Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
64 pending office actions • 28 art units • 58 examiners • 0 of 64 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 95 patents granted in the last 365 days
Komatsu Ltd. currently has 64 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These matters are assigned to 58 distinct examiners, reflecting a broad distribution of the workload across the patent office's technical staff. The portfolio is active in 28 distinct art units, which indicates that the company's mechanical and transportation innovations are being reviewed by a wide variety of specialized groups. Managing 64 pending office actions across 28 distinct art units requires a strategy that can handle diverse technical and procedural requirements.
The busiest examiner for the company is HASSANIARDEKANI, HAJAR, who is currently handling 3 busiest examiner pending office actions. This represents a small portion of the 64 pending office actions total, as the rest are spread among 58 distinct examiners. The high number of examiners relative to the total actions suggests that most officials are only seeing a single case. Practitioners should be prepared for a wide range of examiner perspectives when addressing the active matters currently in prosecution across these 28 distinct art units.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 12 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. 12 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 + other | 11 (17%) |
| §103 only | 24 (38%) |
| §102 only | 4 (6%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (2%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 24 (38%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HASSANIARDEKANI, HAJAR | 3 | 69.6% | +36.2% |
| HOLMAN, JOHN D | 2 | 58.7% | +21.8% |
| MCGOWAN, JAMIE LOUISE | 2 | 73.5% | +16.2% |
| MACIOROWSKI, GODFREY ALEKSANDER | 2 | 60.2% | +10.8% |
| WOOD, DOUGLAS S | 2 | 78.2% | +11.6% |
| PALL, CHARLES J | 1 | 54.4% | +17.9% |
| DUNNE, KENNETH MICHAEL | 1 | 77.0% | +10.9% |
| ANWARI, MACEEH | 1 | 81.1% | +5.8% |
| JONES, JODI MARIE | 1 | 70.4% | +9.1% |
| GONZALEZ, MARIO CARLOS | 1 | 32.7% | +6.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19168327 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR CONTROLLING WORK MACHINE | ANWARI, MACEEH | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18685279 | SOFTWARE UPDATING SYSTEM, WORKING MACHINE, AND SOFTWARE UPDATING METHOD | HURUY, FEVEN HABTEMARIAM | 32d overdue |
| 18861820 | CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND WORK MACHINE | HASSANIARDEKANI, HAJAR | 12d |
| 18717797 | WORK MACHINE | HINCAPIE SERNA, GUSTAVO A | 13d |
| 18857241 | REFORESTATION PLANNING DEVICE, REFORESTATION SYSTEM, AND REFORESTATION PLANNING METHOD | BROWN, SARA GRACE | 28d |
| 18994775 | SYSTEM INCLUDING WORK MACHINE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING WORK MACHINE | YANG, WENYUAN | 29d |
| 18697073 | WORK VEHICLE | NEYZARI, OMID | 33d |
| 19477530 | SYSTEM FOR MANAGING WORK MACHINE, METHOD FOR MANAGING WORK MACHINE, AND WORK MACHINE | PALL, CHARLES J | — |
| 19469531 | CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND WORK MACHINE | DUNNE, KENNETH MICHAEL | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18861761 | CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND WORKING MACHINE | HASSANIARDEKANI, HAJAR | 2d overdue |
| 18861820 | CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND WORK MACHINE | HASSANIARDEKANI, HAJAR | 12d |
| 19477530 | SYSTEM FOR MANAGING WORK MACHINE, METHOD FOR MANAGING WORK MACHINE, AND WORK MACHINE | PALL, CHARLES J | — |
| 19474206 | DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR WORK MACHINE | HOLMAN, JOHN D | — |
| 19469531 | CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND WORK MACHINE | DUNNE, KENNETH MICHAEL | — |
| 18997059 | DETECTION SYSTEM FOR WORK SITE AND DETECTION METHOD FOR WORK SITE | MCGOWAN, JAMIE LOUISE | — |
| 18962604 | CONTROL SYSTEM, METHOD OF CONTROLLING WORK VEHICLE, AND WORK VEHICLE | MACIOROWSKI, GODFREY ALEKSANDER | — |
| 18862808 | HYDRAULIC VALVE APPARATUS | WOOD, DOUGLAS S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3663 | 5 |
| 3669 | 5 |
| 3666 | 4 |
| 3665 | 4 |
| 3662 | 3 |
| 3671 | 3 |
| 3667 | 2 |
| 3668 | 2 |
| 3658 | 2 |
| 3763 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19477530 | SYSTEM FOR MANAGING WORK MACHINE, METHOD FOR MANAGING WORK MACHINE, AND WORK MACHINE | PALL, CHARLES J | 3663 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 22, 2025 |
| 19474206 | DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR WORK MACHINE | HOLMAN, JOHN D | 3667 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2025 |
| 19469531 | CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND WORK MACHINE | DUNNE, KENNETH MICHAEL | 3669 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2025 |
| 19168327 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR CONTROLLING WORK MACHINE | ANWARI, MACEEH | 3663 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2025 |
| 19165183 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING WORK MACHINE | JONES, JODI MARIE | 3666 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 15, 2025 |
