Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Exotec Product France

Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

5 pending office actions • 5 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Exotec Product France has 6 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These cases are spread across 6 distinct examiners and 6 distinct art units. This one-to-one ratio indicates that every pending application is being reviewed in a unique administrative and technical environment. Practitioners must be prepared to navigate 6 distinct art units' standards and 6 distinct examiner preferences.

BIDWELL, JAMES R is the busiest examiner for the company, currently managing 1 pending office action. With 6 distinct examiners each handling 1 pending office action, no single individual has a dominant influence over the portfolio. The involvement of 6 distinct art units suggests a diverse range of technologies within the transportation and e-commerce sector. Practitioners should implement a tailored approach for each of the 6 pending office actions to account for the variety in the assigned divisions. This decentralized structure requires careful tracking to ensure that all 6 pending office actions are resolved efficiently.

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

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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.

5
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (40%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (60%)

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
5
Mechanical / Eng
100% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BIDWELL, JAMES R 1 89.7% +8.3%
KC, SAGAR 1 86.8% +5.2%
MOSCOSO, JUAN SALVADOR 1 90.9% +12.5%
MATTHEWS, JENNIFER S 1 54.3% +21.7%
QURESHI, REHMAN AHMED 1 77.8% +27.8%

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19247076 PROTECTIVE PART FOR A CONVEYOR BIDWELL, JAMES R —
19110585 OPTIMIZED ROBOTIC ARMS TRAJECTORIES KC, SAGAR —
18992696 METHOD FOR ORDER PREPARATION AND PACKING MOSCOSO, JUAN SALVADOR —
18872493 CUTTING DEVICE FOR MAKING A CUT-OUT IN A WALL OF A BOX MATTHEWS, JENNIFER S —
18737051 ROBOTIC PNEUMATIC GRIPPER, GRIPPING METHOD AND PNEUMATIC CIRCUIT QURESHI, REHMAN AHMED —

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18992696 METHOD FOR ORDER PREPARATION AND PACKING MOSCOSO, JUAN SALVADOR —
18872493 CUTTING DEVICE FOR MAKING A CUT-OUT IN A WALL OF A BOX MATTHEWS, JENNIFER S —
18737051 ROBOTIC PNEUMATIC GRIPPER, GRIPPING METHOD AND PNEUMATIC CIRCUIT QURESHI, REHMAN AHMED —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3651 1
3657 1
3652 1
3724 1
3654 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19247076 PROTECTIVE PART FOR A CONVEYOR BIDWELL, JAMES R 3651 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 24, 2025
19110585 OPTIMIZED ROBOTIC ARMS TRAJECTORIES KC, SAGAR 3657 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 11, 2025
18992696 METHOD FOR ORDER PREPARATION AND PACKING MOSCOSO, JUAN SALVADOR 3652 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 09, 2025
18872493 CUTTING DEVICE FOR MAKING A CUT-OUT IN A WALL OF A BOX MATTHEWS, JENNIFER S 3724 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 06, 2024
18737051 ROBOTIC PNEUMATIC GRIPPER, GRIPPING METHOD AND PNEUMATIC CIRCUIT QURESHI, REHMAN AHMED 3654 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 07, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Exotec Product France have?

Exotec Product France has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 5 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Exotec Product France applications?

James R Bidwell has the most, with 1 of Exotec Product France's pending office actions.

What technology area are Exotec Product France'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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