Technology areas: Computing & Software • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
129 pending office actions • 50 art units • 114 examiners • 0 of 129 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 267 patents granted in the last 365 days
FANUC Corporation has 134 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The portfolio spans 117 distinct examiners and 52 distinct art units, creating a broad prosecution footprint across examination personnel and technical groupings.
CAIN, AARON G is the busiest examiner, with 3 pending matters. That concentration is limited relative to the overall profile, so examiner-specific knowledge may help with selected cases but cannot substitute for a portfolio-wide management process.
The difference between examiner and art-unit coverage indicates that multiple matters may share an art unit while still being handled by different examiners. Counsel should therefore track both levels separately, preserve consistent claim positions where technologies overlap, and identify recurring issues across related prosecution streams.
At this scale, centralized docket controls and structured response templates can support consistency without treating every case as procedurally identical. Examiner histories, art-unit patterns, and matter-specific disclosures remain relevant to strategy.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 34 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. 34 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 only | 4 (3%) |
| §101 + other | 22 (17%) |
| §103 only | 50 (39%) |
| §102 only | 12 (9%) |
| §112 only | 3 (2%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (1%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (1%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 36 (28%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAIN, AARON G | 3 | 43.0% | +31.0% |
| XU, PETER | 3 | 50.0% | +0.0% |
| KENIRY, HEATHER J | 3 | 78.1% | +16.7% |
| MANCHO, RONNIE M | 2 | 75.9% | +1.5% |
| GAMMON, MATTHEW CHRISTOPHER | 2 | 66.1% | +22.2% |
| HOTCHKISS, MICHAEL WAYNE | 2 | 69.6% | +47.8% |
| MANN JR, CHARLIE FRANK | 2 | 73.3% | +27.1% |
| STIEBRITZ, NOAH WILLIAM | 2 | 61.5% | -7.1% |
| CHOI, ALICIA M | 2 | 79.5% | +28.2% |
| TANG, BRYANT | 2 | 86.1% | +0.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18276996 | ROBOT CONTROL DEVICE, ROBOT CONTROL SYSTEM, AND ROBOT CONTROL METHOD | TANG, BRYANT | 7d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18025871 | CALCULATION DEVICE, SURFACE ROUGHNESS PREDICTION SYSTEM, AND CALCULATION METHOD | SUN, XIUQIN | 169d overdue |
| 18555726 | OPERATIONAL STATUS DISPLAY DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | CHOI, ALICIA M | 24d overdue |
| 18866756 | MACHINE OPERATION SYSTEM USING WIRED COMMUNICATION AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION | RAHIM, MONJUR | 8d |
| 18254880 | TEACHING DEVICE | KENIRY, HEATHER J | 8d |
| 17791311 | POLISHING AMOUNT ESTIMATION DEVICE | DRAPEAU, SIMEON PAUL | 13d |
| 18724984 | ROBOT CONTROL DEVICE | TANG, BRYANT | 19d |
| 17062919 | WORKPIECE TRANSFERRING TOOL | TIGHE, BRENDAN P | 28d |
| 18880632 | BEARING STRUCTURE FOR SPEED REDUCER OF ROBOT, ACTUATOR FOR ROBOT, AND ROBOT | MACARTHUR, VICTOR L | 29d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18555726 | OPERATIONAL STATUS DISPLAY DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | CHOI, ALICIA M | 24d overdue |
| 18260848 | NUMERICAL CONTROL APPARATUS AND NUMERICAL CONTROL SYSTEM | KENIRY, HEATHER J | 8d |
| 18254880 | TEACHING DEVICE | KENIRY, HEATHER J | 8d |
| 18841674 | ROBOT PROGRAMMING SYSTEM AND ROBOT CONTROL DEVICE | CAIN, AARON G | 76d |
| 19196017 | ROBOT PROGRAMMING DEVICE AND PROGRAMMING METHOD | GAMMON, MATTHEW CHRISTOPHER | — |
| 19110371 | MACHINE TOOL CONTROL DEVICE AND MACHINE TOOL DISPLAY DEVICE | HOTCHKISS, MICHAEL WAYNE | — |
| 18681958 | NUMERICAL CONTROL SYSTEM AND ROBOT CONTROL DEVICE | GAMMON, MATTHEW CHRISTOPHER | — |
