Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
33 pending office actions • 17 art units • 30 examiners • 0 of 33 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 78 patents granted in the last 365 days
Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. is currently managing 31 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed among 28 distinct examiners, suggesting a high degree of variety in the examination process. The portfolio spans 16 distinct art units, which indicates that the company's machinery and transportation technologies are being reviewed across multiple specialized divisions.
REIDY, SEAN PATRICK is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, with 3 busiest examiner pending actions. This accounts for a small but notable portion of the 31 pending office actions. Practitioners should pay close attention to the interactions with this examiner, as they represent the highest concentration of pending matters within the portfolio. The involvement of 28 distinct examiners across 16 distinct art units implies a wide range of examiner behaviors.
Managing 31 pending office actions requires a coordinated effort to ensure consistency across these different groups. The fact that the busiest examiner has 3 pending actions suggests a specific technical area where Hitachi's prosecution activity is most concentrated. This decentralized structure means that the company must adapt its prosecution strategy to many individual preferences while maintaining a unified technical narrative across 16 distinct art units.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 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. 4 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 | 3 (9%) |
| §101 + other | 1 (3%) |
| §103 only | 16 (48%) |
| §112 only | 1 (3%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 12 (36%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| REIDY, SEAN PATRICK | 3 | 36.8% | +37.3% |
| LEE, TYLER J | 2 | 91.8% | +6.7% |
| LAZO, THOMAS E | 1 | 86.8% | +8.9% |
| BEDEWI, RAMI NABIH | 1 | 67.5% | +27.6% |
| MOSCOLA, MATTHEW JOHN | 1 | 64.8% | +15.8% |
| HUYNH, CHRISTINE NGUYEN | 1 | 68.1% | +25.2% |
| MACIOROWSKI, GODFREY ALEKSANDER | 1 | 60.2% | +10.8% |
| ALI, LABIBAH ILMA | 1 | 80.0% | +0.0% |
| ALLEN, PAUL MCCARTHY | 1 | 44.6% | +32.5% |
| HAYLES, ASHFORD S | 1 | 66.8% | +37.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19109650 | WHEEL LOADER | LEE, TYLER J | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18971553 | Work Machine Capable of Calculating Loaded Amount for Hauling Machine | REIDY, SEAN PATRICK | 26d |
| 18853574 | WORK MACHINE | MAWARI, REDHWAN K | 26d |
| 18685932 | MINE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | WHITE, DYLAN C | 46d |
| 19164251 | HYDRAULIC PUMP STATE MONITORING DEVICE AND HYDRAULIC DRIVE SYSTEM | LAZO, THOMAS E | — |
| 19143426 | WORKING VEHICLE | LEE, TYLER J | — |
| 19118382 | WORK MACHINE | BEDEWI, RAMI NABIH | — |
| 19109655 | LOADING MACHINE AND VEHICLE MANAGEMENT DEVICE | MOSCOLA, MATTHEW JOHN | — |
| 19108769 | DUMP TRUCK | HUYNH, CHRISTINE NGUYEN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18971553 | Work Machine Capable of Calculating Loaded Amount for Hauling Machine | REIDY, SEAN PATRICK | 26d |
| 19149145 | Work Machine | REIDY, SEAN PATRICK | — |
| 19118382 | WORK MACHINE | BEDEWI, RAMI NABIH | — |
| 19109655 | LOADING MACHINE AND VEHICLE MANAGEMENT DEVICE | MOSCOLA, MATTHEW JOHN | — |
| 19108769 | DUMP TRUCK | HUYNH, CHRISTINE NGUYEN | — |
| 19108261 | Work Machine | MACIOROWSKI, GODFREY ALEKSANDER | — |
| 19103041 | INFORMATION INPUT SYSTEM FOR WORK MACHINE | ALLEN, PAUL MCCARTHY | — |
| 18982331 | INVENTORY ASSESSMENT SYSTEM | HAYLES, ASHFORD S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3663 | 7 |
| 3666 | 2 |
| 3658 | 2 |
| 3667 | 2 |
| 3669 | 2 |
| 3664 | 2 |
| 3745 | 1 |
| 3662 | 1 |
| 3611 | 1 |
| 3668 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19164251 | HYDRAULIC PUMP STATE MONITORING DEVICE AND HYDRAULIC DRIVE SYSTEM | LAZO, THOMAS E | 3745 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 11, 2025 |
| 19149145 | Work Machine | REIDY, SEAN PATRICK | 3663 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2025 |
| 19143426 | WORKING VEHICLE | LEE, TYLER J | 3663 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2025 |
