Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Shinano Kenshi Co. Ltd. has 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners, including DELRUE, BRIAN CHRISTOPHER, who is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. The 2 pending office actions are spread across 2 distinct art units.
This distribution indicates that each pending matter is being handled by a different examiner in a different technical group. With distinct examiners for the actions, the prosecution is decentralized at the individual level. DELRUE, BRIAN CHRISTOPHER manages 1 of the total pending actions, meaning his influence is limited to a single case. The presence of 2 distinct art units further suggests that the matters involve different technical specializations.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DELRUE, BRIAN CHRISTOPHER | 1 | 84.2% | +21.7% |
| MANN JR, CHARLIE FRANK | 1 | 72.4% | +28.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19380645 | BLOWER | DELRUE, BRIAN CHRISTOPHER | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19380645 | BLOWER | DELRUE, BRIAN CHRISTOPHER | — |
| 18792818 | AXIAL GAP MOTOR | MANN JR, CHARLIE FRANK | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3745 | 1 |
| 2834 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19380645 | BLOWER | DELRUE, BRIAN CHRISTOPHER | 3745 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 05, 2025 |
| 18792818 | AXIAL GAP MOTOR | MANN JR, CHARLIE FRANK | 2834 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 02, 2024 |
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