Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Caterpillar Inc.

Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

144 pending office actions • 62 art units • 128 examiners • 0 of 144 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 430 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Caterpillar Inc. currently manages 143 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These matters are assigned to 127 distinct examiners across 62 distinct art units. This wide distribution indicates that the company's mechanical and systems innovations are reviewed by a large and diverse group of 127 distinct examiners, reflecting a broad technical footprint across the patent office.

The busiest examiner, PEZZUTO, ROBERT ERIC, is responsible for 3 pending office actions. With 127 distinct examiners involved in 143 pending actions, most examiners are handling only a single case. The 62 distinct art units represent a significant variety of technical specializations, requiring a prosecution strategy that can adapt to many different examination standards. Practitioners should analyze the 3 pending office actions with PEZZUTO, ROBERT ERIC while also navigating the 62 distinct art units involved in the portfolio.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

144
Total Pending OAs
90
Non-Final OAs
39
Final Rejections
15
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 38 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

15
Overdue
3
Due this week
9
Due this month
6
Due in next 60 days
5
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. 38 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (15)Due ≤ 7 days (3)Due ≤ 30 days (9)Due ≤ 60 days (6)Due later (5)

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.

78
Hard (54%)
65
Medium (45%)
1
Easy (1%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only7 (5%)
§101 + other10 (7%)
§103 only55 (38%)
§102 only7 (5%)
§112 only1 (1%)
Double-patenting + other3 (2%)
Multi-statute (no §101)61 (42%)

Industry Mix

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

8
Life Sciences
6% of docket
6
Information Tech
4% of docket
2
Communications
1% of docket
18
Semiconductors
12% of docket
76
Mechanical / Eng
53% of docket
34
Business / Other
24% 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.

1,440 h
Manual time on pending OAs
288 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
504 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
12.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PEZZUTO, ROBERT ERIC 3 85.2% +10.1%
TSUI, ALFRED H 3 32.7% +32.8%
SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER 3 83.6% +13.0%
BELLINGER, JASON R 3 70.0% +18.7%
SCOVILLE, BLAKE E 2 73.6% +29.3%
BEHRENS, ADAM J 2 77.3% +12.1%
ANWARI, MACEEH 2 81.1% +5.8%
SULTANA, DILARA 2 80.9% +16.1%
KHALED, ABDALLA A 2 72.9% +20.8%
PELTON, NATHANIEL R 2 74.5% +19.0%

Quick Wins (4)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18178100 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING A COMBINATION OF SENSOR MODALITIES BASED ON ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS SULTANA, DILARA 69d
18769486 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING PERCEPTION DEVICES IN MOBILE MACHINES ANWARI, MACEEH —
18588556 Electrical Power System for Earthmoving Machine ANWARI, MACEEH —
18907179 RELOCATABLE BASE FOR ELEVATED POWER RAILS AND METHOD OF DEPLOYMENT SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER —

Hard Cases (78)

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
18540559 SNOW WING LINKAGE TSUI, ALFRED H 8d overdue
18736161 DOOR CLOSING SYSTEM OF AN ENERGY TRANSFER SYSTEM MORFORD, ALEXANDRA ROBYN 4d overdue
18156097 SERVICE COVER FOR INSTALLING AND REMOVING FILTER ELEMENTS OF A FILTER ASSEMBLY HE, QIANPING 4d overdue
18119885 ULTRA-DEEP INDUCTION HARDENING FOR TRACK PADS BELLINGER, JASON R 6d

Interview Candidates (22)

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
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
18178100 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING A COMBINATION OF SENSOR MODALITIES BASED ON ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS SULTANA, DILARA 69d
18470692 CORNER SEGMENT TSUI, ALFRED H 75d
18933244 BUCKET LIP SHROUD AND BUCKET LIP ASSEMBLY FOR MACHINE SCOVILLE, BLAKE E —
18891054 BUCKET LIP AND BUCKET FOR MACHINE HAVING SEGMENTED INTEGRAL BEAM PEZZUTO, ROBERT ERIC —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3671 13
3663 7
3763 6
3615 5
2858 5
3675 4
3668 3
2838 3
2857 3
3752 2

