Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Sintokogio Ltd.

Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

21 pending office actions • 19 art units • 21 examiners • 0 of 21 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 46 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Sintokogio Ltd. has 23 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The matters involve 23 examiners and 20 art units, showing extensive examiner dispersion and a somewhat narrower art-unit distribution.

BEARD, CHARLES LLOYD is the listed busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. The supplied data does not identify a repeated examiner concentration, so the portfolio’s principal management challenge is coordination across many separate examination relationships.

The difference between examiner and art-unit coverage indicates that some art units contain more than one matter, even though each listed examiner is associated with a single pending action. Those shared art-unit settings can provide useful context for recurring mechanical or device-related issues.

A centralized prosecution map can preserve consistency in terminology, claim scope, and technical explanations. Each response should nevertheless be tailored to its examiner, because the portfolio does not show a substantial cluster before one examiner whose approach could govern the rest.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

21
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
11
Final Rejections
3
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due later (1)

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 (48%)
11
Medium (52%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (5%)
§103 only10 (48%)
§102 only1 (5%)
Multi-statute (no §101)9 (43%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
14% of docket
2
Information Tech
10% of docket
1
Communications
5% of docket
4
Semiconductors
19% of docket
10
Mechanical / Eng
48% of docket
1
Business / Other
5% 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.

210 h
Manual time on pending OAs
42 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
74 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
NGUYEN, ROBERT T 1 83.6% +10.7%
BEARD, CHARLES LLOYD 1 67.9% +34.8%
HORTON, ANDREW ALAN 1 80.7% +17.8%
SINHA, TARUN 1 77.1% +17.5%
BORISSOV, IGOR N 1 28.5% +41.7%
JALALZADEH ABYANE, SHILA 1 50.6% +48.8%
TIEDEMAN, JASON S 1 28.5% +34.9%
SUN, GEORGE 1 69.2% +34.1%
CARPENTER, JOSHUA S 1 51.6% +37.2%
WILKINSON, RALPH DAVID 1 50.0% +100.0%

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
19144679 MASTER DEVICE AND TEACHING SYSTEM NGUYEN, ROBERT T —

Hard Cases (11)

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
18640356 TRAINING DATA GENERATION DEVICE, TRAINING DATA GENERATION METHOD, MODEL GENERATION DEVICE, INFERENCE DEVICE, AND PROGRAM TIEDEMAN, JASON S 27d
18305588 FORCE SENSOR MODULE SPLIT, JAMES GERALD 70d
18886201 CLASSIFICATION DEVICE AND DUST COMPACTION SYSTEM HORTON, ANDREW ALAN —
18740723 CALLING SYSTEM BORISSOV, IGOR N —
18530087 COVER AND ROBOT HAND SUN, GEORGE —
18526078 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING REFERENCE PIECE FOR MEASURING RETAINED AUSTENITE CARPENTER, JOSHUA S —
18493134 SENSOR UNIT AND ROBOT HAND WILKINSON, RALPH DAVID —
18372895 INJECTION METHOD OF INJECTION MEDIUM AND INJECTION SYSTEM OF INJECTION MEDIUM MCCONNELL, AARON R —

