Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Star Micronics Co. Ltd.

7 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
2
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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 60 days (2)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.

1
Hard (14%)
6
Medium (86%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (14%)
§103 only5 (71%)
§102 only1 (14%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
14% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
86% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SNYDER, ALAN W 3 82.3% +12.3%
ADDISU, SARA 2 85.2% +10.7%
DUNN, DARRIN D 1 75.4% +23.7%
WALKER, MICHAEL JARED 1 56.4% +30.7%

Quick Wins (5)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18485570 MACHINE TOOL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING MACHINE TOOL SYSTEM ADDISU, SARA 43d overdue
18489273 Machine Tool System and Method of Controlling Machine Tool System ADDISU, SARA 42d overdue
18479750 MACHINE TOOL SYSTEM SNYDER, ALAN W 30d overdue
18536828 VIBRATION-CUTTING CONDITION SETTING DEVICE FOR MACHINE TOOL SNYDER, ALAN W 33d
18470094 MACHINE TOOL SNYDER, ALAN W 68d

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18339793 DRAWER CONTROL APPARATUS, DRAWER CONTROL METHOD, AND DRAWER CONTROL SYSTEM WALKER, MICHAEL JARED 150d overdue

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18339793 DRAWER CONTROL APPARATUS, DRAWER CONTROL METHOD, AND DRAWER CONTROL SYSTEM WALKER, MICHAEL JARED 150d overdue
18485570 MACHINE TOOL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING MACHINE TOOL SYSTEM ADDISU, SARA 43d overdue
18489273 Machine Tool System and Method of Controlling Machine Tool System ADDISU, SARA 42d overdue
18479750 MACHINE TOOL SYSTEM SNYDER, ALAN W 30d overdue
18536828 VIBRATION-CUTTING CONDITION SETTING DEVICE FOR MACHINE TOOL SNYDER, ALAN W 33d
18408192 MACHINE TOOL SYSTEM DUNN, DARRIN D 56d
18470094 MACHINE TOOL SNYDER, ALAN W 68d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3722 5
2117 1
3627 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18408192 MACHINE TOOL SYSTEM DUNN, DARRIN D 2117 §103 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Jan 09, 2024
18536828 VIBRATION-CUTTING CONDITION SETTING DEVICE FOR MACHINE TOOL SNYDER, ALAN W 3722 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Dec 12, 2023
18489273 Machine Tool System and Method of Controlling Machine Tool System ADDISU, SARA 3722 §103 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Oct 18, 2023
18485570 MACHINE TOOL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING MACHINE TOOL SYSTEM ADDISU, SARA 3722 §102 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Oct 12, 2023
18479750 MACHINE TOOL SYSTEM SNYDER, ALAN W 3722 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Oct 02, 2023
18470094 MACHINE TOOL SNYDER, ALAN W 3722 §103 Non-Final OA 68d Pending Sep 19, 2023
18339793 DRAWER CONTROL APPARATUS, DRAWER CONTROL METHOD, AND DRAWER CONTROL SYSTEM WALKER, MICHAEL JARED 3627 §101 Final Rejection 150d overdue Pending Jun 22, 2023

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