Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

51 pending office actions • 26 art units • 45 examiners • 0 of 51 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 140 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

51
Total Pending OAs
38
Non-Final OAs
13
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 50 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

19
Overdue
2
Due this week
18
Due this month
8
Due in next 60 days
3
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. 50 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (19)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (18)Due ≤ 60 days (8)Due later (3)

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.

3
Hard (6%)
43
Medium (84%)
5
Easy (10%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only3 (6%)
§103 only40 (78%)
§102 only3 (6%)
§112 only5 (10%)

Industry Mix

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

7
Life Sciences
14% of docket
1
Information Tech
2% of docket
1
Communications
2% of docket
4
Semiconductors
8% of docket
37
Mechanical / Eng
73% of docket
1
Business / Other
2% 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.

510 h
Manual time on pending OAs
102 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
178 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
4.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SAAD, ERIN BARRY 2 72.4% +11.2%
CASTELLANO, STEPHEN J 2 64.9% +36.1%
SINGH, ESVINDER 2 76.1% +23.1%
CAIN, AARON G 2 41.2% +27.9%
LOIKITH, CATHERINE A 2 85.1% +7.6%
QURESHI, REHMAN AHMED 2 100.0% +0.0%
ZOHOORI, COLIN NAYSAN MISHA 1 71.0% +27.5%
LAZO, THOMAS E 1 86.7% +8.8%
KNIGHT, DEREK DOUGLAS 1 84.9% +3.2%
HANSEN, KENNETH J 1 81.0% +7.9%

Quick Wins (7)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18009494 SUBSTRATE HOLDING APPARATUS QURESHI, REHMAN AHMED 19d overdue
19119433 PRESSURE SOURCE UNIT HANSEN, KENNETH J 6d
18013363 ROBOT QURESHI, REHMAN AHMED 23d
18846404 HYDRAULIC DRIVE APPARATUS LAZO, THOMAS E 42d
19120544 HYBRID ROTOR DRIVE SYSTEM AND HYBRID ROTORCRAFT KNIGHT, DEREK DOUGLAS 50d
18024419 SUBSTRATE HOLDING HAND AND SUBSTRATE CONVEYING ROBOT LOIKITH, CATHERINE A 55d
18024584 SUBSTRATE HOLDING HAND AND SUBSTRATE CONVEYING ROBOT LOIKITH, CATHERINE A 69d

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
18006884 STATE MONITORING DEVICE, STATE ABNORMALITY DETERMINATION METHOD, AND STATE ABNORMALITY DETERMINATION PROGRAM BAHLS, JENNIFER E. S. 8d overdue
18396248 SYSTEM FOR AND METHOD OF MEASURING IN-ASH UNBURNED COMBUSTIBLES CONCENTRATION, AND ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATOR WALSH, RYAN D 14d
18552955 ROBOT FAILURE SYMPTOM DETECTION APPARATUS AND ROBOT FAILURE SYMPTOM DETECTION METHOD DO, AN H 30d

