Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Computing & Software • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
10 pending office actions • 8 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days
Ats Corporation is currently navigating 9 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are spread across 7 distinct art units, which is a high degree of dispersion relative to the total docket. The prosecution involves 9 distinct examiners, matching the count of active matters. This distribution suggests that the company's technical disclosures are broad enough to trigger review by many specialized groups within the patent office.
CAMPBELL, KEITH is the busiest examiner for the company, currently managing 1 pending office action. This 1 to 1 ratio between examiners and matters ensures that no single official is burdened with multiple files. With 7 distinct art units involved, the company must address the specific requirements of many different examination groups. The presence of 1 pending office action per examiner indicates a fully decentralized prosecution environment where each case is evaluated independently.
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 | 3 (30%) |
| §102 only | 2 (20%) |
| §112 only | 1 (10%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (40%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAMPBELL, KEITH | 1 | 89.7% | +0.9% |
| RUSHIN, LESTER III | 1 | 87.8% | +8.2% |
| KHAYER, SOHANA T | 1 | 81.9% | +18.7% |
| AFZALI, SARANG | 1 | 73.4% | +44.6% |
| PATEL, CHANDNI | 1 | — | — |
| TRINH, MINH N | 1 | 85.5% | +9.8% |
| TRAN, VI N | 1 | 46.4% | +34.1% |
| VISCARRA, RICARDO I | 1 | 62.8% | +14.0% |
| ERDMAN, CHAD G | 1 | 80.1% | +18.0% |
| CHAMPAGNE, LUNA | 1 | 45.6% | +34.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 4 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 |
| 18919917 | Automated Workpiece Transfer Systems and Methods of Implementing Thereof | KHAYER, SOHANA T | — |
| 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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18340104 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONVEYOR SYSTEM CONFIGURATION | CHAMPAGNE, LUNA | 89d overdue |
| 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 | — |
| 18705400 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DECOMISSIONING A STEAM GENERATOR | AFZALI, SARANG | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3651 | 1 |
| 3726 | 1 |
| 2118 | 1 |
| 3729 | 1 |
| 2117 | 1 |
| 3657 | 1 |
| 2116 | 1 |
| 3627 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19095814 | LINEAR MOTOR CONVEYOR SYSTEM AND MOVING ELEMENTS THEREFOR INCLUDING A BEARING SUSPENSION | CAMPBELL, KEITH | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 31, 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 |
| 18919917 | Automated Workpiece Transfer Systems and Methods of Implementing Thereof | KHAYER, SOHANA T | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 18, 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 |
| 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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