Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

CNH Industrial N.V.

Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

75 pending office actions • 23 art units • 57 examiners • 0 of 75 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 275 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

CNH Industrial N.V. maintains a large portfolio with 73 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed across 57 distinct examiners and 23 distinct art units, indicating a very broad prosecution landscape. RAILEY, JENNIFER A is the busiest examiner, currently overseeing 5 pending cases.

The ratio of 73 pending office actions to 57 distinct examiners suggests that while many examiners handle only one case, there is some concentration of work among a few individuals. The busiest examiner, RAILEY, JENNIFER A, manages 5 of these actions, which is the highest concentration for any single examiner in the portfolio. For a practitioner, this provides an opportunity to develop a more consistent strategy for the 5 pending cases assigned to this specific examiner.

With 23 distinct art units involved, the company's technology spans a wide range of USPTO classifications. Managing 73 pending office actions across 23 art units requires significant coordination and a deep understanding of various technical standards within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems area. Because there are 57 distinct examiners, the practitioner must be prepared to handle a wide variety of examination styles, even as they focus on the 5 pending cases assigned to the busiest examiner.

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

Portfolio Summary

75
Total Pending OAs
47
Non-Final OAs
22
Final Rejections
6
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 21 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

6
Overdue
0
Due this week
11
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
2
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. 21 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (6)Due ≤ 30 days (11)Due ≤ 60 days (2)Due later (2)

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.

32
Hard (43%)
41
Medium (55%)
1
Easy (1%)
1
Unknown (1%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (4%)
§103 only31 (41%)
§102 only8 (11%)
§112 only1 (1%)
Double-patenting + other2 (3%)
Multi-statute (no §101)29 (39%)
No statute on record1 (1%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
1% of docket
1
Information Tech
1% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
54
Mechanical / Eng
72% of docket
19
Business / Other
25% 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.

750 h
Manual time on pending OAs
150 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
262 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
6.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
RAILEY, JENNIFER A 5 79.5% +8.1%
MITCHELL, JOEL F 4 61.1% +17.0%
TSUI, ALFRED H 3 32.7% +32.8%
HO, ANNA THI 3 40.0% +33.9%
RUNCO, MADELINE IVY 2 77.2% +8.7%
HARCOURT, BRAD 2 84.2% +5.3%
NGUYEN, JIMMY T 2 76.5% +24.2%
MCGOWAN, JAMIE LOUISE 2 73.5% +16.2%
CHEN, SHELLEY 2 66.2% +20.4%
HUTCHINS, CATHLEEN R 2 83.9% +7.9%

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
18867175 SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR AN ELEMENT OF AN AGRICULTURAL HEADER HARCOURT, BRAD —
18925527 BALE WRAP ASSEMBLY LOADING SYSTEM FOR AN AGRICULTURAL HARVESTER HUTCHINS, CATHLEEN R —

Hard Cases (32)

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
18374550 COMPUTER VISION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AN AGRICULTURAL HEADER RHEE, ROY B 53d overdue
18416164 RESIDUE DEFLECTION ASSEMBLY FOR A CROP LOSS MONITORING SYSTEM HUTCHINS, CATHLEEN R 4d overdue
18274643 FOLDING LINE DIVIDER FOR A HARVESTING PLATFORM RAILEY, JENNIFER A 3d overdue
18571784 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING THE HEIGHT OF A HARVESTING IMPLEMENT RELATIVE TO THE GROUND CHIN, JAMES BRIAN 15d
17731065 CALIBRATION MODE OF AN AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM LINHARDT, LAURA E 22d
18084255 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING PLUGGING OF BASKET ASSEMBLIES OF AN AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT GOODBODY, JOAN T 23d
18436200 INDEPENDENT FRONT AND REAR GANG ANGLE CONTROL FOR A TILLAGE IMPLEMENT GAMMON, MATTHEW CHRISTOPHER 26d
18397378 System and Method for Detecting Rotor Slugging of an Agricultural Harvester HEFLIN, HARRISON JAMES RIEL 61d

Interview Candidates (16)

