Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
33 pending office actions • 12 art units • 28 examiners • 0 of 33 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 42 patents granted in the last 365 days
Ocado Innovation Limited currently has 32 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These matters are spread across 11 distinct art units, indicating that the company's e-commerce and mechanical innovations are being reviewed by a wide range of USPTO departments. The prosecution involves 27 distinct examiners, suggesting a high level of diversity in the individuals reviewing the company's patent applications.
The busiest examiner, MACKEY, PATRICK HEWEY, is responsible for only 2 pending office actions out of the 32 total. This indicates that the portfolio is highly decentralized, with most of the 27 distinct examiners likely handling only a single case. For the applicant, this means that prosecution strategies must be tailored to the specific preferences of a large group of examiners rather than focusing on a few key individuals.
The 11 distinct art units represent a significant number of different administrative environments within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector. With 32 pending office actions and 27 distinct examiners, there is very little overlap in the personnel assigned to these cases. The busiest examiner, MACKEY, PATRICK HEWEY, having only 2 pending actions further highlights the need for a broad and varied approach to managing the company's intellectual property pipeline.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 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. 6 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 only | 1 (3%) |
| §101 + other | 4 (12%) |
| §103 only | 10 (30%) |
| §102 only | 3 (9%) |
| §112 only | 1 (3%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (3%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 13 (39%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MACKEY, PATRICK HEWEY | 2 | 83.6% | +12.4% |
| HAGEMAN, MARK C | 2 | 73.9% | +16.0% |
| JOERGER, KAITLIN S | 2 | 86.5% | +11.1% |
| CUMBESS, YOLANDA RENEE | 2 | 86.9% | +8.5% |
| KEENAN, JAMES W | 2 | 66.8% | +24.1% |
| MORA, ANTHONY GABRIEL | 1 | 79.4% | +5.3% |
| MASUD, ROKIB | 1 | 68.9% | +0.2% |
| MOSCOSO, JUAN SALVADOR | 1 | 87.5% | +16.7% |
| PATEL, MIRAJ T | 1 | 82.7% | +23.0% |
| O'MALLEY, JOHN MARTIN | 1 | 56.3% | +62.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18861083 | Winch Assembly of a Load Handling Device | JOERGER, KAITLIN S | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17908774 | AUTOMATED STORAGE SYSTEMS AND DEVICES | KEENAN, JAMES W | 157d overdue |
| 18179033 | SYSTEMS, APPARATUS, AND METHODS TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE EFFICIENCY OF AUTONOMOUS ROBOTS | TAN, OLIVER E | 18d overdue |
| 18578775 | PICKING STATION | JOERGER, KAITLIN S | 9d |
| 18068913 | MODULATION UNIT FOR AN ENCODER | XING, CHRISTINA ILONA | 22d |
| 19142877 | FORCE IMPULSE TO MEASURE LOAD STABILITY | MORA, ANTHONY GABRIEL | — |
| 19133484 | DETECTING DEBRIS ON A GRID OF A STORAGE SYSTEM | MASUD, ROKIB | — |
| 18983886 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ORDER FULFILMENT | MACKEY, PATRICK HEWEY | — |
| 18977002 | STORAGE SYSTEMS AND METHODS | HAGEMAN, MARK 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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17908774 | AUTOMATED STORAGE SYSTEMS AND DEVICES | KEENAN, JAMES W | 157d overdue |
| 18848839 | CONTROLLING A ROBOTIC MANIPULATOR FOR PACKING AN OBJECT | O'MALLEY, JOHN MARTIN | 79d overdue |
| 18578775 | PICKING STATION | JOERGER, KAITLIN S | 9d |
| 18042884 | Transporting Device and Storage System | HAGEMAN, MARK C | 28d |
| 18983886 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ORDER FULFILMENT | MACKEY, PATRICK HEWEY | — |
| 18977002 | STORAGE SYSTEMS AND METHODS | HAGEMAN, MARK C | — |
| 18868484 | MULTI-TEMPERATURE STORAGE SYSTEM | MOSCOSO, JUAN SALVADOR | — |
| 18861083 | Winch Assembly of a Load Handling Device | JOERGER, KAITLIN S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3652 | 4 |
| 3655 | 4 |
| 4100 | 4 |
| 3653 | 2 |
| 3664 | 1 |
| 3627 | 1 |
| 3658 | 1 |
| 3667 | 1 |
| 3799 | 1 |
| 3669 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19142877 | FORCE IMPULSE TO MEASURE LOAD STABILITY | MORA, ANTHONY GABRIEL | 3664 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2025 |
| 19133484 | DETECTING DEBRIS ON A GRID OF A STORAGE SYSTEM | MASUD, ROKIB | 3627 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 28, 2025 |
