Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

FANUC Corporation

Technology areas: Computing & Software • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

147 pending office actions • 45 art units • 125 examiners • 0 of 147 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 279 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

FANUC Corporation manages a portfolio of 147 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. Prosecution is highly decentralized, involving 124 distinct examiners across 43 distinct art units. This wide distribution indicates that the company's mechanical and systems innovations are reviewed by a large and varied group of 124 distinct examiners, which suggests a diverse range of technical subject matter across the portfolio.

The busiest examiner, CAIN, AARON G, is responsible for 3 pending office actions. This low concentration relative to the 147 total pending actions highlights the challenge of developing examiner-specific strategies. Because the distinct examiners are spread across 43 distinct art units, practitioners may find more value in analyzing art unit trends than individual examiner behavior for this specific portfolio. The 3 pending office actions with CAIN, AARON G represent a very small portion of the overall workload, requiring a highly adaptable approach to patent prosecution.

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

Portfolio Summary

147
Total Pending OAs
97
Non-Final OAs
46
Final Rejections
4
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 40 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

16
Overdue
3
Due this week
17
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
2
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. 40 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (16)Due ≤ 7 days (3)Due ≤ 30 days (17)Due ≤ 60 days (2)Due later (2)

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.

80
Hard (54%)
63
Medium (43%)
4
Easy (3%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only3 (2%)
§101 + other27 (18%)
§103 only50 (34%)
§102 only12 (8%)
§112 only3 (2%)
Double-patenting only1 (1%)
Double-patenting + other1 (1%)
Multi-statute (no §101)50 (34%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
34
Information Tech
23% of docket
4
Communications
3% of docket
7
Semiconductors
5% of docket
65
Mechanical / Eng
44% of docket
37
Business / Other
25% 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.

1,470 h
Manual time on pending OAs
294 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
514 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
12.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CAIN, AARON G 3 43.2% +29.5%
NELESKI, ELIZABETH ROSE 3 74.8% +15.7%
XU, PETER 3 0.0% +0.0%
ALAM, ROKEYA SHAWALI 3 60.0% +50.0%
GAMMON, MATTHEW CHRISTOPHER 2 68.4% +21.0%
HOTCHKISS, MICHAEL WAYNE 2 69.5% +49.6%
STIEBRITZ, NOAH WILLIAM 2 66.7% -4.0%
CULLEN, TANNER L 2 71.8% +16.2%
CHOI, ALICIA M 2 79.3% +28.6%
LIN, JASON 2 72.8% +23.5%

Hard Cases (81)

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
18025871 CALCULATION DEVICE, SURFACE ROUGHNESS PREDICTION SYSTEM, AND CALCULATION METHOD SUN, XIUQIN 169d overdue
18271110 ROBOT TEACHING DEVICE AND PROGRAM FOR GENERATING ROBOT PROGRAM CHEN, QING 43d overdue
18555726 OPERATIONAL STATUS DISPLAY DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM CHOI, ALICIA M 24d overdue
18561409 CONTROL DEVICE FOR INDUSTRIAL MACHINE XU, PETER 17d overdue
18574259 MOVEMENT ROUTE DETERMINATION DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING A COMPUTER PROGRAM KHUU, HIEN DIEU THI 15d overdue
18247618 LASER PROCESSING SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD CLARK, RYAN C 9d overdue
18875164 ROBOT CONTROL DEVICE NGUYEN, BAO LONG T 4d overdue
18555691 PROGRAMMING DEVICE AND PROGRAM HOLWERDA, STEPHEN 7d

Interview Candidates (19)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18555726 OPERATIONAL STATUS DISPLAY DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM CHOI, ALICIA M 24d overdue
18712340 DEVICE, INDUSTRIAL MACHINE AND METHOD FOR VERIFYING OPERATION OF INDUSTRIAL MACHINE NELESKI, ELIZABETH ROSE 14d
18716930 CONTROL DEVICE NELESKI, ELIZABETH ROSE 28d
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 —
18992977 TEACHING DEVICE CAIN, AARON G —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3657 15
3656 15
3658 10
2117 7
3761 7
2119 5
3618 4
3726 3
2116 3
2834 2