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
18741550 AUTOMATIC GUIDANCE OF AGRICULTURAL VEHICLES CHEN, SHELLEY 9d
18212581 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN AGRICULTURAL APPLICATOR HO, ANNA THI 34d
18922489 SLANTED BALE SPLITTING KNIFE NGUYEN, JIMMY T —
18810692 STRIP TILLAGE IMPLEMENT AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS MCGOWAN, JAMIE LOUISE —
18807314 ROW CLEANER ARRANGEMENT FOR ROW UNITS OF AN AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT MITCHELL, JOEL F —
18769651 REAR FOLDING AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS MITCHELL, JOEL F —
18747746 CONVEYING SYSTEM FOR AN AGRICULTURAL HARVESTER NGUYEN, JIMMY T —
18741417 SMART IMPLEMENT GUIDANCE CHEN, SHELLEY —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3671 11
3665 5
3752 5
3676 4
3669 3
3664 3
3657 3
3663 3
3725 2
3672 2

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19195088 BALE WRAP ASSEMBLY TRANSPORT SYSTEM FOR AN AGRICULTURAL HARVESTER JALLOW, EYAMINDAE CHOSSAN 3731 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 30, 2025
19094067 NUTRIENT PLACEMENT SYSTEM FOR AN AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT AND METHOD OF OPERATION REDA, MATTHEW J — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 28, 2025
19032532 FLEXIBLE HEADER FOR AN AGRICULTURAL HARVESTER RUNCO, MADELINE IVY — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 21, 2025
18999117 FEEDRATE CONTROL FOR ROUND BALER MOSCOLA, MATTHEW JOHN — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 23, 2024
19000133 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO MONITOR AND ADJUST OPERATION OF AN AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM HARCOURT, BRAD — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 23, 2024
18973361 VARIABLE PICKUP SPEED CONTROL FOR CONTROLLING SHAPE OF A ROUND BALE TRIVEDI, ATUL — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 09, 2024
18867175 SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR AN ELEMENT OF AN AGRICULTURAL HEADER HARCOURT, BRAD — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 19, 2024
18922489 SLANTED BALE SPLITTING KNIFE NGUYEN, JIMMY T — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 22, 2024
18915960 DECK PLATE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR AN AGRICULTURAL HARVESTER BROWN, CLAUDE J 3671 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 15, 2024
18906671 CONTROL SYSTEM FOR AN AGRICULTURAL TILLAGE IMPLEMENT BUCK, MATTHEW R — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 04, 2024
18898286 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING CROP LOSSES VIA IMAGING PROCESSING JHA, ABDHESH K — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 26, 2024
18810792 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AN AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT TORRES, ALICIA M — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 21, 2024
18810692 STRIP TILLAGE IMPLEMENT AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS MCGOWAN, JAMIE LOUISE — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 21, 2024
18809968 MOUNTING ASSEMBLY FOR AN AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT BREGEL, EVAN ANTHONY — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 20, 2024
18808865 STRIP TILLAGE IMPLEMENT WITH A ROLL LOCK ASSEMBLY TROUTMAN, MATTHEW D — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 19, 2024
18807314 ROW CLEANER ARRANGEMENT FOR ROW UNITS OF AN AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT MITCHELL, JOEL F — §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 16, 2024
18807284 ROW CLEANER WITH SCRAPER BLADES FOR ROW UNITS OF AN AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WOOD, DOUGLAS S — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 16, 2024
18798649 SEMI-MOUNTED AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WITH FORWARD LIFT-ASSIST AND RELATED AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM SCOVILLE, BLAKE E — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 08, 2024
18790322 SWATH RECORDATION SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE O'MALLEY, JOHN MARTIN 3658 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 31, 2024
18775696 CLEANING FAN FOR COMBINE HARVESTER RUNCO, MADELINE IVY — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 17, 2024
18769651 REAR FOLDING AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS MITCHELL, JOEL F — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 11, 2024
