Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Caterpillar Inc.

137 pending office actions • 58 art units • 127 examiners • 0 of 137 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 406 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

137
Total Pending OAs
82
Non-Final OAs
46
Final Rejections
9
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 39 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

18
Overdue
4
Due this week
7
Due this month
6
Due in next 60 days
4
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. 39 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (18)Due ≤ 7 days (4)Due ≤ 30 days (7)Due ≤ 60 days (6)Due later (4)

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.

60
Hard (44%)
75
Medium (55%)
2
Easy (1%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only6 (4%)
§101 + other8 (6%)
§103 only64 (47%)
§102 only10 (7%)
§112 only1 (1%)
Double-patenting only1 (1%)
Double-patenting + other1 (1%)
Multi-statute (no §101)46 (34%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
4% of docket
11
Information Tech
8% of docket
2
Communications
1% of docket
12
Semiconductors
9% of docket
82
Mechanical / Eng
60% of docket
24
Business / Other
18% 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.

1,370 h
Manual time on pending OAs
274 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
479 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
12.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TSUI, ALFRED H 3 31.8% +33.0%
TISSOT, ADAM D 2 79.4% +21.2%
BELLINGER, JASON R 2 69.9% +18.6%
SCOVILLE, BLAKE E 2 73.9% +28.4%
PATEL, VISHAL A 2 59.1% +22.1%
PEZZUTO, ROBERT ERIC 2 85.3% +9.8%
KHALED, ABDALLA A 2 72.6% +21.2%
SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER 2 83.5% +13.0%
KURTZ, BENJAMIN M 2 56.7% +17.6%
HAGEMAN, MARK C 1 74.0% +15.7%

Quick Wins (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18891065 BUCKET LIP AND BUCKET LIP ASSEMBLY FOR MACHINE HAVING LIP WINGS PEZZUTO, ROBERT ERIC
18380927 INTEGRATED END HORN FOR PANTOGRAPH ASSEMBLY SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER

Hard Cases (60)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17153648 Cryogenic Containment System PETTITT, JOHN F 323d overdue
17117153 HYBRID ENSEMBLE APPROACH FOR IOT PREDICTIVE MODELLING ALGHAZZY, SHAMCY 107d overdue
17519477 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UNDERCARRIAGE WEAR PREDICTION CHAVEZ, ANTHONY RAY 46d overdue
18480861 METHOD FOR DETERMINING OPTIMAL MACHINE PERFORMANCE DURING AUTONOMOUS OPERATION KHALED, ABDALLA A 36d overdue
18923589 HYDRAULIC CYLINDER BUFFER SEAL BACKUP RING PATEL, VISHAL A 15d overdue
18778341 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING FUEL INJECTOR COMMANDS MOUBRY, JAMES G 10d overdue
18540559 SNOW WING LINKAGE TSUI, ALFRED H 8d overdue
18736161 DOOR CLOSING SYSTEM OF AN ENERGY TRANSFER SYSTEM MORFORD, ALEXANDRA ROBYN 4d overdue

Interview Candidates (18)

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
18480861 METHOD FOR DETERMINING OPTIMAL MACHINE PERFORMANCE DURING AUTONOMOUS OPERATION KHALED, ABDALLA A 36d overdue
18923589 HYDRAULIC CYLINDER BUFFER SEAL BACKUP RING PATEL, VISHAL A 15d overdue
18540559 SNOW WING LINKAGE TSUI, ALFRED H 8d overdue
18527671 TIP WITH THRU-HOLE AND PIN RETAINING GEOMETRY SCOVILLE, BLAKE E 8d overdue
18119885 ULTRA-DEEP INDUCTION HARDENING FOR TRACK PADS BELLINGER, JASON R 6d
18423526 COATED WEAR SLEEVE FOR DYNAMIC SHAFT PATEL, VISHAL A 70d
19141287 A Method Of Operating A Work Vehicle According To A Maximum Allowable Swing Speed TISSOT, ADAM D
19139967 A METHOD OF OPERATING A WORK VEHICLE ACCORDING TO A MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE SWING SPEED TISSOT, ADAM D

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3671 10
3615 9
3663 6
3763 6
3675 5
3666 4
3616 3
3662 3
3668 3
2858 3

