Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Sanctuary Cognitive Systems Corporation

22 pending office actions • 10 art units • 17 examiners • 0 of 22 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 28 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

22
Total Pending OAs
16
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
3
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 22 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

11
Overdue
0
Due this week
10
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 22 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (11)Due ≤ 30 days (10)Due ≤ 60 days (1)

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.

2
Hard (9%)
17
Medium (77%)
0
Easy (0%)
3
Unknown (14%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (9%)
§103 only15 (68%)
§102 only2 (9%)
No statute on record3 (14%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
2
Information Tech
9% of docket
3
Communications
14% of docket
1
Semiconductors
5% of docket
16
Mechanical / Eng
73% 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.

220 h
Manual time on pending OAs
44 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
77 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ABUELHAWA, MOHAMMED YOUSEF 3 81.4% +20.7%
NECKEL, NATHAN DANIEL 2
AZHAR, ARSLAN 2 77.3% +21.2%
WHITE, JAY MICHAEL 2 22.2% +100.0%
RINK, RYAN J 1 78.1% +10.7%
GARCIA-GUERRA, DARLENE 1 23.0% +33.4%
WATTS III, JAMES MILLER 1 73.9% +15.5%
PATTON, SPENCER D 1 73.6% +21.4%
GAMMON, MATTHEW CHRISTOPHER 1 65.4% +24.2%
MOYER, DALE S 1 81.6% +16.2%

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
18425527 SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR OPERATING A ROBOTIC SYSTEM ABUELHAWA, MOHAMMED YOUSEF 44d overdue
18425537 SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR OPERATING A ROBOTIC SYSTEM ABUELHAWA, MOHAMMED YOUSEF 44d overdue
18608523 ROBOT SYSTEMS, METHODS, CONTROL MODULES, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS THAT LEVERAGE LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS MOYER, DALE S 21d

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17846262 SYSTEMS, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS, AND METHODS FOR BUILDING SIMULATED WORLDS WHITE, JAY MICHAEL 121d overdue
17846243 SYSTEMS, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS, AND METHODS FOR BUILDING SIMULATED WORLDS WHITE, JAY MICHAEL 121d overdue
18920622 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROBOT FLEET MANAGEMENT GARCIA-GUERRA, DARLENE 85d overdue
18225784 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR IMPLEMENTING OBJECT PERMANENCE IN A SIMULATED ENVIRONMENT AZHAR, ARSLAN 44d overdue
18225790 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR IMPLEMENTING OBJECT PERMANENCE IN A SIMULATED ENVIRONMENT AZHAR, ARSLAN 40d

Interview Candidates (13)

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
17846262 SYSTEMS, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS, AND METHODS FOR BUILDING SIMULATED WORLDS WHITE, JAY MICHAEL 121d overdue
17846243 SYSTEMS, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS, AND METHODS FOR BUILDING SIMULATED WORLDS WHITE, JAY MICHAEL 121d overdue
18920622 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROBOT FLEET MANAGEMENT GARCIA-GUERRA, DARLENE 85d overdue
18425527 SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR OPERATING A ROBOTIC SYSTEM ABUELHAWA, MOHAMMED YOUSEF 44d overdue
18425537 SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR OPERATING A ROBOTIC SYSTEM ABUELHAWA, MOHAMMED YOUSEF 44d overdue
18225784 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR IMPLEMENTING OBJECT PERMANENCE IN A SIMULATED ENVIRONMENT AZHAR, ARSLAN 44d overdue
18799731 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND CONTROL MODULES FOR CONTROLLING GRASPING BY ROBOT SYSTEMS WATTS III, JAMES MILLER 23d overdue
18655614 MULTI-PURPOSE ROBOTS, SYSTEMS, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS, AND METHODS FOR EVALUATING STATE REPRESENTATIONS OF THE SAME GAMMON, MATTHEW CHRISTOPHER 19d overdue