| 18995143 | STATOR FOR ELECTRIC MOTOR | MANN JR, CHARLIE FRANK | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3657 | 16 |
| 3656 | 11 |
| 2117 | 11 |
| 3761 | 9 |
| 3658 | 8 |
| 2834 | 7 |
| 2119 | 7 |
| 2116 | 6 |
| 3618 | 5 |
| 2118 | 4 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19471941 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE | MANCHO, RONNIE M | 3657 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 02, 2025 |
| 19269469 | EFFICIENT METHOD FOR ROBOT SKILL LEARNING | RINK, RYAN J | 3619 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 15, 2025 |
| 19134447 | TOOL REPLACING DEVICE | SALONE, BAYAN | 3722 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2025 |
| 19208611 | ROBOT CONTROL DEVICE AND ROBOT SYSTEM | FIGUEROA, JAIME | 3656 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 15, 2025 |
| 19128061 | CONTROLLER AND COMPUTER | KONG, SZE-HON | 3657 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 07, 2025 |
| 19196017 | ROBOT PROGRAMMING DEVICE AND PROGRAMMING METHOD | GAMMON, MATTHEW CHRISTOPHER | 3657 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 01, 2025 |
| 19194501 | MACHINE | FIX, THOMAS S | 3618 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 30, 2025 |
| 19194591 | CONTROL DEVICE, ROBOT SYSTEM, OBJECT PRESENCE/ABSENCE DETERMINATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM | DANG, TRANG THANH | 3656 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 30, 2025 |
| 19121858 | ROBOT MANIPULATION DEVICE AND ROBOT | KC, SAGAR | 3657 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 17, 2025 |
| 19117719 | VIDEO MANUAL CREATION DEVICE AND VIDEO MANUAL CREATION METHOD | UTAMA, ROBERT J | 3715 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 02, 2025 |
| 19110371 | MACHINE TOOL CONTROL DEVICE AND MACHINE TOOL DISPLAY DEVICE | HOTCHKISS, MICHAEL WAYNE | 3726 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 10, 2025 |
| 19108691 | INSULATING PAPER | PHAM, LEDA T | 2834 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2025 |
| 19108176 | ELECTRIC MOTOR AND CONTROL DEVICE | VO, ETHAN NGUYEN | 2834 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 03, 2025 |
| 18681958 | NUMERICAL CONTROL SYSTEM AND ROBOT CONTROL DEVICE | GAMMON, MATTHEW CHRISTOPHER | 3657 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 |
| 19100784 | STATOR CORE | QURESHI, MOHAMMED AHMED | 2834 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 03, 2025 |
| 19100354 | MOTOR MONITORING DEVICE | TCHATCHOUANG, CARL F.R. | 2858 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2025 |
| 18995835 | WARRANTY INFORMATION NOTIFICATION SYSTEM AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | ESONU, VICTOR CHIGOZIRIM | 3629 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18996187 | JOINT MECHANISM UNIT AND ROBOT | HANNAN, B M M | 3657 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18995143 | STATOR FOR ELECTRIC MOTOR | MANN JR, CHARLIE FRANK | 2834 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 18994061 | ROBOT APPARATUS | STANLEY, TYLER JAY | 3657 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 |
| 18994216 | SERVO MOTOR POWER SOURCE SYSTEM | RODRIGUEZ, JOSHUA KIEL MIGUEL | 2834 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 |
| 18993835 | CONNECTION CONTROL DEVICE, CONNECTION CONTROL SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM | MENDAYE, KIDEST H | 2457 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2025 |
| 18992977 | TEACHING DEVICE | CAIN, AARON G | 3656 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 |
| 18993202 | ROBOT CONTROL DEVICE | STIEBRITZ, NOAH WILLIAM | 3658 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 |
| 18992832 | PROCESSING CONTROL DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | ORTIZ RODRIGUEZ, CARLOS R | 2119 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2025 |
| 18992339 | ROBOT CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND SYSTEM | TRAN, SARAH ASHLEY | 3656 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2025 |