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19469817 Recovery Of Electric Work Vehicles ELARABI, TAREK A 3661 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 26, 2025
19083480 SEAL MEMBER FOR JOINT ASSEMBLY OF A MACHINE AND SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND ASSEMBLIES THEREOF KONERU, LAKSHMI S 3675 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 19, 2025
19053358 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING MACHINE STATE KINGSLAND, KYLE J 3663 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 13, 2025
19051814 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DRILLING MACHINES WALLACE, KIPP CHARLES 3674 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 12, 2025
18992110 Wear Pad Assembly TRAN, DIEM M 3654 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 07, 2025
18980169 CAUSING A BATTERY OF A MACHINE TO ENTER INTO A CHARGING STATE SEOL, DAVIN 3662 §103 Final Rejection 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 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 02, 2024
18868866 Automatic Levelling of Work Machine MILLER, CAITLIN ANNE — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 25, 2024
18945682 RETENTION COMPONENT ASSEMBLY FOR WORK TOOL BREGEL, EVAN ANTHONY 3671 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 13, 2024
18933244 BUCKET LIP SHROUD AND BUCKET LIP ASSEMBLY FOR MACHINE SCOVILLE, BLAKE E 3671 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 31, 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
18927250 System and Method for Maintaining Working Temperature of Circuit Breakers AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN — §103 Final Rejection — 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
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
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
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
18891065 BUCKET LIP AND BUCKET LIP ASSEMBLY FOR MACHINE HAVING LIP WINGS PEZZUTO, ROBERT ERIC 3671 §102§103 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
18891080 BUCKET LIP HAVING WEAR CAP RETENTION FEATURE BEHRENS, ADAM J 3671 §103 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
18828681 CHARGING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRICALLY CONNECTING A WORK MACHINE TO A CHARGING STATION GONZALEZ, MARIO CARLOS 3668 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 09, 2024
18821323 Cooling Arrangement for Conditioning Cabins of Work Machines BRADFORD, JONATHAN 3763 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 30, 2024
18814739 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HEATING CABINS OF WORK MACHINES NOUKETCHA, LIONEL W — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 26, 2024
18792974 MODULAR AIR FILTER ASSEMBLY BUI, DUNG H 1773 §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 02, 2024
18787482 Cooling Arrangement for an Electric Charger System DELEON, DARIO ANTONIO 3763 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 29, 2024
18833311 Roof Support Unit for a Mining Machine TOLEDO-DURAN, EDWIN J 3678 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — 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
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
18771808 SYNTHETIC AUDIO FEEDBACK FOR MACHINE IMPLEMENT CONTROL BREWER, JACK ROBERT 3663 §103§112 Final Rejection 63d 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
18763352 Electrical Powertrain System for Mobile Crushers WIBLIN, MATTHEW 3745 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 03, 2024
18724735 Longwall Shearer Positioning Method, Pan for Panline, Longwall Shearer System COY, NICOLE A 3672 §101§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 27, 2024
18751648 BATTERY PACK CONTACT BREAK DETECTION MONSUR, NASIMA 2858 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Jun 24, 2024
18745482 IMPROVED PEAK MICROGRID LOAD DISPATCH CAO, CHUN 2115 §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
18736832 ELECTRICAL INTERFACE SYSTEM LIN, CHENG XI — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 07, 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
18680695 GROUND FAULT DETECTION TECHNIQUES IN MOBILE MACHINES BARRON, JEREMIAH JOHN 2858 §103§112 Non-Final OA 28d Pending May 31, 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
18670462 Spatial Localization Imaging System DOROS, KAYLA RENEE 3657 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 21, 2024
18668851 CONTACTOR SELECTION TO OPEN UNDER LOAD BUFFINGTON, HEAVEN RICHELLE — §102§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
18664249 FUEL CELL LOAD SPLIT MANAGEMENT AMRANY, ADI — §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 14, 2024
18659804 COOLING SYSTEM FOR POWER ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS LANE, DEVON 3763 §103 Final Rejection — Pending May 09, 2024
18658773 Machine Sensor Configuration System SULTANA, DILARA — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 08, 2024
18656464 BATTERY PACK PRE-CHARGING DHAKAL, BICKEY 2896 §101§102 Non-Final OA — Pending May 06, 2024