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
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 — §102§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 15, 2025
19208611 ROBOT CONTROL DEVICE AND ROBOT SYSTEM FIGUEROA, JAIME — §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 — §102 Final Rejection — Pending May 01, 2025
19194591 CONTROL DEVICE, ROBOT SYSTEM, OBJECT PRESENCE/ABSENCE DETERMINATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM DANG, TRANG THANH — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 30, 2025
19194501 MACHINE FIX, THOMAS S 3618 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 30, 2025
19121858 ROBOT MANIPULATION DEVICE AND ROBOT KC, SAGAR 3657 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 17, 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
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 — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 03, 2025
19100354 MOTOR MONITORING DEVICE TCHATCHOUANG, CARL F.R. — §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
18994025 PROGRAM GENERATION APPARATUS, CONTROL APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM WATTS III, JAMES MILLER 3656 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 14, 2025
18994061 ROBOT APPARATUS STANLEY, TYLER JAY 3657 §102Other 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
18993202 ROBOT CONTROL DEVICE STIEBRITZ, NOAH WILLIAM 3658 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 10, 2025
18992977 TEACHING DEVICE CAIN, AARON G 3656 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 10, 2025
18992720 DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE AND PROGRAM HAKALA, ALAN GREGORY 2617 §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
18727291 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, MACHINE TOOL CONTROL DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING A COMPUTER PROGRAM BARAKAT, MOHAMED — §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 07, 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
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
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
18879989 SEAL STRUCTURE FOR TORQUE SENSOR AND ROBOT HOPKINS, BRANDI N 2855 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 30, 2024
18879987 ROBOT PARAMETER SETTING APPARATUS EMMETT, MADISON B 3658 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 30, 2024
18878900 EXTRACTION MACHINE CONTROL DEVICE, EXTRACTION MACHINE CONTROL PROGRAM, AND EXTRACTION MACHINE SYSTEM EL SAYAH, MOHAMAD O — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 26, 2024
18878076 DRIVE DEVICE AND ROBOT EQUIPPED WITH DRIVE DEVICE JACKSON, DANIELLE MARIE 3657 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 23, 2024
18877371 POSITION DETECTING SYSTEM, ACTUATOR, AND POSITION DETECTING METHOD MCANDREW, CHRISTOPHER P 2858 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 20, 2024
18291839 NUMERICAL CONTROL APPARATUS WORKU, KIDEST — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 19, 2024
18876780 ROBOT CONTROL DEVICE, ROBOT SYSTEM, AND ROBOT CONTROL METHOD NELESKI, ELIZABETH ROSE 3658 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 19, 2024
18876272 VISION SYSTEM AND VISION DETECTION METHOD CULLEN, TANNER L 3656 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 18, 2024
18875164 ROBOT CONTROL DEVICE NGUYEN, BAO LONG T 3656 §102§103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Dec 16, 2024
18292341 MACHINING ASSISTANCE APPARATUS CHOI, ALICIA M — §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 12, 2024
18718800 DIAGNOSIS DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM PHAM, THOMAS K — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 09, 2024
18872594 MACHINING SIMULATION DEVICE AND MACHINING SIMULATION METHOD WECHSELBERGER, ALFRED H. 2187 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 06, 2024
18872529 ROBOT CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM MA, WEI 2135 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 06, 2024
18871368 PROCESSING DEVICE, PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND PROCESSING METHOD BROOME, SAID A — §103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 03, 2024
18871155 MONITORING DEVICE AND ROBOT MONITORING SYSTEM WALLACE, ZACHARY JOSEPH 3656 §102§112 Non-Final OA — 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 — §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
18866288 ROTOR FOR ELECTRIC MOTOR RODRIGUEZ, JOSHUA KIEL MIGUEL 2834 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 15, 2024
18864546 ROBOT PROGRAMMING DEVICE AND ROBOT PROGRAMMING SYSTEM MOLNAR, SIDNEY LEIGH 3656 §102§103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 11, 2024
18862641 CONTROL DEVICE, MACHINE TOOL, AND CONTROL METHOD AZAD, MD ABUL K — §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 04, 2024
18862346 CONTROL DEVICE, MACHINE TOOL, AND CONTROL METHOD ERDMAN, CHAD G — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 01, 2024
