Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Oshkosh Corporation

Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

91 pending office actions • 32 art units • 73 examiners • 0 of 91 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 198 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

91
Total Pending OAs
72
Non-Final OAs
16
Final Rejections
3
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 17 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
1
Due this week
7
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
2
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. 17 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (7)Due ≤ 60 days (2)Due later (2)

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.

53
Hard (58%)
29
Medium (32%)
9
Easy (10%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (1%)
§101 + other10 (11%)
§103 only21 (23%)
§102 only4 (4%)
§112 only3 (3%)
Double-patenting only6 (7%)
Double-patenting + other4 (4%)
Multi-statute (no §101)42 (46%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
3% of docket
1
Information Tech
1% of docket
1
Communications
1% of docket
1
Semiconductors
1% of docket
49
Mechanical / Eng
54% of docket
36
Business / Other
40% 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.

910 h
Manual time on pending OAs
182 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
318 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
8.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KEENAN, JAMES W 5 66.8% +24.1%
HUTCHINSON, ALAN D 3 78.8% +16.9%
MUSTAFA, IMRAN K 2 60.4% +16.0%
SHAAWAT, MUSSA A 2 76.6% +5.8%
LANG, MICHAEL DEAN 2 87.1% +5.5%
MORA, ANTHONY GABRIEL 2 79.4% +5.3%
WEISENFELD, ARYAN E 2 41.1% +25.5%
TO, TOAN C 2 91.6% -3.5%
HAGEMAN, MARK C 2 73.9% +16.0%
TRAN, ZOE T 2 57.7% +46.5%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19239769 OPERATIONAL MODES FOR A REFUSE VEHICLE LANG, MICHAEL DEAN —
19239778 OPERATIONAL MODES FOR A REFUSE VEHICLE LANG, MICHAEL DEAN —
18813433 COIL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE TO, TOAN C —

Hard Cases (53)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18923922 OPERATOR FEEDBACK AND TRAINING FOR REFUSE VEHICLE ULLAH, ARIF 19d overdue
19004121 WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY FOR A REFUSE VEHICLE AND RECHARGING OF WEARABLES LEE, JUSTIN S 3d overdue
18980952 Autonomy Systems and Methods for a Vocational Vehicle SILVA, MICHAEL THOMAS 1d overdue
18953855 CONDITION BASED VEHICLE PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT HANNAN, B M M 22d
19045057 ELECTRIFIED FIRE FIGHTING VEHICLE SYSTEM ZEROUAL, OMAR 28d
18655483 ONBOARD DOCUMENTATION SYSTEM AND METHODS HOANG, HAU HAI 28d
18618804 AUXILIARY POWER SYSTEM FOR REFUSE VEHICLE TRIGGS, JAMES J 54d
18235979 QUICK RELEASE DETACHABLE PLATFORM GATE HAYES, KRISTEN C 84d

Interview Candidates (16)

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
19306136 VEHICLE COLLISION AVOIDANCE AND MITIGATION SYSTEM MUSTAFA, IMRAN K —
19287431 VEHICLE FOR TOWING AIRCRAFT MUSTAFA, IMRAN K —
19087394 IMAGE RECOGNITION FOR FORK ALIGNMENT WEISENFELD, ARYAN E —
19086792 LOAD-BASED VERIFICATION OF ASSEMBLY HUTCHINSON, ALAN D —
19086912 SENSING SYSTEM FOR AUTONOMOUS MOBILE VEHICLE HUTCHINSON, ALAN D —
19086807 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COORDINATED MOTION OF VEHICLES HUTCHINSON, ALAN D —
19075667 AUTOMATIC WHEEL GRID HAGEMAN, MARK C —
18982880 CYCLOIDAL DRIVE TRANSMISSION KEENAN, JAMES W —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3668 5
3669 5
3663 4
3665 3
3654 2
3662 2
3747 2
3664 2
3614 2
3655 2

