Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
33 pending office actions • 11 clients • 32 examiners • 30 art units • 0 of 33 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Mori & Ward, LLP has 35 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics and 3767 career applications. Its resolved allowance rate is 95.24%, with an average of 3.02 office actions per allowance.
The profile combines current activity with a substantial historical application record in the listed technology area. The allowance rate supplies resolved-outcome context, while the office-action average indicates examination activity associated with allowances.
Practitioners can use the data to assess semiconductor, circuit, and optics prosecution from both workload and historical perspectives. The figures support diligence about experience and process demands, but individual matters are needed to evaluate claim-specific strategy.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 12 (36%) |
| §102 only | 2 (6%) |
| §112 only | 2 (6%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (3%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 15 (45%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (3%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KRUG, RANDELL J | 2 | 76.6% | +18.0% |
| STIEBRITZ, NOAH WILLIAM | 1 | 61.5% | -7.1% |
| HOLWERDA, STEPHEN | 1 | 73.2% | +20.0% |
| KAN, YURI | 1 | 86.0% | +12.4% |
| IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE | 1 | 33.5% | +24.9% |
| DOLAK, JAMES M | 1 | 78.8% | +18.4% |
| MUIR, MATTHEW SINCLAIR | 1 | 70.9% | +29.4% |
| THOMPSON, CAMIE S | 1 | 73.7% | +10.5% |
| TRAN, TIEN | 1 | 89.7% | +14.3% |
| GAVIA, NYLA EMANI ANN | 1 | 77.9% | +17.9% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18212724 | BATTERY PACKAGING MATERIAL | FIGG, LAURA B | 19d |
| 18451867 | POWER CONVERTING APPARATUS, THREE-LEVEL INVERTER, CONTROL METHOD OF POWER CONVERTING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD OF THREE-LEVEL INVERTER | CAULK, JENNIFER CHRISTINE | 26d |
| 17974464 | BATTERY PACKAGING MATERIAL | HEMINGWAY, TIMOTHY G | 27d |
| 18398129 | HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE COMPONENT, HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | REGO, DOMINIC E | 69d |
| 19267604 | ROBOT AND ROBOT SYSTEM | KRUG, RANDELL J | — |
| 19260610 | ROBOT SYSTEM AND MODELING METHOD | STIEBRITZ, NOAH WILLIAM | — |
| 19241379 | PROCESSING SYSTEM, MACHINE TOOL SYSTEM, AND WORKPIECE PROCESSING METHOD | HOLWERDA, STEPHEN | — |
| 19002789 | BATTERY MOUNTING UNIT AND UTILITY VEHICLE | DOLAK, JAMES 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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19267604 | ROBOT AND ROBOT SYSTEM | KRUG, RANDELL J | — |
| 19241379 | PROCESSING SYSTEM, MACHINE TOOL SYSTEM, AND WORKPIECE PROCESSING METHOD | HOLWERDA, STEPHEN | — |
| 19207376 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE | KAN, YURI | — |
| 19110098 | MAT MATERIAL, EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MAT MATERIAL | IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE | — |
| 19002789 | BATTERY MOUNTING UNIT AND UTILITY VEHICLE | DOLAK, JAMES M | — |
| 18951529 | ROBOT | KRUG, RANDELL J | — |
| 18824908 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND COOLING METHOD OF CONTROL APPARATUS | MUIR, MATTHEW SINCLAIR | — |
| 18842028 | MAT MATERIAL, EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING MAT MATERIAL | THOMPSON, CAMIE S | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Yaskawa | 7 |
| SHIMANO INC. | 6 |
| Yamazaki Mazak | 4 |
| Resonac | 4 |
| Ibiden | 3 |
| NICHIA CORPORATION | 3 |
| Kubota | 2 |
| Furukawa Electric | 1 |
| Shibuya Corporation | 1 |
| TAMURA CORPORATION | 1 |
| Toshiba | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3618 | 2 |
| 3722 | 2 |
| 2898 | 2 |
| 3658 | 1 |
| 3656 | 1 |
| 3662 | 1 |
| 1789 | 1 |
| 3613 | 1 |
| 2841 | 1 |
| 1786 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19267604 | ROBOT AND ROBOT SYSTEM | Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki | KRUG, RANDELL J | 3618 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 13, 2025 |
| 19260610 | ROBOT SYSTEM AND MODELING METHOD | Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki | STIEBRITZ, NOAH WILLIAM | 3658 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 07, 2025 |
| 19241379 | PROCESSING SYSTEM, MACHINE TOOL SYSTEM, AND WORKPIECE PROCESSING METHOD | Yamazaki Mazak Corporation | HOLWERDA, STEPHEN | 3656 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2025 |
| 19207376 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE | Shimano Inc. | KAN, YURI | 3662 | Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 14, 2025 |
| 19110098 | MAT MATERIAL, EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MAT MATERIAL | Ibiden Co., Ltd. | IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE | 1789 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 10, 2025 |
| 19002789 | BATTERY MOUNTING UNIT AND UTILITY VEHICLE | Kubota Corporation | DOLAK, JAMES M | 3613 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2024 |
| 18951529 | ROBOT | Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki | KRUG, RANDELL J | 3618 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 |
| 18824908 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND COOLING METHOD OF CONTROL APPARATUS | Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki | MUIR, MATTHEW SINCLAIR | 2841 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 05, 2024 |
