Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Berkshire Grey Operating Company, Inc.

Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

19 pending office actions • 9 art units • 15 examiners • 0 of 19 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 34 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

19
Total Pending OAs
13
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 60 days (1)

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.

5
Hard (26%)
9
Medium (47%)
5
Easy (26%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only6 (32%)
§112 only4 (21%)
Double-patenting only1 (5%)
Double-patenting + other3 (16%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (26%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
5% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
9
Mechanical / Eng
47% of docket
9
Business / Other
47% 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.

190 h
Manual time on pending OAs
38 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
66 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
RANDAZZO, THOMAS 5 86.7% +12.3%
GREINER, TRISTAN J 1 79.0% +17.6%
CUMBESS, YOLANDA RENEE 1 86.9% +8.5%
SINGH, KAVEL 1 83.7% +14.0%
JOYCE, WILLIAM C 1 69.6% +16.0%
BUKSA, CHRISTOPHER ALLEN 1 73.6% +20.1%
DEVINE, MOLLY K 1 67.6% +31.3%
JOERGER, KAITLIN S 1 86.5% +11.1%
CICCHINO, PATRICK D 1 80.6% +13.7%
COLLINS, GARY 1 83.2% +15.5%

Quick Wins (9)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18924068 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING OBJECTS INCLUDING PAYLOAD STABILITY ANALYSIS SYSTEMS SINGH, KAVEL 40d
18912149 BIN INFEED AND REMOVAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING OBJECTS INCLUDING MOBILE MATRIX CARRIER SYSTEMS JOERGER, KAITLIN S —
18911979 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING OBJECTS, INCLUDING AUTOMATED RADIAL PROCESSING STATIONS RANDAZZO, THOMAS —
18904898 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EFFICIENTLY MOVING A VARIETY OF OBJECTS CICCHINO, PATRICK D —
18902753 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STORING, RETRIEVING AND PROCESSING OBJECTS INCLUDING STACKABLE SEMICIRCULAR TOWERS RANDAZZO, THOMAS —
18893080 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING OBJECTS, INCLUDING AUTOMATED PROCESSING RANDAZZO, THOMAS —
18888575 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING OBJECT PROCESSING USING MOBILE TRANSFER UNITS RANDAZZO, THOMAS —
18823311 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING PROCESSING OF A VARIETY OF OBJECTS EMPLOYING MOTION PLANNING RANDAZZO, THOMAS —

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19252337 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EFFICIENTLY MOVING A VARIETY OF OBJECTS GREINER, TRISTAN J —
18930956 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED PACKAGING AND PROCESSING FOR SHIPPING WITH OBJECT POSE ANALYSIS CUMBESS, YOLANDA RENEE —
18919603 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HOSE ROUTING IN PROGRAMMABLE MOTION SYSTEMS JOYCE, WILLIAM C —
18620845 VACUUM CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE IN OBJECT PROCESSING ABDELSALAM, FATHI KAMAL —
18541075 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED PACKAGING AND PROCESSING WITH STATIC AND DYNAMIC PAYLOAD GUARDS KARIM, ZIAUL —

Interview Candidates (13)

