Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Shin Nippon Wheel Industries Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The portfolio involves 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. CATHLEEN R HUTCHINS is the busiest examiner, holding 1 pending office action. The current prosecution is limited to this single examiner and art unit.
The data shows 1 pending office action, which is the only active matter for the company. This action is categorized under the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. CATHLEEN R HUTCHINS is the sole examiner assigned to the portfolio, and she operates within 1 distinct art unit. This indicates a highly concentrated prosecution strategy with no diversification across examiners or art units.
For a practitioner, the entire focus of the current prosecution is on CATHLEEN R HUTCHINS. With 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, there are no other pending cases to provide a broader view of how the company's technology is being received. The outcome of this 1 pending office action will be determined by the specific examination style and requirements of this single individual. The alignment of the total pending actions with a single examiner and art unit indicates a singular focus for the current prosecution cycle.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUTCHINS, CATHLEEN R | 1 | 83.8% | +8.1% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18743777 | TRANSMISSION UNIT AND LAWN MOWER | HUTCHINS, CATHLEEN R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3672 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18743777 | TRANSMISSION UNIT AND LAWN MOWER | HUTCHINS, CATHLEEN R | 3672 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 14, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialShin Nippon Wheel Industries Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Cathleen R Hutchins has the most, with 1 of Shin Nippon Wheel Industries Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
