Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Autonics Corporation

Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

5 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Autonics Corporation has 4 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are split among 4 distinct examiners. The portfolio spans 4 distinct art units. ANITA M KING is the busiest examiner with 1 pending action.

The equal distribution across 4 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units suggests a balanced prosecution workload. Each of the pending office actions is being reviewed by a different examiner in a different art unit, ensuring a variety of perspectives. The busiest examiner, KING, handles 1 of the cases.

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

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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.

2
Hard (40%)
3
Medium (60%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (40%)
§102 only1 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (40%)

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
1
Semiconductors
20% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
80% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KING, ANITA M 1 79.7% +14.8%
ROYSTON, JOHN M 1 78.0% +16.6%
HAUT, EVAN HARRISON 1 57.1% +0.0%
N'DURE, AMIE MERCEDES 1 78.3% +14.9%
LAZO, THOMAS E 1 86.8% +8.9%

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
18209677 TEMPERATURE CONTROL APPARATUS LAZO, THOMAS E —

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18860330 SENSOR MODULE ROYSTON, JOHN M —
18444045 SENSOR APPARATUS N'DURE, AMIE MERCEDES —

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18846466 MOUNTING UNIT AND SENSOR ASSEMBLY HAVING THE SAME KING, ANITA M —
18860330 SENSOR MODULE ROYSTON, JOHN M —
18444045 SENSOR APPARATUS N'DURE, AMIE MERCEDES —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3645 2
3632 1
2855 1
3745 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18846466 MOUNTING UNIT AND SENSOR ASSEMBLY HAVING THE SAME KING, ANITA M 3632 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 22, 2025
18860330 SENSOR MODULE ROYSTON, JOHN M 2855 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 25, 2024
18706463 LASER SCANNER HAUT, EVAN HARRISON 3645 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 01, 2024
18444045 SENSOR APPARATUS N'DURE, AMIE MERCEDES 3645 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 16, 2024
18209677 TEMPERATURE CONTROL APPARATUS LAZO, THOMAS E 3745 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 14, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Autonics Corporation have?

Autonics Corporation has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 5 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Autonics Corporation applications?

Anita M King has the most, with 1 of Autonics Corporation's pending office actions.

What technology area are Autonics Corporation'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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