Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
7 pending office actions • 5 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days
Yoshino Gypsum Co., Ltd. is currently managing 6 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These 6 actions are assigned to 6 distinct examiners, meaning each case is under the review of a different individual. This distribution requires the company to manage six independent prosecution tracks simultaneously. The portfolio is spread across 4 distinct art units, which indicates a variety of technical classifications within the mechanical systems field.
CORNETT, ROBERT D is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently handling 1 pending office action. Since each of the 6 distinct examiners is responsible for exactly 1 pending office action, the workload is evenly distributed across the USPTO staff. For practitioners, this means that the outcome of the 6 pending office actions will depend on six different examiner perspectives across 4 distinct art units. This structure necessitates a versatile legal strategy to address the unique requirements of each individual examiner.
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.
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 | 3 (43%) |
| §102 only | 1 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (43%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CORNETT, ROBERT D | 1 | 39.2% | +44.4% |
| SADLON, JOSEPH | 1 | 63.4% | +26.4% |
| SHAKERI, HADI | 1 | 62.1% | +37.0% |
| SORKIN, DAVID L | 1 | 67.4% | +12.8% |
| DAVIES, SAMUEL ALLEN | 1 | 36.9% | +30.1% |
| ZHANG, KELING NMN | 1 | 66.8% | +17.6% |
| KALISZEWSKI, ALINA ROSE | 1 | 84.4% | +23.8% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17998289 | NEUTRON BEAM SHIELDING GYPSUM-BASED BUILDING BOARD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING NEUTRON BEAM SHIELDING GYPSUM-BASED BUILDING BOARD | KALISZEWSKI, ALINA ROSE | 20d |
| 18863502 | BUILDING WALL | SADLON, JOSEPH | — |
| 18572633 | CUTTING DEVICE, APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING GYPSUM BOARD, AND CUTTING METHOD | DAVIES, SAMUEL ALLEN | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17998289 | NEUTRON BEAM SHIELDING GYPSUM-BASED BUILDING BOARD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING NEUTRON BEAM SHIELDING GYPSUM-BASED BUILDING BOARD | KALISZEWSKI, ALINA ROSE | 20d |
| 18881937 | CUTTING DEVICE, PLATE-SHAPED BODY MANUFACTURING APPARATUS, GYPSUM PLATE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS, AND GYPSUM PLATE MANUFACTURING METHOD | CORNETT, ROBERT D | — |
| 18863502 | BUILDING WALL | SADLON, JOSEPH | — |
| 18698586 | PROTECTIVE CAP | SHAKERI, HADI | — |
| 18690857 | MIXING AND STIRRING APPARATUS, GYPSUM BOARD MANUFACTURING APPARATUS, AND GYPSUM BOARD MANUFACTURING METHOD | SORKIN, DAVID L | — |
| 18572633 | CUTTING DEVICE, APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING GYPSUM BOARD, AND CUTTING METHOD | DAVIES, SAMUEL ALLEN | — |
| 18547782 | GYPSUM COMPOSITION FOR MOLD PRODUCTION | ZHANG, KELING NMN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3635 | 1 |
| 3723 | 1 |
| 3724 | 1 |
| 1732 | 1 |
| 2881 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18881937 | CUTTING DEVICE, PLATE-SHAPED BODY MANUFACTURING APPARATUS, GYPSUM PLATE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS, AND GYPSUM PLATE MANUFACTURING METHOD | CORNETT, ROBERT D | — | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 07, 2025 |
| 18863502 | BUILDING WALL | SADLON, JOSEPH | 3635 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2024 |
| 18698586 | PROTECTIVE CAP | SHAKERI, HADI | 3723 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2024 |
| 18690857 | MIXING AND STIRRING APPARATUS, GYPSUM BOARD MANUFACTURING APPARATUS, AND GYPSUM BOARD MANUFACTURING METHOD | SORKIN, DAVID L | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2024 |
| 18572633 | CUTTING DEVICE, APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING GYPSUM BOARD, AND CUTTING METHOD | DAVIES, SAMUEL ALLEN | 3724 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2023 |
| 18547782 | GYPSUM COMPOSITION FOR MOLD PRODUCTION | ZHANG, KELING NMN | 1732 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 24, 2023 |
| 17998289 | NEUTRON BEAM SHIELDING GYPSUM-BASED BUILDING BOARD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING NEUTRON BEAM SHIELDING GYPSUM-BASED BUILDING BOARD | KALISZEWSKI, ALINA ROSE | 2881 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 20d | Pending | Nov 09, 2022 |
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