Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Shimano Inc.

31 pending office actions • 20 art units • 29 examiners • 0 of 31 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 81 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

31
Total Pending OAs
12
Non-Final OAs
14
Final Rejections
5
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 16 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

7
Overdue
0
Due this week
4
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
3
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 16 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (7)Due ≤ 30 days (4)Due ≤ 60 days (2)Due later (3)

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.

10
Hard (32%)
20
Medium (65%)
1
Easy (3%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only16 (52%)
§102 only2 (6%)
§112 only1 (3%)
Double-patenting + other2 (6%)
Multi-statute (no §101)10 (32%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
3% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
3
Communications
10% of docket
2
Semiconductors
6% of docket
23
Mechanical / Eng
74% of docket
2
Business / Other
6% 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.

310 h
Manual time on pending OAs
62 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
108 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TRUONG, KATELYN T 2 57.4% +38.3%
SOTO, HENRIX 2 71.2% +31.3%
WONG, JESSICA BOWEN 1 67.0% +20.5%
KAN, YURI 1 85.8% +12.3%
ALZATEEMEH, HUSSAM ALDEEN 1 56.0% +40.0%
RIVERA, WILLIAM ARAUZ 1 74.7% +8.8%
MACCRATE, NICOLE PAIGE 1 57.5% +23.6%
GILES, EBONI N 1 63.3% +8.5%
GREENE, MARK L 1 75.3% +21.5%
HAILE, BENYAM 1 61.8% +24.4%

Quick Wins (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19207376 CONTROL DEVICE FOR HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE KAN, YURI

Hard Cases (10)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17982782 CONTROL DEVICE FOR HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE MEDANI, MOHAMED NMN 49d overdue
17700935 HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE GENTILE, ALEXANDER VINCENT 42d overdue
19209496 LURE TRUONG, KATELYN T 19d overdue
17833401 BICYCLE COMPONENT, NON-CONTACT CHARGING SYSTEM AND NON-CONTACT CHARGING METHOD ALCORN III, GEORGE A 16d overdue
18372948 SHOE SOLE PRANGE, SHARON M 21d
18398129 HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE COMPONENT, HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM REGO, DOMINIC E 69d
18628514 LINE GUIDE MECHANISM FOR SPINNING REEL SOTO, HENRIX
18367290 FISHING INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, FISHING REEL, FISHING ROD, AND FISHING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM ARK, DARREN W

Interview Candidates (10)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19209496 LURE TRUONG, KATELYN T 19d overdue
18659397 MEMORY DEVICE FOR HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE HAILE, BENYAM 27d
19212483 FISHING LINE GUIDE WONG, JESSICA BOWEN 75d
19304273 LURE TRUONG, KATELYN T
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
18921682 DECORATED ARTICLE AND FISHING ROD MACCRATE, NICOLE PAIGE
18739859 CONTROL DEVICE, SUSPENSION, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SUSPENSION GREENE, MARK L

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3611 4
3647 3
3662 2
3654 2
3664 2
3614 2
3644 1
3642 1
2622 1
3747 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19304273 LURE TRUONG, KATELYN T 3647 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 19, 2025
19212483 FISHING LINE GUIDE WONG, JESSICA BOWEN 3644 §103 Non-Final OA 75d Pending May 19, 2025
19209496 LURE TRUONG, KATELYN T 3647 §102§103 Final Rejection 19d overdue Pending May 15, 2025
19207376 CONTROL DEVICE FOR HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE KAN, YURI §103§112DP Non-Final OA 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
19034121 SPOOL AND SPINNING REEL RIVERA, WILLIAM ARAUZ §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 22, 2025
18921682 DECORATED ARTICLE AND FISHING ROD MACCRATE, NICOLE PAIGE 3642 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 21, 2024
18806703 HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE COMPONENT AND HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE SYSTEM GILES, EBONI N 2622 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 16, 2024
18739859 CONTROL DEVICE, SUSPENSION, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SUSPENSION GREENE, MARK L 3747 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 11, 2024
18659397 MEMORY DEVICE FOR HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE HAILE, BENYAM 2688 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending May 09, 2024
18643519 FISHING REEL SOTO, HENRIX 3654 §102 Final Rejection Pending Apr 23, 2024
18628514 LINE GUIDE MECHANISM FOR SPINNING REEL SOTO, HENRIX 3654 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Apr 05, 2024
18598602 BICYCLE COMPONENT SHABARA, HOSAM 3618 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 07, 2024
18398129 HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE COMPONENT, HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM REGO, DOMINIC E 2648 §102§103 Non-Final OA 69d Pending Dec 27, 2023
18372948 SHOE SOLE PRANGE, SHARON M 3732 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 21d Pending Sep 26, 2023
18367290 FISHING INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, FISHING REEL, FISHING ROD, AND FISHING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM ARK, DARREN W 3647 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 12, 2023
18220511 CONTROL DEVICE FOR HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE NGUYEN, LILLIAN T 3655 §112 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Jul 11, 2023
18220525 CONTROL DEVICE FOR HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE GLADE, ZACHARY EDWARD FREW 3664 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Jul 11, 2023
18334324 SENSOR UNIT OF HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE, ROTARY DEVICE, AND TORQUE SENSING METHOD ZHONG, XIN Y 2855 §103 Final Rejection 15d Pending Jun 13, 2023
18206875 CONTROL DEVICE FOR HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE BEAN, JARED C 3669 §103 Final Rejection 40d Pending Jun 07, 2023
18136021 HUB ASSEMBLY FOR HUMAN POWERED VEHICLE WILHELM, TIMOTHY 3614 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 18, 2023
18134867 BICYCLE COMMUNICATION APPARATUS BOEHLER, ANNE MARIE M 3611 §103DP Non-Final OA Pending Apr 14, 2023
18295821 BATTERY HOLDER AND BICYCLE COMPONENT KECK, DANIEL M 3614 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 04, 2023
18295823 BATTERY HOLDER AND BICYCLE COMPONENT CANTELMO, GREGG 1725 §103 Final Rejection 35d Pending Apr 04, 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
18075612 ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE STANLEY, TYLER JAY 3611 §103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Dec 06, 2022
17982782 CONTROL DEVICE FOR HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE MEDANI, MOHAMED NMN 3611 §102§103 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Nov 08, 2022
17876800 EYEWEAR MUHAMMAD, KEY 2872 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jul 29, 2022
17833401 BICYCLE COMPONENT, NON-CONTACT CHARGING SYSTEM AND NON-CONTACT CHARGING METHOD ALCORN III, GEORGE A 3662 §102§103 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Jun 06, 2022
17700935 HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE GENTILE, ALEXANDER VINCENT 3664 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 42d overdue Pending Mar 22, 2022
17518526 BICYCLE ELECTRIC TELESCOPIC APPARATUS KNAUF, MORGAN MARIE 3611 §103 Non-Final OA 68d Pending Nov 03, 2021

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