Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Kubota Corporation

81 pending office actions • 36 art units • 77 examiners • 0 of 81 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 260 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

81
Total Pending OAs
56
Non-Final OAs
15
Final Rejections
10
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 79 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

50
Overdue
3
Due this week
17
Due this month
5
Due in next 60 days
4
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. 79 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (50)Due ≤ 7 days (3)Due ≤ 30 days (17)Due ≤ 60 days (5)Due later (4)

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 (4%)
74
Medium (91%)
3
Easy (4%)
1
Unknown (1%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only3 (4%)
§103 only63 (78%)
§102 only11 (14%)
§112 only3 (4%)
No statute on record1 (1%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
1% of docket
1
Information Tech
1% of docket
2
Communications
2% of docket
3
Semiconductors
4% of docket
74
Mechanical / Eng
91% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

810 h
Manual time on pending OAs
162 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
284 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
7.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KUJUNDZIC, DINO 2 73.4% +28.1%
SINGH, ESVINDER 2 76.1% +23.1%
COLLINS, DANIEL S. 2 84.9% +9.4%
RUNCO, MADELINE IVY 2 77.3% +9.9%
WOLDEMARYAM, ASSRES H 1 83.0% +11.7%
WONG, JESSICA BOWEN 1 66.7% +21.3%
BENEDIK, JUSTIN M 1 86.0% +10.3%
KREINER, MICHAEL B 1 82.2% +13.6%
SINAKI, ARFAN Y 1 79.4% +42.9%
GMOSER, WILLIAM L 1 77.9% +29.9%

Quick Wins (4)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19250347 FLYING APPARATUS WOLDEMARYAM, ASSRES H 18d overdue
18867283 Hydraulic Control Device COLLINS, DANIEL S. 19d
18370104 WORK VEHICLE COLLINS, DANIEL S. 19d
19250651 FLYING APPARATUS KREINER, MICHAEL B 29d

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
18231854 AGRICULTURAL WORK ASSISTANCE APPARATUS, AGRICULTURAL WORK ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, AND AGRICULTURAL MACHINE KHALED, ABDALLA A 128d overdue
18958681 MATERIAL SUPPLY SYSTEM AND MATERIAL SUPPLY METHOD KIM, ANDREW SANG 15d overdue
18207330 LIFETIME ESTIMATION SYSTEM FOR WORKING MACHINE BAHLS, JENNIFER E. S. 33d

Interview Candidates (10)

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
19250352 FLYING APPARATUS WONG, JESSICA BOWEN 23d overdue
18934566 WORKING MACHINE SINGH, ESVINDER 23d overdue
19250347 FLYING APPARATUS WOLDEMARYAM, ASSRES H 18d overdue
19246743 UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SINAKI, ARFAN Y 4d overdue
18969451 State Quantity Display System and Work Vehicle KUJUNDZIC, DINO 4d overdue
18969460 ROUTE GENERATION SYSTEM AND ROUTE GENERATION METHOD FOR AUTOMATED TRAVEL OF AGRICULTURAL MACHINE KUJUNDZIC, DINO 4d overdue
18956573 METHOD FOR GENERATING CUT POINT DATA, SYSTEM FOR GENERATING CUT POINT DATA, AND AGRICULTURAL MACHINE SINGH, ESVINDER 4d overdue
19250668 FLYING APPARATUS BENEDIK, JUSTIN M 23d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3662 8
3642 6
3745 6
3665 6
3657 4
3658 4
3666 4
3671 4
3668 3
3667 3

