Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
UCHIYAMA MANUFACTURING CORP. is managing 4 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed among 4 distinct examiners, indicating a range of perspectives during the examination process. This distribution ensures that the company is not overly reliant on the discretion of a single individual for its current filings.
The portfolio spans 3 distinct art units, which suggests that the company's chemistry and materials innovations cover several different sub-specialties. KRAFT, LOGAN M is the busiest examiner with 1 pending action, matching the workload of the other 3 distinct examiners. This even distribution across 4 pending office actions implies a balanced prosecution pipeline where no single case dominates the examiner's attention.
For patent practitioners, the presence of 3 distinct art units requires a strategy that accounts for varying examination standards across different USPTO departments. Since each of the 4 distinct examiners holds only 1 pending action, the company faces a broad front in its current prosecution efforts. Success in the Chemistry & Materials sector will depend on navigating these multiple departmental environments simultaneously while addressing the specific feedback from KRAFT, LOGAN M.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (33%) |
| §102 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KRAFT, LOGAN M | 1 | 70.3% | +15.3% |
| IANNUCCI, LOUISE JAMES | 1 | — | — |
| CHUO, TONY SHENG HSIANG | 1 | 45.8% | +7.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18962926 | DRIVE UNIT FOR ELECTRICALLY ASSISTED BICYCLE AND ELECTRICALLY ASSISTED BICYCLE | KRAFT, LOGAN M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18962926 | DRIVE UNIT FOR ELECTRICALLY ASSISTED BICYCLE AND ELECTRICALLY ASSISTED BICYCLE | KRAFT, LOGAN M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1721 | 1 |
| 1751 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18962926 | DRIVE UNIT FOR ELECTRICALLY ASSISTED BICYCLE AND ELECTRICALLY ASSISTED BICYCLE | KRAFT, LOGAN M | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18452170 | LAMINATE FOR SEALING MATERIALS, SEALING MATERIAL, AND BATTERY | IANNUCCI, LOUISE JAMES | 1721 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 18, 2023 |
| 17815654 | STORAGE BATTERY SEALING MEMBER AND STORAGE BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME | CHUO, TONY SHENG HSIANG | 1751 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 28, 2022 |
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