Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 26 patents granted in the last 365 days
Figure AI Inc. has 4 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These 4 actions are assigned to 4 distinct examiners, each in a different art unit. This results in 4 distinct art units being involved, showing that each of the company's pending matters is being reviewed in a unique technical environment. This distribution of 4 pending office actions across 4 distinct art units indicates a high level of technical variety for a small portfolio.
SHARMA, NABIN KUMAR is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. With 4 pending office actions and 4 distinct examiners, there is no overlap in the personnel reviewing the applications. The 4 distinct art units suggest that even with a small portfolio, the company's innovations are technically diverse enough to be spread across multiple USPTO sections. Practitioners should treat each of the 4 pending office actions as an independent negotiation, as the 4 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units provide no common ground for a consolidated prosecution strategy.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 + other | 1 (25%) |
| §102 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHARMA, NABIN KUMAR | 1 | 52.6% | +49.6% |
| WATKINS, NATHANIEL WILLIAM | 1 | 68.9% | +27.1% |
| BUI, TOAN D. | 1 | 55.6% | +42.4% |
| MANCHO, RONNIE M | 1 | 75.9% | +1.5% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19038657 | COMPENSATION FOR A SERVICE ASSOCIATED WITH A HUMANOID ROBOT WITH ADVANCED KINEMATICS | BUI, TOAN D. | 8d overdue |
| 19323751 | LEG OF A HUMANOID ROBOT | SHARMA, NABIN KUMAR | — |
| 19249517 | LOWER ARM ASSEMBLY OF A ROBOT | WATKINS, NATHANIEL WILLIAM | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19038657 | COMPENSATION FOR A SERVICE ASSOCIATED WITH A HUMANOID ROBOT WITH ADVANCED KINEMATICS | BUI, TOAN D. | 8d overdue |
| 19323751 | LEG OF A HUMANOID ROBOT | SHARMA, NABIN KUMAR | — |
| 19249517 | LOWER ARM ASSEMBLY OF A ROBOT | WATKINS, NATHANIEL WILLIAM | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3612 | 1 |
| 3611 | 1 |
| 3693 | 1 |
| 3657 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19323751 | LEG OF A HUMANOID ROBOT | SHARMA, NABIN KUMAR | 3612 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 09, 2025 |
| 19249517 | LOWER ARM ASSEMBLY OF A ROBOT | WATKINS, NATHANIEL WILLIAM | 3611 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 25, 2025 |
| 19038657 | COMPENSATION FOR A SERVICE ASSOCIATED WITH A HUMANOID ROBOT WITH ADVANCED KINEMATICS | BUI, TOAN D. | 3693 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 8d overdue | Pending | Jan 27, 2025 |
| 18904332 | HUMANOID ROBOT WITH A CENTRAL REGION HAVING AN ARRANGEMENT OF ACTUATOR ASSEMBLIES AND COMPONENTS | MANCHO, RONNIE M | 3657 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 02, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialFigure AI Inc. has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 4 examiners.
Nabin Kumar Sharma has the most, with 1 of Figure AI Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
