Technology areas: Computing & Software • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 38 patents granted in the last 365 days
SMC Corporation has 7 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are handled by 7 distinct examiners and 6 distinct art units. This means that every pending matter is being reviewed by a different person, with almost every case in a different specialized group.
REID, MICHAEL ROBERT is the busiest examiner for this company, holding 1 pending office action. With 7 pending office actions and 7 distinct examiners, no single individual has more than one case. The 6 distinct art units involved suggest that the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems filings are spread across several specialized groups. Practitioners should prepare for 7 unique examiner perspectives, as the 7 distinct examiners will each bring their own approach to the 7 pending office actions. The involvement of 6 distinct art units for 7 pending office actions shows a relatively broad technical range, requiring the prosecution team to manage 7 distinct examiners while navigating the specific cultures of 6 distinct art units.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 2 (40%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (60%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| REID, MICHAEL ROBERT | 1 | 79.0% | +19.2% |
| SIDDIQUEE, TAMEEM | 1 | 62.7% | +37.1% |
| SHAIKH, MERAJ A | 1 | 57.3% | +22.3% |
| QURESHI, REHMAN AHMED | 1 | 77.8% | +27.8% |
| CHIN, PAUL T | 1 | 71.6% | +15.7% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18006045 | CHILLER | SHAIKH, MERAJ A | 34d |
| 19343296 | PIEZOELECTRIC VALVE | REID, MICHAEL ROBERT | — |
| 18148788 | PAD-EQUIPPED LIFT DEVICE | QURESHI, REHMAN AHMED | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18342317 | TEMPERATURE CONTROL APPARATUS | SIDDIQUEE, TAMEEM | 81d overdue |
| 17930763 | LIFT DEVICE | CHIN, PAUL T | 29d |
| 18006045 | CHILLER | SHAIKH, MERAJ A | 34d |
| 19343296 | PIEZOELECTRIC VALVE | REID, MICHAEL ROBERT | — |
| 18148788 | PAD-EQUIPPED LIFT DEVICE | QURESHI, REHMAN AHMED | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3654 | 2 |
| 3753 | 1 |
| 2116 | 1 |
| 3763 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19343296 | PIEZOELECTRIC VALVE | REID, MICHAEL ROBERT | 3753 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 29, 2025 |
| 18342317 | TEMPERATURE CONTROL APPARATUS | SIDDIQUEE, TAMEEM | 2116 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 81d overdue | Pending | Jun 27, 2023 |
| 18006045 | CHILLER | SHAIKH, MERAJ A | 3763 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | Jan 19, 2023 |
| 18148788 | PAD-EQUIPPED LIFT DEVICE | QURESHI, REHMAN AHMED | 3654 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2022 |
| 17930763 | LIFT DEVICE | CHIN, PAUL T | 3654 | §103 | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | Sep 09, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialSMC Corporation has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 5 examiners.
Michael Robert Reid has the most, with 1 of SMC Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