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19431215 EXHAUST SYSTEM FOR FIRE FIGHTING VEHICLE TRAN, BINH Q 3746 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 23, 2025
19327089 SCISSOR LIFT WITH MIDDLE PIN OFFSET AND KICKER RIEGELMAN, MICHAEL A 3654 §102§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 12, 2025
19324068 SESSION-BASED SAAS TELEMATICS CHAKRAVARTI, ARUNAVA 3692 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 09, 2025
19323757 MANAGEMENT OF ASSET ASSIGNMENTS AND SERVICE SOOFI, YAZAN A 3668 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 09, 2025
19306455 VEHICLE COLLISION AVOIDANCE AND MITIGATION SYSTEM PHAM, QUANG 2685 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 21, 2025
19306136 VEHICLE COLLISION AVOIDANCE AND MITIGATION SYSTEM MUSTAFA, IMRAN K 3668 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 21, 2025
19287456 VEHICLE FOR TOWING AIRCRAFT HUYNH, CHRISTINE NGUYEN 3662 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 31, 2025
19286761 VEHICLE FOR TOWING AIRCRAFT ZALESKAS, JOHN M 3747 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 31, 2025
19287431 VEHICLE FOR TOWING AIRCRAFT MUSTAFA, IMRAN K 3668 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 31, 2025
19274268 REFUSE VEHICLE WITH RANGE EXTENSION SHAAWAT, MUSSA A — DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 18, 2025
19262875 REFUSE VEHICLE WITH INDEPENDENTLY OPERATIONAL ACCESSORY SYSTEM SHAAWAT, MUSSA A — DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 08, 2025
19239769 OPERATIONAL MODES FOR A REFUSE VEHICLE LANG, MICHAEL DEAN — DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 16, 2025
19239778 OPERATIONAL MODES FOR A REFUSE VEHICLE LANG, MICHAEL DEAN — DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 16, 2025
19216612 AUTOMATED ALIGNMENT OF REFUSE COLLECTION VEHICLE WANG, JINGLI — §102§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending May 22, 2025
19201738 DETECTION SYSTEM FOR A LIFT DEVICE DUNN, DAVID R — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 07, 2025
19197743 PEAK SHAVING SYSTEM FOR A VOCATIONAL VEHICLE MOLINA, NIKKI MARIE M — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 02, 2025
19197895 CART RECOGNITION TO PREDICT POWER DEMAND STRYKER, NICHOLAS F — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending May 02, 2025
19197734 HYDRAULIC SYSTEM CONTROL ARCHITECTURE FOR A REFUSE VEHICLE ROBERSON, JASON R 3669 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 02, 2025
19092832 INTEGRATED CAMERA AND LIGHT SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE BERARDESCA, PAUL M — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 27, 2025
19091556 ENERGY MANAGEMENT FOR ELECTRIFIED FIRE FIGHTING VEHICLE LEWIS, TISHA D 3619 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Mar 26, 2025
19087298 SHIPPING READINESS VERIFICATION MORA, ANTHONY GABRIEL 3664 §101§102 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 21, 2025
19087394 IMAGE RECOGNITION FOR FORK ALIGNMENT WEISENFELD, ARYAN E 3663 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 21, 2025
19086653 DRIVE ARRANGEMENT FOR A VEHICLE TO, TOAN C 3614 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 21, 2025
19086792 LOAD-BASED VERIFICATION OF ASSEMBLY HUTCHINSON, ALAN D 3669 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 21, 2025
19087310 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PATHING GENERATION FOR A VEHICLE TAN, OLIVER E 3669 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 21, 2025
19087391 PARKING AND LOADING ASSIST CAMPBELL, JOSHUA A 3747 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 21, 2025
19087409 GROUND CONDITION MONITORING AND ROUTE GENERATING SYSTEM GILBERTSON, SHAYNE M 3665 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 21, 2025
19086912 SENSING SYSTEM FOR AUTONOMOUS MOBILE VEHICLE HUTCHINSON, ALAN D 3669 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 21, 2025
19086807 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COORDINATED MOTION OF VEHICLES HUTCHINSON, ALAN D 3669 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 21, 2025
19087432 VEHICLE WITH IMPLEMENT ASSEMBLY MARTINEZ BORRERO, LUIS A 3665 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 21, 2025