| 18881866 | HANGING JIG FOR ROBOT, HANGING JIG SET FOR ROBOT, AND ROBOT INSTALLATION METHOD | HOTCHKISS, MICHAEL WAYNE | 3726 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 07, 2025 |
| 18727291 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, MACHINE TOOL CONTROL DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING A COMPUTER PROGRAM | BARAKAT, MOHAMED | 2689 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 07, 2025 |
| 18881865 | ROBOT SIMULATION DEVICE | KHAYER, SOHANA T | 3657 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 07, 2025 |
| 18881463 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SETTING CONVEYANCE DEVICE COORDINATE SYSTEM TO ROBOT COORDINATE SYSTEM | KATZ, DYLAN MICHAEL | 3657 | §103 | Final Rejection | 16d | Pending | Jan 06, 2025 |
| 18880764 | ACTUATOR | MANN JR, CHARLIE FRANK | 2834 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2025 |
| 18880632 | BEARING STRUCTURE FOR SPEED REDUCER OF ROBOT, ACTUATOR FOR ROBOT, AND ROBOT | MACARTHUR, VICTOR L | 3618 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | Jan 02, 2025 |
| 18879987 | ROBOT PARAMETER SETTING APPARATUS | EMMETT, MADISON B | 3658 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 18879989 | SEAL STRUCTURE FOR TORQUE SENSOR AND ROBOT | HOPKINS, BRANDI N | 2855 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 18878900 | EXTRACTION MACHINE CONTROL DEVICE, EXTRACTION MACHINE CONTROL PROGRAM, AND EXTRACTION MACHINE SYSTEM | EL SAYAH, MOHAMAD O | 3658 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2024 |
| 18291839 | NUMERICAL CONTROL APPARATUS | WORKU, KIDEST | 2119 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18875347 | CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD | MANCHO, RONNIE M | 3657 | §101§102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 18292341 | MACHINING ASSISTANCE APPARATUS | CHOI, ALICIA M | 2117 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 |
| 18872594 | MACHINING SIMULATION DEVICE AND MACHINING SIMULATION METHOD | WECHSELBERGER, ALFRED H. | 2187 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
| 18871368 | PROCESSING DEVICE, PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND PROCESSING METHOD | BROOME, SAID A | 2612 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 03, 2024 |
| 18868169 | DRIVE DEVICE AND ROBOT EQUIPPED WITH DRIVE DEVICE | PRATHER, GREGORY T | 3618 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 |
| 18867006 | ARMATURE UNIT AND LINEAR MOTOR | TALPALATSKI, ALEXANDER | 2837 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 19, 2024 |
| 18866680 | MACHINE TOOL | CIGNA, JACOB JAMES | 3726 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 |
| 18866756 | MACHINE OPERATION SYSTEM USING WIRED COMMUNICATION AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION | RAHIM, MONJUR | 2436 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 8d | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 |
| 18864546 | ROBOT PROGRAMMING DEVICE AND ROBOT PROGRAMMING SYSTEM | MOLNAR, SIDNEY LEIGH | 3656 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 |
| 18863035 | TORQUE SENSOR SUPPORT STRUCTURE AND ROBOT | MCCALL, ERIC SCOTT | 2855 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 05, 2024 |
| 18862641 | CONTROL DEVICE, MACHINE TOOL, AND CONTROL METHOD | AZAD, MD ABUL K | 2119 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 04, 2024 |
| 18862346 | CONTROL DEVICE, MACHINE TOOL, AND CONTROL METHOD | ERDMAN, CHAD G | 2116 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2024 |
| 18860890 | CONTROL DEVICE OF MACHINE TOOL | FOLLANSBEE, YVONNE TRANG | 2117 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2024 |
| 18858519 | TERMINAL BLOCK, AND I/O UNIT | KRATT, JUSTIN M | 2833 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialFANUC Corporation has 129 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 50 art units and 114 examiners.
Aaron G Cain has the most, with 3 of FANUC Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