18747746 CONVEYING SYSTEM FOR AN AGRICULTURAL HARVESTER NGUYEN, JIMMY T 3725 — Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 19, 2024
18741417 SMART IMPLEMENT GUIDANCE CHEN, SHELLEY 3665 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 12, 2024
18741550 AUTOMATIC GUIDANCE OF AGRICULTURAL VEHICLES CHEN, SHELLEY 3665 §112 Final Rejection 9d Pending Jun 12, 2024
18732828 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AND CONTROLLING AUGER GAP VIA IMAGING PROCESSING RAILEY, JENNIFER A 3676 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 04, 2024
18672148 CAM TRACK ADJUSTMENT ASSEMBLY FOR A HARVESTING REEL TRAN, JULIA C 3671 §103 Final Rejection — Pending May 23, 2024
18667123 AGRICULTURAL COMBINE GRAIN CLEANING SIEVE WITH INDEPENDENTLY ROTATABLE LOUVERS RAILEY, JENNIFER A 3676 §103 Final Rejection — Pending May 17, 2024
18661238 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WRAPPING AN AGRICULTURAL BALE GUGLIOTTA, NICOLE T 1781 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 10, 2024
18642899 TAKE-UP, TENSIONING OR SERPENTINE ARM WITH PIVOTING ROLL FOR AGRICULTURE BALER ISSA, JUEVARA SAOOD 3725 §103 Final Rejection 56d Pending Apr 23, 2024
18620088 AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WITH IMPROVED GROUND-ENGAGING TOOL DEPTH CONTROL TSUI, ALFRED H 3671 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 28, 2024
18614874 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AN AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT MCCLEARY, CAITLIN RENEE 3669 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 25, 2024
18615878 Cab Entry Step Linkage and System BRENNER, WILLIAM RICHARD 3613 §103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 25, 2024
18694591 OSCILLATING CHAFF PAN FOR WEED SEED MILL OF COMBINE HARVESTER WRIGHT, GIOVANNA COLLINS 3672 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 22, 2024
18602491 AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS HARVEY II, KEVIN JEROME 3664 §103 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Mar 12, 2024
18591505 INDEPENDENT WING POSITION CONTROL FOR AN AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT TSUI, ALFRED H 3671 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 29, 2024
18587201 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN AGRICULTURAL APPLICATOR BURKE, THOMAS P 3741 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Feb 26, 2024
18436200 INDEPENDENT FRONT AND REAR GANG ANGLE CONTROL FOR A TILLAGE IMPLEMENT GAMMON, MATTHEW CHRISTOPHER 3657 §102§103 Final Rejection 26d Pending Feb 08, 2024
18681842 POSITION CONTROL OF A SEGMENTED AGRICULTURAL WORK ASSEMBLY MITCHELL, JOEL F 3671 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 06, 2024
18428117 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN AGRICULTURAL APPLICATOR LIEUWEN, CODY J 3752 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 31, 2024
18416164 RESIDUE DEFLECTION ASSEMBLY FOR A CROP LOSS MONITORING SYSTEM HUTCHINS, CATHLEEN R 3672 §102§103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Jan 18, 2024
18397378 System and Method for Detecting Rotor Slugging of an Agricultural Harvester HEFLIN, HARRISON JAMES RIEL 3665 §102§103 Non-Final OA 61d Pending Dec 27, 2023
18545006 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING SOIL PROPERTIES WITHIN A FIELD DURING AN AGRICULTURAL OPERATION WALTON, CHESIREE A 3624 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 19, 2023
18571784 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING THE HEIGHT OF A HARVESTING IMPLEMENT RELATIVE TO THE GROUND CHIN, JAMES BRIAN 3656 §102§103 Final Rejection 15d Pending Dec 19, 2023
18509711 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE PASS WIDTH OF AN AGRICULTURAL HARVESTER ESPINOZA, ABIGAIL LEE 3657 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 15, 2023
18287995 HARVESTER REEL HAVING SELF-ADJUSTING TINE BARS RAILEY, JENNIFER A 3671 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 23, 2023
18374550 COMPUTER VISION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AN AGRICULTURAL HEADER RHEE, ROY B 3664 §103§112 Final Rejection 53d overdue Pending Sep 28, 2023
18469842 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATIC TESTING OF BRAKING FUNCTION FOR AUTONOMOUS OPERATION MATTA, ALEXANDER GEORGE 3668 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 19, 2023
18468926 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING COMPACTION LAYER DEPTH DURING AGRICULTURAL MACHINE OPERATION LUSK, AUDREY L 3671 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 18, 2023