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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18919512 MOBILE CARRIERS FOR USE IN SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING OBJECTS INCLUDING MOBILE MATRIX CARRIER SYSTEMS BUKSA, CHRISTOPHER ALLEN 30d overdue
18924068 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING OBJECTS INCLUDING PAYLOAD STABILITY ANALYSIS SYSTEMS SINGH, KAVEL 40d
19252337 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EFFICIENTLY MOVING A VARIETY OF OBJECTS GREINER, TRISTAN J —
18919603 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HOSE ROUTING IN PROGRAMMABLE MOTION SYSTEMS JOYCE, WILLIAM C —
18917194 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SORTING OBJECTS TO LARGE NUMBERS OF ORDERS DEVINE, MOLLY K —
18912149 BIN INFEED AND REMOVAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING OBJECTS INCLUDING MOBILE MATRIX CARRIER SYSTEMS JOERGER, KAITLIN S —
18911979 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING OBJECTS, INCLUDING AUTOMATED RADIAL PROCESSING STATIONS RANDAZZO, THOMAS —
18904898 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EFFICIENTLY MOVING A VARIETY OF OBJECTS CICCHINO, PATRICK D —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3658 2
3656 1
3651 1
3618 1
3653 1
3619 1
3655 1
2119 1
3726 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19252337 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EFFICIENTLY MOVING A VARIETY OF OBJECTS GREINER, TRISTAN J 3656 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 27, 2025
18930956 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED PACKAGING AND PROCESSING FOR SHIPPING WITH OBJECT POSE ANALYSIS CUMBESS, YOLANDA RENEE — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 29, 2024
18924068 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING OBJECTS INCLUDING PAYLOAD STABILITY ANALYSIS SYSTEMS SINGH, KAVEL 3651 §103 Final Rejection 40d Pending Oct 23, 2024
18919603 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HOSE ROUTING IN PROGRAMMABLE MOTION SYSTEMS JOYCE, WILLIAM C 3618 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 18, 2024
18919512 MOBILE CARRIERS FOR USE IN SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING OBJECTS INCLUDING MOBILE MATRIX CARRIER SYSTEMS BUKSA, CHRISTOPHER ALLEN 3658 §103 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Oct 18, 2024
18917194 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SORTING OBJECTS TO LARGE NUMBERS OF ORDERS DEVINE, MOLLY K 3653 §103Other Final Rejection — Pending Oct 16, 2024
18912149 BIN INFEED AND REMOVAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING OBJECTS INCLUDING MOBILE MATRIX CARRIER SYSTEMS JOERGER, KAITLIN S — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 10, 2024
18911979 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING OBJECTS, INCLUDING AUTOMATED RADIAL PROCESSING STATIONS RANDAZZO, THOMAS — §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 10, 2024
18904898 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EFFICIENTLY MOVING A VARIETY OF OBJECTS CICCHINO, PATRICK D 3619 §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 02, 2024
18902753 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STORING, RETRIEVING AND PROCESSING OBJECTS INCLUDING STACKABLE SEMICIRCULAR TOWERS RANDAZZO, THOMAS — §112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 30, 2024
18893080 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING OBJECTS, INCLUDING AUTOMATED PROCESSING RANDAZZO, THOMAS — §112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 23, 2024
18888575 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING OBJECT PROCESSING USING MOBILE TRANSFER UNITS RANDAZZO, THOMAS — §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 18, 2024
18823311 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING PROCESSING OF A VARIETY OF OBJECTS EMPLOYING MOTION PLANNING RANDAZZO, THOMAS — §112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 03, 2024
18808607 MAINTENANCE SYSTEMS FOR USE IN SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING OBJECTS INCLUDING MOBILE MATRIX CARRIER SYSTEMS COLLINS, GARY — DP Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 19, 2024
18802907 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING, IN PROGRAMMABLE MOTION DEVICES, COMPLIANT END EFFECTORS WITH NOISE MITIGATION AHUJA, ANURADHA — §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 13, 2024
18620845 VACUUM CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE IN OBJECT PROCESSING ABDELSALAM, FATHI KAMAL 3655 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 28, 2024
18541075 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED PACKAGING AND PROCESSING WITH STATIC AND DYNAMIC PAYLOAD GUARDS KARIM, ZIAUL 2119 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 15, 2023
18384235 PNEUMATIC SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING HIGH FLOW VACUUM ACQUISITION IN AUTOMATED SYSTEMS BESLER, CHRISTOPHER JAMES 3726 §103 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending Oct 26, 2023
18384258 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED PACKAGING AND PROCESSING WITH OBJECT PLACEMENT POSE CONTROL HOQUE, SHAHEDA SHABNAM 3658 §103 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Oct 26, 2023

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