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
18640356 TRAINING DATA GENERATION DEVICE, TRAINING DATA GENERATION METHOD, MODEL GENERATION DEVICE, INFERENCE DEVICE, AND PROGRAM TIEDEMAN, JASON S 27d
19144679 MASTER DEVICE AND TEACHING SYSTEM NGUYEN, ROBERT T —
19008036 TEST SYSTEM BEARD, CHARLES LLOYD —
18886201 CLASSIFICATION DEVICE AND DUST COMPACTION SYSTEM HORTON, ANDREW ALAN —
18804394 INSPECTION DEVICE, INSPECTION METHOD, AND DISC BRAKE PLATE MANUFACTURING METHOD SINHA, TARUN —
18740723 CALLING SYSTEM BORISSOV, IGOR N —
18665002 INTERFACE APPARATUS AND CLIMBING EXPERIENCE SYSTEM JALALZADEH ABYANE, SHILA —
18530087 COVER AND ROBOT HAND SUN, GEORGE —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3723 3
3619 1
2611 1
2855 1
3685 1
3784 1
3683 1
3673 1
1733 1
3654 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19144679 MASTER DEVICE AND TEACHING SYSTEM NGUYEN, ROBERT T 3619 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 30, 2025
19008036 TEST SYSTEM BEARD, CHARLES LLOYD 2611 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 02, 2025
18886201 CLASSIFICATION DEVICE AND DUST COMPACTION SYSTEM HORTON, ANDREW ALAN 3723 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 16, 2024
18804394 INSPECTION DEVICE, INSPECTION METHOD, AND DISC BRAKE PLATE MANUFACTURING METHOD SINHA, TARUN 2855 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 14, 2024
18740723 CALLING SYSTEM BORISSOV, IGOR N 3685 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 12, 2024
18665002 INTERFACE APPARATUS AND CLIMBING EXPERIENCE SYSTEM JALALZADEH ABYANE, SHILA 3784 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 15, 2024
18640356 TRAINING DATA GENERATION DEVICE, TRAINING DATA GENERATION METHOD, MODEL GENERATION DEVICE, INFERENCE DEVICE, AND PROGRAM TIEDEMAN, JASON S 3683 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 27d Pending Apr 19, 2024
18530087 COVER AND ROBOT HAND SUN, GEORGE 3673 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 05, 2023
18526078 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING REFERENCE PIECE FOR MEASURING RETAINED AUSTENITE CARPENTER, JOSHUA S 1733 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 01, 2023
18493134 SENSOR UNIT AND ROBOT HAND WILKINSON, RALPH DAVID 3654 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 24, 2023
18372895 INJECTION METHOD OF INJECTION MEDIUM AND INJECTION SYSTEM OF INJECTION MEDIUM MCCONNELL, AARON R 3723 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 26, 2023
18346937 ROBOT HAND AND ROBOT DEVICE MACK, DELAINEY NOELLE 4100 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 05, 2023
18325292 GLOVE AND ACTION DETERMINATION SYSTEM FADUL, PHILIPMARCUS T 2852 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 30, 2023
18308256 VACUUM-SEALING DEVICE AND VACUUM CHAMBER DEVICE BLADES, JOHN A 1746 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 27, 2023
18138173 PLANT STATE DETECTION SYSTEM AND GAS DETECTOR KOLB, NATHANIEL J 2896 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Apr 24, 2023
18305588 FORCE SENSOR MODULE SPLIT, JAMES GERALD 2858 §102§103 Final Rejection 70d Pending Apr 24, 2023
18096216 DUST SOLIDIFICATION APPARATUS NGUYEN, THUKHANH T 1743 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 12, 2023
18076614 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING COMPONENT MADE OF HARD BRITTLE MATERIAL AND COMPONENT MADE OF HARD BRITTLE MATERIAL MARKMAN, MAKENA 3723 §103 Final Rejection 21d Pending Dec 07, 2022
17848484 SHOT PROCESSING SYSTEM AND SHOT PROCESSING METHOD FOLLANSBEE, YVONNE TRANG 2117 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 24, 2022
17704269 MOLDING CONDITION DERIVING DEVICE HOCKER, JOHN PAUL 2189 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 25, 2022
17677446 SURFACE TREATMENT METHOD AND SURFACE TREATMENT SYSTEM LIU, CHRIS Q 3761 §103 Non-Final OA 138d overdue Pending Feb 22, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Sintokogio Ltd. have?

Sintokogio Ltd. has 21 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 19 art units and 21 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Sintokogio Ltd. applications?

Robert T Nguyen has the most, with 1 of Sintokogio Ltd.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Sintokogio Ltd.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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