Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Tokunaga Manufacturing Co. Ltd. currently has 1 pending office action within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This action is being reviewed by a distinct examiner and is located within 1 distinct art unit. The concentration of the portfolio's current activity into this technology area suggests a focused approach for the company's active patent prosecution, as all current efforts are directed toward this sector.
The busiest examiner for the company is BIDWELL, JAMES R, who is responsible for a pending office action. This examiner handles the totality of the company's pending office actions at this time. The presence of a distinct art unit indicates that the current examination is confined to a specific administrative group within the patent office. For the practitioner, this means that the immediate prosecution strategy is centered on feedback within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector. Navigating the requirements of this specific art unit and examiner will be the primary focus for the company's current intellectual property goals.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIDWELL, JAMES R | 1 | 89.7% | +8.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18958320 | GOODS ALIGNMENT SUPPLY EQUIPMENT, AND GOODS ALIGNMENT SUPPLY METHOD | BIDWELL, JAMES R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3651 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18958320 | GOODS ALIGNMENT SUPPLY EQUIPMENT, AND GOODS ALIGNMENT SUPPLY METHOD | BIDWELL, JAMES R | 3651 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialTokunaga Manufacturing Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
James R Bidwell has the most, with 1 of Tokunaga Manufacturing Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.