| 19163396 | REMOTE OPERATION SYSTEM FOR WORK MACHINE AND REMOTE OPERATION METHOD FOR WORK MACHINE | GONZALEZ, MARIO CARLOS | 3668 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 09, 2025 |
| 19161267 | WORK MACHINE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR WORK MACHINE | AFRIN, NAZIA | 3666 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 31, 2025 |
| 19157721 | WORK MACHINE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR WORK MACHINE | TAN, OLIVER E | 3669 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 19, 2025 |
| 19153362 | SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD | HOLBROOK, TEUTA BAJRAMOVIC | 3747 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 04, 2025 |
| 19153003 | AUTOMATIC CONTROL SYSTEM FOR WORK MACHINE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR WORK MACHINE | PEDERSEN, DAVID RUBEN | 3658 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 01, 2025 |
| 19150930 | WORK MACHINE | NGUYEN, DUSTIN T | 3745 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2025 |
| 19141455 | MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR WORK SITE AND MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR WORK SITE | SHAFI, MUHAMMAD | 3666 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2025 |
| 19139989 | WORK MACHINE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR WORK MACHINE | CHANDRASIRI, UPUL PRIYADARSHAN | 3665 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 17, 2025 |
| 19137668 | TRAVEL DEVICE, TUNNEL BORING MACHINE, TRAILING CAR, TRANSPORT VEHICLE, TUNNEL BORING SYSTEM, AND MOVEMENT METHOD | ANDRISH, SEAN D | 3678 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 11, 2025 |
| 18835104 | WORK MACHINE MONITORING SYSTEM AND WORK MACHINE MONITORING METHOD | HUYNH, LUAT T | — | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2025 |
| 19127126 | DETERMINATION SYSTEM OF WORK SITE AND DETERMINATION METHOD OF WORK SITE | LEE, BRANDON DONGPA | 3662 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 04, 2025 |
| 19115257 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR WORK MACHINE, WORK MACHINE, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR WORK MACHINE | RORIE, ALYSSA N | 3662 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 26, 2025 |
| 19108440 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR LOADING MACHINE, REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD | MARUNDA II, TORRENCE S | 3663 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2025 |
| 18998757 | WORK MACHINE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING WORK MACHINE | MERLINO, DAVID P | 3665 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 27, 2025 |
| 18997059 | DETECTION SYSTEM FOR WORK SITE AND DETECTION METHOD FOR WORK SITE | MCGOWAN, JAMIE LOUISE | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 18, 2025 |
| 18995215 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR WORK MACHINE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR WORK MACHINE | COY, NICOLE A | — | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 18994775 | SYSTEM INCLUDING WORK MACHINE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING WORK MACHINE | YANG, WENYUAN | 3667 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 18725964 | INSULATOR, STATOR, AND MOTOR | ANDREWS, MICHAEL | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2025 |
| 18962604 | CONTROL SYSTEM, METHOD OF CONTROLLING WORK VEHICLE, AND WORK VEHICLE | MACIOROWSKI, GODFREY ALEKSANDER | 3658 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18865033 | WORK MACHINE, SYSTEM INCLUDING WORK MACHINE, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING WORK MACHINE | LI, HELEN | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 12, 2024 |
| 18865007 | WORK MACHINE, SYSTEM INCLUDING WORK MACHINE, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING WORK MACHINE | LANGHORNE, NICHOLAS PATRICK | 3666 | §103 | Final Rejection | 5d | Pending | Nov 12, 2024 |
| 18863793 | WORK MACHINE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING WORK MACHINE | ELARABI, TAREK A | 3671 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 07, 2024 |
| 18862808 | HYDRAULIC VALVE APPARATUS | WOOD, DOUGLAS S | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 04, 2024 |
| 18861707 | CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD | CHALHOUB, JEFFREY ROBERT | 3663 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2024 |
| 18861761 | CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND WORKING MACHINE | HASSANIARDEKANI, HAJAR | 3669 | §103 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | Oct 30, 2024 |
| 18861820 | CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND WORK MACHINE | HASSANIARDEKANI, HAJAR | 3669 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Oct 30, 2024 |
| 18702035 | WORK MACHINE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING WORK MACHINE | PANDE, ASHUTOSH | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 17, 2024 |
| 18857211 | WORK VEHICLE PATH PLAN GENERATION SYSTEM AND WORK VEHICLE PATH PLAN GENERATION METHOD | ALQADERI, NADA MAHYOOB | 3664 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 16, 2024 |
| 18857248 | FORESTRY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND FORESTRY MANAGEMENT METHOD | ZAK, JACQUELINE ROSE | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 16, 2024 |