18243757 MOWER FIELD ANOMALY SYSTEM PIATESKI, ERIN M 3669 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 08, 2023
18240117 AGRICULTURAL LIQUID INJECTION SYSTEM SIDDIQUEE, TAMEEM 2116 §103 Final Rejection 28d overdue Pending Aug 30, 2023
18457748 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN AGRICULTURAL HARVESTER KNUDSON, ELLE ROSE 3667 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 29, 2023
18447616 AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WITH LEVELING DISK GANGS PEZZUTO, ROBERT ERIC 3671 §103 Non-Final OA 75d Pending Aug 10, 2023
18274643 FOLDING LINE DIVIDER FOR A HARVESTING PLATFORM RAILEY, JENNIFER A 3676 §103§112 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Jul 27, 2023
18219306 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING DAMAGED DISK BLADES ON AN AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT HORNER, MINATO LEE 3665 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 07, 2023
18215629 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE OPERATION OF AN AGRICULTURAL SPRAYER TAN, OLIVER E 3669 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Jun 28, 2023
18212581 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN AGRICULTURAL APPLICATOR HO, ANNA THI 3752 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Jun 21, 2023
18330184 SMART PREDICTIVE CUT HEIGHT PER SPECIFIC CROP SANTOS, AARRON EDUARDO 3663 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 06, 2023
18204030 ADAPTIVE HEADER FLOATATION FOR TILT AND/OR LIFT POSITION RAILEY, JENNIFER A 3676 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 31, 2023
18323923 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AN OPERATIONAL STATUS OF A DISC BLADE IVEY, DANA DESHAWN 3662 §103 Final Rejection — Pending May 25, 2023
18322383 ADVANCED SLIP CONTROL FOR AN AGRICULTURAL VEHICLE JAGOLINZER, SCOTT ROSS 3665 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending May 23, 2023
18139899 SYSTEM AND METHOD TO DETERMINE MOWING RAKING AND BALING TIMES MAYO, TARA LEIGH 3600 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 26, 2023
18133742 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR APPLYING FLUID TO A CUTTING BLADE PANDE, ASHUTOSH 3668 §103 Final Rejection 20d Pending Apr 12, 2023
18120590 FLUID GROUND-ENGAGING TOOL ACTUATION SYSTEM NGUYEN, JASON TOAN 3666 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Mar 13, 2023
18110713 SOIL FINISHER ASSEMBLY FOR AN AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT TSUI, ALFRED H 3671 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 16, 2023
18076878 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN AGRICULTURAL APPLICATOR HO, ANNA THI 3752 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 07, 2022
17968192 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE OPERATION OF A TILLAGE IMPLEMENT INSERRA, MADISON RENEE 3662 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 18, 2022
17900112 DISC BLADE ANGLE ADJUSTMENT ASSEMBLY FOR A TILLAGE IMPLEMENT MITCHELL, JOEL F 3671 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 31, 2022
17731065 CALIBRATION MODE OF AN AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM LINHARDT, LAURA E 3663 §102§103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Apr 27, 2022
18930271 ROW UNIT LIFT CONTROL SYSTEM FOR AN AGRICULTURAL SEEDING IMPLEMENT MCGOWAN, JAMIE LOUISE 3671 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 29, 2024
18925527 BALE WRAP ASSEMBLY LOADING SYSTEM FOR AN AGRICULTURAL HARVESTER HUTCHINS, CATHLEEN R — §103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 24, 2024
18215627 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE OPERATION OF AN AGRICULTURAL SPRAYER ZHOU, QINGZHANG 3752 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 28, 2023
18107323 AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING FIELD CONDITIONS OF A FIELD ESPINOZA, ABIGAIL LEE 3657 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Feb 08, 2023
18084255 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING PLUGGING OF BASKET ASSEMBLIES OF AN AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT GOODBODY, JOAN T 3664 §102§103 Non-Final OA 23d Pending Dec 19, 2022
17717849 DETERMINING SOIL MOISTURE BASED ON RADAR DATA USING A MACHINE-LEARNED MODEL AND ASSOCIATED AGRICULTURAL MACHINES BREWER, JACK ROBERT 3663 §103 Final Rejection 30d Pending Apr 11, 2022
17227699 SYSTEM AND METHOD TO MONITOR NOZZLE SPRAY QUALITY HO, ANNA THI 3752 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 12, 2021

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