Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
79 pending office actions • 36 art units • 66 examiners • 0 of 79 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 82 patents granted in the last 365 days
Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ltd. currently has 80 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These matters are distributed across 36 distinct art units, which shows that the company's mechanical and systems innovations are reviewed by a variety of specialized groups. The portfolio is handled by 67 distinct examiners, indicating that most pending actions are assigned to different individuals.
MOORE, DEVON TYLEN is the busiest examiner for this company, with 6 pending office actions currently assigned. While this is the highest concentration for any single examiner in the portfolio, it represents a small portion of the 80 total pending actions. The presence of 67 distinct examiners means that prosecution strategies must be tailored to many different individual styles and preferences.
The 36 distinct art units involved suggest a broad application of the company's core technologies across different mechanical fields. Managing 80 pending office actions requires a coordinated effort to ensure consistency across these diverse examination environments. The distribution of 67 distinct examiners adds a layer of complexity to the overall prosecution management for the company.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 27 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 27 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 only | 2 (3%) |
| §101 + other | 9 (11%) |
| §103 only | 34 (43%) |
| §102 only | 3 (4%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 31 (39%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOORE, DEVON TYLEN | 6 | 48.6% | +36.2% |
| BEHRENS JR., ANDRES E | 3 | 52.9% | +18.8% |
| MENGESHA, WEBESHET | 2 | 47.2% | +12.7% |
| PETTITT, JOHN F | 2 | 25.9% | +21.4% |
| POUDEL, SANTOSH RAJ | 2 | 76.6% | +32.3% |
| BROWN, JOSEPH HENRY | 2 | 60.4% | +37.7% |
| DERUSSO, JOHN J | 2 | 80.4% | +14.0% |
| BARTLETT, VICTORIA | 2 | 51.3% | +30.2% |
| ALCORN III, GEORGE A | 1 | 61.6% | +34.3% |
| TRIVISONNO, ANGELO | 1 | 52.8% | +25.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18652261 | DISPLAY DEVICE OF INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE, AND INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE | DERUSSO, JOHN J | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19046208 | POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE, AND ROBOT | FIX, THOMAS S | 72d overdue |
| 18475213 | DISPLAY DEVICE, CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM | TRAN, VI N | 46d overdue |
| 18675576 | PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND PRODUCTION DEVICE | HUSSEIN, ALAA WADIE | 31d overdue |
| 18829384 | ACTUATOR | BROWN, JOSEPH HENRY | 29d overdue |
| 18828239 | SUPPORTING DEVICE, WORK MACHINE, AND PROGRAM | BEAN, JARED C | 28d overdue |
| 18331199 | MOLDING SYSTEM | THONG, YEONG JUEN | 8d overdue |
| 18465081 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM | LEE, PAUL D | 5d overdue |
| 18987633 | WORK MACHINE, OPERATION ASSISTING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM | SU, STEPHANIE T | 3d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18829428 | ACTUATOR | BROWN, JOSEPH HENRY | 29d overdue |
| 18829384 | ACTUATOR | BROWN, JOSEPH HENRY | 29d overdue |
| 18743087 | CRYOCOOLER COMPRESSOR | MOORE, DEVON TYLEN | 15d overdue |
| 18933023 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE | BEHRENS JR., ANDRES E | 9d overdue |
| 18741730 | GAS REPLACEMENT METHOD FOR EXPANDER OF CRYOCOOLER, CRYOCOOLER, AND GAS REPLACEMENT PIPE | MOORE, DEVON TYLEN | 15d |
| 18440859 | CONTROL DEVICE OF INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE, INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE | DERUSSO, JOHN J | 29d |
| 18523917 | PULSE TUBE CRYOCOOLER AND METHOD FOR COOLING DOWN PULSE TUBE CRYOCOOLER | PETTITT, JOHN F | 41d |
| 19247640 | CRANE SITE OBSTACLE DETERMINATION SYSTEM AND CRANE | ALCORN III, GEORGE A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3763 | 7 |
| 1744 | 4 |
| 3618 | 3 |
| 1741 | 3 |
