Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Doosan Bobcat North America Inc.

Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

9 pending office actions • 9 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 26 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Doosan Bobcat North America Inc. has 10 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The profile shows 10 examiners and 10 art units, so each pending matter is associated with its own examiner and art-unit channel.

HEFLIN, HARRISON JAMES RIEL is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Because no examiner has more than 1 matter, the portfolio does not show examiner concentration. A centralized docket review can help identify recurring issues across the separate art-unit assignments, while individual prosecution decisions remain examiner-specific.

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

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
2
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.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
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.

4
Hard (44%)
5
Medium (56%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (22%)
§102 only2 (22%)
Double-patenting + other1 (11%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (44%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
11% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
11% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
78% 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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HEFLIN, HARRISON JAMES RIEL 1 72.3% +14.4%
SMITH, JORDAN T 1 67.0% +9.0%
LEE, TYLER J 1 91.8% +6.7%
MCCLAIN, GERALD 1 74.2% +14.6%
TRAC, JONATHAN KHANH 1 — —
JEBARI, MOHAMMED 1 56.0% +15.3%
TSUI, ALFRED H 1 33.0% +32.5%
HERNANDEZ, MANUEL J 1 49.3% +44.2%
ARTIMEZ, DANA FERREN 1 57.4% +35.5%

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
19076568 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF FORCE BALANCING FOR ACTUATORS OF A POWER MACHINE LEE, TYLER J —

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19185696 IMMOBILIZATION OF ELECTROHYDRAULIC POWER MACHINE SMITH, JORDAN T —
18914232 INTERCHANGEABLE ATTACHMENT FOR COMPACT LOADER TRAC, JONATHAN KHANH —
18602713 AUTONOMOUS SENSOR KIT FOR CONTROLLING OPERATIONS OF POWER MACHINES TSUI, ALFRED H —
18506743 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTRICAL POWER DISTRIBUTION IN POWER MACHINES HERNANDEZ, MANUEL J —

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
18887769 POWER AND MACHINE DISPLAY JEBARI, MOHAMMED 26d overdue
17868186 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OBSTACLE DETECTION FOR A POWER MACHINE ARTIMEZ, DANA FERREN 3d overdue
19197564 CONTROL OF MULTIPLE POWER MACHINES HEFLIN, HARRISON JAMES RIEL —
18986653 CABLESS LOADER LIFT ARM MCCLAIN, GERALD —
18602713 AUTONOMOUS SENSOR KIT FOR CONTROLLING OPERATIONS OF POWER MACHINES TSUI, ALFRED H —
18506743 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTRICAL POWER DISTRIBUTION IN POWER MACHINES HERNANDEZ, MANUEL J —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3665 1
3666 1
3663 1
3652 1
3653 1
2482 1
3671 1
2859 1
3667 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19197564 CONTROL OF MULTIPLE POWER MACHINES HEFLIN, HARRISON JAMES RIEL 3665 §102§103DP Non-Final OA — Pending May 02, 2025
19185696 IMMOBILIZATION OF ELECTROHYDRAULIC POWER MACHINE SMITH, JORDAN T 3666 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 22, 2025
19076568 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF FORCE BALANCING FOR ACTUATORS OF A POWER MACHINE LEE, TYLER J 3663 §102 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 11, 2025
18986653 CABLESS LOADER LIFT ARM MCCLAIN, GERALD 3652 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 18, 2024
18914232 INTERCHANGEABLE ATTACHMENT FOR COMPACT LOADER TRAC, JONATHAN KHANH 3653 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 13, 2024
18887769 POWER AND MACHINE DISPLAY JEBARI, MOHAMMED 2482 §103 Non-Final OA 26d overdue Pending Sep 17, 2024
18602713 AUTONOMOUS SENSOR KIT FOR CONTROLLING OPERATIONS OF POWER MACHINES TSUI, ALFRED H 3671 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 12, 2024
18506743 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTRICAL POWER DISTRIBUTION IN POWER MACHINES HERNANDEZ, MANUEL J 2859 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 10, 2023
17868186 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OBSTACLE DETECTION FOR A POWER MACHINE ARTIMEZ, DANA FERREN 3667 §103 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Jul 19, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Doosan Bobcat North America Inc. have?

Doosan Bobcat North America Inc. has 9 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 9 art units and 9 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Doosan Bobcat North America Inc. applications?

Harrison James Riel Heflin has the most, with 1 of Doosan Bobcat North America Inc.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Doosan Bobcat North America Inc.'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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