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19250347 FLYING APPARATUS WOLDEMARYAM, ASSRES H 3642 §103 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Jun 26, 2025
19250352 FLYING APPARATUS WONG, JESSICA BOWEN 3644 §103 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Jun 26, 2025
19250668 FLYING APPARATUS BENEDIK, JUSTIN M 3642 Other Non-Final OA 23d Pending Jun 26, 2025
19250651 FLYING APPARATUS KREINER, MICHAEL B 3642 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Jun 26, 2025
19246743 UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SINAKI, ARFAN Y 3642 §102 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Jun 24, 2025
19246738 UNMANNED AIRCRAFT GMOSER, WILLIAM L 3647 §103 Non-Final OA 39d Pending Jun 24, 2025
19248011 UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE O'HARA, BRIAN M 3642 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Jun 24, 2025
19210046 WORK VEHICLE GANCI, MATTHEW JOSEPH 3614 §103 Non-Final OA 35d overdue Pending May 16, 2025
19188756 HYDRAULIC SYSTEM AND WORKING MACHINE WIBLIN, MATTHEW 3745 §112 Non-Final OA 77d Pending Apr 24, 2025
19176275 WORK VEHICLE BROWN, JOSEPH HENRY 3618 §103 Non-Final OA 38d overdue Pending Apr 11, 2025
19114853 HYDRAULIC CONTROL DEVICE, HYDRAULIC CIRCUIT CONTROL METHOD, AND HYDRAULIC DEVICE TEKA, ABIY 3745 §102 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Mar 25, 2025
18688175 GLAND, PIPE JOINT, AND METHOD FOR JOINING PIPES CHOI, WILLIAM SOON 3679 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Feb 21, 2025
19001705 CONTROL SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND DELIVERY VEHICLE LEITE, PAULO ROBERTO GONZ 3663 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Dec 26, 2024
18983636 WORKING MACHINE KENIRY, HEATHER J 3657 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Dec 17, 2024
18981894 WORK ASSISTANCE DEVICE, WORKING MACHINE, AND WORK ASSISTING METHOD GOODBODY, JOAN T 3664 §103 Non-Final OA 60d Pending Dec 16, 2024
18978015 WORK VEHICLE LEE, HANA 3662 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Dec 12, 2024
18976400 WORK VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING WORK VEHICLE HAN, CHARLES J 3665 §102 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Dec 11, 2024
18977233 Work Vehicle SEOL, DAVIN 3662 §103 Non-Final OA 83d Pending Dec 11, 2024
18974595 Work Vehicle AZIZ, ADNAN 2685 §103 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Dec 09, 2024
18972020 Parameter Management System and Work Vehicle TRIVEDI, ATUL 3661 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Dec 06, 2024
18969533 Screen Transition Control System and Work Vehicle WILSON, DOUGLAS M 2622 §103 Final Rejection 6d Pending Dec 05, 2024
18969451 State Quantity Display System and Work Vehicle KUJUNDZIC, DINO 3658 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Dec 05, 2024
18969460 ROUTE GENERATION SYSTEM AND ROUTE GENERATION METHOD FOR AUTOMATED TRAVEL OF AGRICULTURAL MACHINE KUJUNDZIC, DINO 3658 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Dec 05, 2024
18967964 AGRICULTURAL MACHINE, AGRICULTURAL WORK ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, AND AGRICULTURAL WORK ASSISTANCE METHOD DO, TRUC M 3658 §103 Non-Final OA 29d overdue Pending Dec 04, 2024
18958637 AGRICULTURAL FIELD WORK VEHICLE MULDER, DOMINICK ANTHONY CHIR 3661 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Nov 25, 2024
18958681 MATERIAL SUPPLY SYSTEM AND MATERIAL SUPPLY METHOD KIM, ANDREW SANG 3668 §101 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Nov 25, 2024
18956573 METHOD FOR GENERATING CUT POINT DATA, SYSTEM FOR GENERATING CUT POINT DATA, AND AGRICULTURAL MACHINE SINGH, ESVINDER 3657 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Nov 22, 2024
18867283 Hydraulic Control Device COLLINS, DANIEL S. 3745 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Nov 19, 2024
