Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 08, 2026

Ats Corporation

7 pending office actions • 4 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 13 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
1
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.

3
Overdue
0
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 (3)

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.

1
Hard (14%)
6
Medium (86%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only5 (71%)
§102 only1 (14%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (14%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
4
Information Tech
57% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
14% of docket
2
Business / Other
29% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CAMPBELL, KEITH 1 89.9% +0.8%
KHAYER, SOHANA T 1 82.3% +18.9%
PATEL, CHANDNI 1
TRAN, VI N 1 45.2% +37.0%
VISCARRA, RICARDO I 1 62.5% +22.5%
ERDMAN, CHAD G 1 80.1% +18.1%
EVERETT, CHRISTOPHER E 1 83.7% +23.0%

Quick Wins (3)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19095814 LINEAR MOTOR CONVEYOR SYSTEM AND MOVING ELEMENTS THEREFOR INCLUDING A BEARING SUSPENSION CAMPBELL, KEITH
18919917 Automated Workpiece Transfer Systems and Methods of Implementing Thereof KHAYER, SOHANA T
18084980 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING COMPUTER NUMERICAL CONTROL MACHINES EVERETT, CHRISTOPHER E

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18461929 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC NEST AND ROUTING ADJUSTMENT ERDMAN, CHAD G 43d overdue

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue 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
18512790 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING ANOMALIES IN A MANUFACTURING LINE TRAN, VI N 24d overdue
18919917 Automated Workpiece Transfer Systems and Methods of Implementing Thereof KHAYER, SOHANA T
18084980 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING COMPUTER NUMERICAL CONTROL MACHINES EVERETT, CHRISTOPHER E

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2117 2
2118 1
3657 1
2116 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19095814 LINEAR MOTOR CONVEYOR SYSTEM AND MOVING ELEMENTS THEREFOR INCLUDING A BEARING SUSPENSION CAMPBELL, KEITH §102 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 31, 2025
18919917 Automated Workpiece Transfer Systems and Methods of Implementing Thereof KHAYER, SOHANA T §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 18, 2024
18397459 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING OPERATION AT A MANUFACTURING ASSEMBLY LINE PATEL, CHANDNI 2118 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 27, 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 §103 Final Rejection 53d overdue Pending Sep 28, 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
18084980 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING COMPUTER NUMERICAL CONTROL MACHINES EVERETT, CHRISTOPHER E 2117 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 20, 2022

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