18860890 CONTROL DEVICE OF MACHINE TOOL FOLLANSBEE, YVONNE TRANG — §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 28, 2024
18857981 COMPUTATION DEVICE, MACHINE TOOL, MACHINE TOOL CONTROL DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM XU, PETER — §101§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 18, 2024
18858052 COMPUTATION DEVICE, MACHINE TOOL, DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING MACHINE TOOL, AND STORAGE MEDIUM ALAM, ROKEYA SHAWALI — §101§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 18, 2024
18858011 COMPUTING DEVICE, MACHINE TOOL, CONTROL DEVICE FOR MACHINE TOOL, AND STORAGE MEDIUM XU, PETER — §101§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 18, 2024
18858129 CALCULATION DEVICE, MACHINE TOOL, CONTROL DEVICE FOR MACHINE TOOL, AND STORAGE MEDIUM ALAM, ROKEYA SHAWALI — §101§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 18, 2024
18695636 SELECTION DEVICE, SIMULATION DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL DEVICE LIN, JASON — §101§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 11, 2024
18855994 NUMERICAL CONTROL DEVICE AND EXPECTED ELECTRIC POWER CONSUMPTION CALCULATION SYSTEM LIN, JASON — §101§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 10, 2024
18854902 NUMERICAL CONTROL DEVICE AND PROGRAM BROWN, MICHAEL J 2115 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 07, 2024
18854495 SERVO ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM LAUGHLIN, NATHAN L 2119 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 04, 2024
18854276 ROBOT, ROBOT CONTROLLER, AND WORK ROBOT SYSTEM PECHE, JORGE O 3656 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 04, 2024
18690440 NUMERICAL CONTROL DEVICE KARIM, ZIAUL — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 02, 2024
18844005 INDUSTRIAL SYSTEM CONTROL DEVICE, INDUSTRIAL SYSTEM, AND IMAGE ACQUISITION METHOD HAUK, EMILY ROSE — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 04, 2024
18843792 INFORMATION RECORDING DEVICE AND INFORMATION RECORDING METHOD FAAL, BABOUCARR 2138 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 04, 2024
18842357 NUMERICAL CONTROL DEVICE JARRETT, RYAN A — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 28, 2024
18841674 ROBOT PROGRAMMING SYSTEM AND ROBOT CONTROL DEVICE CAIN, AARON G 3656 §103 Non-Final OA 76d Pending Aug 27, 2024
18841389 SYSTEM PROGRAM OPTIMIZATION DEVICE, SYSTEM PROGRAM OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM LYONS, ANDREW M — §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 26, 2024
18840146 DEVICE FOR GENERATING SEARCH PROGRAM FOR ROBOT CULLEN, TANNER L 3656 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 21, 2024
18839267 ROBOT SYSTEM EVANS, KARSTON G 3657 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Aug 16, 2024
18839286 INDUSTRIAL MACHINE MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND PRODUCTION SYSTEM ANSARI, AZAM A 3621 §101§103 Final Rejection 30d Pending Aug 16, 2024
18838798 DEVICE FOR PERFORMING NUMERIC CONTROL OF MACHINE TOOL PATEL, JIGNESHKUMAR C — §101§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 15, 2024
18836756 TEACHING OPERATION PANEL AND ROBOT CONTROL SYSTEM HOLWERDA, STEPHEN 3656 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 08, 2024
18836469 ROBOT SYSTEM AND CALIBRATION METHOD KENIRY, HEATHER J 3657 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 07, 2024
18730307 PROGRAMMING APPARATUS VISCARRA, RICARDO I 3657 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 19, 2024
18729742 NUMERICAL CONTROL DEVICE PAN, YUHUI R 2116 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 17, 2024
18729168 ROBOT CONTROL DEVICE LAROSE, RENEE MARIE 3657 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 16, 2024
18560705 NUMERICAL CONTROL SYSTEM TRAN, VI N — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 16, 2024
18729163 SEQUENCE PROGRAM DISPLAY DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM NAHAR, QAMRUN — §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 15, 2024
18725466 CONTROL DEVICE OLSHANNIKOV, ALEKSEY — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 28, 2024
18724984 ROBOT CONTROL DEVICE TANG, BRYANT 3658 §103§112 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Jun 27, 2024
18719334 ROBOT SYSTEM AND IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD WOOD, BLAKE ANDREW 3658 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 13, 2024
18716930 CONTROL DEVICE NELESKI, ELIZABETH ROSE 3658 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Jun 06, 2024
18716142 CONTROL DEVICE FOR ROBOT THAT COMMUNICATES WITH PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLER CAIN, AARON G 3656 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 04, 2024
18712340 DEVICE, INDUSTRIAL MACHINE AND METHOD FOR VERIFYING OPERATION OF INDUSTRIAL MACHINE NELESKI, ELIZABETH ROSE 3658 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending May 22, 2024
