Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Plus One Robotics Inc. manages 4 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These 4 actions are distributed among 4 distinct examiners but are concentrated in 3 distinct art units. CUMBESS, YOLANDA RENEE is the busiest examiner for the company, with 1 pending action. The presence of 4 distinct examiners for 4 pending office actions shows that no examiner is currently handling more than one matter for the portfolio.
The concentration of 4 pending office actions within 3 distinct art units suggests that the company's technology is focused on specific mechanical or transportation classifications. However, the use of 4 distinct examiners means that the company must navigate 4 different individual perspectives during prosecution. CUMBESS, YOLANDA RENEE, despite being the busiest examiner with 1 pending action, is one of four officials currently reviewing the company's work. This profile requires a strategy that accounts for the high number of examiners relative to the small number of art units involved in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector.
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 (25%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CUMBESS, YOLANDA RENEE | 1 | 86.8% | +8.7% |
| KIM, SANG K | 1 | 81.5% | +10.3% |
| RUSHIN, LESTER III | 1 | 87.9% | +8.0% |
| LOIKITH, CATHERINE A | 1 | 85.1% | +7.7% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18656172 | MACHINE VISION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROBOTIC PICKING AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTS | CUMBESS, YOLANDA RENEE | — |
| 18656410 | ROBOTIC PICKING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME | KIM, SANG K | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18402653 | AUTOMATED MULTI-ARM ROBOTIC SYSTEM | RUSHIN, LESTER III | — |
| 18384845 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HORIZONTAL UNLOADING WITH AUTOMATED ARTICULATED ARM, MULTI-ARRAY GRIPPING, AND COMPUTER VISION BASED CONTROL | LOIKITH, CATHERINE A | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18656410 | ROBOTIC PICKING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME | KIM, SANG K | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3651 | 3 |
| 3674 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18656172 | MACHINE VISION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROBOTIC PICKING AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTS | CUMBESS, YOLANDA RENEE | 3651 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 06, 2024 |
| 18656410 | ROBOTIC PICKING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME | KIM, SANG K | 3651 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 06, 2024 |
| 18402653 | AUTOMATED MULTI-ARM ROBOTIC SYSTEM | RUSHIN, LESTER III | 3651 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2024 |
| 18384845 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HORIZONTAL UNLOADING WITH AUTOMATED ARTICULATED ARM, MULTI-ARRAY GRIPPING, AND COMPUTER VISION BASED CONTROL | LOIKITH, CATHERINE A | 3674 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialPlus One Robotics Inc. has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 4 examiners.
Yolanda Renee Cumbess has the most, with 1 of Plus One 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.
