Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Roam Robotics Inc.

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

4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Roam Robotics Inc. has 5 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The matters span 5 examiners and 4 art units, indicating broad examiner distribution with some art-unit overlap.

JEN, MINGJEN handles 1 pending matter and is the busiest examiner. Because no examiner has a larger recorded concentration, counsel should manage the docket at the application level. The repeated art-unit assignments may support comparisons of claim treatment and technical evidence across matters.

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

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
3
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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
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.

4
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (25%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (75%)

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
JEN, MINGJEN 1 79.8% +14.1%
GONG, KRIS HANYU 1 25.0% +48.2%
BUGG, PAIGE KATHLEEN 1 58.5% +59.0%
WILLSE, DAVID H 1 67.3% +14.0%

Hard Cases (4)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18885289 MARITIME APPLICATIONS FOR A MOBILE ROBOT JEN, MINGJEN 66d overdue
17889603 DATA INFERENCES FROM A WEARABLE ROBOT GONG, KRIS HANYU —
17332203 CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A MOBILE ROBOT BUGG, PAIGE KATHLEEN —
16838347 LEG EXOSKELETON SYSTEM AND METHOD WILLSE, DAVID H —

Interview Candidates (4)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18885289 MARITIME APPLICATIONS FOR A MOBILE ROBOT JEN, MINGJEN 66d overdue
17889603 DATA INFERENCES FROM A WEARABLE ROBOT GONG, KRIS HANYU —
17332203 CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A MOBILE ROBOT BUGG, PAIGE KATHLEEN —
16838347 LEG EXOSKELETON SYSTEM AND METHOD WILLSE, DAVID H —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3785 2
3657 1
3774 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18885289 MARITIME APPLICATIONS FOR A MOBILE ROBOT JEN, MINGJEN 3657 §103§112Other Final Rejection 66d overdue Pending Sep 13, 2024
17889603 DATA INFERENCES FROM A WEARABLE ROBOT GONG, KRIS HANYU 3785 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 17, 2022
17332203 CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A MOBILE ROBOT BUGG, PAIGE KATHLEEN 3785 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 27, 2021
16838347 LEG EXOSKELETON SYSTEM AND METHOD WILLSE, DAVID H 3774 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 02, 2020

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Frequently Asked Questions

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

Roam Robotics Inc. has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 4 examiners.

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

Mingjen Jen has the most, with 1 of Roam Robotics Inc.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Roam Robotics Inc.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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