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19141287 A Method Of Operating A Work Vehicle According To A Maximum Allowable Swing Speed TISSOT, ADAM D §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 19, 2025
19139967 A METHOD OF OPERATING A WORK VEHICLE ACCORDING TO A MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE SWING SPEED TISSOT, ADAM D 3663 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 17, 2025
18865829 AN ALIGNMENT SYSTEM FOR USE IN COUPLING A WORK MACHINE SYSTEM COMPRISING INTERCHANGEABLE TRAILER UNITS HAGEMAN, MARK C §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 14, 2024
18884364 LINK AND TRACK WILHELM, TIMOTHY §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 13, 2024
18884621 LINK DEVICE AND TRACK BELLINGER, JASON R 4100 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 13, 2024
18582810 HYDRAULIC CONTROL SYSTEM IN WORKING MACHINES AFRIN, NAZIA 3666 §103 Final Rejection 13d Pending Feb 21, 2024
18285804 SYSTEM FOR FASTENING STRUCTURES TO A VEHICLE MAGAR, DIL KUMAR 3675 §103 Final Rejection 9d Pending Oct 05, 2023
18026709 BRAKE SYSTEM KING, BRADLEY T 3616 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 16, 2023
17787360 DUMPING-BODY ASSEMBLY FOR USE IN A HAULAGE VEHICLE GUTMAN, HILARY L 3612 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jun 20, 2022
19053862 GROUND ENGAGING TOOL WEAR AND LOSS DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD BUSE, TERRY C 3666 §103DP Non-Final OA Pending Feb 14, 2025
19053358 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING MACHINE STATE KINGSLAND, KYLE J 3663 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 13, 2025
18980169 CAUSING A BATTERY OF A MACHINE TO ENTER INTO A CHARGING STATE SEOL, DAVIN 3662 §103 Non-Final OA 86d Pending Dec 13, 2024
18965196 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MODIFYING A NON-ELECTRIC MACHINE TO BE AN ELECTRIC OR HYBRID ELECTRIC MACHINE ALAM, NAEEM TASLIM 3668 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 02, 2024
18964185 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PARALLEL PATH VARIATORS BOBISH, CHRISTOPHER S 3746 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 29, 2024
18961818 VALIDATION OF PERCEPTION INFORMATION OBTAINED BY A PERCEPTION SENSOR SYSTEM THAT INCLUDES A PLURALITY OF SENSORS INSERRA, MADISON RENEE 3662 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 27, 2024
18868866 Automatic Levelling of Work Machine MILLER, CAITLIN ANNE §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 25, 2024
18956534 AFTERCOOLER WITH TUBE AND FIN DESIGN RUBY, TRAVIS C 3763 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 22, 2024
18943763 AUTOMATIC CONDITION-BASED LENS CLEANING SYSTEM CARLSON, MARC 3723 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 11, 2024
18933251 WING SHROUD FOR BUCKET LIP AND BUCKET LIP ASSEMBLY USING SAME MITCHELL, JOEL F 3671 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 31, 2024
18932934 Contactor Position and Failure Detection System FAUBERT, SAMANTHA LYNETTE 2838 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 31, 2024
18933244 BUCKET LIP SHROUD AND BUCKET LIP ASSEMBLY FOR MACHINE SCOVILLE, BLAKE E 3671 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 31, 2024
18927250 System and Method for Maintaining Working Temperature of Circuit Breakers AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 25, 2024
18924517 MASTER LINK END FOR MASTER LINK ASSEMBLY AND RELATED METHODS PALMER, ALEX ROBERT 3615 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 23, 2024
18923589 HYDRAULIC CYLINDER BUFFER SEAL BACKUP RING PATEL, VISHAL A 3675 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Oct 22, 2024
18920504 Systems and Methods for Cooling a Secondary Battery Used for Underground Mining Machines FURDGE, LARRY L 3763 §103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Oct 18, 2024
18919571 WEAR MEMBER AND TRACK LINK FOR TRACK LINK ASSEMBLY COMINO, EVA L 3615 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 18, 2024
18907093 MANAGEMENT OF MACHINE OPERATION SAFETY ZONES CHOI, ALICIA M 2117 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 04, 2024
18897984 DUAL FUEL INJECTOR AND METHOD SUTHERLAND, STEVEN M 3752 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 26, 2024
