (10%) |
| §112 only | 1 (3%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (3%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 12 (40%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (3%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| JEFFERSON, TIFFANY DOMONIQUE | 2 | 40.0% | -7.8% |
| CAMBY, RICHARD M | 2 | 89.2% | +6.5% |
| CAROC, LHEIREN MAE ANGLO | 2 | 77.7% | +14.1% |
| KAN, YURI | 1 | 86.0% | +12.4% |
| ALZATEEMEH, HUSSAM ALDEEN | 1 | 58.8% | +33.6% |
| PECHE, JORGE O | 1 | 80.7% | +17.1% |
| SHRIVER II, JAMES A | 1 | 53.8% | -22.3% |
| GREENE, MARK L | 1 | 76.2% | +19.9% |
| REGO, DOMINIC E | 1 | 86.9% | +7.4% |
| TAN, OLIVER E | 1 | 72.6% | +8.8% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18624024 | HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE COMPONENT | CAMBY, RICHARD M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17982782 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE | MEDANI, MOHAMED | 49d overdue |
| 18106725 | BICYCLE COMPONENT, BICYCLE COMPONENT ASSEMBLY AND CABLE CONNECTOR | STANLEY, TYLER JAY | 37d overdue |
| 18628535 | LINE GUIDE MECHANISM FOR SPINNING REEL | JEFFERSON, TIFFANY DOMONIQUE | 4d overdue |
| 18203464 | FISHING REEL AND ATTACHMENT/DETACHMENT UNIT IN FISHING REEL | SOTO, HENRIX | 14d |
| 18372948 | SHOE SOLE | PRANGE, SHARON M | 21d |
| 18903626 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE | PECHE, JORGE O | 28d |
| 18398129 | HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE COMPONENT, HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | REGO, DOMINIC E | 69d |
| 19013667 | FISHING LINE INFORMATION LEARNING SYSTEM | JEFFERSON, TIFFANY DOMONIQUE | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18903626 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE | PECHE, JORGE O | 28d |
| 16983237 | HANDLEBAR ASSEMBLY | CAROC, LHEIREN MAE ANGLO | 70d |
| 19207376 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE | KAN, YURI | — |
| 19038236 | HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | ALZATEEMEH, HUSSAM ALDEEN | — |
| 18739859 | CONTROL DEVICE, SUSPENSION, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SUSPENSION | GREENE, MARK L | — |
| 18516967 | OPERATING DEVICE OF HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE | CAROC, LHEIREN MAE ANGLO | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3654 | 3 |
| 3614 | 3 |
| 3662 | 2 |
| 3661 | 2 |
| 3669 | 2 |
| 2831 | 2 |
| 3732 | 2 |
| 3664 | 2 |
| 3611 | 2 |
| 3656 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19207376 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE | KAN, YURI | 3662 | Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 14, 2025 |
| 19038236 | HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | ALZATEEMEH, HUSSAM ALDEEN | 3662 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 27, 2025 |
| 19013667 | FISHING LINE INFORMATION LEARNING SYSTEM | JEFFERSON, TIFFANY DOMONIQUE | 3654 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2025 |
| 19003942 | HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE | CAMBY, RICHARD M | 3661 | §101Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2024 |
| 18903626 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE | PECHE, JORGE O | 3656 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Oct 01, 2024 |
| 18901898 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE | SHRIVER II, JAMES A | 3613 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
| 18739859 | CONTROL DEVICE, SUSPENSION, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SUSPENSION | GREENE, MARK L | 3747 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 11, 2024 |
| 18628535 | LINE GUIDE MECHANISM FOR SPINNING REEL | JEFFERSON, TIFFANY DOMONIQUE | 3654 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 4d overdue | Pending | Apr 05, 2024 |
| 18624024 | HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE COMPONENT | CAMBY, RICHARD M | 3661 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 01, 2024 |
| 18398129 | HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE COMPONENT, HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | REGO, DOMINIC E | 2648 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 69d | Pending | Dec 27, 2023 |
| 18392326 | SHIFTING DEVICE FOR HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE, DRIVE UNIT FOR HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE, CONTROL SYSTEM FOR HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE FOR HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE | TAN, OLIVER E | 3669 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 56d | Pending | Dec 21, 2023 |
| 18391528 | ELECTRIC DEVICE AND CONTROL SYSTEM OF HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE | LEITE, PAULO ROBERTO GONZ | 3663 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2023 |
| 18535872 | COMPONENT FOR HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE AND ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLYING SYSTEM FOR HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE | ENGLISH, JAMES A | 3614 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2023 |
| 18524672 | DISC BRAKE CALIPER | RASHID, MAHBUBUR | 3616 | §103 | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | Nov 30, 2023 |
| 18516967 | OPERATING DEVICE OF HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE | CAROC, LHEIREN MAE ANGLO | 2831 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2023 |
| 18384312 | SHAFT MEMBER FOR HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE, HUB FOR HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE, WHEEL AXLE FOR HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE, AND DETECTION DEVICE FOR HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE | VILLALUNA, ERIKA J | 2852 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 26, 2023 |
| 18372948 | SHOE SOLE | PRANGE, SHARON M | 3732 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 21d | Pending | Sep 26, 2023 |
| 18446793 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE | SHOHATEE, IBRAHIM NAGI | 2857 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 22d | Pending | Aug 09, 2023 |
| 18220525 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE | GLADE, ZACHARY EDWARD FREW | 3664 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 3d overdue | Pending | Jul 11, 2023 |
| 18206875 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE | BEAN, JARED C | 3669 | §103 | Final Rejection | 40d | Pending | Jun 07, 2023 |
| 18203464 | FISHING REEL AND ATTACHMENT/DETACHMENT UNIT IN FISHING REEL | SOTO, HENRIX | 3654 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | May 30, 2023 |
| 18197639 | HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE COMPONENT, AND HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE DRIVE UNIT | KHUU, IRENE C | 3664 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 21d | Pending | May 15, 2023 |
| 18136021 | HUB ASSEMBLY FOR HUMAN POWERED VEHICLE | WILHELM, TIMOTHY | 3614 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2023 |
| 18132221 | SHOE | NUNNERY, GRADY ALEXANDER | 3732 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 07, 2023 |
| 18295821 | BATTERY HOLDER AND BICYCLE COMPONENT | KECK, DANIEL M | 3614 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2023 |
| 18127228 | BICYCLE DRIVE SYSTEM, BICYCLE DRIVE UNIT, AND BICYCLE BATTERY UNIT | PARIHAR, SUCHIN | 2851 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2023 |
| 18106725 | BICYCLE COMPONENT, BICYCLE COMPONENT ASSEMBLY AND CABLE CONNECTOR | STANLEY, TYLER JAY | 3611 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 37d overdue | Pending | Feb 07, 2023 |
| 18085915 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE AND AIR-PRESSURE ADJUSTING DEVICE | MUSTAFA, IMRAN K | 3668 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 15d overdue | Pending | Dec 21, 2022 |
| 17982782 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE | MEDANI, MOHAMED | 3611 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 49d overdue | Pending | Nov 08, 2022 |
| 16983237 | HANDLEBAR ASSEMBLY | CAROC, LHEIREN MAE ANGLO | 2831 | §103 | Final Rejection | 70d | Pending | Aug 03, 2020 |
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Start Free TrialShimano Inc. has 30 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 19 art units and 27 examiners.
Tiffany Domonique Jefferson has the most, with 2 of Shimano Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
