Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
28 pending office actions • 11 clients • 28 examiners • 25 art units • 0 of 28 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 84 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 25 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. 25 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 | 22 (79%) |
| §102 only | 3 (11%) |
| §112 only | 3 (11%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIU, HENRY Y | 1 | 75.9% | +12.7% |
| SAAD, ERIN BARRY | 1 | 72.4% | +11.2% |
| AHMED, MASUD | 1 | 82.4% | +13.1% |
| PLESZCZYNSKA, JOANNA | 1 | 53.9% | +28.2% |
| REGO, DOMINIC E | 1 | 87.0% | +7.1% |
| VARGHESE, ROSHN K | 1 | 66.9% | +20.5% |
| CAULK, JENNIFER CHRISTINE | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| NGUYEN, DUSTIN T | 1 | 72.5% | +17.3% |
| FIGG, LAURA B | 1 | 57.3% | +23.7% |
| HA, STEVEN S | 1 | 70.3% | +30.6% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18810520 | ROBOT SYSTEM, CONTROLLER AND CONTROL METHOD | AHMED, MASUD | 15d |
| 18451867 | POWER CONVERTING APPARATUS, THREE-LEVEL INVERTER, CONTROL METHOD OF POWER CONVERTING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD OF THREE-LEVEL INVERTER | CAULK, JENNIFER CHRISTINE | 26d |
| 18398129 | HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE COMPONENT, HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | REGO, DOMINIC E | 69d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19035991 | DERAILLEUR FOR HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE | LIU, HENRY Y | 38d overdue |
| 18396709 | MAT MATERIAL, EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING MAT MATERIAL | PLESZCZYNSKA, JOANNA | 16d overdue |
| 18810520 | ROBOT SYSTEM, CONTROLLER AND CONTROL METHOD | AHMED, MASUD | 15d |
| 18212724 | BATTERY PACKAGING MATERIAL | FIGG, LAURA B | 19d |
| 18267096 | CASING FOR POWER STORAGE DEVICE, AND POWER STORAGE DEVICE | HA, STEVEN S | 28d |
| 18810524 | FRICTION STIR WELDING TOOL, FRICTION STIR WELDING APPARATUS, AND FRICTION STIR WELDING METHOD | SAAD, ERIN BARRY | 46d |
| 18391651 | CERAMIC SINTERED COMPACT SUBSTRATE, LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING CERAMIC SINTERED COMPACT SUBSTRATE AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE | VARGHESE, ROSHN K | 76d |
| 18362964 | WORK VEHICLE AND SPEED CONTROL METHOD FOR WORK VEHICLE | NGUYEN, DUSTIN T | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| SHIMANO INC. | 8 |
| Resonac | 7 |
| Yamazaki Mazak | 4 |
| KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI | 2 |
| IBIDEN CO., LTD. | 1 |
| NICHIA CORPORATION | 1 |
| Yaskawa | 1 |
| KUBOTA CORPORATION | 1 |
| HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K. | 1 |
| TAMURA CORPORATION | 1 |
| Toyota | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1735 | 2 |
| 3722 | 2 |
| 3611 | 2 |
| 3654 | 1 |
| 3657 | 1 |
| 1783 | 1 |
| 2648 | 1 |
| 1741 | 1 |
| 2838 | 1 |
| 3745 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19035991 | DERAILLEUR FOR HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE | Shimano Inc. | LIU, HENRY Y | 3654 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 38d overdue | Pending | Jan 24, 2025 |
| 18810524 | FRICTION STIR WELDING TOOL, FRICTION STIR WELDING APPARATUS, AND FRICTION STIR WELDING METHOD | Yamazaki Mazak Corporation | SAAD, ERIN BARRY | 1735 | §103 | Final Rejection | 46d | Pending | Aug 21, 2024 |
| 18810520 | ROBOT SYSTEM, CONTROLLER AND CONTROL METHOD | Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki | AHMED, MASUD | 3657 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 15d | Pending | Aug 21, 2024 |
| 18396709 | MAT MATERIAL, EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING MAT MATERIAL | Ibiden Co., Ltd. | PLESZCZYNSKA, JOANNA | 1783 | §103 | Final Rejection | 16d overdue | Pending | Dec 27, 2023 |
| 18398129 | HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE COMPONENT, HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | Shimano Inc. | REGO, DOMINIC E | 2648 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 69d | Pending | Dec 27, 2023 |
| 18391651 | CERAMIC SINTERED COMPACT SUBSTRATE, LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING CERAMIC SINTERED COMPACT SUBSTRATE AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE | Nichia Corporation | VARGHESE, ROSHN K | 1741 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 76d | Pending | Dec 21, 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 | §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 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 01, 2023 |
