Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.

Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

17 pending office actions • 10 art units • 16 examiners • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 60 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

17
Total Pending OAs
14
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

11
Hard (65%)
6
Medium (35%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other5 (29%)
§103 only5 (29%)
§102 only1 (6%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (35%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
6% of docket
1
Communications
6% of docket
1
Semiconductors
6% of docket
10
Mechanical / Eng
59% of docket
4
Business / Other
24% 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.

170 h
Manual time on pending OAs
34 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
59 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ALSOMAIRY, IBRAHIM ABDOALATIF 2 40.2% +5.7%
ALI, LABIBAH ILMA 1 80.0% +0.0%
GENTILE, ALEXANDER VINCENT 1 66.7% +3.4%
ALQADERI, NADA MAHYOOB 1 76.2% +32.1%
JHA, ABDHESH K 1 80.9% +16.8%
MARTINEZ, ELIZABETH GALYN 1 73.0% +25.5%
KIM, ANDREW SANG 1 83.8% +5.4%
PHAN, TRUONG D 1 68.6% +16.6%
PANDE, ASHUTOSH 1 58.6% -2.9%
CAMPOS JR, JUAN J 1 68.9% +19.5%

Hard Cases (11)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18708429 MONITORING AREA SETTING SYSTEM NAKHJAVAN, SHERVIN K 34d
19474425 WORK MACHINE ALI, LABIBAH ILMA —
19160268 CONTROL DEVICE FOR REVOLVING WORK MACHINE GENTILE, ALEXANDER VINCENT —
19152342 CONTROL DEVICE FOR WORK MACHINE ALQADERI, NADA MAHYOOB —
19113668 AUTOMATIC OPERATION INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AUTOMATIC OPERATION INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND AUTOMATIC OPERATION INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM JHA, ABDHESH K —
18873145 EXCAVATION ROUTE GENERATION SYSTEM MARTINEZ, ELIZABETH GALYN —
18867853 CONSTRUCTION ASSISTANCE DEVICE AND CONSTRUCTION ASSISTANCE METHOD KIM, ANDREW SANG —
18860188 WORK MACHINE SAFETY DEVICE ALSOMAIRY, IBRAHIM ABDOALATIF —

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19152342 CONTROL DEVICE FOR WORK MACHINE ALQADERI, NADA MAHYOOB —
19113668 AUTOMATIC OPERATION INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AUTOMATIC OPERATION INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND AUTOMATIC OPERATION INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM JHA, ABDHESH K —
18873145 EXCAVATION ROUTE GENERATION SYSTEM MARTINEZ, ELIZABETH GALYN —
18693431 VEHICLE DETERMINATION SYSTEM PHAN, TRUONG D —
18723934 ROPE INSPECTION DEVICE AND WORK MACHINE INCLUDING SAME CAMPOS JR, JUAN J —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3667 2
3664 2
3668 2
3654 1
2672 1
3663 1
2151 1
3611 1
2857 1
3661 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19474425 WORK MACHINE ALI, LABIBAH ILMA 3667 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 10, 2025
19160268 CONTROL DEVICE FOR REVOLVING WORK MACHINE GENTILE, ALEXANDER VINCENT 3664 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 27, 2025
19152342 CONTROL DEVICE FOR WORK MACHINE ALQADERI, NADA MAHYOOB 3664 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 30, 2025
19113668 AUTOMATIC OPERATION INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AUTOMATIC OPERATION INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND AUTOMATIC OPERATION INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM JHA, ABDHESH K 3668 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 20, 2025
18873145 EXCAVATION ROUTE GENERATION SYSTEM MARTINEZ, ELIZABETH GALYN 3668 §101§102 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 09, 2024
18867853 CONSTRUCTION ASSISTANCE DEVICE AND CONSTRUCTION ASSISTANCE METHOD KIM, ANDREW SANG — §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 21, 2024
18860188 WORK MACHINE SAFETY DEVICE ALSOMAIRY, IBRAHIM ABDOALATIF — §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 25, 2024
18693431 VEHICLE DETERMINATION SYSTEM PHAN, TRUONG D — §101§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 24, 2024
18857223 WORK MACHINE SAFETY DEVICE PANDE, ASHUTOSH — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 16, 2024
18723934 ROPE INSPECTION DEVICE AND WORK MACHINE INCLUDING SAME CAMPOS JR, JUAN J 3654 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 25, 2024
18708429 MONITORING AREA SETTING SYSTEM NAKHJAVAN, SHERVIN K 2672 §101§103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending May 08, 2024
18693794 TRAJECTORY-GENERATING SYSTEM AND WORK MACHINE COMPRISING SAME LEVY, MERRITT E 3663 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 20, 2024
18575867 ACTUAL MACHINE DIAGNOSIS METHOD AND SYSTEM BLAUFELD, JUSTIN R 2151 §102 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 01, 2024
18565792 MOBILE CRANE UNDERCARRIAGE BOEHLER, ANNE MARIE M 3611 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 30, 2023
18558486 SOIL QUALITY INFORMATION ACQUISITION SYSTEM AND WORK MACHINE PROVIDED WITH SAME HISHAM, MOSTOFA AHMED 2857 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 01, 2023
18278476 WORK ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AND WORK ASSISTANCE COMPOSITE SYSTEM SMITH-STEWART, DEMETRA R 3661 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 23, 2023
18248404 ROUTE SETTING SYSTEM ALSOMAIRY, IBRAHIM ABDOALATIF 3667 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Apr 10, 2023

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