18891065 BUCKET LIP AND BUCKET LIP ASSEMBLY FOR MACHINE HAVING LIP WINGS PEZZUTO, ROBERT ERIC 3671 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 20, 2024
18891054 BUCKET LIP AND BUCKET FOR MACHINE HAVING SEGMENTED INTEGRAL BEAM PEZZUTO, ROBERT ERIC 3671 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 20, 2024
18891462 DYNAMIC CONTROL STRATEGY FOR TWO-LEVEL DC-DC CONVERTERS GBLENDE, JEFFREY A 2838 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 20, 2024
18891067 BUCKET LIP HAVING SHROUD STATIONS FOR MULTI-DIRECTIONAL LOAD SUPPORT BEHRENS, ADAM J 3671 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 20, 2024
18888623 Quick Tool Coupler System TIGHE, BRENDAN P 3652 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 18, 2024
18821323 Cooling Arrangement for Conditioning Cabins of Work Machines BRADFORD, JONATHAN 3763 §102 Final Rejection Pending Aug 30, 2024
18817477 SEAL CARTRIDGE, SEAL CARTRIDGE ASSEMBLY, AND METHOD OF USE KONERU, LAKSHMI S 3675 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 28, 2024
18807836 DETECTION AND LOCALIZATION OF ISSUES IN WORK MACHINES USING ACOUSTIC SENSOR N'DURE, AMIE MERCEDES 3645 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Aug 16, 2024
18784094 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A VEHICLE HAVING A HYBRID POWERTRAIN KLEINMAN, LAIL A 3668 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 25, 2024
18777714 WEAR SLEEVE AND LIP SEAL POSITIONABLE UPON A MACHINE COMPONENT BYRD, EUGENE G 3675 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 19, 2024
18778341 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING FUEL INJECTOR COMMANDS MOUBRY, JAMES G 3747 §102§103 Final Rejection 10d overdue Pending Jul 19, 2024
18771808 SYNTHETIC AUDIO FEEDBACK FOR MACHINE IMPLEMENT CONTROL BREWER, JACK ROBERT 3663 §103§112 Final Rejection 63d Pending Jul 12, 2024
18771488 CONDUITS FOR FEEDING AIR TO SMALL BEARINGS OF JOURNAL AREA OF ROTARY DRILL BIT QUAIM, LAMIA 3676 §103 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Jul 12, 2024
18769486 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING PERCEPTION DEVICES IN MOBILE MACHINES ANWARI, MACEEH 3663 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 11, 2024
18724735 Longwall Shearer Positioning Method, Pan for Panline, Longwall Shearer System KRECK, JANINE MUIR 3672 §101§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Jun 27, 2024
18751648 BATTERY PACK CONTACT BREAK DETECTION MONSUR, NASIMA 2858 §101§102§103§112 Final Rejection 7d Pending Jun 24, 2024
18745180 Powertrain Control System and Method for a Mobile Machine JOHNSON, KYLE T 3656 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 17, 2024
18738983 REDUCED POWERTRAIN LOAD ON BATTERY CONTACTOR BARNETT, JOEL 2849 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 10, 2024
18737985 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF ENHANCING BATTERY THERMAL MANAGEMENT DURING A CHARGE EVENT HINCAPIE SERNA, GUSTAVO A 3763 §102 Final Rejection Pending Jun 08, 2024
18736832 ELECTRICAL INTERFACE SYSTEM LIN, CHENG XI §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 07, 2024
18736080 OPTIMIZED CONTROL METHOD FOR POWER DISTRIBUTION SCHEDULING IN A MICROGRID CONTROLLER SIDDIQUEE, TAMEEM §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 06, 2024
18736161 DOOR CLOSING SYSTEM OF AN ENERGY TRANSFER SYSTEM MORFORD, ALEXANDRA ROBYN 3658 §103§112 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Jun 06, 2024
18715963 Charging Management For Electric Work Vehicles BLAUFELD, JUSTIN R 2151 DP Final Rejection Pending Jun 03, 2024
18680695 GROUND FAULT DETECTION TECHNIQUES IN MOBILE MACHINES BARRON, JEREMIAH JOHN 2858 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending May 31, 2024
18678448 Perception-Based Navigation for Mobile Machines NGUYEN, MISA H 3666 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 30, 2024
18679024 EQUIPMENT FAILURE IDENTIFICATION AND PREDICTION OF REMAINING USEFUL LIFE USING MACHINE LEARNING LU, HUA §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 30, 2024
18678421 Perception-Based Worksite Control System TAN, OLIVER E 3669 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 30, 2024
18671029 OPTIMIZATION OF PARALLEL DC-DC EFFICIENCY ON A BATTERY ELECTRIC MACHINE PATEL, JIGNESHKUMAR C §102 Non-Final OA Pending May 22, 2024
