Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
18 pending office actions • 12 art units • 18 examiners • 0 of 18 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 20 patents granted in the last 365 days
BEIJING ROBOROCK INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. has 18 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are handled by 18 distinct examiners, resulting in a distribution where each pending matter is reviewed by a different official. This indicates that no single examiner has a disproportionate influence over the portfolio's current prosecution status.
The company's applications are spread across 12 distinct art units. This variety suggests that the innovations being patented cover a broad range of technical classifications within the mechanical and transportation fields. The busiest examiner, PETTIEGREW, TOYA R, is currently managing 1 busiest examiner pending action, which is consistent with the overall distribution of 18 pending office actions among 18 distinct examiners.
For practitioners, the presence of 12 distinct art units means that prosecution strategies must be adapted to the specific requirements of many different examination groups. Since each of the 18 pending office actions is with a different examiner, there is no opportunity to leverage a single relationship for multiple applications. This decentralized structure requires a broad-based approach to managing the company's intellectual property assets.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 6 (33%) |
| §103 only | 6 (33%) |
| §102 only | 1 (6%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (28%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PETTIEGREW, TOYA R | 1 | 65.4% | +17.4% |
| CHEUNG, CALVIN K | 1 | 87.8% | +8.3% |
| CHOI, JISUN | 1 | 65.8% | +59.7% |
| KINGSLAND, KYLE J | 1 | 78.1% | +8.1% |
| SHAFI, MUHAMMAD | 1 | 88.9% | +16.8% |
| HO, MATTHEW | 1 | 73.9% | +12.6% |
| PINKERTON, ROBERT LOUIS | 1 | 87.3% | +17.3% |
| STIEBRITZ, NOAH WILLIAM | 1 | 66.7% | -4.0% |
| LE, TIEN MINH | 1 | 72.4% | +18.9% |
| DOROS, KAYLA RENEE | 1 | 74.3% | +7.1% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19144398 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CAUSING DEVICE TO ADVANCE TO DESIGNATED LOCATION, AND SELF-MOVING DEVICE | SHAFI, MUHAMMAD | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18546029 | MAP DISPLAY METHOD AND APPARATUS, MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | YANOSKA, JOSEPH ANDERSON | 12d |
| 19326802 | SELF-MOVING CLEANING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | PETTIEGREW, TOYA R | — |
| 19145207 | MAP PROCESSING METHOD, MAP PROCESSING APPARATUS, MEDIUM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | CHEUNG, CALVIN K | — |
| 19144716 | OBSTACLE DETECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ROBOT, AND MEDIUM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | CHOI, JISUN | — |
| 19144402 | CLEANING DEVICE CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | KINGSLAND, KYLE J | — |
| 19132819 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING CLEANING DEVICE, MEDIUM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | HO, MATTHEW | — |
| 18849974 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING OBSTACLE IN ROBOT MAP | PINKERTON, ROBERT LOUIS | — |
| 18726523 | SELF-MOVING DEVICE CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | STIEBRITZ, NOAH WILLIAM | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19326802 | SELF-MOVING CLEANING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | PETTIEGREW, TOYA R | — |
| 19144716 | OBSTACLE DETECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ROBOT, AND MEDIUM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | CHOI, JISUN | — |
| 19144398 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CAUSING DEVICE TO ADVANCE TO DESIGNATED LOCATION, AND SELF-MOVING DEVICE | SHAFI, MUHAMMAD | — |
| 19132819 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING CLEANING DEVICE, MEDIUM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | HO, MATTHEW | — |
| 18849974 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING OBSTACLE IN ROBOT MAP | PINKERTON, ROBERT LOUIS | — |
| 18695320 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING CLEANING DEVICE, AND CLEANING DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | LE, TIEN MINH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3666 | 3 |
| 3664 | 3 |
| 3669 | 2 |
| 3662 | 1 |
| 3663 | 1 |
| 3665 | 1 |
| 3656 | 1 |
| 3657 | 1 |
| 2115 | 1 |
| 3658 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19326802 | SELF-MOVING CLEANING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | PETTIEGREW, TOYA R | 3662 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2025 |
| 19145207 | MAP PROCESSING METHOD, MAP PROCESSING APPARATUS, MEDIUM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | CHEUNG, CALVIN K | 3669 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 02, 2025 |
| 19144716 | OBSTACLE DETECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ROBOT, AND MEDIUM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | CHOI, JISUN | 3666 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 30, 2025 |
| 19144402 | CLEANING DEVICE CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | KINGSLAND, KYLE J | 3663 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2025 |
| 19144398 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CAUSING DEVICE TO ADVANCE TO DESIGNATED LOCATION, AND SELF-MOVING DEVICE | SHAFI, MUHAMMAD | 3666 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2025 |
| 19132819 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING CLEANING DEVICE, MEDIUM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | HO, MATTHEW | 3669 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 25, 2025 |
| 18849974 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING OBSTACLE IN ROBOT MAP | PINKERTON, ROBERT LOUIS | 3665 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2024 |
| 18726523 | SELF-MOVING DEVICE CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | STIEBRITZ, NOAH WILLIAM | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2024 |
| 18695320 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING CLEANING DEVICE, AND CLEANING DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | LE, TIEN MINH | 3656 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2024 |
| 18684556 | NAVIGATION METHOD AND SELF-WALKING DEVICE | DOROS, KAYLA RENEE | 3657 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 7d | Pending | Feb 16, 2024 |
| 18555681 | CHILD LOCK CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS, ROBOT, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | TANG, MICHAEL XUEFEI | 2115 | §103 | Final Rejection | 23d | Pending | Oct 16, 2023 |
| 18555551 | OBSTACLE AVOIDANCE METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ROBOT, ROBOT, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | WOOD, BLAKE ANDREW | 3658 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 16, 2023 |
| 18546029 | MAP DISPLAY METHOD AND APPARATUS, MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | YANOSKA, JOSEPH ANDERSON | 3664 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Aug 10, 2023 |
| 18264997 | CLEANING ROBOT ESCAPE METHOD AND APPARATUS, MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | NIEVES FLORES, NEIT JOSAFAT | 3664 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 10, 2023 |
| 18264971 | AUTOMATIC CLEANING DEVICE CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS, MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | NOLAN, PETER D | 3661 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 10, 2023 |
| 18264830 | AUTOMATIC CLEANING DEVICE CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | RHEE, ROY B | 3664 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 09, 2023 |
| 17918083 | Image-Viewing Method, Terminal, and Cleaner | SILVERMAN, SETH ADAM | 2172 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2022 |
| 17640772 | CLEANING ROBOT AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR | AFRIN, NAZIA | 3666 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 98d overdue | Pending | Mar 04, 2022 |
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