Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Brain Corporation

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

5 pending office actions • 5 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Brain Corporation has 5 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The matters are assigned across 5 distinct examiners and 5 distinct art units, so the pending docket spans separate examination environments.

NGUYEN, BAO LONG T is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. The absence of a more concentrated assignment pattern makes docket-level coordination and matter-specific response planning more important than relying on a single examiner strategy.

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

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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%)
2
Medium (40%)
1
Easy (20%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (40%)
§103 only2 (40%)
§112 only1 (20%)

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
NGUYEN, BAO LONG T 1 83.1% +7.2%
BUKSA, CHRISTOPHER ALLEN 1 73.5% +18.5%
BENNETT, JENNIFER D 1 73.6% +18.2%
HINTON, HENRY R 1 74.1% +34.8%
LAROSE, RENEE MARIE 1 79.0% +9.6%

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
18941788 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING ROUTE PLANNING FOR TIGHT TURNS FOR ROBOTIC APPARATUSES NGUYEN, BAO LONG T 26d
18809548 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ALIGNING A PLURALITY OF LOCAL COMPUTER READABLE MAPS TO A SINGLE GLOBAL MAP AND DETECTING MAPPING ERRORS HINTON, HENRY R —

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
18916117 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LASER IMAGING ODOMETRY FOR AUTONOMOUS ROBOTS BUKSA, CHRISTOPHER ALLEN 34d
18893360 SYSTEMS AND APPARATUSES FOR A PROTECTIVE MODULE FOR ROBOTIC SENSORS BENNETT, JENNIFER D —
18809548 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ALIGNING A PLURALITY OF LOCAL COMPUTER READABLE MAPS TO A SINGLE GLOBAL MAP AND DETECTING MAPPING ERRORS HINTON, HENRY R —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3656 1
3658 1
2878 1
3665 1
3657 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18941788 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING ROUTE PLANNING FOR TIGHT TURNS FOR ROBOTIC APPARATUSES NGUYEN, BAO LONG T 3656 §101§103DP Final Rejection 26d Pending Nov 08, 2024
18916117 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LASER IMAGING ODOMETRY FOR AUTONOMOUS ROBOTS BUKSA, CHRISTOPHER ALLEN 3658 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Oct 15, 2024
18893360 SYSTEMS AND APPARATUSES FOR A PROTECTIVE MODULE FOR ROBOTIC SENSORS BENNETT, JENNIFER D 2878 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 23, 2024
18809548 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ALIGNING A PLURALITY OF LOCAL COMPUTER READABLE MAPS TO A SINGLE GLOBAL MAP AND DETECTING MAPPING ERRORS HINTON, HENRY R 3665 §101§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 20, 2024
18758553 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOTION CONTROL OF ROBOTS LAROSE, RENEE MARIE 3657 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 28, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Brain Corporation have?

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

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Brain Corporation applications?

Bao Long T Nguyen has the most, with 1 of Brain Corporation's pending office actions.

What technology area are Brain 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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