Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Vieworks Co. Ltd.

Technology areas: Communications • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Vieworks Co. Ltd. currently manages 3 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These cases are assigned to 3 distinct examiners, including KIM, KAITLYN EUNJI, who is the busiest examiner for the portfolio. The matters are distributed across 3 distinct art units.

The presence of 3 pending office actions and 3 distinct examiners indicates that each case is being reviewed by a different individual. KIM, KAITLYN EUNJI is responsible for 1 pending case, which shows that the workload is spread across the assigned staff. This structure requires the company to adapt to 3 different examination styles simultaneously.

With 3 distinct art units involved, the technical and procedural expectations will vary across the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering filings. Since KIM, KAITLYN EUNJI handles 1 pending case, the practitioner must maintain separate communication channels for each matter. The prosecution strategy should focus on the specific requirements of the 3 distinct art units while addressing the unique feedback from each examiner.

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

Portfolio Summary

3
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
2
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.

0
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.

1
Hard (33%)
2
Medium (67%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (67%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (33%)

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
1
Communications
33% of docket
1
Semiconductors
33% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
33% 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.

30 h
Manual time on pending OAs
6 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
10 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KIM, KAITLYN EUNJI 1 73.1% +60.8%
SHEN, QUN 1 76.5% +37.3%
GUTIERREZ, GISSELLE M 1 80.6% +12.9%

Hard Cases (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18604692 BENDABLE DETECTOR GUTIERREZ, GISSELLE M —

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18915923 ANIMAL IN-VIVO IMAGING DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF KIM, KAITLYN EUNJI 29d
18784210 GOLF LAUNCH MONITOR AND TARGET ALIGNMENT METHOD OF GOLF LAUNCH MONITOR SHEN, QUN —
18604692 BENDABLE DETECTOR GUTIERREZ, GISSELLE M —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3797 1
2662 1
2884 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18915923 ANIMAL IN-VIVO IMAGING DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF KIM, KAITLYN EUNJI 3797 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Oct 15, 2024
18784210 GOLF LAUNCH MONITOR AND TARGET ALIGNMENT METHOD OF GOLF LAUNCH MONITOR SHEN, QUN 2662 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 25, 2024
18604692 BENDABLE DETECTOR GUTIERREZ, GISSELLE M 2884 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 14, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Vieworks Co. Ltd. have?

Vieworks Co. Ltd. has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Vieworks Co. Ltd. applications?

Kaitlyn Eunji Kim has the most, with 1 of Vieworks Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Vieworks Co. Ltd.'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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