Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
Fanuc America Corporation currently manages 3 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These matters are assigned to 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units. NATHAN DANIEL NECKEL is the busiest examiner, currently responsible for 1 pending action. The existence of 3 pending actions indicates a focused prosecution effort in the mechanical systems sector.
The distribution of 3 actions across 3 distinct examiners means that each case is receiving an independent review. With 3 distinct art units involved, there is no technical concentration in the company's current filings, as each action falls into a different category. NATHAN DANIEL NECKEL's 1 pending action is part of this small but highly diversified portfolio. This structure, where 3 examiners work in 3 different art units, ensures that the company receives a variety of perspectives on its technology within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 3 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NECKEL, NATHAN DANIEL | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| TUROCY, DAVID P | 1 | 46.9% | +35.8% |
| VILLALUNA, ERIKA J | 1 | 84.7% | +3.4% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18667270 | FIBER OPTIC-BASED HAZARDOUS ENVIRONMENTAL FLOWMETER | VILLALUNA, ERIKA J | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19009138 | METHOD TO CALIBRATE A ROBOT TO A PALLET OR AN INFEED CONVEYOR | NECKEL, NATHAN DANIEL | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18910092 | Vision System for Sealant Accuracy | TUROCY, DAVID P | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3656 | 1 |
| 1718 | 1 |
| 2852 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19009138 | METHOD TO CALIBRATE A ROBOT TO A PALLET OR AN INFEED CONVEYOR | NECKEL, NATHAN DANIEL | 3656 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 03, 2025 |
| 18910092 | Vision System for Sealant Accuracy | TUROCY, DAVID P | 1718 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 09, 2024 |
| 18667270 | FIBER OPTIC-BASED HAZARDOUS ENVIRONMENTAL FLOWMETER | VILLALUNA, ERIKA J | 2852 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 17, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialFanuc America Corporation has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
Nathan Daniel Neckel has the most, with 1 of Fanuc America Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