18711108 TEACHING DEVICE NAVAS JR, EDEMIO 2483 §103 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending May 17, 2024
18707942 SIMULATION DEVICE CHIN, JAMES BRIAN 3656 §103 Final Rejection — Pending May 07, 2024
18706209 TASK ANALYSIS DEVICE BEE, ANDREW W. 2677 §101§102 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 30, 2024
18704455 ABNORMALITY DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE, ABNORMALITY DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM CARTER, CHRISTOPHER W 2117 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 25, 2024
18645885 TIME SERIES ANOMALY DETECTION LE, HUNG VAN — §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 25, 2024
18701724 CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD WILCOX, JAMES J 2439 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 16, 2024
18696754 CONTROL DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM MONTY, MARZIA T 2117 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 28, 2024
18682985 NUMERICAL CONTROLLER AND STORAGE MEDIUM AUGUSTINE, NICHOLAS 2178 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 12, 2024
18681068 EVALUATION PROGRAM CREATION DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING PROGRAM LAUGHLIN, NATHAN L 2119 §102 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 05, 2024
18294159 WIRE BODY FIXING STRUCTURE, MACHINE, ROBOT, AND ACTUATOR RUSHING, JR, BOBBY 3618 §103 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Feb 01, 2024
18291433 AIR PURGE MECHANISM, ROBOT, AND AIR PURGE METHOD NGUYEN, NGOC T 3799 §103 Final Rejection 40d Pending Jan 23, 2024
18578824 REMAINING AMOUNT ESTIMATION DEVICE AND REMAINING AMOUNT ESTIMATION METHOD HUNTER, JOHN S — §101§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 12, 2024
18579225 CONTROL DEVICE, WELDING SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM KERR, ELIZABETH M — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 12, 2024
18574976 NUMERICAL CONTROL DEVICE SKRZYCKI, JONATHAN MICHAEL 2116 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Dec 28, 2023
18574259 MOVEMENT ROUTE DETERMINATION DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING A COMPUTER PROGRAM KHUU, HIEN DIEU THI 2116 §101§102 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Dec 26, 2023
18573149 NUMERICAL CONTROL DEVICE FARINA, MICHAEL VINCENT 2115 §112 Final Rejection 9d Pending Dec 21, 2023
18571099 LASER MACHINING DEVICE AND NUMERICAL CONTROL DEVICE OLIVA, STEPHANIE RENEE — §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 15, 2023
18570272 WIRE ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINE, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR WIRE ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINE NGUYEN, VY T — DP Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 14, 2023
18567178 MACHINE TOOL CONTROL DEVICE KARIM, ZIAUL 2119 §102 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 05, 2023
18561409 CONTROL DEVICE FOR INDUSTRIAL MACHINE XU, PETER 2119 §103 Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Nov 16, 2023
18560491 ELECTROMAGNETIC DEVICE PROVIDED WITH COIL CASE BARNES, MALCOLM — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 13, 2023
18289147 CONTROL DEVICE FOR INDUSTRIAL MACHINE MERCADO, GABRIEL S 2171 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 01, 2023
18288434 MAINTENANCE SCHEDULING DEVICE AND MAINTENANCE SCHEDULING METHOD BOND, REED MADISON 3624 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 26, 2023
18557251 ROBOT CONTROL DEVICE AND ROBOT CONTROL SYSTEM BULLOCK, JOSHUA 2153 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 25, 2023
18556674 IMAGING ENVIRONMENT ADJUSTING DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM EVERETT, CHRISTOPHER E 2117 §102 Non-Final OA 85d Pending Oct 23, 2023
18555884 IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE LU, ZHIYU 2665 §103 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Oct 18, 2023
18555726 OPERATIONAL STATUS DISPLAY DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM CHOI, ALICIA M 2117 §102§103 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Oct 17, 2023
18555691 PROGRAMMING DEVICE AND PROGRAM HOLWERDA, STEPHEN 3656 §102§103 Final Rejection 7d Pending Oct 16, 2023
18553203 TEACHING DEVICE NEHCHIRI, KOOROSH 2174 §103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Sep 29, 2023
18550999 POSITIONER BESLER, CHRISTOPHER JAMES 3726 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 18, 2023
18548906 MACHINING CONDITION ESTIMATION DEVICE LU, HWEI-MIN 2142 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 04, 2023
18548834 MOTION-PATH GENERATION DEVICE, NUMERICAL CONTROL DEVICE, NUMERICAL CONTROL SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER PROGRAM STIEBRITZ, NOAH WILLIAM 3658 §103 Final Rejection 36d overdue Pending Sep 01, 2023
18548572 MACHINING CONDITION ADJUSTMENT DEVICE ALAM, ROKEYA SHAWALI 3799 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 01, 2023
