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
Tsubakimoto Sprocket Co. has 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, William J Cook, who is the busiest examiner with 1 pending matter. The portfolio's activity is confined to 1 distinct art unit. This represents a singular and focused point of interaction with the patent office.
The reliance on 1 distinct examiner for the only pending office action means that the company's current patent goals are subject to a single point of review. This concentration in 1 distinct art unit suggests that the technology is specialized and falls under a specific classification. For the practitioner, this requires a deep understanding of William J Cook's examination history. While a single-examiner portfolio is easier to manage, it lacks the broader perspective that multiple examiners might provide across a larger set of pending applications.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| COOK, WILLIAM J | 1 | 86.2% | +11.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18854931 | POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE | COOK, WILLIAM J | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18854931 | POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE | COOK, WILLIAM J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3618 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18854931 | POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE | COOK, WILLIAM J | 3618 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 07, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialTsubakimoto Sprocket Co. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
William J Cook has the most, with 1 of Tsubakimoto Sprocket Co.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
