Technology areas: Computing & Software • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
10 pending office actions • 6 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Star Micronics Co., Ltd. has 11 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The matters involve 10 distinct examiners across 6 distinct art units, showing distribution across several technical groupings.
SNYDER, ALAN W is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. Those matters offer a limited basis for comparing examiner treatment, while the remaining matters call for separate prosecution analysis.
Counsel can organize review by art unit to identify recurring mechanical or device-related issues. Consistent claim terminology and disclosure positions may support portfolio efficiency, but each response should reflect its assigned examiner and examination record.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 2 (20%) |
| §103 only | 2 (20%) |
| §102 only | 1 (10%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SNYDER, ALAN W | 2 | 82.2% | +12.3% |
| FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER | 1 | 76.2% | +39.4% |
| BURLESON, MICHAEL L | 1 | 74.3% | -6.0% |
| SHECHTMAN, SEAN P | 1 | 75.4% | +22.2% |
| MERCADO VARGAS, ARIEL | 1 | 71.5% | +28.3% |
| SAAVEDRA, EMILIO J | 1 | 69.2% | +26.4% |
| LINDSAY, BERNARD G | 1 | 68.2% | +47.3% |
| WALTERS, RYAN J | 1 | 74.4% | +28.6% |
| ADDISU, SARA | 1 | 85.4% | +10.6% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18470094 | MACHINE TOOL | SNYDER, ALAN W | 68d |
| 19088133 | MACHINE TOOL SYSTEM | SNYDER, ALAN W | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18485570 | MACHINE TOOL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING MACHINE TOOL SYSTEM | ADDISU, SARA | 43d overdue |
| 19031764 | Machine Tool | FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER | — |
| 18890166 | MACHINING TIME ESTIMATION DEVICE, MACHINING TIME ESTIMATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TEMPORARY MEDIUM RECORDING MACHINING TIME ESTIMATION PROGRAM FOR LATHE HAVING OPPOSITE SPINDLE | SHECHTMAN, SEAN P | — |
| 18808802 | Machine Tool | MERCADO VARGAS, ARIEL | — |
| 18797107 | Machine Tool | SAAVEDRA, EMILIO J | — |
| 18680171 | MACHINE TOOL AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING POWER SAVING OF MACHINE TOOL | LINDSAY, BERNARD G | — |
| 18671576 | TOOL HOLDER AND TOOL REST FOR MACHINE TOOL | WALTERS, RYAN J | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18485570 | MACHINE TOOL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING MACHINE TOOL SYSTEM | ADDISU, SARA | 43d overdue |
| 18470094 | MACHINE TOOL | SNYDER, ALAN W | 68d |
| 19088133 | MACHINE TOOL SYSTEM | SNYDER, ALAN W | — |
| 19031764 | Machine Tool | FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER | — |
| 18890166 | MACHINING TIME ESTIMATION DEVICE, MACHINING TIME ESTIMATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TEMPORARY MEDIUM RECORDING MACHINING TIME ESTIMATION PROGRAM FOR LATHE HAVING OPPOSITE SPINDLE | SHECHTMAN, SEAN P | — |
| 18808802 | Machine Tool | MERCADO VARGAS, ARIEL | — |
| 18797107 | Machine Tool | SAAVEDRA, EMILIO J | — |
| 18680171 | MACHINE TOOL AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING POWER SAVING OF MACHINE TOOL | LINDSAY, BERNARD G | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3722 | 4 |
| 3726 | 1 |
| 2896 | 1 |
| 2118 | 1 |
| 2117 | 1 |
| 2119 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19088133 | MACHINE TOOL SYSTEM | SNYDER, ALAN W | 3722 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 24, 2025 |
| 19031764 | Machine Tool | FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER | 3726 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 18, 2025 |
| 18986175 | PRINT DATA GENERATION DEVICE AND PRINT DATA GENERATION METHOD | BURLESON, MICHAEL L | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 |
| 18890166 | MACHINING TIME ESTIMATION DEVICE, MACHINING TIME ESTIMATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TEMPORARY MEDIUM RECORDING MACHINING TIME ESTIMATION PROGRAM FOR LATHE HAVING OPPOSITE SPINDLE | SHECHTMAN, SEAN P | 2896 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2024 |
| 18808802 | Machine Tool | MERCADO VARGAS, ARIEL | 2118 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 19, 2024 |
| 18797107 | Machine Tool | SAAVEDRA, EMILIO J | 2117 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 07, 2024 |
| 18680171 | MACHINE TOOL AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING POWER SAVING OF MACHINE TOOL | LINDSAY, BERNARD G | 2119 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
| 18671576 | TOOL HOLDER AND TOOL REST FOR MACHINE TOOL | WALTERS, RYAN J | 3722 | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 22, 2024 |
| 18485570 | MACHINE TOOL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING MACHINE TOOL SYSTEM | ADDISU, SARA | 3722 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | 43d overdue | Pending | Oct 12, 2023 |
| 18470094 | MACHINE TOOL | SNYDER, ALAN W | 3722 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 68d | Pending | Sep 19, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialStar Micronics Co., Ltd. has 10 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 6 art units and 9 examiners.
Alan W Snyder has the most, with 2 of Star Micronics Co., Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
