Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 09, 2026

Sumitomo Precision Products Co., Ltd.

6 pending office actions • 2 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
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.

2
Hard (33%)
4
Medium (67%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (50%)
§102 only1 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
17% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
50% of docket
2
Business / Other
33% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
RUBY, TRAVIS C 2 53.5% +27.8%
AZAM, MUHAMMED 1 86.7% +11.0%
ROJOHN III, CLAIRE E 1 66.3% +18.1%
WOODWARD, NATHANIEL T 1 84.6% +14.4%
BAND, MICHAEL A 1 44.9% +55.5%

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
18851766 Sensor Apparatus AZAM, MUHAMMED
18889504 Sensor Apparatus WOODWARD, NATHANIEL T

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18283870 Sputtering Apparatus BAND, MICHAEL A 60d overdue
18616437 Method for Manufacturing Heat Exchanger and Heat Exchanger RUBY, TRAVIS C

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18283870 Sputtering Apparatus BAND, MICHAEL A 60d overdue
18851766 Sensor Apparatus AZAM, MUHAMMED
18899330 Boiling-Cooler Production Method and Boiling Cooler ROJOHN III, CLAIRE E
18889504 Sensor Apparatus WOODWARD, NATHANIEL T
18616437 Method for Manufacturing Heat Exchanger and Heat Exchanger RUBY, TRAVIS C
18605961 Boiling Cooler RUBY, TRAVIS C

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3763 3
1794 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18851766 Sensor Apparatus AZAM, MUHAMMED §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 27, 2024
18899330 Boiling-Cooler Production Method and Boiling Cooler ROJOHN III, CLAIRE E 3763 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 27, 2024
18889504 Sensor Apparatus WOODWARD, NATHANIEL T §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 19, 2024
18616437 Method for Manufacturing Heat Exchanger and Heat Exchanger RUBY, TRAVIS C 3763 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 26, 2024
18605961 Boiling Cooler RUBY, TRAVIS C 3763 §102 Final Rejection Pending Mar 15, 2024
18283870 Sputtering Apparatus BAND, MICHAEL A 1794 §103§112 Final Rejection 60d overdue Pending Sep 25, 2023

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