| 18842028 | MAT MATERIAL, EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING MAT MATERIAL | Ibiden Co., Ltd. | THOMPSON, CAMIE S | 1786 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 27, 2024 |
| 18797441 | CERAMIC SUBSTRATE, LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CERAMIC SUBSTRATE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE | Nichia Corporation | TRAN, TIEN | 2812 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 07, 2024 |
| 18673312 | BATTERY STATE DETECTION DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND DATA COLLECTION METHOD | Furukawa Automotive Systems Inc. | GAVIA, NYLA EMANI ANN | 2857 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 24, 2024 |
| 18666828 | MACHINE TOOL, METHOD FOR MACHINE TOOL TO DETECT CONTACT BETWEEN GRINDSTONE AND WORKPIECE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | Yamazaki Mazak Corporation | CRANDALL, JOEL DILLON | 3723 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 17, 2024 |
| 18624024 | HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE COMPONENT | Shimano Inc. | CAMBY, RICHARD M | 3661 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 01, 2024 |
| 18583859 | WORKPIECE SUPPORT, MACHINE TOOL, AND METHOD OF USING MACHINE TOOL | Yamazaki Mazak Corporation | ADDISU, SARA | 3722 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 22, 2024 |
| 18421895 | CONTAINER-STERILIZER | Shibuya Corporation | SARANTAKOS, KAYLA ROSE | 1799 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2024 |
| 18398129 | HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE COMPONENT, HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | Shimano Inc. | REGO, DOMINIC E | 2648 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 69d | Pending | Dec 27, 2023 |
| 18391528 | ELECTRIC DEVICE AND CONTROL SYSTEM OF HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE | Shimano Inc. | LEITE, PAULO ROBERTO GONZ | 3663 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2023 |
| 18536237 | WIRING SUBSTRATE, LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, AND MANUFACTURING METHODS THEREOF | Nichia Corporation | LASASSO, VICTOR JOSEPH | 2898 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2023 |
| 18525869 | LINEAR HEAD MODULE AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENT MOUNTING APPARATUS | Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki | LEGASPI, EUGENE REY DEVERA | 3729 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 01, 2023 |
| 18516967 | OPERATING DEVICE OF HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE | Shimano Inc. | CAROC, LHEIREN MAE ANGLO | 2831 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2023 |
| 18451867 | POWER CONVERTING APPARATUS, THREE-LEVEL INVERTER, CONTROL METHOD OF POWER CONVERTING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD OF THREE-LEVEL INVERTER | Yaskawa America, Inc. | CAULK, JENNIFER CHRISTINE | 2838 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 26d | Pending | Aug 18, 2023 |
| 18362964 | WORK VEHICLE AND SPEED CONTROL METHOD FOR WORK VEHICLE | Kubota Corporation | NGUYEN, DUSTIN T | 3745 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 01, 2023 |
| 18212724 | BATTERY PACKAGING MATERIAL | Resonac Packaging Corporation | FIGG, LAURA B | 1781 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | 19d | Pending | Jun 22, 2023 |
| 18135655 | BATTERY PACKAGING MATERIAL | Resonac Packaging Corporation | MANGOHIG, THOMAS A | 1788 | §103 | Final Rejection | 9d overdue | Pending | Apr 17, 2023 |
| 18295821 | BATTERY HOLDER AND BICYCLE COMPONENT | Shimano Inc. | KECK, DANIEL M | 3614 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2023 |
| 18174646 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT AND LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT | Nichia Corporation | KOLAHDOUZAN, HAJAR | 2898 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2023 |
| 18109832 | BATTERY PACKAGING MATERIAL | Resonac Packaging Corporation | LI, AIQUN | 1766 | §103 | Final Rejection | 52d overdue | Pending | Feb 14, 2023 |
| 17988758 | PLATE-SHAPED HEAT INSULATOR, COMBUSTION CHAMBER, BOILER AND WATER HEATER | Ibiden Co., Ltd. | LAU, JASON | 3762 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 17, 2022 |
| 17974464 | BATTERY PACKAGING MATERIAL | Resonac Packaging Corporation | HEMINGWAY, TIMOTHY G | 1754 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Oct 26, 2022 |
| 17941020 | SOLDER ALLOY, SOLDER BONDING MATERIAL, SOLDER PASTE, AND SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE | Tamura Corporation | NGUYEN, KHIEM D | 2892 | §103 | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Sep 09, 2022 |
| 17679096 | TOOL STORAGE AND MACHINE TOOL | Yamazaki Mazak Corporation | CADUGAN, ERICA E | 3722 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 24, 2022 |
| 17670511 | COATING CONTROL SYSTEM, COATING CONTROL APPARATUS, SETTING APPARATUS OF COATING CONTROL APPARATUS, SETTING METHOD OF COATING CONTROL APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki | FOLLANSBEE, YVONNE TRANG | 2117 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2022 |
| 17513910 | APPARATUS OF ANALOG-NEURON AND METHOD OF CONTROL OF ANALOG-NEURON | Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba | RUTTEN, JAMES D | 2121 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 2d overdue | Pending | Oct 29, 2021 |
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Start Free Trial95.2% of resolved applications prosecuted by Mori & Ward, LLP were allowed, across 3,767 applications in USPTO records.
3.02 office actions per allowed application on average.
33 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 11 clients, before 32 examiners in 30 art units.
