Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Daifuku Co., Ltd.

36 pending office actions • 13 art units • 33 examiners • 0 of 36 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 91 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

36
Total Pending OAs
25
Non-Final OAs
9
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due later (1)

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.

15
Hard (42%)
18
Medium (50%)
3
Easy (8%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (3%)
§103 only12 (33%)
§102 only6 (17%)
§112 only2 (6%)
Double-patenting only1 (3%)
Multi-statute (no §101)14 (39%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
18
Mechanical / Eng
50% of docket
18
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.

360 h
Manual time on pending OAs
72 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
126 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SINGH, KAVEL 2 83.7% +14.0%
MOSCOSO, JUAN SALVADOR 2 100.0% +0.0%
CUMBESS, YOLANDA RENEE 2 87.1% +8.9%
PALMARCHUK, BRIAN KEITH 1 76.2% +18.3%
RAMESH, KRISHNAN 1 80.9% +17.8%
LANG, MICHAEL DEAN 1 87.1% +5.5%
BRIER, JEFFERY A 1 76.9% +8.7%
DIAZ, THOMAS C 1 68.4% +19.0%
CRAWFORD, GENE O 1 47.2% +4.4%
HEFLIN, HARRISON JAMES RIEL 1 72.4% +12.0%

Quick Wins (6)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18371024 Transport System for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle CUMBESS, YOLANDA RENEE 2d overdue
19066856 Article Transport Facility LANG, MICHAEL DEAN
19036508 Transport Facility SINGH, KAVEL
18976664 Transport Facility MOSCOSO, JUAN SALVADOR
18930118 INTER-FLOOR CONVEYANCE DEVICE SINGH, KAVEL
18677349 CONVEYANCE APPARATUS MOSCOSO, JUAN SALVADOR

Hard Cases (15)

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
18581869 PLACEMENT BASE TIGHE, BRENDAN P 30d overdue
18385715 Gas Supply System SHRIEVES, STEPHANIE ALEXANDRA 11d overdue
18961889 Article Transport Facility HEFLIN, HARRISON JAMES RIEL 14d
18383074 Article Transport Facility CUMBESS, YOLANDA RENEE 71d
19069330 Transport Facility RAMESH, KRISHNAN
19002857 Work Facility BRIER, JEFFERY A
18940965 Transport Facility CRAWLEY, TALIA F
18917032 Article Sorting Facility SNELTING, JONATHAN D

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18961889 Article Transport Facility HEFLIN, HARRISON JAMES RIEL 14d
19181190 Article Transport Facility PALMARCHUK, BRIAN KEITH
19069330 Transport Facility RAMESH, KRISHNAN
19036508 Transport Facility SINGH, KAVEL
19000809 Automated Warehouse DIAZ, THOMAS C
18930118 INTER-FLOOR CONVEYANCE DEVICE SINGH, KAVEL

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3651 4
3669 2
3627 2
3652 2
3663 1
3667 1
3665 1
3662 1
3747 1
3993 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19181190 Article Transport Facility PALMARCHUK, BRIAN KEITH 3669 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 16, 2025
19069330 Transport Facility RAMESH, KRISHNAN 3663 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 04, 2025
19066856 Article Transport Facility LANG, MICHAEL DEAN 3667 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 28, 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 §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
18940965 Transport Facility CRAWLEY, TALIA F 3627 §101§102 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 08, 2024
18941072 Article Transport Vehicle ADAMS, GREGORY W §102 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 08, 2024
18930118 INTER-FLOOR CONVEYANCE DEVICE SINGH, KAVEL 3651 §102 Final Rejection Pending Oct 29, 2024
18917032 Article Sorting Facility SNELTING, JONATHAN D §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 16, 2024
18906421 Transport Apparatus AHADI, ELIA §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 04, 2024
18905253 Article Transport Facility MOLINA, NIKKI MARIE M 3662 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 03, 2024
18895551 Transport Vehicle LAGUARDA, GONZALO §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 25, 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
18769777 Article Transport Facility LOGAN, KYLE O §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 11, 2024
18756427 Transport Vehicle MYERS, GLENN F §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 27, 2024
18746220 CONVEYANCE DEVICE ROMANO, ASHLEY K §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 18, 2024
18715214 MANIPULATOR HONG, SEAHEE §103 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 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 23, 2024
18660443 Article Transport Facility LIETHEN, KURT PHILIP 3747 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending May 10, 2024
18636358 Article Transport Facility MCCARRY JR, ROBERT J §102 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 16, 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
18581869 PLACEMENT BASE TIGHE, BRENDAN P 3652 §102§103 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Feb 20, 2024
18385715 Gas Supply System SHRIEVES, STEPHANIE ALEXANDRA 3753 §103§112 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending Oct 31, 2023
18385767 Loading Assistance Device OBAID, FATEH M 3627 §103 Final Rejection 50d overdue Pending Oct 31, 2023
18383074 Article Transport Facility CUMBESS, YOLANDA RENEE 3651 §102§103 Non-Final OA 71d Pending Oct 24, 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 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 15, 2022

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