Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
30 pending office actions • 12 art units • 28 examiners • 0 of 30 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 95 patents granted in the last 365 days
Daifuku Co., Ltd. currently manages 29 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This portfolio is distributed across 11 distinct art units, which indicates the technical range of the company's mechanical and logistical innovations. Prosecution involves 27 distinct examiners, suggesting that the company frequently interacts with a broad cross-section of the patent office's personnel. The number of examiners is nearly equal to the number of pending actions, which means that most individuals are reviewing only their own assigned matter for the company.
Among these individuals, JUAN SALVADOR MOSCOSO is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently handling 2 pending office actions. This distribution may require practitioners to adapt to many different examining styles rather than concentrating efforts on a few key individuals. The presence of 11 distinct art units further suggests that the company's technical focus is split among several specialized groups, each with its own procedural nuances. With 29 pending office actions active, the firm must maintain a versatile approach to handle the varied requirements of 27 distinct examiners across these multiple technical classifications. Practitioners should note that the busiest examiner handles 2 of the total actions, leaving the remaining matters to be managed by the other distinct examiners.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 2 (7%) |
| §103 only | 10 (33%) |
| §102 only | 5 (17%) |
| §112 only | 5 (17%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (3%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 7 (23%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
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.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOSCOSO, JUAN SALVADOR | 2 | 87.5% | +16.7% |
| BARZEGAR, PEGAH | 2 | 73.7% | +42.1% |
| PALMARCHUK, BRIAN KEITH | 1 | 67.9% | +16.9% |
| HESS, DOUGLAS A | 1 | 88.8% | +10.7% |
| WAESCO, JOSEPH M | 1 | 46.5% | +42.6% |
| SINGH, KAVEL | 1 | 83.7% | +14.0% |
| BRIER, JEFFERY A | 1 | 77.1% | +8.7% |
| DIAZ, THOMAS C | 1 | 68.5% | +19.0% |
| CRAWFORD, GENE O | 1 | 45.9% | +5.7% |
| HEFLIN, HARRISON JAMES RIEL | 1 | 72.3% | +14.4% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19116545 | Orientation Adjustment Apparatus | HESS, DOUGLAS A | — |
| 19036508 | Transport Facility | SINGH, KAVEL | — |
| 18976664 | Transport Facility | MOSCOSO, JUAN SALVADOR | — |
| 18677349 | CONVEYANCE APPARATUS | MOSCOSO, JUAN SALVADOR | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18530675 | Transport Facility | NEUPANE, ADARSH | 4d overdue |
| 18961889 | Article Transport Facility | HEFLIN, HARRISON JAMES RIEL | 14d |
| 19071177 | Article Transport Facility | WAESCO, JOSEPH M | — |
| 19002857 | Work Facility | BRIER, JEFFERY A | — |
| 18975745 | Transport Facility | CRAWFORD, GENE O | — |
| 18940965 | Transport Facility | CRAWLEY, TALIA F | — |
| 18776424 | Article Transport Facility | FEES, CHRISTOPHER GEORGE | — |
| 18715214 | MANIPULATOR | HONG, SEAHEE | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18961889 | Article Transport Facility | HEFLIN, HARRISON JAMES RIEL | 14d |
| 19181190 | Article Transport Facility | PALMARCHUK, BRIAN KEITH | — |
| 19116545 | Orientation Adjustment Apparatus | HESS, DOUGLAS A | — |
| 19071177 | Article Transport Facility | WAESCO, JOSEPH M | — |
| 19036508 | Transport Facility | SINGH, KAVEL | — |
| 19000809 | Automated Warehouse | DIAZ, THOMAS C | — |
| 18976664 | Transport Facility | MOSCOSO, JUAN SALVADOR | — |
| 18808780 | ARTICLE TRANSPORT FACILITY | BARZEGAR, PEGAH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3651 | 3 |
| 3655 | 3 |
| 3669 | 2 |
| 3665 | 1 |
| 3627 | 1 |
| 3662 | 1 |
| 3652 | 1 |
| 2641 | 1 |
| 3993 | 1 |
| 3653 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19181190 | Article Transport Facility | PALMARCHUK, BRIAN KEITH | 3669 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 16, 2025 |
| 19116545 | Orientation Adjustment Apparatus | HESS, DOUGLAS A | 3651 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2025 |
| 19071177 | Article Transport Facility | WAESCO, JOSEPH M | — | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2025 |
| 19036508 | Transport Facility | SINGH, KAVEL | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2025 |
| 19002857 | Work Facility | BRIER, JEFFERY A | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2024 |
| 19000809 | Automated Warehouse | DIAZ, THOMAS C | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 24, 2024 |
| 18976664 | Transport Facility | MOSCOSO, JUAN SALVADOR | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18975745 | Transport Facility | CRAWFORD, GENE O | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2024 |
| 18961889 | Article Transport Facility | HEFLIN, HARRISON JAMES RIEL | 3665 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 14d | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18941072 | Article Transport Vehicle | ADAMS, GREGORY W | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2024 |
| 18940965 | Transport Facility | CRAWLEY, TALIA F | 3627 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2024 |
| 18905253 | Article Transport Facility | MOLINA, NIKKI MARIE M | 3662 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2024 |
| 18899767 | Transport Facility | LIN, CHENG XI | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
| 18808780 | ARTICLE TRANSPORT FACILITY | BARZEGAR, PEGAH | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 19, 2024 |
| 18793241 | Article Storage Facility | RANDAZZO, THOMAS | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 02, 2024 |
| 18776424 | Article Transport Facility | FEES, CHRISTOPHER GEORGE | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2024 |
| 18715214 | MANIPULATOR | HONG, SEAHEE | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
| 18677349 | CONVEYANCE APPARATUS | MOSCOSO, JUAN SALVADOR | 3652 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 29, 2024 |
| 18713149 | CONVEYOR CONTROLLING APPARATUS AND METHOD | JORGENSEN, ABBY A | 3651 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2024 |
| 18660357 | Article Transport Facility | NGUYEN, KHAI MINH | 2641 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 10, 2024 |
| 18643107 | Travel Restricting Device | BARZEGAR, PEGAH | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 23, 2024 |
| 18620247 | Transport Vehicle and Transport Facility | ENGLISH, PETER C | 3993 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2024 |
| 18610535 | Perception-Based Robotic Manipulation System and Method for Robotic Truck Unloader that Unloads/Unpacks Product from Trailers and Containers | MACKEY, PATRICK HEWEY | 3653 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2024 |
| 18689129 | TRANSFER DEVICE AND TRANSPORT VEHICLE | EL-BATHY, IBRAHIM N | 3628 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2024 |
| 18412837 | Article Transport Facility | WAGGONER, TIMOTHY R | 3655 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2024 |
| 18530675 | Transport Facility | NEUPANE, ADARSH | 3655 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Dec 06, 2023 |
| 18385715 | Gas Supply System | SHRIEVES, STEPHANIE ALEXANDRA | 3753 | §112 | Final Rejection | 11d overdue | Pending | Oct 31, 2023 |
| 18371024 | Transport System for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle | CUMBESS, YOLANDA RENEE | 3651 | §103 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | Sep 21, 2023 |
| 17963547 | AUTOMATED WAREHOUSE SYSTEM AND AUTOMATED WAREHOUSE CONTROL METHOD | BROTHERS, LAURENCE RAPHAEL | 3655 | §103 | Final Rejection | 30d | Pending | Oct 11, 2022 |
| 17945441 | Cleaning System | SCHOECH, ASHLEY TIFFANY | 3669 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 15, 2022 |
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