Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Star Micronics Co., Ltd.

5 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
2
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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
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 (60%)
2
Medium (40%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (20%)
§102 only1 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (60%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
2
Information Tech
40% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
40% of docket
1
Business / Other
20% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ADDISU, SARA 2 85.3% +10.7%
SAAVEDRA, EMILIO J 1 69.3% +26.2%
FOLLANSBEE, YVONNE TRANG 1 56.1% +26.9%
VELEZ-LOPEZ, MARIO M 1 74.3% +5.2%

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
18502535 MACHINE TOOL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MACHINE TOOL ADDISU, SARA

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
18485570 MACHINE TOOL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING MACHINE TOOL SYSTEM ADDISU, SARA 43d overdue
18797107 Machine Tool SAAVEDRA, EMILIO J
18499842 MACHINE TOOL FOLLANSBEE, YVONNE TRANG

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
18485570 MACHINE TOOL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING MACHINE TOOL SYSTEM ADDISU, SARA 43d overdue
18797107 Machine Tool SAAVEDRA, EMILIO J
18502535 MACHINE TOOL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MACHINE TOOL ADDISU, SARA
18499842 MACHINE TOOL FOLLANSBEE, YVONNE TRANG

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3722 2
2117 1
2118 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18797107 Machine Tool SAAVEDRA, EMILIO J §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 07, 2024
18502535 MACHINE TOOL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MACHINE TOOL ADDISU, SARA 3722 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 06, 2023
18499842 MACHINE TOOL FOLLANSBEE, YVONNE TRANG 2117 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 01, 2023
18485570 MACHINE TOOL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING MACHINE TOOL SYSTEM ADDISU, SARA 3722 §102§112 Final Rejection 43d overdue Pending Oct 12, 2023
18333755 MACHINE TOOL AND METHOD OF MACHINING A WORKPIECE VELEZ-LOPEZ, MARIO M 2118 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 13, 2023

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