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
18717492 TEACHING SYSTEM, ROBOT SYSTEM, TEACHING METHOD FOR ROBOT, AND TEACHING PROGRAM FOR ROBOT CAIN, AARON G 70d overdue
18858373 CONTROL DEVICE FOR SUBSTRATE TRANSFER ROBOT AND CONTROL METHOD FOR SUBSTRATE TRANSFER ROBOT SINGH, ESVINDER 23d overdue
18975211 FRICTION STIR SPOT WELDING APPARATUS AND JOINT STRUCTURE SAAD, ERIN BARRY 22d overdue
18871596 MULTIPLE-SHELL TANK AND HEAT INSULATION MATERIAL SUPPLY METHOD FOR MULTIPLE-SHELL TANK CASTELLANO, STEPHEN J 15d
18836444 FRICTION-STIR SPOT WELDING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAME SAAD, ERIN BARRY 33d
18294206 ROBOT SYSTEM, ROBOTIC PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROCESSING PROGRAM CAIN, AARON G 33d
19243731 HYDROGEN AIRCRAFT ZOHOORI, COLIN NAYSAN MISHA 34d
18280570 TRIPLE CONTAINMENT TANK CASTELLANO, STEPHEN J 40d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3656 10
3657 5
3745 4
3733 3
3658 3
1735 2
3796 2
2853 2
3674 2
3642 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19243731 HYDROGEN AIRCRAFT ZOHOORI, COLIN NAYSAN MISHA 3642 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Jun 20, 2025
18846404 HYDRAULIC DRIVE APPARATUS LAZO, THOMAS E 3745 §102 Non-Final OA 42d Pending Apr 25, 2025
19120544 HYBRID ROTOR DRIVE SYSTEM AND HYBRID ROTORCRAFT KNIGHT, DEREK DOUGLAS 3655 §103 Non-Final OA 50d Pending Apr 11, 2025
19119433 PRESSURE SOURCE UNIT HANSEN, KENNETH J 3746 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Apr 09, 2025
19011000 GAS TURBINE SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD FOR SAME HARRINGTON, ALYSON JOAN 3741 §112 Final Rejection 10d overdue Pending Jan 06, 2025
18879858 ROBOT, ROBOT SYSTEM, AND ROBOT OPERATION METHOD FIGUEROA, JAIME 3656 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Dec 30, 2024
18879866 ROBOT, ROBOT SYSTEM, AND ROBOT OPERATION METHOD NECKEL, NATHAN DANIEL 3656 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Dec 30, 2024
18877309 LOW-TEMPERATURE LIQUEFIED GAS STORAGE TANK JENNESS, NATHAN JAY 3733 §112 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Dec 20, 2024
18975211 FRICTION STIR SPOT WELDING APPARATUS AND JOINT STRUCTURE SAAD, ERIN BARRY 1735 §103 Final Rejection 22d overdue Pending Dec 10, 2024
18871596 MULTIPLE-SHELL TANK AND HEAT INSULATION MATERIAL SUPPLY METHOD FOR MULTIPLE-SHELL TANK CASTELLANO, STEPHEN J 3733 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Dec 04, 2024
18858373 CONTROL DEVICE FOR SUBSTRATE TRANSFER ROBOT AND CONTROL METHOD FOR SUBSTRATE TRANSFER ROBOT SINGH, ESVINDER 3657 §103 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Oct 21, 2024
18856925 REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM, ROBOT REMOTE CONTROL METHOD, AND REMOTE CONTROL PROGRAM LE, TIEN MINH 3656 §103 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Oct 15, 2024
18856921 REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM, REMOTE CONTROL METHOD, AND REMOTE CONTROL PROGRAM STIEBRITZ, NOAH WILLIAM 3658 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Oct 15, 2024
18888291 SYSTEM FOR DETECTING ABNORMALITY IN HYDRAULIC ROTATING EQUIPMENT NGUYEN, DUSTIN T 3745 §103 Non-Final OA 35d Pending Sep 18, 2024
18836444 FRICTION-STIR SPOT WELDING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAME SAAD, ERIN BARRY 1735 §112 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Aug 07, 2024
18795629 Transmission Systems to Selectively Transfer Power of a Turbine Engine WONG, ELTON K 3745 §112 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Aug 06, 2024
18730014 LIQUID HYDROGEN STORAGE TANK GARDNER, NICOLE 3753 §103 Final Rejection 15d Pending Jul 18, 2024
18721218 ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEM AND SURGICAL ROBOT ANTHONY, MARIA CATHERINE 3796 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Jun 18, 2024
18717492 TEACHING SYSTEM, ROBOT SYSTEM, TEACHING METHOD FOR ROBOT, AND TEACHING PROGRAM FOR ROBOT CAIN, AARON G 3656 §103 Non-Final OA 70d overdue Pending Jun 07, 2024
18711907 HYDROGEN RE-LIQUEFACTION SYSTEM MOORE, DEVON TYLEN 3763 §103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending May 21, 2024
18702556 ROBOT DATA PROCESSING SERVER AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING TRAJECTORY DATA HOLWERDA, STEPHEN 3656 §103 Final Rejection 13d Pending Apr 18, 2024
18638817 ROBOT WATTS III, JAMES MILLER 3657 §103 Non-Final OA 89d overdue Pending Apr 18, 2024
