Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Crown Equipment Corporation

16 pending office actions • 7 art units • 15 examiners • 0 of 16 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 35 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

16
Total Pending OAs
13
Non-Final OAs
3
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.

6
Hard (38%)
7
Medium (44%)
3
Easy (19%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (6%)
§101 + other3 (19%)
§103 only5 (31%)
§102 only1 (6%)
§112 only2 (12%)
Double-patenting only1 (6%)
Double-patenting + other1 (6%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (12%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
6% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
44% of docket
8
Business / Other
50% 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.

160 h
Manual time on pending OAs
32 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
56 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ROBERT, DANIEL M 2 78.2% +10.3%
HARTMANN, ERIN MARIE 1 66.7% +31.2%
SHAIKH, FARIS ASIM 1 69.5% +21.7%
ANWARI, MACEEH 1 81.2% +5.4%
SCHOECH, ASHLEY TIFFANY 1 67.4% +30.8%
REDA, MATTHEW J 1 55.5% +29.8%
KHALED, ABDALLA A 1 72.6% +21.2%
ANFINRUD, GABRIEL P 1 42.7% +25.8%
ALGEHAIM, MOHAMED A 1 59.0% +21.8%
DUNNE, KENNETH MICHAEL 1 77.3% +10.6%

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 (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19266307 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RELATIVE POSE DETERMINATION AND FIELD ENFORCEMENT OF MATERIALS HANDLING VEHICLES USING ULTRA-WIDEBAND RADIO TECHNOLOGY SHAIKH, FARIS ASIM
19222008 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DATA-BASED SHAPED DETECTION FIELDS FOR MATERIALS HANDLING VEHICLES SCHOECH, ASHLEY TIFFANY
19219401 PROVIDING A MATERIALS HANDLING VEHICLE WITH ZONE CONTROL ROBERT, DANIEL M
19219393 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR APPLYING ENTRY EDGES KHALED, ABDALLA A
19217094 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING SENSOR FUSION IN DETERMINING THE POSITION OF MATERIALS HANDLING VEHICLES NING, PETER Y
19043806 TRAVEL PATH ACCESS CONTROL FOR MATERIALS HANDLING VEHICLE SMITH, ISAAC G

Interview Candidates (10)

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
19429586 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING SENSOR FUSION IN DETERMINING THE POSITION OF MATERIALS HANDLING VEHICLES HARTMANN, ERIN MARIE
19266307 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RELATIVE POSE DETERMINATION AND FIELD ENFORCEMENT OF MATERIALS HANDLING VEHICLES USING ULTRA-WIDEBAND RADIO TECHNOLOGY SHAIKH, FARIS ASIM
19222008 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DATA-BASED SHAPED DETECTION FIELDS FOR MATERIALS HANDLING VEHICLES SCHOECH, ASHLEY TIFFANY
19219418 APPLYING ENTRY EDGES IN A COVERED ENVIRONMENT ROBERT, DANIEL M
19219401 PROVIDING A MATERIALS HANDLING VEHICLE WITH ZONE CONTROL ROBERT, DANIEL M
19219427 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A ZONE IN A COVERED ENVIRONMENT REDA, MATTHEW J
19219393 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR APPLYING ENTRY EDGES KHALED, ABDALLA A
19219434 PROVIDING RANGE-BASED ZONES IN A COVERED ENVIRONMENT ANFINRUD, GABRIEL P

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3661 2
3664 1
3665 1
1722 1
3662 1
3613 1
3669 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19429586 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING SENSOR FUSION IN DETERMINING THE POSITION OF MATERIALS HANDLING VEHICLES HARTMANN, ERIN MARIE 3664 §112 Final Rejection Pending Dec 22, 2025
19266307 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RELATIVE POSE DETERMINATION AND FIELD ENFORCEMENT OF MATERIALS HANDLING VEHICLES USING ULTRA-WIDEBAND RADIO TECHNOLOGY SHAIKH, FARIS ASIM §101 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 11, 2025
19221986 MATERIALS HANDLING FIELD CREATION USING LOCATION DATA ANWARI, MACEEH 3661 §102 Non-Final OA Pending May 29, 2025
19222008 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DATA-BASED SHAPED DETECTION FIELDS FOR MATERIALS HANDLING VEHICLES SCHOECH, ASHLEY TIFFANY §101§103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending May 29, 2025
19219418 APPLYING ENTRY EDGES IN A COVERED ENVIRONMENT ROBERT, DANIEL M §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 27, 2025
19219401 PROVIDING A MATERIALS HANDLING VEHICLE WITH ZONE CONTROL ROBERT, DANIEL M §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 27, 2025
19219427 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A ZONE IN A COVERED ENVIRONMENT REDA, MATTHEW J 3665 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 27, 2025
19219393 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR APPLYING ENTRY EDGES KHALED, ABDALLA A §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 27, 2025
19219434 PROVIDING RANGE-BASED ZONES IN A COVERED ENVIRONMENT ANFINRUD, GABRIEL P §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 27, 2025
19217192 UTILIZING A PLURALITY OF POSITION SYSTEMS TO DETERMINE THE POSITION OF MATERIALS HANDLING VEHICLES WITHIN A COVERED ENVIRONMENT ALGEHAIM, MOHAMED A §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending May 23, 2025
19217286 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSITIONING BETWEEN POSITION SYSTEMS TO DETERMINE THE POSITION OF MATERIALS HANDLING VEHICLES DUNNE, KENNETH MICHAEL 3661 §112 Non-Final OA Pending May 23, 2025
19217094 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING SENSOR FUSION IN DETERMINING THE POSITION OF MATERIALS HANDLING VEHICLES NING, PETER Y §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
19043806 TRAVEL PATH ACCESS CONTROL FOR MATERIALS HANDLING VEHICLE SMITH, ISAAC G 3662 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 03, 2025
18748719 BATTERY LOCKING MECHANISMS, REMOVABLE BATTERY ASSEMBLIES, AND MATERIALS HANDLING VEHICLES INCORPORATING THE SAME EBNER, KATY MEYER 3613 DP Non-Final OA Pending Jun 20, 2024
18340332 INTRUSIVE INDUSTRIAL VEHICLE ALIGNMENT YIM, EISEN DONGKYU 3669 §103 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Jun 23, 2023

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