| 2834 | 3 |
| 3656 | 2 |
| 1743 | 2 |
| 3662 | 2 |
| 3665 | 2 |
| 3666 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19247640 | CRANE SITE OBSTACLE DETERMINATION SYSTEM AND CRANE | ALCORN III, GEORGE A | 3661 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2025 |
| 19238353 | MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR SOLAR CELL, MANUFACTURING APPARATUS FOR SOLAR CELL, PART FOR MANUFACTURE OF SOLAR CELL, AND SOLAR CELL | TRIVISONNO, ANGELO | 1722 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 14, 2025 |
| 19226623 | REMOTE OPERATION SYSTEM FOR WORK MACHINE | NGUYEN, TAN QUANG | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 03, 2025 |
| 19211262 | JOULE-THOMSON CRYOCOOLER | KING, BRIAN M | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 18, 2025 |
| 19211274 | JOULE-THOMSON CRYOCOOLER | MENGESHA, WEBESHET | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 18, 2025 |
| 19089680 | FORMING SYSTEM | EKIERT, TERESA M | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2025 |
| 19076481 | REMOTE WORK SUPPORT SYSTEM | BARBOZA, MARCUS ALEXANDER | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2025 |
| 19075745 | SURFACE ROUGHNESS CALCULATION DEVICE | TON, TRI T | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 10, 2025 |
| 19055748 | INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE | BEHRENS JR., ANDRES E | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 18, 2025 |
| 19046666 | ASSISTANCE DEVICE, WORK MACHINE, AND ASSISTANCE SYSTEM | HOLWERDA, STEPHEN | 3656 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 06, 2025 |
| 19046208 | POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE, AND ROBOT | FIX, THOMAS S | 3618 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 72d overdue | Pending | Feb 05, 2025 |
| 19014727 | PERIPHERY MONITORING APPARATUS FOR WORK MACHINE | GREINER, TRISTAN J | 3656 | §103 | Final Rejection | 41d | Pending | Jan 09, 2025 |
| 18991511 | OPERATION MECHANISM, BLOW MOLDING MECHANISM, SPLIT MOLD, AND MOLD UNIT | DARNELL, BAILEIGH K | 1743 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 21, 2024 |
| 18987633 | WORK MACHINE, OPERATION ASSISTING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM | SU, STEPHANIE T | 3662 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18985721 | EXCAVATOR AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR EXCAVATOR | VON VOLKENBURG, KEITH ALLEN | 3665 | §103 | Final Rejection | 17d overdue | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 |
| 18986500 | CRANE | AZHAR, ARSLAN | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 |
| 18983963 | WORK MACHINE, REMOTE OPERATION ASSISTING DEVICE, AND ASSISTING SYSTEM | BUTLER, RODNEY ALLEN | 3666 | §103 | Final Rejection | 11d overdue | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
| 18981667 | CRYOGENIC REFRIGERATOR | MENGESHA, WEBESHET | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 18979726 | SUPERCONDUCTING EQUIPMENT COOLING DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD FOR SUPERCONDUCTING EQUIPMENT COOLING DEVICE | MOORE, DEVON TYLEN | 3763 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 |
| 18965722 | CRYOPUMP | PETTITT, JOHN F | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2024 |
| 18944575 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE, INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE | POUDEL, SANTOSH RAJ | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 12, 2024 |
| 18933023 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE | BEHRENS JR., ANDRES E | 1741 | §103 | Final Rejection | 9d overdue | Pending | Oct 31, 2024 |
| 18928613 | MONITORING DEVICE FOR INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE | BEHRENS JR., ANDRES E | 1741 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2024 |
| 18926440 | INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE AND MOLTEN RESIN SUPPLY SYSTEM | BERNARD, ADRIEN J | 1741 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 |
| 18919441 | OIL LUBRICATION-TYPE COMPRESSOR FOR CRYOCOOLER | ZEC, FILIP | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2024 |
| 18915619 | IMAGE GENERATION DEVICE AND TELEOPERATION ASSISTANCE SYSTEM FOR WORK MACHINE | BARHAM, RYAN ALLEN | 2613 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 15, 2024 |
