Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Imaizumi Ip Law, Pllc

22 pending office actions • 6 clients • 22 examiners • 7 art units • 0 of 22 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=539 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

92.6%
Allowance Rate
n=539
+0.57σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=539
2.9
OAs to Allowance
n=428
-0.29σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=428
982 days
Time to Allowance
n=428
+8.6pp
Interview Lift
n=539
24.0%
RCE Rate
n=539
0.4%
Appeal Rate
n=539

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

68.6%
§101 Overcome
n=51
79.3%
§102 Overcome
n=169
81.3%
§103 Overcome
n=273
84.1%
§112 Overcome
n=195

Specialization & Scale

G02B, G07F, A63F
Top CPC Subclasses
11%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=539
1
Practitioners
n=539
539.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=539

Portfolio Summary

22
Total Pending OAs
20
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
1
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 7 days (1)

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.

13
Hard (59%)
8
Medium (36%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (5%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (5%)
§101 + other5 (23%)
§103 only5 (23%)
§102 only1 (5%)
Double-patenting + other2 (9%)
Multi-statute (no §101)7 (32%)
No statute on record1 (5%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

2
Life Sciences
9% of docket
1
Information Tech
5% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
23% of docket
14
Business / Other
64% 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.

220 h
Manual time on pending OAs
44 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
77 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SCHWARZENBERG, PAUL 1 62.0% +28.6%
SALMAN, AVIA ABDULSATTAR 1 49.2% +40.9%
MASUD, ROKIB 1 68.6% +0.2%
OJOFEITIMI, AYODEJI HARRY 1 87.4% +1.8%
DEODHAR, OMKAR A 1 80.2% +19.1%
GART, MATTHEW S 1 10.4% +17.5%
HUANG, JAY 1 53.2% +20.1%
BUKOWSKI, KENNETH 1 67.9% +6.0%
POON, PETER M 1 5.5% +6.5%
MILLS, CHRISTINE M 1 61.7% +53.1%

Quick Wins (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19067892 NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, AND GAMING DEVICE DEODHAR, OMKAR A

Hard Cases (15)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18571762 AUCTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AUCTION MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM ON THE PREMISE OF BEING TRANSFERRED FROM AN EXTERNAL SITE LEVINE, ADAM L 38d overdue
18260471 ARTICLE SUPPLY DEVICE MANAGING METHOD, USER INTERFACE, ARTICLE SUPPLY DEVICE MANAGING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM THEREFOR LUDWIG, PETER L 6d
19087458 LOTTERY PROCESSING PROGRAM AND LOTTERY PROCESSING DEVICE SCHWARZENBERG, PAUL
19087460 PRODUCT PROVIDING DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND PRODUCT PROVIDING SYSTEM SALMAN, AVIA ABDULSATTAR
19087459 PRODUCT PROVIDING DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND PRODUCT PROVIDING SYSTEM MASUD, ROKIB
19086325 ARTICLE SUPPLY DEVICE AND ARTICLE SUPPLY DEVICE SET OJOFEITIMI, AYODEJI HARRY
19067814 STUFFED TOY GART, MATTHEW S
19015803 SOLID BATH AGENT POON, PETER M

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19087458 LOTTERY PROCESSING PROGRAM AND LOTTERY PROCESSING DEVICE SCHWARZENBERG, PAUL
19087460 PRODUCT PROVIDING DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND PRODUCT PROVIDING SYSTEM SALMAN, AVIA ABDULSATTAR
19067892 NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, AND GAMING DEVICE DEODHAR, OMKAR A
19067814 STUFFED TOY GART, MATTHEW S
19062350 NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM AND GAME APPARATUS HUANG, JAY
18964356 SOLID BATH AGENT MILLS, CHRISTINE M

Client Portfolio (6 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17922
36951
37151
37231
36891
24751
36271

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19087458 LOTTERY PROCESSING PROGRAM AND LOTTERY PROCESSING DEVICE BANDAI CO., LTD. SCHWARZENBERG, PAUL 3695 §101§102 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 22, 2025
19087460 PRODUCT PROVIDING DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND PRODUCT PROVIDING SYSTEM BANDAI CO., LTD. SALMAN, AVIA ABDULSATTAR §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 22, 2025
19087459 PRODUCT PROVIDING DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND PRODUCT PROVIDING SYSTEM BANDAI CO., LTD. MASUD, ROKIB §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 22, 2025
19086325 ARTICLE SUPPLY DEVICE AND ARTICLE SUPPLY DEVICE SET BANDAI CO., LTD. OJOFEITIMI, AYODEJI HARRY §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 21, 2025
19067892 NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, AND GAMING DEVICE BANDAI CO., LTD. DEODHAR, OMKAR A §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 01, 2025
19067814 STUFFED TOY BANDAI CO., LTD. GART, MATTHEW S §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 28, 2025
19062350 NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM AND GAME APPARATUS BANDAI CO., LTD. HUANG, JAY §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 25, 2025
19056755 NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, PROVISION MANAGEMENT DEVICE, AND GAMING DEVICE BANDAI CO., LTD. BUKOWSKI, KENNETH §102 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 19, 2025
19015803 SOLID BATH AGENT BANDAI CO., LTD. POON, PETER M §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Jan 10, 2025
18964356 SOLID BATH AGENT BANDAI CO., LTD. MILLS, CHRISTINE M §102§103DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 30, 2024
18927986 EVENT MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND SYSTEM BANDAI CO., LTD. BODDIE, WILLIAM §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 26, 2024
18927988 EVENT MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND SYSTEM BANDAI CO., LTD. ACKUN, JACOB K Non-Final OA Pending Oct 26, 2024
18847247 WATCH AND STRAP Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. KAYES, SEAN PHILLIP §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 15, 2024
18806764 PROGRAM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, MATCH-MAKING SERVER, AND MATCH-MAKING SYSTEM BANDAI CO., LTD. CHAN, ALLEN 3715 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 16, 2024
18723848 DEBURRING TOOL AND DEBURRING METHOD Xebec Technology Co., Ltd. RAMOS, NICOLE N §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 24, 2024
18706709 SHAFTED GRINDER AND POLISHING TOOL Taimei Chemicals Co., Ltd. DION, MARCEL T 3723 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 01, 2024
18614678 CONFECTION AND METHOD FOR MAKING CONFECTIONS BANDAI CO., LTD. ZILBERING, ASSAF 1792 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 24, 2024
18607505 CONFECTION BANDAI CO., LTD. AXTELL, ASHLEY 1792 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 17, 2024
18691037 WIRE-SHAPED GRINDING ELEMENT FOR POLISHING BRUSH, AND POLISHING BRUSH Xebec Technology Co., Ltd. KUVAYSKAYA, ANASTASIA ALEKSEYEVNA §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 11, 2024
18571762 AUCTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AUCTION MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM ON THE PREMISE OF BEING TRANSFERRED FROM AN EXTERNAL SITE Life Labo Co., Ltd. LEVINE, ADAM L 3689 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 38d overdue Pending Dec 19, 2023
18553516 RELAY APPARATUS, RELAY METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Softbank Corp. BHATTI, HASHIM S 2475 §103 Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending Sep 29, 2023
18260471 ARTICLE SUPPLY DEVICE MANAGING METHOD, USER INTERFACE, ARTICLE SUPPLY DEVICE MANAGING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM THEREFOR BANDAI CO., LTD. LUDWIG, PETER L 3627 §101§103 Final Rejection 6d Pending Jul 05, 2023

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