Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Ag Leader Technology

Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

8 pending office actions • 7 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 21 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Ag Leader Technology currently has 8 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These matters are spread across 7 distinct art units, showing a broad technical footprint within the transportation sector. The portfolio is handled by 8 distinct examiners, which means that every one of the 8 pending office actions is being reviewed by a different person.

The busiest examiner, KHATIB, RAMI, is responsible for 1 pending office action. This reflects an even distribution of the workload, as each of the 8 distinct examiners is assigned exactly one action. Because the 8 pending office actions are distributed across 7 distinct art units, the company must navigate multiple administrative environments. This structure requires the company to tailor its prosecution strategies to the specific preferences of 8 distinct examiners, as no single examiner or art unit dominates the current Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems docket.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 60 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.

5
Hard (62%)
2
Medium (25%)
1
Easy (12%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (38%)
§103 only2 (25%)
§112 only1 (12%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (25%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
8
Mechanical / Eng
100% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KHATIB, RAMI 1 77.0% +13.7%
SMITH-STEWART, DEMETRA R 1 89.8% +7.8%
TAYLOR JR, ANTHONY D 1 74.3% +83.4%
KAZIMI, MAHMOUD M 1 65.5% +18.4%
CHENNAULT, AUSTIN ROBERT 1 54.5% +71.4%
ANWARI, MACEEH 1 81.2% +5.9%
MAYO, TARA LEIGH 1 74.6% +11.4%
ALLEN, PAUL MCCARTHY 1 44.3% +32.8%

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
17742373 Calibration Adjustment For Automatic Steering Systems ANWARI, MACEEH —

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18217216 COMBINE UNLOADING ON-THE-GO WITH BIN LEVEL SHARING AND ASSOCIATED DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS CHENNAULT, AUSTIN ROBERT 118d overdue
16921828 Apparatus, Systems And Methods For Automatic Steering Guidance And Visualization Of Guidance Paths ALLEN, PAUL MCCARTHY 73d overdue
19219718 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR AGRICULTURAL NAVIGATION AND POSITIONING KHATIB, RAMI —
18974482 HEADER HEIGHT CONTROL DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS SMITH-STEWART, DEMETRA R —
18662800 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING YIELD MAPS KAZIMI, MAHMOUD 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
18217216 COMBINE UNLOADING ON-THE-GO WITH BIN LEVEL SHARING AND ASSOCIATED DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS CHENNAULT, AUSTIN ROBERT 118d overdue
18665305 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR AGRICULTURAL GUIDANCE AND NAVIGATION TAYLOR JR, ANTHONY D 110d overdue
16921828 Apparatus, Systems And Methods For Automatic Steering Guidance And Visualization Of Guidance Paths ALLEN, PAUL MCCARTHY 73d overdue
17556506 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR SEED DELIVERY CONTROL MAYO, TARA LEIGH 47d
19219718 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR AGRICULTURAL NAVIGATION AND POSITIONING KHATIB, RAMI —
18662800 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING YIELD MAPS KAZIMI, MAHMOUD M —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3669 2
3661 1
3747 1
3665 1
3667 1
3663 1
3671 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19219718 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR AGRICULTURAL NAVIGATION AND POSITIONING KHATIB, RAMI 3669 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 27, 2025
18974482 HEADER HEIGHT CONTROL DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS SMITH-STEWART, DEMETRA R 3661 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 09, 2024
18665305 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR AGRICULTURAL GUIDANCE AND NAVIGATION TAYLOR JR, ANTHONY D 3747 §103 Final Rejection 110d overdue Pending May 15, 2024
18662800 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING YIELD MAPS KAZIMI, MAHMOUD M 3665 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 13, 2024
18217216 COMBINE UNLOADING ON-THE-GO WITH BIN LEVEL SHARING AND ASSOCIATED DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS CHENNAULT, AUSTIN ROBERT 3667 §101§103 Non-Final OA 118d overdue Pending Jun 30, 2023
17742373 Calibration Adjustment For Automatic Steering Systems ANWARI, MACEEH 3663 §103 Final Rejection — Pending May 11, 2022
17556506 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR SEED DELIVERY CONTROL MAYO, TARA LEIGH 3671 §112 Final Rejection 47d Pending Dec 20, 2021
16921828 Apparatus, Systems And Methods For Automatic Steering Guidance And Visualization Of Guidance Paths ALLEN, PAUL MCCARTHY 3669 §103§112 Non-Final OA 73d overdue Pending Jul 06, 2020

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Ag Leader Technology have?

Ag Leader Technology has 8 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 7 art units and 8 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Ag Leader Technology applications?

Rami Khatib has the most, with 1 of Ag Leader Technology's pending office actions.

What technology area are Ag Leader Technology's patent applications in?

Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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