18670795 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING BATTERY ELECTRIC MACHINES AT WORKSITES YANCHUS III, PAUL B §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 22, 2024
18670462 Spatial Localization Imaging System DOROS, KAYLA RENEE 3657 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 21, 2024
18668851 CONTACTOR SELECTION TO OPEN UNDER LOAD BUFFINGTON, HEAVEN RICHELLE §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 20, 2024
18663143 SYSTEM AND MOUNTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR ACCESSING MACHINE SEAT CONTROLS SAEED, AHMED M 2831 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 14, 2024
18663151 GRADING ATTACHMENT FOR WORK MACHINE RISIC, ABIGAIL ANNE §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 14, 2024
18659804 COOLING SYSTEM FOR POWER ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS LANE, DEVON 3763 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 09, 2024
18655634 COUPLER FOR CONNECTING DUCTILE CONDUCTORS QUIGLEY, THOMAS K §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 06, 2024
18650509 RADIAL AND AXIAL INTERFACE BETWEEN CONDUCTOR ROD AND WORK MACHINE ANDERSON, AMARA §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 30, 2024
18647947 OPERATING A MICRO-GRID USING RULE-BASED CONTROLS AND A SITE-SPECIFIC OPTIMIZER COLLINS, GARY 2115 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 26, 2024
18634090 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MACHINE SPEED MANAGEMENT WANG, ZHIPENG 2115 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 12, 2024
18620794 FULLY CAST IDLER WHEEL ROGERS, ADAM D 3617 §103 Final Rejection 16d Pending Mar 28, 2024
18617360 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MACHINE CONTROL USING ROAD SURFACE QUALITY DATA LINHARDT, LAURA E 3663 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Mar 26, 2024
18694207 BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION FOR BATTERIES FOR ELECTRIC WORK VEHICLES ALAM, MIRZA F 2688 §103 Final Rejection 40d Pending Mar 21, 2024
18608000 GROMMET AND GROMMET ASSEMBLY FOR MACHINE FLUID SYSTEM CUMAR, NATHAN §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 18, 2024
18592761 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WORKSITE DYNAMIC CHARGING CHUNG, MONG-SHUNE 2118 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 01, 2024
18588122 DISPATCH SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BATTERY ELECTRIC MACHINES KNIGHT, LETORIA G 3623 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 27, 2024
18444656 SPROCKET DAMPING ASSEMBLY FOR A TRACK-TYPE MACHINE KOTTER, KIP T 3615 §102 Final Rejection 7d Pending Feb 17, 2024
18440401 EXHAUST ASSEMBLY HEAT MITIGATION SYSTEM LEARY, JOSHUA DENNIS 3753 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 13, 2024
18431221 WEAR MEMBER HAVING DOUBLE SCOOP-RIB MCGOWAN, JAMIE LOUISE 3671 §102 Final Rejection 27d Pending Feb 02, 2024
18423526 COATED WEAR SLEEVE FOR DYNAMIC SHAFT PATEL, VISHAL A 3675 §103 Final Rejection 70d Pending Jan 26, 2024
18411547 RIGID PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD BUS BAR CARRIER AND CELL INTERCONNECT AKRAM, IMRAN §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 12, 2024
18410348 SCALABLE COOLING STRUCTURE FOR A BATTERY CELL DINH, BACH T §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 11, 2024
18394268 Control System for Ripper Operation KHALED, ABDALLA A 3667 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 22, 2023
18545406 MASTER LINK AND HALF LINK FOR SAME CONFIGURED FOR STRESS DE-CONCENTRATION BINNS, HOWARD PATRICK 3615 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 19, 2023
18544531 SYSTEM FOR SLIDABLY RETAINING MOLDBOARDS OF GRADING MACHINES TSUI, ALFRED H 3671 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 19, 2023
18541068 SYSTEM FOR MAINTAINING WORKING TEMPERATURE OF ENERGY STORAGE CELLS OF BATTERY MODULES GAMBOA, MARIO ROBLES §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 15, 2023
18541116 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ELECTRICAL FAULT DETECTION REISNER, NOAM S 2852 §103§112 Final Rejection 33d Pending Dec 15, 2023
18540559 SNOW WING LINKAGE TSUI, ALFRED H 3671 §102§103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Dec 14, 2023
