Technology areas: Computing & Software • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
15 pending office actions • 10 art units • 15 examiners • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days
The company patent portfolio for Ats Corporation features 14 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed among 14 distinct examiners and 9 distinct art units. The busiest examiner, HESS, DOUGLAS A, is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action, reflecting the even spread of work across the portfolio.
For a practitioner, the fact that 14 pending office actions are spread across 14 distinct examiners indicates a lack of examiner concentration. Every case is being handled by a different individual, requiring a unique relationship for each action. However, the involvement of 9 distinct art units suggests some level of consolidation within specific examining groups, which may provide more consistency in technical standards than the examiner count alone would suggest.
With HESS, DOUGLAS A and the other examiners each managing only 1 busiest examiner pending action, the portfolio's progress is not tied to any single examiner's workload. This requires the practitioner to be versatile, as they will be interacting with 14 distinct examiners across 9 distinct art units. The prosecution experience for Ats Corporation in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems area is thus characterized by its variety and lack of examiner level consolidation.
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.
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.
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 | 4 (27%) |
| §102 only | 2 (13%) |
| §112 only | 2 (13%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 7 (47%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HESS, DOUGLAS A | 1 | 88.9% | +10.6% |
| CAMPBELL, KEITH | 1 | 89.7% | +0.9% |
| RAIMUND, CHRISTOPHER W | 1 | 72.7% | +23.7% |
| RUSHIN, LESTER III | 1 | 87.9% | +8.0% |
| BIDWELL, JAMES R | 1 | 89.7% | +8.3% |
| KHAYER, SOHANA T | 1 | 82.1% | +18.3% |
| WAGGONER, TIMOTHY R | 1 | 71.7% | +7.6% |
| AFZALI, SARANG | 1 | 73.5% | +44.8% |
| PATEL, CHANDNI | 1 | — | — |
| TRINH, MINH N | 1 | 85.5% | +9.6% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19199701 | SHUTTLE DIVERTER FOR A LINEAR MOTOR CONVEYOR SYSTEM | HESS, DOUGLAS A | — |
| 19095814 | LINEAR MOTOR CONVEYOR SYSTEM AND MOVING ELEMENTS THEREFOR INCLUDING A BEARING SUSPENSION | CAMPBELL, KEITH | — |
| 19010556 | LINEAR MOTOR CONVEYOR SYSTEM WITH DIVERTER AND METHOD FOR DESIGN AND CONFIGURATION THEREOF | RUSHIN, LESTER III | — |
| 18533796 | CURVILINEAR TRACK SECTIONS HAVING POSITION SENSORS | TRINH, MINH N | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18476768 | AUTOMATED WORKPIECE TRANSFER SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF IMPLEMENTING THEREOF | VISCARRA, RICARDO I | 53d overdue |
| 18461929 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC NEST AND ROUTING ADJUSTMENT | ERDMAN, CHAD G | 43d overdue |
| 19066698 | High Speed Labelling of Objects | RAIMUND, CHRISTOPHER W | — |
| 18937852 | LINEAR MOTOR CONVEYOR SYSTEM FOR CLEAN/ASEPTIC ENVIRONMENTS | BIDWELL, JAMES R | — |
| 18919917 | Automated Workpiece Transfer Systems and Methods of Implementing Thereof | KHAYER, SOHANA T | — |
| 18906757 | MATRIX CONVEYOR SYSTEM FOR ASSEMBLY LINE PROCESSES | WAGGONER, TIMOTHY R | — |
| 18705400 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DECOMISSIONING A STEAM GENERATOR | AFZALI, SARANG | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19199701 | SHUTTLE DIVERTER FOR A LINEAR MOTOR CONVEYOR SYSTEM | HESS, DOUGLAS A | — |
| 19066698 | High Speed Labelling of Objects | RAIMUND, CHRISTOPHER W | — |
| 18919917 | Automated Workpiece Transfer Systems and Methods of Implementing Thereof | KHAYER, SOHANA T | — |
| 18705400 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DECOMISSIONING A STEAM GENERATOR | AFZALI, SARANG | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3651 | 3 |
| 3657 | 2 |
| 1746 | 1 |
| 3726 | 1 |
| 2118 | 1 |
| 3729 | 1 |
| 2117 | 1 |
| 2837 | 1 |
| 2116 | 1 |
| 3627 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19199701 | SHUTTLE DIVERTER FOR A LINEAR MOTOR CONVEYOR SYSTEM | HESS, DOUGLAS A | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 06, 2025 |
| 19095814 | LINEAR MOTOR CONVEYOR SYSTEM AND MOVING ELEMENTS THEREFOR INCLUDING A BEARING SUSPENSION | CAMPBELL, KEITH | 3651 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 31, 2025 |
| 19066698 | High Speed Labelling of Objects | RAIMUND, CHRISTOPHER W | 1746 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2025 |
| 19010556 | LINEAR MOTOR CONVEYOR SYSTEM WITH DIVERTER AND METHOD FOR DESIGN AND CONFIGURATION THEREOF | RUSHIN, LESTER III | 3651 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2025 |
| 18937852 | LINEAR MOTOR CONVEYOR SYSTEM FOR CLEAN/ASEPTIC ENVIRONMENTS | BIDWELL, JAMES R | 3651 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 05, 2024 |
| 18919917 | Automated Workpiece Transfer Systems and Methods of Implementing Thereof | KHAYER, SOHANA T | 3657 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2024 |
| 18906757 | MATRIX CONVEYOR SYSTEM FOR ASSEMBLY LINE PROCESSES | WAGGONER, TIMOTHY R | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 |
| 18705400 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DECOMISSIONING A STEAM GENERATOR | AFZALI, SARANG | 3726 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 26, 2024 |
| 18397459 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING OPERATION AT A MANUFACTURING ASSEMBLY LINE | PATEL, CHANDNI | 2118 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2023 |
| 18533796 | CURVILINEAR TRACK SECTIONS HAVING POSITION SENSORS | TRINH, MINH N | 3729 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 08, 2023 |
| 18512790 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING ANOMALIES IN A MANUFACTURING LINE | TRAN, VI N | 2117 | §103 | Final Rejection | 24d overdue | Pending | Nov 17, 2023 |
| 18476768 | AUTOMATED WORKPIECE TRANSFER SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF IMPLEMENTING THEREOF | VISCARRA, RICARDO I | 3657 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 53d overdue | Pending | Sep 28, 2023 |
| 18368783 | ROTATABLE LINEAR ACTUATOR | PAUL, ANTONY M | 2837 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 15, 2023 |
| 18461929 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC NEST AND ROUTING ADJUSTMENT | ERDMAN, CHAD G | 2116 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 43d overdue | Pending | Sep 06, 2023 |
| 18340104 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONVEYOR SYSTEM CONFIGURATION | CHAMPAGNE, LUNA | 3627 | §103 | Final Rejection | 89d overdue | Pending | Jun 23, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialAts Corporation has 15 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 10 art units and 15 examiners.
Douglas A Hess has the most, with 1 of Ats Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
