Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
5 pending office actions • 5 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Nimble Robotics, Inc. has 4 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These are distributed among 4 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units. DIAZ, THOMAS C is the busiest examiner, managing 1 pending office action. The portfolio shows a distribution where each pending action is handled by a different examiner.
The use of 4 distinct art units for 4 pending office actions indicates that the company's innovations in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems are categorized into four different technical specialties. DIAZ, THOMAS C is the busiest examiner, yet he is responsible for only 1 pending office action. This means that all examiners in this portfolio are managing exactly 1 matter each. This decentralized prosecution strategy ensures that the company interacts with 4 different examiners across 4 different units. No single examiner or art unit dominates the current prosecution landscape for Nimble Robotics, Inc., as the 4 actions are spread entirely across the 4 distinct examiners. This 1 to 1 ratio between actions and examiners highlights a broad exposure to different USPTO officials.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 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. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (80%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIAZ, THOMAS C | 1 | 68.3% | +19.3% |
| SNELTING, JONATHAN D | 1 | 68.7% | +31.6% |
| CUMBESS, YOLANDA RENEE | 1 | 86.8% | +8.7% |
| MACKEY, PATRICK HEWEY | 1 | 83.6% | +12.3% |
| HUEBNER, ERICA MICHELLE | 1 | 32.1% | +30.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18222722 | Storage Systems and Methods for Robotic Picking | CUMBESS, YOLANDA RENEE | 36d overdue |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18039550 | MOBILE ROBOT AND ROBOTIC FARMING SYSTEM | HUEBNER, ERICA MICHELLE | 35d overdue |
| 18681357 | Robotic Cargo Loading Gantry | SNELTING, JONATHAN D | 8d overdue |
| 18206234 | Robot Having Interchangeable Batteries | MACKEY, PATRICK HEWEY | 8d overdue |
| 18853857 | PILLAR FOR GRID-BASED STORAGE SYSTEM HAVING CONSTRAINING FEATURES | DIAZ, THOMAS C | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18039550 | MOBILE ROBOT AND ROBOTIC FARMING SYSTEM | HUEBNER, ERICA MICHELLE | 35d overdue |
| 18681357 | Robotic Cargo Loading Gantry | SNELTING, JONATHAN D | 8d overdue |
| 18206234 | Robot Having Interchangeable Batteries | MACKEY, PATRICK HEWEY | 8d overdue |
| 18853857 | PILLAR FOR GRID-BASED STORAGE SYSTEM HAVING CONSTRAINING FEATURES | DIAZ, THOMAS C | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3617 | 1 |
| 3652 | 1 |
| 3655 | 1 |
| 3653 | 1 |
| 3647 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18853857 | PILLAR FOR GRID-BASED STORAGE SYSTEM HAVING CONSTRAINING FEATURES | DIAZ, THOMAS C | 3617 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2024 |
| 18681357 | Robotic Cargo Loading Gantry | SNELTING, JONATHAN D | 3652 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 8d overdue | Pending | Feb 05, 2024 |
| 18222722 | Storage Systems and Methods for Robotic Picking | CUMBESS, YOLANDA RENEE | 3655 | §103 | Final Rejection | 36d overdue | Pending | Jul 17, 2023 |
| 18206234 | Robot Having Interchangeable Batteries | MACKEY, PATRICK HEWEY | 3653 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 8d overdue | Pending | Jun 06, 2023 |
| 18039550 | MOBILE ROBOT AND ROBOTIC FARMING SYSTEM | HUEBNER, ERICA MICHELLE | 3647 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 35d overdue | Pending | May 31, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialNimble Robotics, Inc. has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 5 examiners.
Thomas C Diaz has the most, with 1 of Nimble Robotics, Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
