Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
27 pending office actions • 12 art units • 25 examiners • 0 of 27 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 32 patents granted in the last 365 days
Boston Dynamics Inc. has 30 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The matters span 26 distinct examiners and 12 distinct art units, creating substantial examiner diversity across a more concentrated set of technical groups.
ABUELHAWA, MOHAMMED YOUSEF is the busiest listed examiner, with 2 pending matters. The limited concentration in that assignment suggests that counsel should organize prosecution by art unit and technology while maintaining examiner-specific records for the broad docket.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 13 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. 13 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 | 18 (67%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 9 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KENIRY, HEATHER J | 2 | 78.1% | +16.7% |
| TANG, BRYANT | 2 | 86.1% | +0.2% |
| BROSH, BENJAMIN J | 1 | 71.3% | +27.2% |
| GRAVES, TIMOTHY P | 1 | 81.1% | +15.2% |
| NGUYEN, VIET P | 1 | 61.7% | +30.2% |
| GREINER, TRISTAN J | 1 | 79.2% | +17.2% |
| HALL, HANA VICTORIA | 1 | 71.4% | +66.7% |
| ESTEVEZ, DAIRON | 1 | 69.6% | -11.3% |
| ABUELHAWA, MOHAMMED YOUSEF | 1 | 78.9% | +21.1% |
| TURNBAUGH, ASHLEIGH NICOLE | 1 | 53.3% | +8.9% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18761998 | Object-Based Robot Control | TANG, BRYANT | 30d |
| 18545050 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATED CEILING DETECTION | TANG, BRYANT | 75d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17898206 | Door Movement and Robot Traversal Using Machine Learning Object Detection | DOWLING, MICHAEL TYLER EVAN | 49d overdue |
| 18979094 | ROBOT LOCALIZATION USING DATA WITH VARIABLE DATA TYPES | HALL, HANA VICTORIA | 3d overdue |
| 18338881 | INTEGRATED NAVIGATION CALLBACKS FOR A ROBOT | GEIST, RICHARD EDWIN | 12d |
| 18072863 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OBJECT DETECTION AND PICK ORDER DETERMINATION | KARWAN, SIHAR A | 20d |
| 19253323 | Constrained Mobility Mapping | BROSH, BENJAMIN J | — |
| 19086243 | ROBOTIC END EFFECTOR WITH TACTILE SENSING | GRAVES, TIMOTHY P | — |
| 19006484 | MOTOR FOR A MOBILE ROBOT | NGUYEN, VIET P | — |
| 18679613 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR OBJECT QUALITY DETECTION | GORDON, MATHEW FRANKLIN | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18979094 | ROBOT LOCALIZATION USING DATA WITH VARIABLE DATA TYPES | HALL, HANA VICTORIA | 3d overdue |
| 18938800 | NONLINEAR TRAJECTORY OPTIMIZATION FOR ROBOTIC DEVICES | ABUELHAWA, MOHAMMED YOUSEF | 9d |
| 19253323 | Constrained Mobility Mapping | BROSH, BENJAMIN J | — |
| 19086243 | ROBOTIC END EFFECTOR WITH TACTILE SENSING | GRAVES, TIMOTHY P | — |
| 19040953 | DYNAMIC MASS ESTIMATION METHODS FOR AN INTEGRATED MOBILE MANIPULATOR ROBOT | KENIRY, HEATHER J | — |
| 19006484 | MOTOR FOR A MOBILE ROBOT | NGUYEN, VIET P | — |
| 18978536 | AUTOMATED CONSTRAINED MANIPULATION | GREINER, TRISTAN J | — |
| 18975766 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CALIBRATING ROBOT ACTUATORS USING IMAGE DATA | KENIRY, HEATHER J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3657 | 6 |
| 3656 | 5 |
| 3658 | 5 |
| 3665 | 2 |
| 3669 | 2 |
| 2834 | 1 |
| 3664 | 1 |
| 3667 | 1 |
| 2857 | 1 |
| 2676 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19253323 | Constrained Mobility Mapping | BROSH, BENJAMIN J | 3656 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2025 |
| 19086243 | ROBOTIC END EFFECTOR WITH TACTILE SENSING | GRAVES, TIMOTHY P | 3657 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2025 |
| 19040953 | DYNAMIC MASS ESTIMATION METHODS FOR AN INTEGRATED MOBILE MANIPULATOR ROBOT | KENIRY, HEATHER J | 3657 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2025 |
| 19006484 | MOTOR FOR A MOBILE ROBOT | NGUYEN, VIET P | 2834 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 31, 2024 |
| 18978536 | AUTOMATED CONSTRAINED MANIPULATION | GREINER, TRISTAN J | 3656 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 |