| 18983886 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ORDER FULFILMENT | MACKEY, PATRICK HEWEY | — | §101§102§112DPOther | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
| 18977002 | STORAGE SYSTEMS AND METHODS | HAGEMAN, MARK C | — | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18868484 | MULTI-TEMPERATURE STORAGE SYSTEM | MOSCOSO, JUAN SALVADOR | 3652 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 |
| 18861083 | Winch Assembly of a Load Handling Device | JOERGER, KAITLIN S | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2024 |
| 18921975 | WAREHOUSE AUTOMATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS | CUMBESS, YOLANDA RENEE | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2024 |
| 18850169 | INVENTORY HANDLING STATION ASSEMBLY | PATEL, MIRAJ T | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2024 |
| 18848839 | CONTROLLING A ROBOTIC MANIPULATOR FOR PACKING AN OBJECT | O'MALLEY, JOHN MARTIN | 3658 | §103 | Final Rejection | 79d overdue | Pending | Sep 19, 2024 |
| 18842867 | FINGER SUB-ASSEMBLY FOR A ROBOTIC MANIPULATOR | RIVERA, WILLIAM ARAUZ | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 |
| 18811987 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PICKING ITEMS | ROMANO, ASHLEY K | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 22, 2024 |
| 18832255 | STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM | CUMBESS, YOLANDA RENEE | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 23, 2024 |
| 18713098 | DETERMINING AN EXCLUSION ZONE IN A WORKSPACE OF TRANSPORT DEVICES | MACKEY, PATRICK HEWEY | — | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 23, 2024 |
| 18700223 | GRIPPER ASSEMBLY FOR A ROBOTIC MANIPULATOR | CHIN, PAUL T | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2024 |
| 18692661 | A Grid Framework Structure | KUHFUSS, ZACHARY L | — | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 15, 2024 |
| 18692581 | A GRID FRAMEWORK STRUCTURE | MATTHEWS, TERRELL HOWARD | 3652 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 15, 2024 |
| 18682236 | GRIPPING DEVICE | HARP, WILLIAM RAY | 3653 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 08, 2024 |
| 18578775 | PICKING STATION | JOERGER, KAITLIN S | 3655 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 9d | Pending | Jan 12, 2024 |
| 18356930 | END EFFECTOR CONNECTOR FOR A ROBOTIC MANIPULATOR | LOIKITH, CATHERINE A | 4100 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 21, 2023 |
| 18356917 | END EFFECTOR CONNECTOR FOR A ROBOTIC MANIPULATOR | KIO, MICHAEL TAMUNOELEKIM | 4100 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 21, 2023 |
| 18356939 | END EFFECTOR FOR A ROBOTIC MANIPULATOR | LINDENBUSCH, TAYLOR JOE | 4100 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 21, 2023 |
| 18356914 | END EFFECTOR CONNECTOR FOR A ROBOTIC MANIPULATOR | VU, STEPHEN A | 4100 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 21, 2023 |
| 18356926 | END EFFECTOR CONNECTOR FOR A ROBOTIC MANIPULATOR | MCCLAIN, GERALD | 3652 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 21, 2023 |
| 18258851 | Motion Control of a Motion Device | ALSOMAIRY, IBRAHIM ABDOALATIF | 3667 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 22, 2023 |
| 18257164 | GRIPPING DEVICE | KEENAN, JAMES W | 3655 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2023 |
| 18251418 | STORAGE SYSTEM AND STORAGE CONTAINER | IMPINK, MOLLIE LLEWELLYN | 3799 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 02, 2023 |
| 18179033 | SYSTEMS, APPARATUS, AND METHODS TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE EFFICIENCY OF AUTONOMOUS ROBOTS | TAN, OLIVER E | 3669 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 18d overdue | Pending | Mar 06, 2023 |
| 18042884 | Transporting Device and Storage System | HAGEMAN, MARK C | 3652 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 28d | Pending | Feb 24, 2023 |
| 18068913 | MODULATION UNIT FOR AN ENCODER | XING, CHRISTINA ILONA | 2877 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Dec 20, 2022 |
| 17996964 | Apparatus and Method for Charging a Load Handling Device on a Grid | BUTLER, MICHAEL E | 3655 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2022 |
| 17907293 | A Dispatch System | RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH C | 3653 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2022 |
| 17908774 | AUTOMATED STORAGE SYSTEMS AND DEVICES | KEENAN, JAMES W | 3655 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 157d overdue | Pending | Sep 01, 2022 |
| 15322392 | PARCEL SORTER SYSTEM AND METHOD | HATCHER, DEIRDRE D | 3625 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2016 |
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