18548466 MACHINE TOOL CONTROLLER CORTES, HOWARD 2118 §102 Non-Final OA 145d overdue Pending Aug 30, 2023
18276996 ROBOT CONTROL DEVICE, ROBOT CONTROL SYSTEM, AND ROBOT CONTROL METHOD TANG, BRYANT 3658 §103 Final Rejection 7d Pending Aug 11, 2023
18276968 DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, DATA MANAGEMENT SERVER, DATA MANAGEMENT METHOD, DATA MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM GRACIA, GARY S 2499 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 11, 2023
18274098 ROBOT SIMULATION APPARATUS GOLD, HENRY JOYNER — §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 25, 2023
18260848 NUMERICAL CONTROL APPARATUS AND NUMERICAL CONTROL SYSTEM KENIRY, HEATHER J 3657 §103 Final Rejection 8d Pending Jul 10, 2023
18271110 ROBOT TEACHING DEVICE AND PROGRAM FOR GENERATING ROBOT PROGRAM CHEN, QING 2191 §103§112 Final Rejection 43d overdue Pending Jul 06, 2023
18260138 OBSERVATION DEVICE AND OBSERVATION METHOD YOON, ERIC 2118 §112Other Non-Final OA 175d overdue Pending Jun 30, 2023
18267641 CENTRAL MANAGEMENT DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CENTRAL MANAGEMENT DEVICE MONTY, MARZIA T 2117 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Jun 15, 2023
18266863 ROBOT SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR PERFORMING SCRAPING PROCESS DO, NHAT CHIEU Q 3724 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 13, 2023
18256875 INDUSTRIAL MACHINE SYSTEM DOROS, KAYLA RENEE 3657 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 09, 2023
18254602 ANOMALY CLASSIFICATION DEVICE PARK, HYUN D 2857 §101§102§103§112Other Non-Final OA 26d Pending May 26, 2023
18039076 MACHINE TOOL RHUE, ABIGAIL H 3761 §103 Final Rejection 19d overdue Pending May 26, 2023
18038808 AUGMENTED REALITY DISPLAY DEVICE AND AUGMENTED REALITY DISPLAY SYSTEM ESTEVEZ, DAIRON 3656 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending May 25, 2023
18038832 MACHINE LEARNING DEVICE AND MACHINE LEARNING METHOD ANSARI, TAHMINA N 2674 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 25, 2023
18253441 ROBOT SYSTEM THONG, YEONG JUEN 3761 §103 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending May 18, 2023
18036231 CONTROL DEVICE, ELECTRODE POLISHING METHOD, AND ELECTRODE POLISHING SYSTEM MILLS JR., JOE E 3761 §103 Final Rejection 28d overdue Pending May 10, 2023
18251897 NUMERICAL CONTROL DEVICE AND NUMERICAL CONTROL SYSTEM MERCADO, RAMON A 3658 §103 Final Rejection — Pending May 05, 2023
18250839 WIRE ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINE, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR WIRE ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINE TRAN-LE, THAO UYEN 3761 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 27, 2023
18250358 TRANSPORT SYSTEM CONTROLLER AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM SANTOS, AARRON EDUARDO 3663 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Apr 25, 2023
18033223 FOR CONTROLLING AND ACCESSING DATA RELATED TO AN INDUSTRIAL MACHINE LOPEZ ALVAREZ, OLVIN 2117 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 21, 2023
18032542 WIRE ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING WIRE ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINE MACEDA, KRYSTENE NHE BANDONG 3761 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 18, 2023
18032402 HAND, HAND SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR CHIN, PAUL T 3654 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 18, 2023
18247618 LASER PROCESSING SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD CLARK, RYAN C 3745 §103§112 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Mar 31, 2023
18247625 LASER PROCESSING SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD CHEN, KUANGYUE 3761 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 31, 2023
18025871 CALCULATION DEVICE, SURFACE ROUGHNESS PREDICTION SYSTEM, AND CALCULATION METHOD SUN, XIUQIN 2857 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA 169d overdue Pending Mar 10, 2023
18044154 ROBOTIC WELDING SYSTEM TRAN-LE, THAO UYEN 3761 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 06, 2023
18023096 STATOR AND ELECTRIC MOTOR CHANG, MINKI 2834 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 24, 2023
17999913 INJECTION MOLDING MANAGEMENT DEVICE TRAN, VI N 2117 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 25, 2022
17924267 DATA MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND DATA MANAGEMENT METHOD LINDSAY, BERNARD G 2119 §101§112 Final Rejection 28d Pending Nov 09, 2022
17918376 MACHINING METHOD FOR WORKPIECE TRAVERS, MATTHEW P 3722 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 12, 2022
17791311 POLISHING AMOUNT ESTIMATION DEVICE DRAPEAU, SIMEON PAUL 2188 §102§103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Jul 07, 2022
17062919 WORKPIECE TRANSFERRING TOOL TIGHE, BRENDAN P 3652 §102§103 Final Rejection 28d Pending Oct 05, 2020

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