| 19118382 | WORK MACHINE | BEDEWI, RAMI NABIH | 3666 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2025 |
| 19109655 | LOADING MACHINE AND VEHICLE MANAGEMENT DEVICE | MOSCOLA, MATTHEW JOHN | 3663 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2025 |
| 19109650 | WHEEL LOADER | LEE, TYLER J | 3663 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2025 |
| 19108769 | DUMP TRUCK | HUYNH, CHRISTINE NGUYEN | 3662 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2025 |
| 19108261 | Work Machine | MACIOROWSKI, GODFREY ALEKSANDER | 3658 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 03, 2025 |
| 19108274 | WORK MACHINE AND ACTUATOR CALIBRATION SYSTEM | ALI, LABIBAH ILMA | 3667 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 03, 2025 |
| 19103041 | INFORMATION INPUT SYSTEM FOR WORK MACHINE | ALLEN, PAUL MCCARTHY | 3669 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 11, 2025 |
| 18982331 | INVENTORY ASSESSMENT SYSTEM | HAYLES, ASHFORD S | — | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 18971553 | Work Machine Capable of Calculating Loaded Amount for Hauling Machine | REIDY, SEAN PATRICK | 3663 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 26d | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
| 18868912 | WORK VEHICLE | CATALANO, JACKSON RICHARD | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18860732 | Lower Traveling Structure for Construction Machine | BOEHLER, ANNE MARIE M | 3611 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2024 |
| 18859588 | SHORT-RANGE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | AKINYEMI, AJIBOLA A | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2024 |
| 18853574 | WORK MACHINE | MAWARI, REDHWAN K | 3664 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 26d | Pending | Oct 02, 2024 |
| 18850749 | CONSTRUCTION MACHINE | LANGHORNE, NICHOLAS PATRICK | 3666 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2024 |
| 18850728 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM AND VEHICLE | PATIDAR, SUDESH M | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2024 |
| 18849015 | CONSTRUCTION MACHINE | TRIGGS, JAMES J | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2024 |
| 18848186 | Articulated Vehicle | MARTINEZ, ELIZABETH GALYN | 3668 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 18, 2024 |
| 18839010 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE AND REMOTE OPERATION DEVICE | CROMER, ANDREW J | 3667 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 15, 2024 |
| 18835538 | Noise Calculation Device and Sound Collection System | ZHU, QIN | 2691 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 02, 2024 |
| 18730382 | Warehouse Entry/Exit Management System | THOMAS, SOUMYA | 2664 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 19, 2024 |
| 18722830 | WORK MACHINE | REIDY, SEAN PATRICK | 3663 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 |
| 18686990 | Travel System for Transport Vehicle | BUKSA, CHRISTOPHER ALLEN | 3658 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2024 |
| 18685932 | MINE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | WHITE, DYLAN C | 3625 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 46d | Pending | Feb 23, 2024 |
| 18572600 | WORK MACHINE | LUSK, AUDREY L | 3671 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2023 |
| 18279615 | Work Machine | NIEVES FLORES, NEIT JOSAFAT | 3664 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 01, 2023 |
| 18279430 | MALFUNCTION PREDICTION SYSTEM | ABDOU TCHOUSSOU, BOUBACAR | 2482 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2023 |
| 18279454 | MACHINE STATE DETECTING DEVICE | NIMOX, RAYMOND LONDALE | 2857 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2023 |
| 18279442 | WORK MACHINE CONTROL SYSTEM | LEVY, MERRITT E | 3663 | §103 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Aug 30, 2023 |
| 18278930 | MONITORING SYSTEM, MONITORING DEVICE, AND CONSTRUCTION MACHINE | PARK, SUNGHYOUN | 2484 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 25, 2023 |
| 17927370 | CONSTRUCTION MACHINE | BEAN, JARED C | 3669 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 23, 2022 |
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