18527671 TIP WITH THRU-HOLE AND PIN RETAINING GEOMETRY SCOVILLE, BLAKE E 3671 §103 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Dec 04, 2023
18525092 ARM ASSEMBLY FOR ENERGY TRANSFER SYSTEM JONES, JAMES WILLIAM 3615 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 30, 2023
18524234 BOOM AND TRAILING ARM CONTROL SYSTEM FOR DYNAMIC ENERGY TRANSFER SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER 3615 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 30, 2023
18524569 CONDUCTING RAIL RETENTION SYSTEM KUHFUSS, ZACHARY L 3615 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 30, 2023
18564175 A BODY FOR A MACHINE COMPRISING A HEATED PAYLOAD CAVITY BARGERO, JOHN E 6218 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 27, 2023
18516819 BATTERY THERMAL RUNAWAY MANAGEMENT NAKDALI, RENAD §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 21, 2023
18497094 CHARGING SYSTEM LABAZE, EDWYN §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 30, 2023
18492624 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRECLEANING AIR USING CHARGE PLATES TURNER, SONJI 1776 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 23, 2023
18489968 POWER SYSTEM FOR WORK MACHINES PARRIES, DRU M 2836 §103§112 Non-Final OA 54d Pending Oct 19, 2023
18488587 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MICROGRID ASSET DISPATCH MONTY, MARZIA T 2117 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 17, 2023
18380927 INTEGRATED END HORN FOR PANTOGRAPH ASSEMBLY SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER 3615 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 17, 2023
18488296 FILTER FOR FLUID SYSTEM HAVING SEAL WITH INTEGRATED DRAIN BACK VALVING BREWSTER, HAYDEN R 1779 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 17, 2023
18480861 METHOD FOR DETERMINING OPTIMAL MACHINE PERFORMANCE DURING AUTONOMOUS OPERATION KHALED, ABDALLA A 3667 §103§112 Final Rejection 36d overdue Pending Oct 04, 2023
18481146 TEST DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR A VIRTUAL FLEET AND ASSET MODELING PLATFORM AGUILERA, TODD 2192 §103 Final Rejection 59d overdue Pending Oct 04, 2023
18374715 BRAKE SYSTEM WITH ENHANCED REVERSE MODULATED BRAKE CONTROL WILLIAMS, THOMAS J 3616 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 29, 2023
18375285 CELL BALANCING STRATEGY FOR A BATTERY HESS, DANIEL A §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 29, 2023
18244464 MANAGING BATTERY STATE OF CHARGE LEVELS ON AN ELECTRIC MACHINE FANTU, YALKEW §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 11, 2023
18465061 WIRELESS THERMAL CONTROL FOR A BATTERY CELL MCCARTY, PATRICK M 1774 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 11, 2023
18234970 FILTER ASSEMBLY AND FILTER COMPONENT HAVING DETENT CLIPS AND POSTS FOR CLICK-LOCK ENGAGEMENT KURTZ, BENJAMIN M 1779 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 17, 2023
18361742 OPTIMIZING BATTERY DELIVERY AND REPLACEMENT GOODMAN, MATTHEW PARKER 3628 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 28, 2023
18360644 STRUCTURED REPRESENTATIONS WITH TEMPORAL RELEVANCE LEVELS FOR DATA FIELDS MANEJWALA, ISMAIL A 3628 §101 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Jul 27, 2023
18357239 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING CONNECTION STATUS OF BATTERY SYSTEM OF WORK MACHINE ST CYR, DANIEL 2876 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 24, 2023
18217070 FILTER, FILTER COMPONENT, AND FILTER CONNECTOR SYSTEM HAVING INTERLOCKING TABS AND RETENTION ELEMENTS KURTZ, BENJAMIN M 1779 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jun 30, 2023
18334576 Spring Applied, Hydraulically Released Service Brake System AUNG, SAN M 3616 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Jun 14, 2023
18206892 BLADE TILT STEERING USING GLOBAL ANGLE FURGASON, KAREN LYNELLE 3665 §103 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Jun 07, 2023
18203684 AIRBORNE INSPECTION METROLOGY CASS, JEAN PAUL 3666 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending May 31, 2023
18324845 ALIGNMENT SYSTEM FOR SWAPPABLE VEHICLE BATTERY EBNER, KATY MEYER 3613 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 26, 2023
