Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Yonex Co. Ltd. is currently managing 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This active matter is being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner located in 1 distinct art unit. The limited scope of pending actions suggests a very specific or mature phase of patent prosecution for the company in this technical domain.
ELLIOTT, ANDREW JAMES is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. Since this examiner is responsible for the only pending case, the relationship with this individual is the most significant factor in the company's current patent office interactions. Practitioners should tailor their arguments to the specific preferences of this 1 distinct examiner to optimize the chances of allowance.
The concentration of the 1 pending office action within 1 distinct art unit indicates a focused technical direction. This structure avoids the administrative burden of dealing with multiple examiners or varying art unit policies. Success for the current prosecution efforts depends entirely on the resolution of the 1 pending office action currently assigned to ELLIOTT, ANDREW JAMES.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELLIOTT, ANDREW JAMES | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18745253 | PADDLE FOR PICKLEBALL | ELLIOTT, ANDREW JAMES | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3711 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18745253 | PADDLE FOR PICKLEBALL | ELLIOTT, ANDREW JAMES | 3711 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 17, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialYonex Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Andrew James Elliott has the most, with 1 of Yonex Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.