Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.

Portfolio Summary

61

Total Pending OAs

40

Non-Final OAs

17

Final Rejections

4

Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 60 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

30

Overdue

4

Due this week

15

Due this month

8

Due in next 60 days

3

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. 60 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

Overdue (30)Due ≤ 7 days (4)Due ≤ 30 days (15)Due ≤ 60 days (8)Due later (3)

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 (5%)

54

Medium (89%)

4

Easy (7%)

0

Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

Bucket	Cases
§101 only	3 (5%)
§103 only	48 (79%)
§102 only	6 (10%)
§112 only	4 (7%)

Industry Mix

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

13

Life Sciences

21% of docket

6

Information Tech

10% of docket

1

Communications

2% of docket

7

Semiconductors

11% of docket

34

Mechanical / Eng

56% 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.

610 h

Manual time on pending OAs

122 h

Time saved (low, 20%)

214 h

Time saved (mid, 35%)

5.3 wks

FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

Examiner	Apps on this docket	Allow rate	Interview lift
MOORE, DEVON TYLEN	4	47.8%	+30.9%
LIU, XUE H	2	72.8%	+12.4%
BROWN, JOSEPH HENRY	2	59.8%	+38.9%
KWIATKOWSKA, LIDIA	2	68.9%	+18.9%
KNIGHT, DEREK DOUGLAS	1	84.9%	+3.2%
AFZALI, SARANG	1	73.1%	+45.4%
MACARTHUR, VICTOR L	1	65.9%	+13.2%
FIX, THOMAS S	1	71.3%	+15.3%
GREINER, TRISTAN J	1	78.2%	+20.8%
SU, STEPHANIE T	1	68.5%	+29.9%

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 #	Title	Examiner	Due in
19236256	ECCENTRIC OSCILLATING GEAR DEVICE	KNIGHT, DEREK DOUGLAS	5d

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 #	Title	Examiner	Due in
17561292	PREDICTION SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING AN OPERATION STATE OF A TARGET DEVICE	KARTHOLY, REJI P	104d overdue
18675576	PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND PRODUCTION DEVICE	HUSSEIN, ALAA WADIE	31d overdue
18634085	PERIPHERAL MONITORING SYSTEM FOR WORK MACHINE, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND PERIPHERAL MONITORING METHOD	FREJD, RUSSELL WARREN	9d overdue

Interview Candidates (15)

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
19046208	POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE, AND ROBOT	FIX, THOMAS S	72d overdue
18829384	ACTUATOR	BROWN, JOSEPH HENRY	29d overdue
18829428	ACTUATOR	BROWN, JOSEPH HENRY	29d overdue
18740399	CRYOCOOLER	MOORE, DEVON TYLEN	16d overdue
18743087	CRYOCOOLER COMPRESSOR	MOORE, DEVON TYLEN	15d overdue
18987633	WORK MACHINE, OPERATION ASSISTING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM	SU, STEPHANIE T	3d overdue
18545158	SHOVEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND SHOVEL MANAGEMENT APPARATUS	KWIATKOWSKA, LIDIA	7d
18055467	CONSTRUCTION ASSIST SYSTEM FOR SHOVEL	KWIATKOWSKA, LIDIA	9d

Top Art Units

Art Unit	Apps
3618	5
3763	5
1742	4
3662	3
3666	3
1741	3
3669	3
3665	2
1744	2
2834	2

