Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
6 pending office actions • 2 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 34 patents granted in the last 365 days
Hai Robotics Co., Ltd. has 7 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed among 5 distinct examiners, who are located across 3 distinct art units. This indicates a high level of individual examiner involvement relative to the number of art units. CUMBESS, YOLANDA RENEE is the busiest examiner, holding 2 pending office actions. This individual manages a larger portion of the workload compared to the other examiners, who each handle the remaining pending actions.
The concentration of 5 examiners within 3 art units suggests that the company's filings are focused on specific technical categories but are being reviewed by several different individuals. Practitioners must manage 7 separate prosecution tracks while dealing with the policies of the assigned art units. This complexity requires a coordinated strategy to ensure consistency across the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems portfolio. The distribution of actions across the staff highlights a diverse set of perspectives within a narrow technical range. Navigating this environment involves balancing the specific preferences of the different examiners while adhering to the standards of the assigned units.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 2 (33%) |
| §102 only | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WAGGONER, TIMOTHY R | 2 | 71.6% | +7.7% |
| RANDAZZO, THOMAS | 1 | 86.7% | +12.3% |
| CUMBESS, YOLANDA RENEE | 1 | 86.9% | +8.5% |
| OBAID, FATEH M | 1 | 67.9% | +35.4% |
| SCOTT, JACOB S | 1 | 87.4% | +18.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18946730 | WAREHOUSING SHELVING UNIT AND SYSTEM, CASE STORAGE DEVICE | RANDAZZO, THOMAS | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18903765 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING TO-BE-OUTBOUND CONTAINERS AND DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | CUMBESS, YOLANDA RENEE | — |
| 18896285 | WAREHOUSING SHELVING UNIT, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ROBOT, AND WAREHOUSING SYSTEM | WAGGONER, TIMOTHY R | — |
| 18189327 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING WAREHOUSING SYSTEM, GUARD DOOR, AND WAREHOUSING SYSTEM | SCOTT, JACOB S | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18459929 | SHELF AND WAREHOUSING SYSTEM | OBAID, FATEH M | 14d |
| 18946730 | WAREHOUSING SHELVING UNIT AND SYSTEM, CASE STORAGE DEVICE | RANDAZZO, THOMAS | — |
| 18189327 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING WAREHOUSING SYSTEM, GUARD DOOR, AND WAREHOUSING SYSTEM | SCOTT, JACOB S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3655 | 2 |
| 3627 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18946730 | WAREHOUSING SHELVING UNIT AND SYSTEM, CASE STORAGE DEVICE | RANDAZZO, THOMAS | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2024 |
| 18903765 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING TO-BE-OUTBOUND CONTAINERS AND DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | CUMBESS, YOLANDA RENEE | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 01, 2024 |
| 18896285 | WAREHOUSING SHELVING UNIT, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ROBOT, AND WAREHOUSING SYSTEM | WAGGONER, TIMOTHY R | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2024 |
| 18459929 | SHELF AND WAREHOUSING SYSTEM | OBAID, FATEH M | 3627 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 14d | Pending | Sep 01, 2023 |
| 18189327 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING WAREHOUSING SYSTEM, GUARD DOOR, AND WAREHOUSING SYSTEM | SCOTT, JACOB S | 3655 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 24, 2023 |
| 18164768 | ROBOT CONTROL METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM, CONTROL DEVICE, AND ROBOT | WAGGONER, TIMOTHY R | 3655 | §103 | Final Rejection | 5d | Pending | Feb 06, 2023 |
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