Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

SMC Corporation

6 pending office actions • 5 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 37 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

3
Hard (50%)
3
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (50%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
17% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
67% of docket
1
Business / Other
17% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SMITH JR., JIMMY R 1 64.7% +43.7%
VU, STEPHEN A 1 82.1% +14.9%
RUFRANO, ALEXANDER TYLER 1 53.7% +26.2%
SHAIKH, MERAJ A 1 57.7% +22.2%
QURESHI, REHMAN AHMED 1 100.0% +0.0%
LOIKITH, CATHERINE A 1 85.0% +7.7%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18533462 SUCTION PAD VU, STEPHEN A
18147791 END-EFFECTOR EXCHANGE DEVICE LOIKITH, CATHERINE A

Hard Cases (3)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18006045 CHILLER SHAIKH, MERAJ A 34d
18983704 LAMINATED RESIN TUBE AND MOLDING METHOD SMITH JR., JIMMY R
18148788 PAD-EQUIPPED LIFT DEVICE QURESHI, REHMAN AHMED

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18006045 CHILLER SHAIKH, MERAJ A 34d
18983704 LAMINATED RESIN TUBE AND MOLDING METHOD SMITH JR., JIMMY R
18533462 SUCTION PAD VU, STEPHEN A
18496978 HOLDER, FLUID PRESSURE DEVICE, AND FLUID PRESSURE DEVICE SET RUFRANO, ALEXANDER TYLER

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1745 1
3679 1
3763 1
3654 1
3674 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18983704 LAMINATED RESIN TUBE AND MOLDING METHOD SMITH JR., JIMMY R 1745 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 17, 2024
18533462 SUCTION PAD VU, STEPHEN A §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 08, 2023
18496978 HOLDER, FLUID PRESSURE DEVICE, AND FLUID PRESSURE DEVICE SET RUFRANO, ALEXANDER TYLER 3679 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 30, 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
18147791 END-EFFECTOR EXCHANGE DEVICE LOIKITH, CATHERINE A 3674 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 29, 2022

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