18940979 MAP CREATION SYSTEM AND ROUTE PLANNING SYSTEM JIN, SELENA MENG 3667 §103 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Nov 08, 2024
18938431 WORKING VEHICLE ALZATEEMEH, HUSSAM ALDEEN 3662 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Nov 06, 2024
18938435 WORKING VEHICLE MUELLER, SARAH ALEXANDRA 3669 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Nov 06, 2024
18938681 WORKING MACHINE KWIATKOWSKA, LIDIA 3666 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Nov 06, 2024
18934566 WORKING MACHINE SINGH, ESVINDER 3657 §103 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Nov 01, 2024
18910234 NOTIFICATION DEVICE AND AGRICULTURAL FIELD WORK VEHICLE PETTIEGREW, TOYA R 3662 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Oct 09, 2024
18885836 WORKING MACHINE KLEINMAN, LAIL A 3668 §103 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Sep 16, 2024
18882878 WORK ASSISTING SYSTEM HUSON, JOSHUA DANIEL 3642 §103 Non-Final OA 79d overdue Pending Sep 12, 2024
18812017 Work Vehicle WEBB, TIFFANY L 3614 §103 Non-Final OA 81d overdue Pending Aug 22, 2024
18806792 WORK MACHINE DYER, ANDREW R 3662 §102 Final Rejection 70d Pending Aug 16, 2024
18739917 OPERATION DEVICE AND WORKING VEHICLE KONG, SZE-HON 3657 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Jun 11, 2024
18736607 AGRICULTURAL MACHINE CHEN, SHELLEY 3665 §103 Final Rejection 36d overdue Pending Jun 07, 2024
18731693 ELECTRIC WORKING MACHINE AND METHOD OF ACTIVATING ELECTRIC WORKING MACHINE PALMARCHUK, BRIAN KEITH 3669 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Jun 03, 2024
18711702 ATTITUDE MAINTENANCE MECHANISM OF FRONT LOADER AND FRONT LOADER LOWE, MICHAEL S 3652 §103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending May 20, 2024
18711688 FRONT LOADER BURKMAN, JESSICA LYNN 3653 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 20, 2024
18667285 ELECTRIC WORK VEHICLE REINERT, JONATHAN E 3668 §103 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending May 17, 2024
18640238 Electric Motor Power Train and Utility Vehicle YOUNG, EDWIN 3655 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Apr 19, 2024
18702521 HYBRID SYSTEM ISLAM, MUHAMMAD S 2846 §102 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Apr 18, 2024
18610314 WORKING MACHINE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING WORKING MACHINE QUANDT, MICHAEL M 3745 §112 Non-Final OA 110d overdue Pending Mar 20, 2024
18609000 WORKING VEHICLE AND ATTACHMENT USAGE SYSTEM GRIFFIN, ALEX BROCK 3665 §112 Final Rejection 20d Pending Mar 19, 2024
18587573 Work Vehicle LEMBO, AARON LLOYD 3672 §103 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Feb 26, 2024
18584584 WORKING MACHINE BATTERY MANAGEMENT GENTILE, ALEXANDER VINCENT 3664 §103 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Feb 22, 2024
18394074 MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR AGRICULTURAL MACHINES CHOI, JISUN 3666 §103 Non-Final OA 77d overdue Pending Dec 22, 2023
18394066 CONTROL SYSTEM FOR AGRICULTURAL MACHINE AND AGRICULTURE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AFRIN, NAZIA 3666 §103 Final Rejection 73d overdue Pending Dec 22, 2023
18543481 WORK MACHINE INFORMATION COLLECTION SYSTEM HINTON, HENRY R 3665 §103 Final Rejection 85d overdue Pending Dec 18, 2023
18566870 Combine RUNCO, MADELINE IVY 3671 §102 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Dec 04, 2023
18566780 Combine RAILEY, JENNIFER A 3676 §102 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Dec 04, 2023
18517848 Electric Work Vehicle WALTERS, JOHN DANIEL 3613 §103 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Nov 22, 2023
18511480 TRANSPORT SYSTEM FOR WORKING MACHINE AND WORKING MACHINE O'MALLEY, JOHN MARTIN 3658 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Nov 16, 2023
18386754 Work Vehicle KNUTSON, JACOB D 3611 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Nov 03, 2023