19075667 AUTOMATIC WHEEL GRID HAGEMAN, MARK C — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 10, 2025
19047171 DOOR ASSEMBLY FOR DELIVERY VEHICLE FREEDMAN, LAURA 3614 §101§102§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 06, 2025
19045057 ELECTRIFIED FIRE FIGHTING VEHICLE SYSTEM ZEROUAL, OMAR 3628 §101§103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Feb 04, 2025
19004121 WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY FOR A REFUSE VEHICLE AND RECHARGING OF WEARABLES LEE, JUSTIN S 3668 §102§103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Dec 27, 2024
19003651 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REFUSE COLLECTION VERIFICATION MANGIALASCHI, TRACY — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 27, 2024
19003630 REFUSE VEHICLE WITH STATE DISPLAY MORA, ANTHONY GABRIEL 3664 §112 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 27, 2024
19003096 VEHICLE WITH PROTECTED ROUTING NEYZARI, OMID — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 27, 2024
19004147 REFUSE VEHICLE WITH MODULAR BODY COMPONENTS AKARAGWE, YANICK A — §102Other Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 27, 2024
18989934 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPERATING AN ELECTRIC LIFT SYSTEM FOR AN ELECTRIC REFUSE VEHICLE DIAZ, THOMAS C — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 20, 2024
18982880 CYCLOIDAL DRIVE TRANSMISSION KEENAN, JAMES W — §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 16, 2024
18980952 Autonomy Systems and Methods for a Vocational Vehicle SILVA, MICHAEL THOMAS 3663 §103§112 Final Rejection 1d overdue Pending Dec 13, 2024
18974186 ELECTRIC REFUSE VEHICLE BATTERY EXCHANGE AND TRAILER KANDAS, NICHOLAS R — DP Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 09, 2024
18970326 SIDE LOADING ARM FOR A REAR LOADING REFUSE VEHICLE PATEL, JAIMIN GHANSHYAM — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 05, 2024
18953855 CONDITION BASED VEHICLE PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT HANNAN, B M M 3657 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 22d Pending Nov 20, 2024
18928492 VEHICLE DOOR AND WINDOW ARRANGEMENT PAPE, JOSEPH — §101§103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 28, 2024
18925839 TRANSFER STATION THOMPSON, JOSEPH LEIGH 3665 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 24, 2024
18925778 SEMI-AUTONOMOUS REFUSE VEHICLE BACK-UP COOLEY, CHASE LITTLEJOHN 3662 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 24, 2024
18925756 SEMI-AUTONOMOUS REFUSE VEHICLE WEISENFELD, ARYAN E 3667 §102 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 24, 2024
18923922 OPERATOR FEEDBACK AND TRAINING FOR REFUSE VEHICLE ULLAH, ARIF 3625 §101§103 Final Rejection 19d overdue Pending Oct 23, 2024
18919192 REFUSE VEHICLE WITH ENVIRONMENTAL DETECTION SYSTEM LANGHORNE, NICHOLAS PATRICK 3666 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 17, 2024
18917647 DEPLOYABLE REFUSE COLLECTION VEHICLE SNELTING, JONATHAN D — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 16, 2024
18917684 REFUSE VEHICLE WITH PRIORITY ORDER CAMERAS EDWARDS, TYLER B — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 16, 2024
18915050 WIRELESS EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEMS AND METHODS DIXNEUF, ALEXANDRE PAUL JEAN — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 14, 2024
18915018 MULTIFUNCTIONAL BOOM SYSTEM TRAC, JONATHAN KHANH — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 14, 2024
18913245 LIFT DEVICE WITH ADAPTIVE REACH ENVELOPE BASED ON CHASSIS FOOTPRINT TRAN, ZOE T — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 11, 2024
18910857 REFUSE VEHICLE WITH ELECTRIC LIFT KEENAN, JAMES W — §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 09, 2024
18906949 EMBEDDED ELECTRICAL CONTROLS FOR A VEHICLE FLEMING, FAYE M — §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 04, 2024
18904258 CARRY CAN LATERAL STABILIZER KEENAN, JAMES W — §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 02, 2024
18903872 EJECTOR FOR REFUSE VEHICLE HAGEMAN, MARK C — §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 01, 2024
18893380 LIFT DEVICE WITH ROBOTIC WELDING ATTACHMENT HOTCHKISS, MICHAEL WAYNE 3654 §102§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 23, 2024
