Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Path Robotics Inc.

Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Path Robotics Inc. has 5 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The matters involve 4 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units, indicating that most assignments are separated by both examiner and technical group.

STIEBRITZ, NOAH WILLIAM is the busiest listed examiner, with 2 pending matters. Counsel should coordinate those matters for consistent positions while maintaining individualized strategies for the other art-unit assignments.

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

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
3
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
1
Due in next 60 days
0
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 (25%)
3
Medium (75%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (75%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (25%)

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
4
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.

40 h
Manual time on pending OAs
8 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
14 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LAROSE, RENEE MARIE 1 79.0% +9.6%
BELAY, DILNESSA B 1 62.6% +24.9%
LAZO, THOMAS E 1 86.8% +8.9%
STIEBRITZ, NOAH WILLIAM 1 61.5% -7.1%

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
18347711 LOCAL SENSOR UNITS FOR MANUFACTURING CELLS LAZO, THOMAS E —

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
18419428 SCAN PLANNING AND SCAN OPERATIONS FOR WELDING AN OBJECT BELAY, DILNESSA B —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3656 1
3761 1
3745 1
3658 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19252489 MACHINE LEARNING LOGIC-BASED ADJUSTMENT TECHNIQUES FOR ROBOTS LAROSE, RENEE MARIE 3656 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 27, 2025
18419428 SCAN PLANNING AND SCAN OPERATIONS FOR WELDING AN OBJECT BELAY, DILNESSA B 3761 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 22, 2024
18347711 LOCAL SENSOR UNITS FOR MANUFACTURING CELLS LAZO, THOMAS E 3745 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 06, 2023
18179796 TOOL CALIBRATION FOR MANUFACTURING ROBOTS STIEBRITZ, NOAH WILLIAM 3658 §103 Final Rejection 57d Pending Mar 07, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Path Robotics Inc. have?

Path Robotics Inc. has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 4 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Path Robotics Inc. applications?

Renee Marie Larose has the most, with 1 of Path Robotics Inc.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Path Robotics 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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