18386792 Work Vehicle DANG, TINH 3655 §102 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Nov 03, 2023
18385430 WORK MACHINE HORNER, MINATO LEE 3665 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Oct 31, 2023
18379785 LIQUID COOLING SYSTEM FOR AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE GAYE, SAMBA NMN 3763 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Oct 13, 2023
18379800 ELECTRIC MOTOR SUPPORTING ARRANGEMENT FOR VEHICLES PHAN, HAU VAN 3615 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Oct 13, 2023
18378306 Travel Vehicle YABUT, DANIEL D 3617 §103 Non-Final OA 141d overdue Pending Oct 10, 2023
18377462 Multipurpose Vehicle SHELTON, IAN BRYCE 3613 §103 Non-Final OA 67d overdue Pending Oct 06, 2023
18373704 AUTOMATION SYSTEM FOR VEHICLES USING REUSABLE MISSION ELEMENTS ANDA, JENNIFER MARIE 3662 §103 Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Sep 27, 2023
18373574 Electric Work Vehicle WALSH, MICHAEL THOMAS 3613 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Sep 27, 2023
18370104 WORK VEHICLE COLLINS, DANIEL S. 3745 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Sep 19, 2023
18368871 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WORK VEHICLES BRADY III, PATRICK MICHAEL 3665 §103 Final Rejection 70d overdue Pending Sep 15, 2023
18231854 AGRICULTURAL WORK ASSISTANCE APPARATUS, AGRICULTURAL WORK ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, AND AGRICULTURAL MACHINE KHALED, ABDALLA A 3667 §101 Final Rejection 128d overdue Pending Aug 09, 2023
18362964 WORK VEHICLE AND SPEED CONTROL METHOD FOR WORK VEHICLE NGUYEN, DUSTIN T 3745 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 01, 2023
18207330 LIFETIME ESTIMATION SYSTEM FOR WORKING MACHINE BAHLS, JENNIFER E. S. 2853 §101 Final Rejection 33d Pending Jun 08, 2023
18133704 ELECTRIC WORK VEHICLE AWORUNSE, OLUWABUSAYO ADEBANJO 3662 §103 Non-Final OA 155d overdue Pending Apr 12, 2023
18013969 METHOD OF ADMINISTERING COAGULANT GERMAIN, ADAM ADRIEN 1777 §102 Final Rejection 121d overdue Pending Dec 30, 2022
18147923 DISCHARGE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WHEELED LAWN CARE MACHINE RUNCO, MADELINE IVY 3671 §103 Final Rejection 100d overdue Pending Dec 29, 2022
18147889 SELF-ADJUSTING ANTI-SCALP SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WHEELED LAWN CARE MACHINE TORRES, ALICIA M 3671 §103 Non-Final OA 38d overdue Pending Dec 29, 2022
18080785 FAILURE DIAGNOSIS ASSISTING DEVICE LEE, ERIC D 2851 §102 Non-Final OA 70d overdue Pending Dec 14, 2022
17927026 PIPING DIAGRAM CREATION METHOD AND PIPING DIAGRAM CREATION DEVICE JOHNSON, CEDRIC D 2186 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Nov 22, 2022
17785362 Threshing Status Management System, Method, and Program, and Recording Medium for Threshing State Management Program, Harvester Management System, Harvester, Harvester Management Method and Program, and Recording Medium for Harvester Management Program, Work Vehicle, Work Vehicle Management Method, System, and Program, and Recording Medium for Work Vehicle Management Program, Management System, Method, and Program, and Recording Medium for Management Program SMITH, JELANI A 3662 §103 Final Rejection 119d overdue Pending Jun 14, 2022
17784967 Combine, Grain Separation Method, Grain Separation System, Grain Separation Program, Recording Medium on Which Grain Separation Program Is Recorded, Grain Inspection Method, Grain Inspection System, Grain Inspection Program, and Recording Medium on Which Grain Inspection Program Is Recorded NGUYEN, JASON TOAN 3666 §103 Non-Final OA 104d overdue Pending Jun 13, 2022
17726582 TRACTOR WITH DETACHABLE LINK MECHANISM TRAN, JULIA C 3671 §103 Non-Final OA 118d overdue Pending Apr 22, 2022
17552599 WORKING VEHICLE ALSOMAIRY, IBRAHIM ABDOALATIF 3667 §103 Final Rejection 72d overdue Pending Dec 16, 2021

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