Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Suido Kiko Kaisha Ltd. currently has 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This action is located within 1 distinct art unit, which suggests a focused prosecution strategy within this specific mechanical field. The limited number of pending actions indicates a targeted approach to the company's current intellectual property filings. This allows for a concentrated effort on securing specific mechanical claims.
The portfolio's review is handled by a distinct examiner. YAO, THEODORE N is the busiest examiner, managing the pending office action. As the examiner currently active on the company's portfolio, their individual perspective will be the primary factor in the prosecution outcome. Practitioners should tailor their arguments to the specific requirements of this examiner and the standards of the assigned art unit to ensure a smooth path toward allowance for the pending matter.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| YAO, THEODORE N | 1 | 66.9% | +39.4% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18851387 | SLUDGE TREATMENT DEVICE | YAO, THEODORE N | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18851387 | SLUDGE TREATMENT DEVICE | YAO, THEODORE N | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3676 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18851387 | SLUDGE TREATMENT DEVICE | YAO, THEODORE N | 3676 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2024 |
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