18652510 Apparatus for Locating Hardware COURSON, TANIA C — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 01, 2024
18650561 FUEL INJECTOR HAVING NOZZLE CHECK WITH TRANSFER HOLES ORIENTED FOR REDUCED MIXING OF TWO FUELS REINBOLD, SCOTT A 3747 §102§103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Apr 30, 2024
18634213 FLUID SYSTEM HAVING FILTER CONNECTING SYSTEM BETWEEN HOUSING COMPONENTS GONZALEZ, MADELINE — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 12, 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
18613962 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM RESONANCE DAMPER LEE, JYE-JUNE 2838 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Mar 22, 2024
18694207 BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION FOR BATTERIES FOR ELECTRIC WORK VEHICLES ALAM, MIRZA F 2688 §103DP 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
18588556 Electrical Power System for Earthmoving Machine ANWARI, MACEEH 3663 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 27, 2024
18440401 EXHAUST ASSEMBLY HEAT MITIGATION SYSTEM LEARY, JOSHUA DENNIS 3753 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 13, 2024
18436082 COMPRESSION PADS FOR BATTERY MODULES CHANDLER, KAITY V — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 08, 2024
18433594 MULTI-VOLTAGE BATTERY MANAGER ONDRASIK, JOHN PAUL — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 06, 2024
18431221 WEAR MEMBER HAVING DOUBLE SCOOP-RIB MCGOWAN, JAMIE LOUISE 3671 §102 Final Rejection 27d Pending Feb 02, 2024
18423571 STARTUP CONDITION MONITORING SYSTEM FOR A MACHINE WU, LORI SOUTHARD 3655 §101§102§103 Final Rejection 8d Pending Jan 26, 2024
18423526 COATED WEAR SLEEVE FOR DYNAMIC SHAFT PATEL, VISHAL A 3675 §103 Final Rejection 70d Pending Jan 26, 2024
18411552 LEAPING BUS BAR RAMOS RIVERA, GILBERTO — §102§103 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
18573803 Method of Ground Fault Test on Aggregated Battery for Electric Work Vehicle and Apparatus PRETLOW, DEMETRIUS R 2858 §112 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Dec 22, 2023
18394268 Control System for Ripper Operation KHALED, ABDALLA A 3667 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 22, 2023
18393108 ELECTRIFIED MACHINE AND CHARGER FLEET AND MICROGRID POWER DISPATCH BICKIYA, AIMAN AMIR — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 21, 2023
18541498 RECOMMENDING A TROUBLESHOOTING PROCEDURE TO PERFORM VIG, NARESH 3622 §101§112 Final Rejection — 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
18541068 SYSTEM FOR MAINTAINING WORKING TEMPERATURE OF ENERGY STORAGE CELLS OF BATTERY MODULES GAMBOA, MARIO ROBLES — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 15, 2023
18540559 SNOW WING LINKAGE TSUI, ALFRED H 3671 §102§103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Dec 14, 2023
18540766 BATTERY THERMAL PROPAGATION GODO, OLATUNJI A — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 14, 2023
18536409 TERMINAL ASSEMBLY FIGUEROA, FELIX O 2831 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 12, 2023
18530525 FUEL CELL POWER SYSTEM ORDUNA, TAMARA — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 06, 2023
18527671 TIP WITH THRU-HOLE AND PIN RETAINING GEOMETRY SCOVILLE, BLAKE E 3671 §103Other Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Dec 04, 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 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 30, 2023
18525043 CHARGING CONTROL SYSTEM OF A CHARGING UNIT FOR BATTERY PACKS BERHANU, SAMUEL — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 30, 2023
18512821 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF ACCELERATING FUEL CELL START-UP AND WARM-UP TIMES OHARA, BRIAN R — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 17, 2023
18505168 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING COOLING ASSEMBLY OF BATTERY SYSTEM TRAN, UYEN M — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 09, 2023
18497094 CHARGING SYSTEM LABAZE, EDWYN — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 30, 2023
18491547 SELF-CONTAINED POWER UNIT FOR A WORK MACHINE LEE, BYUNG RO 2858 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 20, 2023
18490957 PRE-CHARGE BATTERY ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FROM DISCRETE BATTERY STRINGS PELTON, NATHANIEL R — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 20, 2023
18490936 SCALABLE BATTERY SYSTEM AND METHOD PELTON, NATHANIEL R — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 20, 2023
18489968 POWER SYSTEM FOR WORK MACHINES PARRIES, DRU M 2836 §103§112 Non-Final OA 54d Pending Oct 19, 2023
18287105 DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS EBERSMAN, BRUCE I 3693 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 16, 2023
18480861 METHOD FOR DETERMINING OPTIMAL MACHINE PERFORMANCE DURING AUTONOMOUS OPERATION KHALED, ABDALLA A 3667 §103§112 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Oct 04, 2023