18822044 CABLESS DUMPER SCOVILLE, BLAKE E — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 30, 2024
18813340 ROTARY SENSOR MOUNT FOR LIFT DEVICE HAWK, NOAH CHANDLER — §103 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 23, 2024
18814390 LIFT DEVICE WIBLIN, MATTHEW — §102§103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 23, 2024
18813433 COIL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE TO, TOAN C — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 23, 2024
18813591 BOOM LENGTH SENSING TRAN, ZOE T — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 23, 2024
18800700 REPOSITIONABLE SEAT FOR DELIVERY VEHICLE ZHUO, WENWEI — §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 12, 2024
18768226 FALL ARREST SYSTEM MCFARLAND, KATHLEEN MAVOURNEEN — §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 10, 2024
18755127 REAR LIFT ASSEMBLY FOR REFUSE VEHICLE KEENAN, JAMES W 3655 §103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 26, 2024
18677548 FRONT AND SIDE LOADING PACKERS FOR ELECTRIC REFUSE VEHICLE KEENAN, JAMES W 3652 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 29, 2024
18671379 PINNED TORQUE BOX MILLER, CAITLIN ANNE 3611 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 22, 2024
18661981 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING DISCHARGE OF A MIXER DRUM MCCARTY, PATRICK M 1774 §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending May 13, 2024
18655483 ONBOARD DOCUMENTATION SYSTEM AND METHODS HOANG, HAU HAI 2154 §101 Final Rejection 28d Pending May 06, 2024
18645981 MACHINE CONNECTIVITY MODULE WITH INTEGRATED BEACON LEVY, MERRITT E 3663 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 25, 2024
18634346 CYLINDER CONNECTION SYSTEM WIBLIN, MATTHEW 3655 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 12, 2024
18618804 AUXILIARY POWER SYSTEM FOR REFUSE VEHICLE TRIGGS, JAMES J 3615 §102§103 Non-Final OA 54d Pending Mar 27, 2024
18600217 MACHINE BASED WEATHER MAPPING SYSTEM AND METHOD ZHOU, QINGZHANG 3752 §103 Final Rejection 30d Pending Mar 08, 2024
18414056 CHUTE FOR A MIXER VEHICLE SORKIN, DAVID L — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 16, 2024
18399488 SERVICE LIFT FOR A REFUSE VEHICLE CRANDALL, JOEL DILLON 3723 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 28, 2023
18386889 ELECTRIFIED FIRE FIGHTING VEHICLE YOUNG, EDWIN — DP Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 03, 2023
18489384 IMPLEMENT POSITION TRACKING FOR A LIFT DEVICE HENSON, BRANDON JAMES 3648 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Oct 18, 2023
18453169 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BATTERY THERMAL MANAGEMENT ON A VEHICLE TRIGGS, JAMES J 3615 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Aug 21, 2023
18235979 QUICK RELEASE DETACHABLE PLATFORM GATE HAYES, KRISTEN C 3642 §102§103 Final Rejection 84d Pending Aug 21, 2023
18453166 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BATTERY THERMAL MANAGEMENT ON A VEHICLE APPLEGATE, SARAH ARIMINTIA 1725 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 21, 2023
18342597 REFUSE VEHICLE WITH A CAMERA FOR CONTAINER AREA IMAGE CAPTURE ALKIRSH, AHMED 3668 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 27, 2023
18200188 ELECTRIC ACTUATOR FOR A SCISSOR LIFT MEKHAEIL, SHIREF M 3634 §103 Final Rejection 30d Pending May 22, 2023
18312213 HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FOR REFUSE VEHICLES ROMANO, ASHLEY K 3652 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending May 04, 2023
18133807 POSITION TRACKING FOR A LIFT DEVICE PARK, HYUN D 2857 §103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 12, 2023
18116006 DIRECT CHARGE CONCRETE MIXER COOLEY, CHARLES E 1774 §112 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Mar 01, 2023
18171144 VEHICLE HVAC SYSTEM GIORDANO, MICHAEL JAMES 3762 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Feb 17, 2023
17576798 MACHINE CONNECTIVITY MODULE WITH INTEGRATED BEACON LEVY, MERRITT E 3663 §103 Final Rejection 49d Pending Jan 14, 2022
16811634 FULLY-ELECTRIC SCISSOR LIFT MEKHAEIL, SHIREF M 3634 §103 Final Rejection 30d Pending Mar 06, 2020

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