Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Faro Technologies Inc.

16 pending office actions • 12 art units • 15 examiners • 0 of 16 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 25 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

16
Total Pending OAs
11
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 15 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

9
Overdue
0
Due this week
5
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 15 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (9)Due ≤ 30 days (5)Due ≤ 60 days (1)

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.

0
Hard (0%)
14
Medium (88%)
2
Easy (12%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only13 (81%)
§102 only1 (6%)
§112 only2 (12%)

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
6
Communications
38% of docket
2
Semiconductors
12% of docket
8
Mechanical / Eng
50% 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.

160 h
Manual time on pending OAs
32 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
56 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
NGUYEN, RACHEL NICOLE 2 25.0% +59.4%
RICHER, AARON M 1 51.3% +21.4%
KC, SAGAR 1 87.5% +2.8%
LETT, THOMAS J 1 83.6% -35.9%
WONGWIAN, PHUTTHIWAT 1 84.9% +17.0%
COFINO, JONATHAN M 1 62.3% +32.3%
YAO, JULIA ZHI-YI 1 66.2% +38.5%
MAZUMDER, TAPAS 1 81.8% +16.8%
HUNTSINGER, PETER K 1 28.5% +16.1%
OWENS, DANELL L 1 76.4% +10.7%

Quick Wins (4)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18887411 REFERENCING POSE MANIPULATION SYSTEM FOR MARKER BASED TRACKING OF POSITION MEASUREMENT SYSTEM KC, SAGAR 56d overdue
18757988 VIRTUAL MIRROR GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION FOR PREDICTIVE COLLISION ANALYSIS LETT, THOMAS J 53d overdue
18386099 COORDINATE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM WITH AUXILIARY AXIS WONGWIAN, PHUTTHIWAT 9d
18359603 PHOTOGRAMMETRY SYSTEM FOR GENERATING STREET EDGES IN TWO-DIMENSIONAL MAPS MAZUMDER, TAPAS 29d

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18356871 GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION METHODS FOR MOBILE COORDINATE SCANNERS HUNTSINGER, PETER K 10d overdue
17859218 THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENT DEVICE NGUYEN, RACHEL NICOLE 1d overdue
18129358 LASER SCANNER FOR VERIFYING POSITIONING OF COMPONENTS OF ASSEMBLIES NGUYEN, RACHEL NICOLE 14d

Interview Candidates (9)

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
18199650 LASER PROJECTOR SIMULATION OWENS, DANELL L 45d overdue
19062827 GENERATING GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATIONS FOR VIEWING 3D DATA AND/OR IMAGE DATA RICHER, AARON M 44d overdue
18447617 GAP FILLING FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA VISUALIZATION COFINO, JONATHAN M 36d overdue
18364699 GENERATING A PARALLAX FREE TWO AND A HALF (2.5) DIMENSIONAL POINT CLOUD USING A HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGE YAO, JULIA ZHI-YI 11d overdue
18356871 GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION METHODS FOR MOBILE COORDINATE SCANNERS HUNTSINGER, PETER K 10d overdue
17859218 THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENT DEVICE NGUYEN, RACHEL NICOLE 1d overdue
18386099 COORDINATE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM WITH AUXILIARY AXIS WONGWIAN, PHUTTHIWAT 9d
18129358 LASER SCANNER FOR VERIFYING POSITIONING OF COMPONENTS OF ASSEMBLIES NGUYEN, RACHEL NICOLE 14d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3645 5
2617 1
3657 1
2611 1
3741 1
2614 1
2666 1
2615 1
2682 1
2882 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19062827 GENERATING GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATIONS FOR VIEWING 3D DATA AND/OR IMAGE DATA RICHER, AARON M 2617 §103 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Feb 25, 2025
18887411 REFERENCING POSE MANIPULATION SYSTEM FOR MARKER BASED TRACKING OF POSITION MEASUREMENT SYSTEM KC, SAGAR 3657 §112 Non-Final OA 56d overdue Pending Sep 17, 2024
18757988 VIRTUAL MIRROR GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION FOR PREDICTIVE COLLISION ANALYSIS LETT, THOMAS J 2611 §102 Non-Final OA 53d overdue Pending Jun 28, 2024
18386099 COORDINATE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM WITH AUXILIARY AXIS WONGWIAN, PHUTTHIWAT 3741 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Nov 01, 2023
18447617 GAP FILLING FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA VISUALIZATION COFINO, JONATHAN M 2614 §112 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Aug 10, 2023
18364699 GENERATING A PARALLAX FREE TWO AND A HALF (2.5) DIMENSIONAL POINT CLOUD USING A HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGE YAO, JULIA ZHI-YI 2666 §103 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending Aug 03, 2023
18359603 PHOTOGRAMMETRY SYSTEM FOR GENERATING STREET EDGES IN TWO-DIMENSIONAL MAPS MAZUMDER, TAPAS 2615 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Jul 26, 2023
18356871 GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION METHODS FOR MOBILE COORDINATE SCANNERS HUNTSINGER, PETER K 2682 §103 Final Rejection 10d overdue Pending Jul 21, 2023
18199650 LASER PROJECTOR SIMULATION OWENS, DANELL L 2882 §103 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending May 19, 2023
18131596 LASER SCANNER FOR VERIFYING POSITIONING OF COMPONENTS OF ASSEMBLIES BOLDA, ERIC L 3645 §103 Non-Final OA 36d Pending Apr 06, 2023
18131330 SENSOR FIELD-OF-VIEW MANIPULATION WOLDEMARYAM, ASSRES H 3642 §103 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Apr 05, 2023
18129358 LASER SCANNER FOR VERIFYING POSITIONING OF COMPONENTS OF ASSEMBLIES NGUYEN, RACHEL NICOLE 3645 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Mar 31, 2023
18077366 LASER PROJECTOR MENDOZA, ALEXANDRIA ARELLANO 2877 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Dec 08, 2022
18077791 OBJECT TRACKING NOEL, JEMPSON 3645 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 08, 2022
17859218 THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENT DEVICE NGUYEN, RACHEL NICOLE 3645 §103 Final Rejection 1d overdue Pending Jul 07, 2022
17850084 A SYSTEM AND METHOD OF GENERATING A FLOORPLAN XIAO, YUQING 3645 §103 Final Rejection 16d Pending Jun 27, 2022

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