Technology areas: Computing & Software • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
10 pending office actions • 6 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days
Kuka Deutschland GmbH currently has 10 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These 10 actions are being reviewed by 10 distinct examiners, meaning each examiner is handling exactly 1 case for the company. Despite the number of examiners, the prosecution is concentrated within 5 distinct art units. This suggests that multiple examiners are working within the same specialized groups.
KARSTON G EVANS is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, with 1 pending office action. Since every 1 of the 10 distinct examiners has only 1 pending action, the workload is evenly distributed. The fact that 10 examiners are working within only 5 distinct art units may lead to some consistency in examination standards across the 10 pending office actions. Practitioners should be aware that while they will interact with 10 different individuals, those individuals are grouped into a smaller number of units.
The 1:1 ratio of 10 pending office actions to 10 distinct examiners indicates a lack of individual examiner concentration. However, the use of only 5 distinct art units means that the company's mechanical and transportation innovations are being categorized into a limited number of technical fields. Karston G Evans and the other examiners will likely follow the specific guidelines of these 5 units. Practitioners can use this concentration to identify broader trends within the 5 distinct art units that might affect the entire portfolio.
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.
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 | 4 (40%) |
| §103 only | 2 (20%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (10%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (30%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| EVANS, KARSTON G | 1 | 69.8% | +16.8% |
| RAMIREZ, ELLIS B | 1 | 81.5% | +14.9% |
| KIM, SANG K | 1 | 81.5% | +10.3% |
| BURRELL, KATELYNNE RUTH | 1 | 56.5% | -0.4% |
| O'MALLEY, JOHN MARTIN | 1 | 56.3% | +62.5% |
| SINGH, ESVINDER | 1 | 77.4% | +23.2% |
| CARTER, CHRISTOPHER W | 1 | 74.8% | +20.1% |
| RAMIREZ BRAVO, BEATRIZ A | 1 | 62.7% | +30.7% |
| MANCHO, RONNIE M | 1 | 75.9% | +1.5% |
| WATTS III, JAMES MILLER | 1 | 72.1% | +21.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18860899 | Gripper for Handling SMD Component Reel Cassettes, and Associated SMD Component Reel Cassette | KIM, SANG K | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18556755 | GENERATING A ROBOT PROGRAM AND OPERATING A ROBOT | MANCHO, RONNIE M | 9d overdue |
| 18558440 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A TELEROBOTIC ROBOT | WATTS III, JAMES MILLER | 27d |
| 19261125 | Robot Path Planning | EVANS, KARSTON G | — |
| 18875425 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPERATING A ROBOT | RAMIREZ, ELLIS B | — |
| 18860891 | Method for Automatic Reloading of SMD Component Reels on SMD Assembly Machines | BURRELL, KATELYNNE RUTH | — |
| 18719655 | METHOD FOR ASSIGNNG AN EMERGENCY-STOP FUNCTIONALITY, AND AUTOMATION SYSTEM | CARTER, CHRISTOPHER W | — |
| 18683017 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANALYSING OPERATION OF A ROBOT | RAMIREZ BRAVO, BEATRIZ A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18558440 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A TELEROBOTIC ROBOT | WATTS III, JAMES MILLER | 27d |
| 19261125 | Robot Path Planning | EVANS, KARSTON G | — |
| 18875425 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPERATING A ROBOT | RAMIREZ, ELLIS B | — |
| 18860899 | Gripper for Handling SMD Component Reel Cassettes, and Associated SMD Component Reel Cassette | KIM, SANG K | — |
| 18848968 | Robot Add-On Part, Control Device, Robot, and Associated Method | O'MALLEY, JOHN MARTIN | — |
| 18710460 | METHOD, LASER-OPTICAL DETECTION SYSEM AND ROBOTIC WORKSTATION | SINGH, ESVINDER | — |
| 18719655 | METHOD FOR ASSIGNNG AN EMERGENCY-STOP FUNCTIONALITY, AND AUTOMATION SYSTEM | CARTER, CHRISTOPHER W | — |
| 18683017 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANALYSING OPERATION OF A ROBOT | RAMIREZ BRAVO, BEATRIZ A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3657 | 4 |
| 3658 | 2 |
| 3651 | 1 |
| 3654 | 1 |
| 2117 | 1 |
| 2146 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19261125 | Robot Path Planning | EVANS, KARSTON G | 3657 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 07, 2025 |
| 18875425 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPERATING A ROBOT | RAMIREZ, ELLIS B | 3658 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 18860899 | Gripper for Handling SMD Component Reel Cassettes, and Associated SMD Component Reel Cassette | KIM, SANG K | 3651 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2024 |
| 18860891 | Method for Automatic Reloading of SMD Component Reels on SMD Assembly Machines | BURRELL, KATELYNNE RUTH | 3654 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2024 |
| 18848968 | Robot Add-On Part, Control Device, Robot, and Associated Method | O'MALLEY, JOHN MARTIN | 3658 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2024 |
| 18710460 | METHOD, LASER-OPTICAL DETECTION SYSEM AND ROBOTIC WORKSTATION | SINGH, ESVINDER | 3657 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2024 |
| 18719655 | METHOD FOR ASSIGNNG AN EMERGENCY-STOP FUNCTIONALITY, AND AUTOMATION SYSTEM | CARTER, CHRISTOPHER W | 2117 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2024 |
| 18683017 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANALYSING OPERATION OF A ROBOT | RAMIREZ BRAVO, BEATRIZ A | 2146 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2024 |
| 18556755 | GENERATING A ROBOT PROGRAM AND OPERATING A ROBOT | MANCHO, RONNIE M | 3657 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 9d overdue | Pending | Nov 02, 2023 |
| 18558440 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A TELEROBOTIC ROBOT | WATTS III, JAMES MILLER | 3657 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 27d | Pending | Nov 01, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialKuka Deutschland GmbH has 10 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 6 art units and 10 examiners.
Karston G Evans has the most, with 1 of Kuka Deutschland GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
