Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Crown Equipment Corporation

Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

8 pending office actions • 7 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 35 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Crown Equipment Corporation has 9 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The matters involve 9 distinct examiners and 7 distinct art units, indicating broad examiner distribution and some concentration among art units.

SHAIKH, FARIS ASIM is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel should coordinate technical positions across related art-unit assignments while tailoring responses to each examiner.

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

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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
0
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.

3
Hard (38%)
5
Medium (62%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (25%)
§103 only4 (50%)
§102 only1 (12%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (12%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
12% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
12% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
75% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WANG, KAI NMN 1 56.6% +16.1%
SHUDY, ANGELINA M 1 76.5% +7.6%
ANWARI, MACEEH 1 81.2% +5.9%
ROBERT, DANIEL M 1 77.8% +9.9%
NING, PETER Y 1 83.5% +15.6%
JELSMA, JONATHAN G 1 69.9% +14.7%
MUNION, JAMES E 1 77.4% +22.9%
BAAJOUR, SHAHIRA 1 71.2% +20.2%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19221986 MATERIALS HANDLING FIELD CREATION USING LOCATION DATA ANWARI, MACEEH —

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19222212 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ORIENTING A MATERIALS HANDLING VEHICLE SHUDY, ANGELINA M —
19217094 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING SENSOR FUSION IN DETERMINING THE POSITION OF MATERIALS HANDLING VEHICLES NING, PETER Y —
18940203 COMMUNICATION BETWEEN LANYARD AND INDUSTRIAL VEHICLE MUNION, JAMES E —

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19187224 BATTERY SYSTEM FOR AN INDUSTRIAL VEHICLE JELSMA, JONATHAN G 16d
19240142 PERFORMANCE TUNING OF A MATERIALS HANDLING VEHICLE WANG, KAI NMN —
19217094 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING SENSOR FUSION IN DETERMINING THE POSITION OF MATERIALS HANDLING VEHICLES NING, PETER Y —
18940203 COMMUNICATION BETWEEN LANYARD AND INDUSTRIAL VEHICLE MUNION, JAMES E —
18935799 ADAPTIVE ACCELERATION FOR SEMI-AUTOMATED DRIVING OPERATION OF A MATERIALS HANDLING VEHICLE BAAJOUR, SHAHIRA —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3661 2
3664 1
3663 1
3665 1
1722 1
2688 1
3666 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19240142 PERFORMANCE TUNING OF A MATERIALS HANDLING VEHICLE WANG, KAI NMN 3664 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 17, 2025
19222212 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ORIENTING A MATERIALS HANDLING VEHICLE SHUDY, ANGELINA M 3661 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 29, 2025
19221986 MATERIALS HANDLING FIELD CREATION USING LOCATION DATA ANWARI, MACEEH 3663 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending May 29, 2025
19219418 APPLYING ENTRY EDGES IN A COVERED ENVIRONMENT ROBERT, DANIEL M 3665 §103 Final Rejection — Pending May 27, 2025
19217094 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING SENSOR FUSION IN DETERMINING THE POSITION OF MATERIALS HANDLING VEHICLES NING, PETER Y 3661 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 23, 2025
19187224 BATTERY SYSTEM FOR AN INDUSTRIAL VEHICLE JELSMA, JONATHAN G 1722 §103 Final Rejection 16d Pending Apr 23, 2025
18940203 COMMUNICATION BETWEEN LANYARD AND INDUSTRIAL VEHICLE MUNION, JAMES E 2688 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 07, 2024
18935799 ADAPTIVE ACCELERATION FOR SEMI-AUTOMATED DRIVING OPERATION OF A MATERIALS HANDLING VEHICLE BAAJOUR, SHAHIRA 3666 §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 04, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Crown Equipment Corporation have?

Crown Equipment Corporation has 8 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 7 art units and 8 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Crown Equipment Corporation applications?

Kai Nmn Wang has the most, with 1 of Crown Equipment Corporation's pending office actions.

What technology area are Crown Equipment 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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