18317151 INTUITIVE CONFIGURABLE MACHINE ATTACHMENT CONTROLS PALMARCHUK, BRIAN KEITH 3669 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 15, 2023
18196623 ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM DEFLAGRATION AND THERMAL PROPAGATION MITIGATION ONDREJCAK, ANDREW DOMENIC 3752 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 12, 2023
18315803 WORK TOOL COUPLER FOR ELECTRIFYING A WORK TOOL PHAM, QUANG 2685 §103 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending May 11, 2023
18135911 HYDRAULIC WRENCH AND METHOD MCCONNELL, AARON R 3723 §103 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Apr 18, 2023
18298525 ROTATIONAL MACHINES AND HAZARD WARNING METHODS THEREFOR COBB, MATTHEW 3661 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 11, 2023
18298841 BATTERY MODULE MONITORING AND REPURPOSING MANG, LAL C 2857 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 11, 2023
18295438 PROPULSION SYSTEM HAVING INTEGRATED ELECTRIC MOTOR AND DISCONNECT CLUTCH AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAME SUBRAMANIAN, VISWANATHAN 3655 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 04, 2023
18128815 IDLER FOR TRACKED MACHINES BOEHLER, ANNE MARIE M 3611 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 30, 2023
18192450 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING ELECTRICAL POWER IN A WORKSITE BOOKER, KELVIN 2119 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 29, 2023
18027176 POWERTRAIN ARCHITECTURE DESIGN TOOL TAMIRU, ABRHAM ALEHEGN 2188 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 20, 2023
18119885 ULTRA-DEEP INDUCTION HARDENING FOR TRACK PADS BELLINGER, JASON R 3615 §103 Final Rejection 6d Pending Mar 10, 2023
18181452 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COORDINATING OPERATIONS OF A FLEET OF MACHINES AND AT LEAST ONE PROCESSING PLANT TORRES CHANZA, GABRIEL JOSE 3625 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 09, 2023
18178100 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING A COMBINATION OF SENSOR MODALITIES BASED ON ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS SULTANA, DILARA 2858 §103 Non-Final OA 69d Pending Mar 03, 2023
18165621 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING A DIGGING MACHINE ANFINRUD, GABRIEL P 3662 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 07, 2023
18164592 THREE-POINT HITCH HOOK UP ASSIST SYSTEM TSUI, ALFRED H 3671 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 05, 2023
18159519 DETECTION OF BATTERY PACK MIS-ASSEMBLY BECKER, BRANDON J 2857 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Jan 25, 2023
18098741 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR TASK-BASED SHORT-TERM MANAGEMENT OF A MINE SITE BOLEN, NICHOLAS D 3624 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 19, 2023
18156097 SERVICE COVER FOR INSTALLING AND REMOVING FILTER ELEMENTS OF A FILTER ASSEMBLY HE, QIANPING 1776 §103§112 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Jan 18, 2023
17930444 FLEET SIZE AND DISPATCH SCHEME OPTIMIZATION SANTIAGO-MERCED, FRANCIS Z 3625 §101 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Sep 08, 2022
17750697 DESIGN FOR SENSOR AND ANTENNA FIELD OF VIEW FOR SEMI-AUTONOMOUS CTL BAGHDASARYAN, HOVHANNES 3645 §103 Non-Final OA 97d overdue Pending May 23, 2022
17742257 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING OPERATION UNDER LIMP MODE TRAN, SARAH ASHLEY 3656 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending May 11, 2022
17737506 STABILITY SYSTEM FOR AN ARTICULATED MACHINE IN A COASTING MODE ALKIRSH, AHMED 3668 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 05, 2022
17519477 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UNDERCARRIAGE WEAR PREDICTION CHAVEZ, ANTHONY RAY 2186 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 46d overdue Pending Nov 04, 2021
17443151 DYNAMICALLY TRANSITIONING BETWEEN A FIRST LIFTING MODE AND A SECOND LIFTING MODE MARUNDA II, TORRENCE S 3663 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 21, 2021
17153648 Cryogenic Containment System PETTITT, JOHN F 3763 §103§112 Non-Final OA 323d overdue Pending Jan 20, 2021
17117153 HYBRID ENSEMBLE APPROACH FOR IOT PREDICTIVE MODELLING ALGHAZZY, SHAMCY 2128 §101 Final Rejection 107d overdue Pending Dec 10, 2020

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