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3656 9
3657 4
2188 2
3619 1
3625 1
2693 1
3658 1
2668 1
2617 1
2831 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18991645 Systems, Computer Program Products, and Methods for Controlling Robots NECKEL, NATHAN DANIEL 3656 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Dec 22, 2024
18991646 Systems, Computer Program Products, and Methods for Controlling Robots Through a Graphical User Interface RINK, RYAN J 3619 §103 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Dec 22, 2024
18991641 Systems, Computer Program Products, and Methods for Controlling Robots NECKEL, NATHAN DANIEL 3656 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Dec 22, 2024
18967325 EXPEDITED ROBOT TEACH-THROUGH INITIALIZATION FROM PREVIOUSLY TRAINED SYSTEM ABUELHAWA, MOHAMMED YOUSEF 3656 Other Non-Final OA 13d Pending Dec 03, 2024
18920622 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROBOT FLEET MANAGEMENT GARCIA-GUERRA, DARLENE 3625 §103 Non-Final OA 85d overdue Pending Oct 18, 2024
18799731 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND CONTROL MODULES FOR CONTROLLING GRASPING BY ROBOT SYSTEMS WATTS III, JAMES MILLER 3657 §103 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Aug 09, 2024
18759939 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND CONTROL MODULES FOR GRASPING BY ROBOTS PATTON, SPENCER D 3656 §103 Final Rejection 13d Pending Jun 30, 2024
18655614 MULTI-PURPOSE ROBOTS, SYSTEMS, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS, AND METHODS FOR EVALUATING STATE REPRESENTATIONS OF THE SAME GAMMON, MATTHEW CHRISTOPHER 3657 Other Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending May 06, 2024
18608523 ROBOT SYSTEMS, METHODS, CONTROL MODULES, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS THAT LEVERAGE LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS MOYER, DALE S 3656 §102 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Mar 18, 2024
18425527 SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR OPERATING A ROBOTIC SYSTEM ABUELHAWA, MOHAMMED YOUSEF 3656 §103 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Jan 29, 2024
18425537 SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR OPERATING A ROBOTIC SYSTEM ABUELHAWA, MOHAMMED YOUSEF 3656 §103 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Jan 29, 2024
18425557 SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR OPERATING A ROBOTIC SYSTEM NGUYEN, QUYNH H 2693 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Jan 29, 2024
18425569 SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR OPERATING A ROBOTIC SYSTEM JOS, BASIL T 3658 §102 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Jan 29, 2024
18425577 SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR OPERATING A ROBOTIC SYSTEM SALEH, ZAID MUHAMMAD 2668 Non-Final OA 72d overdue Pending Jan 29, 2024
18231647 SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR GENERATING A POLYGON MESH MODEL MA, MICHELLE HAU 2617 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Aug 08, 2023
18225784 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR IMPLEMENTING OBJECT PERMANENCE IN A SIMULATED ENVIRONMENT AZHAR, ARSLAN 3656 §101 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Jul 25, 2023
18225790 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR IMPLEMENTING OBJECT PERMANENCE IN A SIMULATED ENVIRONMENT AZHAR, ARSLAN 3656 §101 Final Rejection 40d Pending Jul 25, 2023
18126343 SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR A ROBOTIC DIGIT AND DETERMINING MOTIONS AND POSITIONS THEREOF LEE, KYUNG S 2831 §103 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Mar 24, 2023
18117206 ROBOTS, TELE-OPERATION SYSTEMS, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS, AND METHODS OF OPERATING THE SAME KC, SAGAR 3657 §103 Final Rejection 89d overdue Pending Mar 03, 2023
18084753 SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR DEVELOPING ROBOT AUTONOMY KASPER, BYRON XAVIER 3657 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Dec 20, 2022
17846262 SYSTEMS, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS, AND METHODS FOR BUILDING SIMULATED WORLDS WHITE, JAY MICHAEL 2188 §103 Non-Final OA 121d overdue Pending Jun 22, 2022
17846243 SYSTEMS, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS, AND METHODS FOR BUILDING SIMULATED WORLDS WHITE, JAY MICHAEL 2188 §103 Non-Final OA 121d overdue Pending Jun 22, 2022

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