Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Sumitomo Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.

17 pending office actions • 10 art units • 17 examiners • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 24 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

17
Total Pending OAs
11
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

2
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.

8
Hard (47%)
9
Medium (53%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (6%)
§103 only7 (41%)
§102 only1 (6%)
Double-patenting + other1 (6%)
Multi-statute (no §101)7 (41%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
3
Communications
18% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
9
Mechanical / Eng
53% of docket
5
Business / Other
29% 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.

170 h
Manual time on pending OAs
34 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
59 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WILSON, BRIAN P 1 62.4% +41.7%
HASSANIARDEKANI, HAJAR 1 71.4% +35.5%
REINERT, JONATHAN E 1 87.2% +5.3%
MELTON, TODD M 1 84.2% +17.9%
ALAM, MIRZA F 1 74.3% +33.9%
ARTIMEZ, DANA FERREN 1 56.1% +44.7%
HILGENDORF, DALE W 1 84.2% +21.8%
IMPERIAL, JED-JUSTIN 1 73.3% +11.9%
SLOWIK, ELIZABETH J 1 45.0% +6.1%
VU, TUAN A 1 73.3% +20.9%

Quick Wins (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19185756 SHOVEL REINERT, JONATHAN E
18931630 EXCAVATOR AND EXCAVATOR OPERATION CONTROL SYSTEM HILGENDORF, DALE W

Hard Cases (8)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18899565 EXCAVATOR MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, EXCAVATOR MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM SLOWIK, ELIZABETH J 49d overdue
18976910 EXCAVATOR ARTIMEZ, DANA FERREN 3d overdue
19235080 WORK SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR EXCAVATOR HASSANIARDEKANI, HAJAR
19066703 ROAD MACHINE AND ROAD SURFACE PAVING SYSTEM MELTON, TODD M
18922847 SHOVEL, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND SHOVEL CONTROL SYSTEM IMPERIAL, JED-JUSTIN
18895890 EXCAVATOR, EXCAVATOR CONTROL SYSTEM, AND REMOTE EXCAVATOR OPERATION SYSTEM ANWARI, MACEEH
18894400 EXCAVATOR, MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OF EXCAVATOR, AND SUPPORT APPARATUS OF EXCAVATOR NELESKI, ELIZABETH ROSE
18891306 ASPHALT FINISHER AND POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR ASPHALT FINISHER LEE, JONG SUK

Interview Candidates (8)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18976910 EXCAVATOR ARTIMEZ, DANA FERREN 3d overdue
19235053 EXCAVATOR WILSON, BRIAN P
19235080 WORK SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR EXCAVATOR HASSANIARDEKANI, HAJAR
19066703 ROAD MACHINE AND ROAD SURFACE PAVING SYSTEM MELTON, TODD M
19065337 WORK MACHINE AND CONTROL SYSTEM FOR WORK MACHINE ALAM, MIRZA F
18931630 EXCAVATOR AND EXCAVATOR OPERATION CONTROL SYSTEM HILGENDORF, DALE W
18922847 SHOVEL, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND SHOVEL CONTROL SYSTEM IMPERIAL, JED-JUSTIN
18899454 EXCAVATOR VU, TUAN A

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3663 3
2689 1
3661 1
3669 1
2688 1
3667 1
2616 1
3662 1
3668 1
3658 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19235053 EXCAVATOR WILSON, BRIAN P 2689 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 11, 2025
19235080 WORK SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR EXCAVATOR HASSANIARDEKANI, HAJAR 3661 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 11, 2025
19185756 SHOVEL REINERT, JONATHAN E §102 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 22, 2025
19066703 ROAD MACHINE AND ROAD SURFACE PAVING SYSTEM MELTON, TODD M 3669 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 28, 2025
19065337 WORK MACHINE AND CONTROL SYSTEM FOR WORK MACHINE ALAM, MIRZA F 2688 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 27, 2025
18976910 EXCAVATOR ARTIMEZ, DANA FERREN 3667 §103§112 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Dec 11, 2024
18931630 EXCAVATOR AND EXCAVATOR OPERATION CONTROL SYSTEM HILGENDORF, DALE W §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 30, 2024
18922847 SHOVEL, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND SHOVEL CONTROL SYSTEM IMPERIAL, JED-JUSTIN 2616 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 22, 2024
18899565 EXCAVATOR MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, EXCAVATOR MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM SLOWIK, ELIZABETH J 3662 §101§103 Final Rejection 49d overdue Pending Sep 27, 2024
18899454 EXCAVATOR VU, TUAN A §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 27, 2024
18895879 SHOVEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND SHOVEL MANAGEMENT METHOD PANDE, ASHUTOSH 3668 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 25, 2024
18895890 EXCAVATOR, EXCAVATOR CONTROL SYSTEM, AND REMOTE EXCAVATOR OPERATION SYSTEM ANWARI, MACEEH 3663 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 25, 2024
18894400 EXCAVATOR, MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OF EXCAVATOR, AND SUPPORT APPARATUS OF EXCAVATOR NELESKI, ELIZABETH ROSE 3658 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 24, 2024
18891306 ASPHALT FINISHER AND POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR ASPHALT FINISHER LEE, JONG SUK §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 20, 2024
18883181 ASPHALT FINISHER, AND POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR ASPHALT FINISHER HARTMANN, GARY S §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Sep 12, 2024
18475679 SHOVEL DIZON, EDWARD ANDREW IZON 3663 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 27, 2023
18059037 EXCAVATOR MARUNDA II, TORRENCE S 3663 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 28, 2022

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