Pending Office Actions

App #	Title	Examiner	Art Unit	Statutes	Status	Due in	AI	Filed
19236256	ECCENTRIC OSCILLATING GEAR DEVICE	KNIGHT, DEREK DOUGLAS	3655	§102	Non-Final OA	5d	Pending	Jun 12, 2025
19059164	DISASSEMBLY METHOD FOR TWO-STAGE COLD HEAD, AND DISPLACER REMOVAL JIG	AFZALI, SARANG	3726	§102	Non-Final OA	30d	Pending	Feb 20, 2025
19046718	POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND COOKING ROBOT	MACARTHUR, VICTOR L	3618	§103	Non-Final OA	26d	Pending	Feb 06, 2025
19046208	POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE, AND ROBOT	FIX, THOMAS S	3618	§103	Non-Final OA	72d overdue	Pending	Feb 05, 2025
19014727	PERIPHERY MONITORING APPARATUS FOR WORK MACHINE	GREINER, TRISTAN J	3656	§103	Non-Final OA	41d	Pending	Jan 09, 2025
18987633	WORK MACHINE, OPERATION ASSISTING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM	SU, STEPHANIE T	3662	§103	Non-Final OA	3d overdue	Pending	Dec 19, 2024
18985721	EXCAVATOR AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR EXCAVATOR	VON VOLKENBURG, KEITH ALLEN	3665	§102	Non-Final OA	17d overdue	Pending	Dec 18, 2024
18983963	WORK MACHINE, REMOTE OPERATION ASSISTING DEVICE, AND ASSISTING SYSTEM	BUTLER, RODNEY ALLEN	3666	§103	Non-Final OA	11d overdue	Pending	Dec 17, 2024
18976794	WORKING MACHINE, AND REMOTE-CONTROL SYSTEM FOR WORKING MACHINE	ABD EL LATIF, HOSSAM M	3664	§103	Non-Final OA	23d overdue	Pending	Dec 11, 2024
18973691	SHOVEL	GREENE, DANIEL LAWSON	3665	§103	Non-Final OA	16d overdue	Pending	Dec 09, 2024
18959678	FILM FORMING APPARATUS	MCDONALD, RODNEY GLENN	1794	§103	Non-Final OA	13d	Pending	Nov 26, 2024
18935703	BLOW MOLDING MECHANISM, INTERMEDIATE MOLD, AND MOLD UNIT	TROCHE, EDGAREDMANUE	1744	§103	Non-Final OA	26d	Pending	Nov 04, 2024
18911359	COUPLING DEVICE AND MOLTEN RESIN SUPPLY SYSTEM	BERNARD, ADRIEN J	1741	§103	Non-Final OA	19d	Pending	Oct 10, 2024
18904426	INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE	DANIELS, MATTHEW J	1742	§103	Non-Final OA	17d overdue	Pending	Oct 02, 2024
18904403	INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE AND INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE SYSTEM	LIU, XUE H	1742	§112	Non-Final OA	43d	Pending	Oct 02, 2024
18829384	ACTUATOR	BROWN, JOSEPH HENRY	3618	§103	Final Rejection	29d overdue	Pending	Sep 10, 2024
18829428	ACTUATOR	BROWN, JOSEPH HENRY	3618	§103	Final Rejection	29d overdue	Pending	Sep 10, 2024
18828239	SUPPORTING DEVICE, WORK MACHINE, AND PROGRAM	BEAN, JARED C	3669	§103	Non-Final OA	28d overdue	Pending	Sep 09, 2024
18824035	OPERATION ASSISTANCE DEVICE, WORK MACHINE, REMOTE OPERATION ASSISTANCE DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM	MCCLEARY, CAITLIN RENEE	3669	§103	Final Rejection	—	Pending	Sep 04, 2024
18795257	ACTUATOR	PRATHER, GREGORY T	3618	§103	Non-Final OA	15d overdue	Pending	Aug 06, 2024
18793403	INTERMEDIATE MOLD, MOLD UNIT, AND INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE	LIU, XUE H	1742	§112	Non-Final OA	26d	Pending	Aug 02, 2024
18743087	CRYOCOOLER COMPRESSOR	MOORE, DEVON TYLEN	3763	§103	Non-Final OA	15d overdue	Pending	Jun 13, 2024
18741730	GAS REPLACEMENT METHOD FOR EXPANDER OF CRYOCOOLER, CRYOCOOLER, AND GAS REPLACEMENT PIPE	MOORE, DEVON TYLEN	3763	§103	Non-Final OA	15d	Pending	Jun 12, 2024
18740399	CRYOCOOLER	MOORE, DEVON TYLEN	3763	§103	Non-Final OA	16d overdue	Pending	Jun 11, 2024
18675576	PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND PRODUCTION DEVICE	HUSSEIN, ALAA WADIE	3626	§101	Final Rejection	31d overdue	Pending	May 28, 2024
18667979	FORMING DEVICE	KHARE, ATUL P	1742	§103	Non-Final OA	14d	Pending	May 17, 2024
18659396	CONTROLLER FOR INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE, INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE	BOOTH, ALEXANDER D	1749	§103	Non-Final OA	24d overdue	Pending	May 09, 2024
18650232	INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM	DEBROW, JAMES J	2174	§103	Non-Final OA	84d	Pending	Apr 30, 2024
18634085	PERIPHERAL MONITORING SYSTEM FOR WORK MACHINE, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND PERIPHERAL MONITORING METHOD	FREJD, RUSSELL WARREN	3661	§101	Non-Final OA	9d overdue	Pending	Apr 12, 2024
18632490	ACTUATOR	REID JR, CHARLES H	2834	§103	Non-Final OA	43d overdue	Pending	Apr 11, 2024
18695217	MOLDING SYSTEM, APPARATUS FOR TAKING OUT MOLDED PRODUCT, MOLD EQUIPMENT, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING HOLLOW MOLDED PRODUCT	ROY, DEBJANI	1741	§103	Non-Final OA	33d	Pending	Mar 25, 2024
