Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Showa Freezing Plant Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This single action is being reviewed within 1 distinct art unit. The prosecution is handled by 1 distinct examiner, REDHEAD, AKWOKWO OLABISI. As the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action, REDHEAD, AKWOKWO OLABISI is the sole point of contact for the company's current pending matters. This 1 pending office action represents the entirety of the company's current prosecution activity.
Because there is only 1 pending action, the company's success in this technology area is currently tied to the decisions of 1 examiner in 1 art unit. Practitioners should focus on the specific review style and prior decisions of REDHEAD, AKWOKWO OLABISI. The concentration of the 1 pending office action under a single examiner means that there are no other cases to provide a baseline for comparison within the portfolio. This 1 action is the primary focus for the company's intellectual property strategy in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The outcome of this 1 pending office action will define the current success of the portfolio.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| REDHEAD, AKWOKWO OLABISI | 1 | 41.2% | +35.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19311575 | RAIN GEAR | REDHEAD, AKWOKWO OLABISI | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19311575 | RAIN GEAR | REDHEAD, AKWOKWO OLABISI | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3732 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19311575 | RAIN GEAR | REDHEAD, AKWOKWO OLABISI | 3732 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 27, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialShowa Freezing Plant Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Akwokwo Olabisi Redhead has the most, with 1 of Showa Freezing Plant Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
