Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Computing & Software • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
9 pending office actions • 3 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Star Micronics Co., Ltd. has 9 pending office actions in the Computing & Software technology area. These 9 actions are handled by 9 distinct examiners, meaning every pending matter is assigned to a different person. Darrell Christopher Ford is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. The portfolio is active across 3 distinct art units. The 9 distinct examiners for 9 pending office actions create a decentralized prosecution landscape. The 1 pending office action with the busiest examiner shows that no individual official has a concentration of the company's cases. While the 3 distinct art units suggest some technical focus, the 9 distinct examiners will each bring a unique perspective.
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 (22%) |
| §103 only | 2 (22%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (56%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER | 1 | 76.2% | +39.5% |
| SHECHTMAN, SEAN P | 1 | 75.2% | +22.3% |
| MERCADO VARGAS, ARIEL | 1 | 71.8% | +28.4% |
| SAAVEDRA, EMILIO J | 1 | 69.2% | +26.4% |
| LINDSAY, BERNARD G | 1 | 68.2% | +46.9% |
| FOLLANSBEE, YVONNE TRANG | 1 | 53.7% | +28.5% |
| ADDISU, SARA | 1 | 85.4% | +10.7% |
| SNYDER, ALAN W | 1 | 82.1% | +12.3% |
| VELEZ-LOPEZ, MARIO M | 1 | 74.6% | +4.9% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18470094 | MACHINE TOOL | SNYDER, ALAN W | 68d |
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 | — |
| 18499842 | MACHINE TOOL | FOLLANSBEE, YVONNE TRANG | — |
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 |
| 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 | — |
| 18499842 | MACHINE TOOL | FOLLANSBEE, YVONNE TRANG | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3722 | 2 |
| 2117 | 1 |
| 2118 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19031764 | Machine Tool | FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 18, 2025 |
| 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 | — | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2024 |
| 18808802 | Machine Tool | MERCADO VARGAS, ARIEL | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 19, 2024 |
| 18797107 | Machine Tool | SAAVEDRA, EMILIO J | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 07, 2024 |
| 18680171 | MACHINE TOOL AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING POWER SAVING OF MACHINE TOOL | LINDSAY, BERNARD G | — | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
| 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 |
| 18470094 | MACHINE TOOL | SNYDER, ALAN W | 3722 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 68d | Pending | Sep 19, 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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