Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Material Handling Systems Inc.

Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Material Handling Systems Inc. currently manages 2 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These 2 actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. This distribution means that each pending matter is being handled by a different examiner in a different technical unit, requiring the company to manage two unique examiner relationships simultaneously.

The busiest examiner for the portfolio is LOGAN, KYLE O, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. Since there are 2 distinct examiners for the 2 pending actions, the workload is split evenly across the assigned staff. This lack of concentration means the company must navigate the specific preferences of 2 different examiners without a single dominant point of contact at the patent office.

The involvement of 2 distinct art units suggests that the company's innovations are being classified into separate specialized categories. With 2 pending office actions distributed in this manner, practitioners should prepare for varied examination styles. The prosecution strategy must be adaptable to the specific requirements and historical trends of 2 distinct art units to ensure success across the portfolio.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

2
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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
0
Due in next 60 days
1
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.

1
Hard (50%)
1
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (50%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
100% 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.

20 h
Manual time on pending OAs
4 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
7 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LOGAN, KYLE O 1 87.4% +9.4%
PATEL, JAIMIN GHANSHYAM 1 84.2% +27.3%

Quick Wins (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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18592801 TOTE TIPPING SYSTEM PATEL, JAIMIN GHANSHYAM 62d

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18829770 CONVEYOR SUBSYSTEM FOR HANDLING UNCONVEYABLE PARCELS AND PARCEL TRANSFER SYSTEM INCLUDING SAME LOGAN, KYLE O —

Interview Candidates (1)

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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18592801 TOTE TIPPING SYSTEM PATEL, JAIMIN GHANSHYAM 62d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3655 1
3652 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18829770 CONVEYOR SUBSYSTEM FOR HANDLING UNCONVEYABLE PARCELS AND PARCEL TRANSFER SYSTEM INCLUDING SAME LOGAN, KYLE O 3655 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 10, 2024
18592801 TOTE TIPPING SYSTEM PATEL, JAIMIN GHANSHYAM 3652 §103 Final Rejection 62d Pending Mar 01, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Material Handling Systems Inc. have?

Material Handling Systems Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Material Handling Systems Inc. applications?

Kyle O Logan has the most, with 1 of Material Handling Systems Inc.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Material Handling Systems Inc.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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