Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
6 pending office actions • 5 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Robotic Research Opco LLC has 5 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The matters span 5 examiners and 4 art units, reflecting broad examiner coverage with an art-unit overlap.
HESS, MICHAEL J is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. The distribution favors a coordinated portfolio review for recurring claim themes, but each response should address the specific examiner and technical assignment involved.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 | 2 (33%) |
| §102 only | 2 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SARWAR, BABAR | 1 | 85.7% | +19.4% |
| HESS, MICHAEL J | 1 | 43.4% | +5.4% |
| WOLFORD, NAOMI M | 1 | 56.6% | +39.4% |
| MASHELE, BONGANI JABULANI | 1 | 85.7% | +6.2% |
| HYMEL, ABIGAIL R | 1 | 83.1% | +19.6% |
| ALQADERI, NADA MAHYOOB | 1 | 75.5% | +30.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19103652 | REGION FOCUSING RADAR SYSTEMS AND METHODS | SARWAR, BABAR | — |
| 18907197 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTIVE GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEM (GNSS) NAVIGATION | MASHELE, BONGANI JABULANI | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18707082 | REMOTE OPERATOR SAFETY STATION | ALQADERI, NADA MAHYOOB | 15d overdue |
| 18898932 | AUTONOMOUS GLADHAND COUPLING SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS | HYMEL, ABIGAIL R | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18707082 | REMOTE OPERATOR SAFETY STATION | ALQADERI, NADA MAHYOOB | 15d overdue |
| 19103652 | REGION FOCUSING RADAR SYSTEMS AND METHODS | SARWAR, BABAR | — |
| 18969672 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DOPPLER GROUND SPEED SENSING | WOLFORD, NAOMI M | — |
| 18898932 | AUTONOMOUS GLADHAND COUPLING SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS | HYMEL, ABIGAIL R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3648 | 2 |
| 3667 | 1 |
| 2481 | 1 |
| 3611 | 1 |
| 3664 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19103652 | REGION FOCUSING RADAR SYSTEMS AND METHODS | SARWAR, BABAR | 3667 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2025 |
| 19038642 | STEREO CAMERA WITH FRAMELESS IMAGE SENSING | HESS, MICHAEL J | 2481 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 32d overdue | Pending | Jan 27, 2025 |
| 18969672 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DOPPLER GROUND SPEED SENSING | WOLFORD, NAOMI M | 3648 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2024 |
| 18907197 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTIVE GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEM (GNSS) NAVIGATION | MASHELE, BONGANI JABULANI | 3648 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 |
| 18898932 | AUTONOMOUS GLADHAND COUPLING SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS | HYMEL, ABIGAIL R | 3611 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
| 18707082 | REMOTE OPERATOR SAFETY STATION | ALQADERI, NADA MAHYOOB | 3664 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 15d overdue | Pending | May 02, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialRobotic Research Opco LLC has 6 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 6 examiners.
Babar Sarwar has the most, with 1 of Robotic Research Opco LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