| 18905119 | MOLDING PRODUCT TAKING-OUT SYSTEM, MOLDING MACHINE, CONTROL DEVICE, AND MOLDING PRODUCT TAKING-OUT METHOD | SANDERS, JAMES M | 1743 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 02, 2024 |
| 18899378 | ASSISTANCE DEVICE, WORK MACHINE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | SCHOECH, ASHLEY TIFFANY | — | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
| 18898578 | NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY DEVICE AND COLLIMATOR | IPPOLITO, NICOLE MARIE | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2024 |
| 18884327 | CRYOCOOLER AND FLEXIBLE HOSE FOR CRYOCOOLER | SCHNEIDER, CRAIG M | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 18829428 | ACTUATOR | BROWN, JOSEPH HENRY | 3618 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 29d overdue | Pending | Sep 10, 2024 |
| 18829384 | ACTUATOR | BROWN, JOSEPH HENRY | 3618 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 29d overdue | Pending | Sep 10, 2024 |
| 18828239 | SUPPORTING DEVICE, WORK MACHINE, AND PROGRAM | BEAN, JARED C | 3669 | §101§102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 28d overdue | Pending | Sep 09, 2024 |
| 18793771 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM | POUDEL, SANTOSH RAJ | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 03, 2024 |
| 18783358 | GIFFORD-MCMAHON (GM) CRYOCOOLER FIRST-STAGE DISPLACER, FIRST-STAGE DISPLACER ASSEMBLY, AND GIFFORD-MCMAHON CRYOCOOLER | MOORE, DEVON TYLEN | 3763 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 24, 2024 |
| 18762742 | CRYOPUMP SYSTEM, CRYOPUMP MONITORING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING CRYOPUMP MONITORING PROGRAM | FREAY, CHARLES GRANT | 3746 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2024 |
| 18753314 | DISPLAY DEVICE FOR EXCAVATOR, DISPLAY DEVICE FOR WORK MACHINE, AND MONITOR SYSTEM OF EXCAVATOR | PHAM, QUANG | 2685 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 25, 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 | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Jun 12, 2024 |
| 18677179 | ELECTRICAL HEATING DEVICE, FORMING DEVICE, AND ELECTRICAL HEATING METHOD | TOLAN, EDWARD THOMAS | 3725 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 29, 2024 |
| 18675576 | PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND PRODUCTION DEVICE | HUSSEIN, ALAA WADIE | 3626 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | 31d overdue | Pending | May 28, 2024 |
| 18669074 | REEL DEVICE | JEFFERSON, TIFFANY DOMONIQUE | 3654 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 20, 2024 |
| 18665614 | REGENERATOR MATERIAL FOR CRYOCOOLER, REGENERATOR FOR CRYOCOOLER, AND CRYOCOOLER | MOORE, DEVON TYLEN | 3763 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 16, 2024 |
| 18659396 | CONTROLLER FOR INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE, INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE | BOOTH, ALEXANDER D | 1749 | §103 | Final Rejection | 24d overdue | Pending | May 09, 2024 |
| 18652261 | DISPLAY DEVICE OF INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE, AND INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE | DERUSSO, JOHN J | 1744 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 01, 2024 |
| 18650232 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM | DEBROW, JAMES J | 2174 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 84d | Pending | Apr 30, 2024 |
| 18632367 | ACTUATOR | SUBRAMANIAN, VISWANATHAN | 2834 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 11, 2024 |
| 18603254 | GEAR MOTOR | TRUONG, THOMAS | 2834 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2024 |
| 18583075 | EXCAVATOR | DOWLING, MICHAEL TYLER EVAN | 3669 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 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§112 | Non-Final OA | 29d | Pending | Feb 13, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialSumitomo Heavy Industries Ltd. has 79 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 36 art units and 66 examiners.
Devon Tylen Moore has the most, with 6 of Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.