Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Tatsuno Corporation

Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Tatsuno Corporation has 4 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The matters involve 3 examiners across 2 art units, indicating limited technical dispersion and some examiner overlap.

CHEYNEY, CHARLES is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending actions. That examiner is the clearest coordination point in the docket, while the remaining actions require separate attention from other examiners.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
1
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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
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 (50%)
1
Medium (25%)
1
Easy (25%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (25%)
§102 only1 (25%)
§112 only1 (25%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (25%)

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
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
100% 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.

40 h
Manual time on pending OAs
8 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
14 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CHEYNEY, CHARLES 2 56.7% +42.6%
BASTIANELLI, JOHN 1 73.4% +28.2%
SHRIEVES, STEPHANIE ALEXANDRA 1 73.0% +18.7%

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
19326303 SEAL STRUCTURE BASTIANELLI, JOHN —
19068944 FILLING NOZZLE CHEYNEY, CHARLES —

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18779942 SAFETY JOINT SHRIEVES, STEPHANIE ALEXANDRA 149d overdue
18505450 GAS FILLING DEVICE CHEYNEY, CHARLES 12d
19326303 SEAL STRUCTURE BASTIANELLI, JOHN —
19068944 FILLING NOZZLE CHEYNEY, CHARLES —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3753 2
3754 2

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19326303 SEAL STRUCTURE BASTIANELLI, JOHN 3753 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 11, 2025
19068944 FILLING NOZZLE CHEYNEY, CHARLES 3754 §101§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 03, 2025
18779942 SAFETY JOINT SHRIEVES, STEPHANIE ALEXANDRA 3753 §112 Non-Final OA 149d overdue Pending Jul 22, 2024
18505450 GAS FILLING DEVICE CHEYNEY, CHARLES 3754 §102 Final Rejection 12d Pending Nov 09, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Tatsuno Corporation have?

Tatsuno Corporation has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 3 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Tatsuno Corporation applications?

Charles Cheyney has the most, with 2 of Tatsuno Corporation's pending office actions.

What technology area are Tatsuno Corporation's patent applications in?

Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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