| 18212724 | BATTERY PACKAGING MATERIAL | Resonac Packaging Corporation | FIGG, LAURA B | 1781 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 19d | Pending | Jun 22, 2023 |
| 18267096 | CASING FOR POWER STORAGE DEVICE, AND POWER STORAGE DEVICE | Resonac Packaging Corporation | HA, STEVEN S | 1735 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 28d | Pending | Jun 14, 2023 |
| 18334324 | SENSOR UNIT OF HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE, ROTARY DEVICE, AND TORQUE SENSING METHOD | Shimano Inc. | ZHONG, XIN Y | 2855 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 15d | Pending | Jun 13, 2023 |
| 18329581 | COOLANT DISCHARGER, WORKPIECE HOLDER, WORKPIECE ROTATOR, MACHINE TOOL, AND METHOD OF USING COOLANT DISCHARGER | Yamazaki Mazak Corporation | RAMOS, NICOLE N | 3722 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 23d | Pending | Jun 06, 2023 |
| 18328785 | ELECTRIC DEVICE OF HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE | Shimano Inc. | AGARED, GABRIEL T | 2846 | §103 | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | Jun 05, 2023 |
| 18324101 | ELECTRIC DEVICE AND DERAILLEUR OF HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE | Shimano Inc. | STABLEY, MICHAEL R | 3611 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 26d | Pending | May 25, 2023 |
| 18307811 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS, MULTI-TASKING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS | Yamazaki Mazak Corporation | CARPENTER, JOSHUA S | 1733 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 21d | Pending | Apr 27, 2023 |
| 18138124 | PACKAGING MATERIAL | Resonac Packaging Corporation | MARTIN, ANGELA J | 1727 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 70d | Pending | Apr 24, 2023 |
| 18137361 | PACKAGING MATERIAL FOR POWER STORAGE DEVICE, PACKAGING CASE FOR POWER STORAGE DEVICE, AND POWER STORAGE DEVICE | Resonac Packaging Corporation | NEDIALKOVA, LILIA V | 1724 | §103 | Final Rejection | 104d overdue | Pending | Apr 20, 2023 |
| 18135655 | BATTERY PACKAGING MATERIAL | Resonac Packaging Corporation | MANGOHIG, THOMAS A | 1788 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 9d overdue | Pending | Apr 17, 2023 |
| 18295823 | BATTERY HOLDER AND BICYCLE COMPONENT | Shimano Inc. | CANTELMO, GREGG | 1725 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 35d | Pending | Apr 04, 2023 |
| 18295821 | BATTERY HOLDER AND BICYCLE COMPONENT | Shimano Inc. | KECK, DANIEL M | 3614 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2023 |
| 18109832 | BATTERY PACKAGING MATERIAL | Resonac Packaging Corporation | LI, AIQUN | 1766 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 52d overdue | Pending | Feb 14, 2023 |
| 17974464 | BATTERY PACKAGING MATERIAL | Resonac Packaging Corporation | HEMINGWAY, TIMOTHY G | 1754 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 27d | Pending | Oct 26, 2022 |
| 17964034 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT | Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. | SRINIVASAN, SESHA SAIRAMAN | 2817 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 85d overdue | Pending | Oct 12, 2022 |
| 17941020 | SOLDER ALLOY, SOLDER BONDING MATERIAL, SOLDER PASTE, AND SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE | Tamura Corporation | NGUYEN, KHIEM D | 2892 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 15d | Pending | Sep 09, 2022 |
| 17679096 | TOOL STORAGE AND MACHINE TOOL | Yamazaki Mazak Corporation | CADUGAN, ERICA E | 3722 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 24, 2022 |
| 17670514 | COATING CONTROL APPARATUS, COATING CONTROL SYSTEM, SETTING APPARATUS FOR COATING CONTROL APPARATUS, COATING CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki | WOOD, BLAKE ANDREW | 3658 | §103 | Final Rejection | 84d overdue | Pending | Feb 14, 2022 |
| 17518526 | BICYCLE ELECTRIC TELESCOPIC APPARATUS | Shimano Inc. | KNAUF, MORGAN MARIE | 3611 | §103 | Final Rejection | 68d | Pending | Nov 03, 2021 |
| 17513910 | APPARATUS OF ANALOG-NEURON AND METHOD OF CONTROL OF ANALOG-NEURON | Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba | RUTTEN, JAMES D | 2121 | §103 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | Oct 29, 2021 |
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