| 18979094 | ROBOT LOCALIZATION USING DATA WITH VARIABLE DATA TYPES | HALL, HANA VICTORIA | 3664 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 |
| 18979155 | DYNAMIC AND VARIABLE DEFINITION OF ROBOT MISSIONS | ESTEVEZ, DAIRON | 3656 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 |
| 18975766 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CALIBRATING ROBOT ACTUATORS USING IMAGE DATA | KENIRY, HEATHER J | 3657 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2024 |
| 18938800 | NONLINEAR TRAJECTORY OPTIMIZATION FOR ROBOTIC DEVICES | ABUELHAWA, MOHAMMED YOUSEF | 3656 | §103 | Final Rejection | 9d | Pending | Nov 06, 2024 |
| 18931680 | ROBOTIC STEP TIMING AND SEQUENCING USING REINFORCEMENT LEARNING | TURNBAUGH, ASHLEIGH NICOLE | 3667 | §103 | Final Rejection | 36d overdue | Pending | Oct 30, 2024 |
| 18761998 | Object-Based Robot Control | TANG, BRYANT | 3658 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 30d | Pending | Jul 02, 2024 |
| 18758024 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING POSE AND SIZE OF OBJECTS USING THREE-DIMENSIONAL MACHINE LEARNING | LE, TIEN MINH | 3656 | §103 | Final Rejection | 49d | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18679613 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR OBJECT QUALITY DETECTION | GORDON, MATHEW FRANKLIN | 3665 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
| 18431841 | Stair Tracking for Modeled and Perceived Terrain | ALLEN, PAUL MCCARTHY | 3669 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 55d | Pending | Feb 02, 2024 |
| 18545124 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR LIDAR ALIGNMENT AND CALIBRATION | GO, RICKY | 2857 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2023 |
| 18545050 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATED CEILING DETECTION | TANG, BRYANT | 3658 | §103 | Final Rejection | 75d | Pending | Dec 19, 2023 |
| 18545559 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING MULTIPATH ARTIFACTS FOR A CAMERA SYSTEM OF A MOBILE ROBOT | RHIM, WOO CHUL | 2676 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2023 |
| 18541021 | POWER MANAGEMENT FOR A ROBOTIC DEVICE | MANCHO, RONNIE M | 3657 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 15, 2023 |
| 18541239 | ROBOTIC MANIPULATION OF OBJECTS | GAMMON, MATTHEW CHRISTOPHER | 3657 | §103 | Final Rejection | 9d | Pending | Dec 15, 2023 |
| 18538407 | AUTOMATED RETURN OF TELEOPERATED VEHICLES | WANG, JINGLI | 3666 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2023 |
| 18447518 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF GUARDING A MOBILE ROBOT | STIEBRITZ, NOAH WILLIAM | 3658 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 10, 2023 |
| 18359349 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING MODULAR ARCHITECTURES FOR ROBOTIC END EFFECTORS | LY, MOYA PHUNG | 3658 | §103 | Final Rejection | 33d | Pending | Jul 26, 2023 |
| 18338881 | INTEGRATED NAVIGATION CALLBACKS FOR A ROBOT | GEIST, RICHARD EDWIN | 3665 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Jun 21, 2023 |
| 18335661 | ONLINE CAMERA CALIBRATION FOR A MOBILE ROBOT | BONANSINGA, AARON TIMOTHY | 2673 | §103 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Jun 15, 2023 |
| 18072863 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OBJECT DETECTION AND PICK ORDER DETERMINATION | KARWAN, SIHAR A | 3658 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 20d | Pending | Dec 01, 2022 |
| 17988982 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GRASP PLANNING FOR A ROBOTIC MANIPULATOR | VISCARRA, RICARDO I | 3657 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 17, 2022 |
| 17898206 | Door Movement and Robot Traversal Using Machine Learning Object Detection | DOWLING, MICHAEL TYLER EVAN | 3669 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 49d overdue | Pending | Aug 29, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialBoston Dynamics Inc. has 27 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 12 art units and 25 examiners.
Heather J Keniry has the most, with 2 of Boston Dynamics Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