18280948 OWN POSITION ESTIMATING SYSTEM AND OWN POSITION ESTIMATING METHOD SULLIVAN, TYLER 2487 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Mar 05, 2024
18592613 CORE AND METHOD OF FORMING STRUCTURAL BODY DANIELS, MATTHEW J 1742 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Mar 01, 2024
18687915 ROBOT SYSTEM AND ROBOT SINGH, ESVINDER 3657 §103 Non-Final OA 75d Pending Feb 29, 2024
18685339 INNER ROTOR AND MOTOR ANDREWS, MICHAEL 2834 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Feb 21, 2024
18294206 ROBOT SYSTEM, ROBOTIC PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROCESSING PROGRAM CAIN, AARON G 3656 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Feb 01, 2024
18408637 MOLDING DEVICE AND MOLDING METHOD SONG, INJA 1744 §103 Final Rejection 6d Pending Jan 10, 2024
18575135 OPERATOR-SIDE APPARATUS AND ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEM WALKER, OLIVIA 3796 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Dec 28, 2023
18396248 SYSTEM FOR AND METHOD OF MEASURING IN-ASH UNBURNED COMBUSTIBLES CONCENTRATION, AND ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATOR WALSH, RYAN D 2852 §101 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Dec 26, 2023
18560060 ELECTROHYDRAULIC ROBOT MACARTHUR, VICTOR L 3618 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 09, 2023
18269067 ROBOT SYSTEM AND ROBOT WORKING METHOD TRAN, KHOI H 3656 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Oct 26, 2023
18555280 ROBOT SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL PROGRAM THEREOF HOQUE, SHAHEDA SHABNAM 3658 §103 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Oct 13, 2023
18552955 ROBOT FAILURE SYMPTOM DETECTION APPARATUS AND ROBOT FAILURE SYMPTOM DETECTION METHOD DO, AN H 2853 §101 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Sep 28, 2023
18552675 SPECIFIC POINT DETECTION SYSTEM, SPECIFIC POINT DETECTION METHOD, AND SPECIFIC POINT DETECTION PROGRAM YANG, JIANXUN 2662 §103 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Sep 27, 2023
18282870 SUBSTRATE CONVEYANCE ROBOT AND SUBSTRATE EXTRACTION METHOD ABUELHAWA, MOHAMMED YOUSEF 3656 §103 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Sep 19, 2023
18280570 TRIPLE CONTAINMENT TANK CASTELLANO, STEPHEN J 3733 §103 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Sep 06, 2023
18269324 CONTROLLER FOR SUBSTRATE TRANSFER ROBOT AND CONTROL METHOD FOR JOINT MOTOR CULLEN, TANNER L 3656 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Jun 23, 2023
18268494 ROBOT SYSTEM AND ROBOT WORKING METHOD DANG, TRANG THANH 3656 §103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Jun 20, 2023
18267309 CONTROLLER, ROBOT SYSTEM AND LEARNING DEVICE KENIRY, HEATHER J 3657 §103 Final Rejection 23d Pending Jun 14, 2023
18209045 REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD FOR REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM, AND REMOTE CONTROL PROGRAM KASPER, BYRON XAVIER 3657 §103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Jun 13, 2023
18031397 MULTI-CONTROL VALVE QUANDT, MICHAEL M 3745 §103 Final Rejection 66d overdue Pending Apr 12, 2023
18119301 FRICTION STIR SPOT WELDING METHOD AND WELDED ASSEMBLY USING SAME CHEN, VIVIAN 1787 §103 Final Rejection 16d Pending Mar 09, 2023
18024584 SUBSTRATE HOLDING HAND AND SUBSTRATE CONVEYING ROBOT LOIKITH, CATHERINE A 3674 §112 Non-Final OA 69d Pending Mar 03, 2023
18024419 SUBSTRATE HOLDING HAND AND SUBSTRATE CONVEYING ROBOT LOIKITH, CATHERINE A 3674 §102 Non-Final OA 55d Pending Mar 02, 2023
18006884 STATE MONITORING DEVICE, STATE ABNORMALITY DETERMINATION METHOD, AND STATE ABNORMALITY DETERMINATION PROGRAM BAHLS, JENNIFER E. S. 2853 §101 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Jan 26, 2023
18013363 ROBOT QURESHI, REHMAN AHMED §102 Non-Final OA 23d Pending Dec 28, 2022
18009494 SUBSTRATE HOLDING APPARATUS QURESHI, REHMAN AHMED 3654 §103 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Dec 09, 2022
17999937 TESTING EQUIPMENT SYSTEM MUI, CHRISTINE T 1797 §103 Final Rejection 105d overdue Pending Nov 28, 2022
17917078 MEDICAL MOVABLE BODY SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAME MORFORD, ALEXANDRA ROBYN 3658 §103 Final Rejection 103d overdue Pending Oct 05, 2022
17791191 VALVE BLOCK FOR HYDROGEN GAS, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME RIPA, BRYAN D 1794 §103 Final Rejection 10d overdue Pending Jul 06, 2022

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