| 18857241 | REFORESTATION PLANNING DEVICE, REFORESTATION SYSTEM, AND REFORESTATION PLANNING METHOD | BROWN, SARA GRACE | 3625 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Oct 16, 2024 |
| 18857269 | UNDERWATER PLANTING MACHINE, UNDERWATER PLANTING SYSTEM, AND UNDERWATER PLANTING METHOD | MCGOWAN, JAMIE LOUISE | 3671 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 16, 2024 |
| 18855705 | FORESTRY MACHINE AND MONITORING SYSTEM | MACIOROWSKI, GODFREY ALEKSANDER | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2024 |
| 18854148 | REFORESTATION MACHINE, REFORESTATION SYSTEM, AND REFORESTATION MACHINE CONTROL METHOD | WOOD, DOUGLAS S | — | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 |
| 18853809 | CONTROL SYSTEM OF WORK MACHINE, WORK MACHINE, AND CONTROL METHOD OF WORK MACHINE | PEZZUTO, ROBERT ERIC | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2024 |
| 18851740 | CONTROL SYSTEM OF WORK MACHINE, WORK MACHINE, AND CONTROL METHOD OF WORK MACHINE | BEAN, JARED C | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
| 18849191 | EARTHWORK MACHINE | DANG, TINH | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2024 |
| 18845954 | DISPLAY SYSTEM OF WORK MACHINE, REMOTE OPERATION SYSTEM OF WORK MACHINE, WORK MACHINE, AND DISPLAY METHOD OF WORK MACHINE | BROWN, SHEREE N | 2612 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 11, 2024 |
| 18287472 | DISPLAY SYSTEM, WORK MACHINE, AND DISPLAY METHOD | SINGH, ISHAYU NMN | 3715 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 22, 2024 |
| 18576114 | CONTROL SYSTEM OF WORK MACHINE, WORK MACHINE, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING WORK MACHINE | IVEY, DANA DESHAWN | 3662 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 14, 2024 |
| 18834701 | WORK MACHINE MONITORING SYSTEM AND WORK MACHINE MONITORING METHOD | KING, CURTIS J | 2685 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2024 |
| 18728479 | CONTROL SYSTEM, WORK VEHICLE, AND WORK VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD | HOLMAN, JOHN D | 3655 | §103§112DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 12, 2024 |
| 18726631 | TRAVEL DRIVING APPARATUS | BELLINGER, JASON R | 3615 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2024 |
| 18717797 | WORK MACHINE | HINCAPIE SERNA, GUSTAVO A | 3763 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 13d | Pending | Jun 07, 2024 |
| 18716206 | CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT METHOD | SHIN, SOO JUNG | 2667 | §103 | Final Rejection | 5d | Pending | Jun 04, 2024 |
| 18715769 | DISPLAY SYSTEM AND DISPLAY METHOD | BEARD, CHARLES LLOYD | 2611 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 03, 2024 |
| 18289757 | CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD FOR LOADING MACHINE | BURKMAN, JESSICA LYNN | 3653 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 14, 2024 |
| 18704548 | WORK VEHICLE MANAGEMENT DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND WORK VEHICLE MANAGEMENT METHOD | SHAFAYET, MOHAMMED | 2116 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 25, 2024 |
| 18702910 | WORK MACHINE | STANLEY, TYLER JAY | 3611 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 19, 2024 |
| 18699462 | WORK MACHINE, METHOD, AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING WORK MACHINE | BRYANT, CHRISTIAN THOMAS | — | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 08, 2024 |
| 18697073 | WORK VEHICLE | NEYZARI, OMID | 3613 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 33d | Pending | Mar 29, 2024 |
| 18690760 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING WORK MACHINE | HASSANIARDEKANI, HAJAR | 3669 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2024 |
| 18685279 | SOFTWARE UPDATING SYSTEM, WORKING MACHINE, AND SOFTWARE UPDATING METHOD | HURUY, FEVEN HABTEMARIAM | 2191 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 32d overdue | Pending | Feb 21, 2024 |
| 18293805 | SPRINKLING SYSTEM AT WORK SITE AND SPRINKLING METHOD AT WORKSITE | PHAM, TUONGMINH NGUYEN | 3752 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2024 |
| 18579974 | WORK MACHINE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR WORK MACHINE | JONES, GORDON A | 3763 | §103 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Jan 17, 2024 |
| 18285712 | ELECTRIC EXCAVATOR | LUSK, AUDREY L | 3671 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 05, 2023 |
| 18280762 | FAILURE DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM AND FAILURE DIAGNOSTIC METHOD FOR WORK MACHINE | WU, PAYSUN | 3665 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 07, 2023 |
| 18280016 | WORK MACHINE CONTROL SYSTEM AND WORK MACHINE CONTROL METHOD | THOMPSON, JOSEPH LEIGH | 3665 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 01, 2023 |
| 18258905 | WORK MACHINE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING WORK MACHINE | ALGEHAIM, MOHAMED A | 3668 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 112d overdue | Pending | Jun 22, 2023 |
| 17426672 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING WORK MACHINE | SANTOS, AARRON EDUARDO | 3663 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 104d overdue | Pending | Jul 29, 2021 |
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