18604421	SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET DEVICE AND RADIATION SHIELD STRUCTURE	TALPALATSKI, ALEXANDER	2837	§103	Final Rejection	62d	Pending	Mar 13, 2024
18583075	EXCAVATOR	DOWLING, MICHAEL TYLER EVAN	3669	§103	Final Rejection	14d	Pending	Feb 21, 2024
18440859	CONTROL DEVICE OF INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE, INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE	DERUSSO, JOHN J	1744	§103	Final Rejection	29d	Pending	Feb 13, 2024
18418187	MOLDING DEVICE	KIM, BOBBY YEONJIN	3725	§102	Non-Final OA	42d overdue	Pending	Jan 19, 2024
18398091	REINFORCING UNIT AND REINFORCING MEMBER	BEMKO, TARAS P	3672	§103	Non-Final OA	15d	Pending	Dec 27, 2023
18545158	SHOVEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND SHOVEL MANAGEMENT APPARATUS	KWIATKOWSKA, LIDIA	3666	§103	Final Rejection	7d	Pending	Dec 19, 2023
18523917	PULSE TUBE CRYOCOOLER AND METHOD FOR COOLING DOWN PULSE TUBE CRYOCOOLER	PETTITT, JOHN F	3763	§103	Final Rejection	41d	Pending	Nov 30, 2023
18521178	SHOVEL CONTROL DEVICE AND SHOVEL	LEE, SANGKYUNG	2858	§103	Non-Final OA	76d	Pending	Nov 28, 2023
18497262	SHOVEL AND SHOVEL CONTROL SYSTEM	PANDE, ASHUTOSH	3668	§103	Non-Final OA	70d overdue	Pending	Oct 30, 2023
18495826	CRYOCOOLER AND METHOD FOR OPERATING CRYOCOOLER	MOORE, DEVON TYLEN	3763	§103	Non-Final OA	42d	Pending	Oct 27, 2023
18381742	Magnetically Guided Material Handling Robot	MULLINS, BURTON S	2834	§102	Non-Final OA	38d overdue	Pending	Oct 19, 2023
18475213	DISPLAY DEVICE, CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM	TRAN, VI N	2117	§103	Non-Final OA	46d overdue	Pending	Sep 27, 2023
18474633	SHOVEL AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR SHOVEL	AN, IG TAI	3662	§103	Non-Final OA	12d	Pending	Sep 26, 2023
18470700	SHOVEL AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM	DYER, ANDREW R	3662	§102	Non-Final OA	89d overdue	Pending	Sep 20, 2023
18465718	INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM	LIANG, SHIBIN	1741	§103	Non-Final OA	8d overdue	Pending	Sep 12, 2023
18465081	INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM	LEE, PAUL D	2857	§103	Non-Final OA	5d overdue	Pending	Sep 11, 2023
18346237	MOLDED ARTICLE PRODUCTION SYSTEM	OLSHANNIKOV, ALEKSEY	2118	§103	Non-Final OA	9d	Pending	Jul 02, 2023
18331199	MOLDING SYSTEM	THONG, YEONG JUEN	3761	§103	Non-Final OA	8d overdue	Pending	Jun 08, 2023
18324303	FORMING APPARATUS	LOWE, MICHAEL S	3652	§103	Non-Final OA	37d overdue	Pending	May 26, 2023
18320530	INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM	SHIN, ANDREW	2612	§112	Final Rejection	26d	Pending	May 19, 2023
18188458	PARTICLE BEAM IRRADIATION APPARATUS	LOGIE, MICHAEL J	2881	§103	Non-Final OA	5d	Pending	Mar 23, 2023
18173566	ACTUATOR, STAGE DEVICE, EXPOSURE DEVICE, INSPECTION DEVICE	KIM, ROBERT H	2881	§103	Final Rejection	5d	Pending	Feb 23, 2023
18169813	INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE AND CONTROL DEVICE OF INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE	NGUYEN, THUKHANH T	1743	§103	Final Rejection	33d	Pending	Feb 15, 2023
18055467	CONSTRUCTION ASSIST SYSTEM FOR SHOVEL	KWIATKOWSKA, LIDIA	3666	§112	Final Rejection	9d	Pending	Nov 15, 2022
17964872	SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET DEVICE AND METHOD FOR INCREASING TEMPERATURE THEREOF	WARTALOWICZ, PAUL A	1735	§103	Final Rejection	39d	Pending	Oct 12, 2022
17929964	HEAT TREATMENT SYSTEM	LAUX, DAVID J	3762	§103	Non-Final OA	70d overdue	Pending	Sep 06, 2022
17881267	SIMULATION METHOD, SIMULATION DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM	COCCHI, MICHAEL EDWARD	2188	§103	Non-Final OA	37d overdue	Pending	Aug 04, 2022
17831718	INFORMATION PROVIDING DEVICE AND DETERMINATION SYSTEM	YANCHUS III, PAUL B	2115	§103	Final Rejection	36d	Pending	Jun 03, 2022
17645789	MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OF WORK MACHINE, MANAGEMENT DEVICE OF WORK MACHINE, WORKER'S TERMINAL DEVICE, CONSTRACTOR'S TERMINAL DEVICE	WHITAKER, ANDREW B	3629	§103	Final Rejection	71d overdue	Pending	Dec 23, 2021
17561292	PREDICTION SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING AN OPERATION STATE OF A TARGET DEVICE	KARTHOLY, REJI P	2143	§101	Final Rejection	104d overdue	Pending	Dec 23, 2021

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