18481146 TEST DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR A VIRTUAL FLEET AND ASSET MODELING PLATFORM AGUILERA, TODD 2192 §103 Non-Final OA 59d overdue Pending Oct 04, 2023
18478217 BATTERY MONITORING USING TELEMATICS SINGLETARY, MICHAEL J 2857 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 29, 2023
18470692 CORNER SEGMENT TSUI, ALFRED H 3671 §103§112 Non-Final OA 75d Pending Sep 20, 2023
18458840 RING SEAL REMOVAL TOOL HAVING INTEGRATED MEASUREMENT DEVICE HALL JR, TYRONE VINCENT 3723 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 30, 2023
18238357 SCALABLE BATTERY MOUNTED LOCK OUT DEVICE KERNS, KEVIN P 1735 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 25, 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
18231804 INTEGRATED FUEL CELL COOLING SYSTEM AND METHODS THEREOF ATTEY, JOEL M 3763 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 09, 2023
18228908 CHARGING SYSTEM FOR NON-ROAD ELECTRIC VEHICLE MARSHALL, CHRISTLE I — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 01, 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 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 24, 2023
18217070 FILTER, FILTER COMPONENT, AND FILTER CONNECTOR SYSTEM HAVING INTERLOCKING TABS AND RETENTION ELEMENTS KURTZ, BENJAMIN M 1779 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 30, 2023
18206892 BLADE TILT STEERING USING GLOBAL ANGLE FURGASON, KAREN LYNELLE 3665 §103 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Jun 07, 2023
18328833 PRESSURE RELIEF CAP FOR BATTERY MODULE JONES, OLIVIA ANN 1789 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 05, 2023
18325569 THERMAL MANAGEMENT OF BATTERY SYSTEMS HANSEN, JARED A 1723 §103 Final Rejection 27d Pending May 30, 2023
18317151 INTUITIVE CONFIGURABLE MACHINE ATTACHMENT CONTROLS PALMARCHUK, BRIAN KEITH 3669 §103 Non-Final OA — 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
18137736 WORK MACHINE WITH OPERATOR FATIGUE MITIGATION SYSTEM TORRES CHANZA, GABRIEL JOSE 3625 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 21, 2023
18135911 HYDRAULIC WRENCH AND METHOD MCCONNELL, AARON R 3723 §103 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Apr 18, 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
18119885 ULTRA-DEEP INDUCTION HARDENING FOR TRACK PADS BELLINGER, JASON R 3615 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 6d Pending Mar 10, 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
18177285 ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM, COOLING SYSTEM, AND RELATED METHOD BAND, MICHAEL A 1794 §102§103§112DP Final Rejection 47d Pending Mar 02, 2023
18109797 COMPOSITE TRACK PAD BELLINGER, JASON R 3615 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 14, 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
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
17737506 STABILITY SYSTEM FOR AN ARTICULATED MACHINE IN A COASTING MODE ALKIRSH, AHMED 3668 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 05, 2022
17539542 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING A TARGET EVENT ASSOCIATED WITH A MACHINE MONAGHAN, MICHAEL J 3629 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 01, 2021
17519477 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UNDERCARRIAGE WEAR PREDICTION CHAVEZ, ANTHONY RAY 2186 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 46d overdue Pending Nov 04, 2021
17504154 MATERIAL TRACKING BASED ON VEHICLE WORK TOOL LOCATION MARUNDA II, TORRENCE S 3663 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 18, 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
17086128 MODE SELECTION FOR AN OPERATOR CONTROL HARTMANN, GARY S 3671 §103§112 Final Rejection 21d Pending Oct 30, 2020
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
19141279 A Method Of Operating A Work Vehicle According To A Maximum Allowable Swing Speed FIGUEROA, JAIME — §102§112 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
18869716 CONTROL CALIBRATION APPARATUS FOR VARIABLE-CAPACITY PUMP AND METHOD THEREOF AYALA DELGADO, ANTHONY 3746 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 26, 2024
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
18865975 Hydraulic Circuit for Construction Machine BUCK, MATTHEW R — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 14, 2024
18884621 LINK DEVICE AND TRACK BELLINGER, JASON R 4100 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 13, 2024
18884364 LINK AND TRACK WILHELM, TIMOTHY — §102§103 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 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 20, 2022
18907208 RELOCATABLE BASE FOR ELEVATED POWER RAILS AND METHOD OF DEPLOYMENT SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 04, 2024
18907179 RELOCATABLE BASE FOR ELEVATED POWER RAILS AND METHOD OF DEPLOYMENT SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER — §102§103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 04, 2024
18391314 DIPPER HANDLE FOR ELECTRIC ROPE SHOVEL PEZZUTO, ROBERT ERIC 3652 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 20, 2023

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