Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Sanctuary Cognitive Systems Corporation

16 pending office actions • 4 art units • 12 examiners • 0 of 16 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 27 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

16
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

8
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
0
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. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (8)Due ≤ 30 days (2)

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.

9
Hard (56%)
5
Medium (31%)
2
Easy (12%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (6%)
§101 + other2 (12%)
§103 only5 (31%)
§112 only1 (6%)
Double-patenting only1 (6%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (38%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
2
Information Tech
12% of docket
1
Communications
6% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
12
Mechanical / Eng
75% of docket
1
Business / Other
6% 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.

160 h
Manual time on pending OAs
32 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
56 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ABUELHAWA, MOHAMMED YOUSEF 3 79.7% +23.1%
GAMMON, MATTHEW CHRISTOPHER 2 67.6% +21.5%
WHITE, JAY MICHAEL 2 46.7% +93.3%
OH, HARRY Y 1 85.1% +17.0%
NECKEL, NATHAN DANIEL 1
SHUI, MING 1 57.8% +50.5%
WATTS III, JAMES MILLER 1 74.1% +21.2%
VISCARRA, RICARDO I 1 62.5% +22.5%
PATTON, SPENCER D 1 73.8% +21.4%
OSTROW, ALAN LINDSAY 1 70.8% +28.7%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19269422 Synthetic Robot Data Generation and Model Training with the Synthetic Robot Data OH, HARRY Y

Hard Cases (9)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17846243 SYSTEMS, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS, AND METHODS FOR BUILDING SIMULATED WORLDS WHITE, JAY MICHAEL 121d overdue
17846262 SYSTEMS, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS, AND METHODS FOR BUILDING SIMULATED WORLDS WHITE, JAY MICHAEL 121d 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
18991641 Systems, Computer Program Products, and Methods for Controlling Robots NECKEL, NATHAN DANIEL 12d
18759939 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND CONTROL MODULES FOR GRASPING BY ROBOTS PATTON, SPENCER D 13d
18973079 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DEPTH CHARACTERIZATION SHUI, MING

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
17846243 SYSTEMS, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS, AND METHODS FOR BUILDING SIMULATED WORLDS WHITE, JAY MICHAEL 121d overdue
17846262 SYSTEMS, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS, AND METHODS FOR BUILDING SIMULATED WORLDS WHITE, JAY MICHAEL 121d 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
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
18759939 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND CONTROL MODULES FOR GRASPING BY ROBOTS PATTON, SPENCER D 13d
19269422 Synthetic Robot Data Generation and Model Training with the Synthetic Robot Data OH, HARRY Y

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3657 6
3656 6
2188 2
2668 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19269422 Synthetic Robot Data Generation and Model Training with the Synthetic Robot Data OH, HARRY Y 3657 DP Non-Final OA Pending Jul 15, 2025
18991641 Systems, Computer Program Products, and Methods for Controlling Robots NECKEL, NATHAN DANIEL 3656 §103§112 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Dec 22, 2024
18973079 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DEPTH CHARACTERIZATION SHUI, MING §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 08, 2024
18799731 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND CONTROL MODULES FOR CONTROLLING GRASPING BY ROBOT SYSTEMS WATTS III, JAMES MILLER 3657 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Aug 09, 2024
18799726 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND CONTROL MODULES FOR CONTROLLING GRASPING BY ROBOT SYSTEMS VISCARRA, RICARDO I 3657 §102§103Other Non-Final OA Pending Aug 09, 2024
18759939 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND CONTROL MODULES FOR GRASPING BY ROBOTS PATTON, SPENCER D 3656 §102§103 Final Rejection 13d Pending Jun 30, 2024
18655623 MULTI-PURPOSE ROBOTS, SYSTEMS, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS, AND METHODS FOR EVALUATING STATE REPRESENTATIONS OF THE SAME OSTROW, ALAN LINDSAY 3657 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 06, 2024
18655614 MULTI-PURPOSE ROBOTS, SYSTEMS, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS, AND METHODS FOR EVALUATING STATE REPRESENTATIONS OF THE SAME GAMMON, MATTHEW CHRISTOPHER 3657 §102§112 Final Rejection 19d overdue Pending May 06, 2024
18640736 SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR CONTACT DETECTION BY A ROBOT SYSTEM GAMMON, MATTHEW CHRISTOPHER 3657 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 19, 2024
18425577 SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR OPERATING A ROBOTIC SYSTEM SALEH, ZAID MUHAMMAD 2668 §103 Final Rejection 72d overdue Pending Jan 29, 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
18425547 SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR OPERATING A ROBOTIC SYSTEM ABUELHAWA, MOHAMMED YOUSEF 3656 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 29, 2024
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
17846243 SYSTEMS, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS, AND METHODS FOR BUILDING SIMULATED WORLDS WHITE, JAY MICHAEL 2188 §101§103Other Final Rejection 121d overdue Pending Jun 22, 2022
17846262 SYSTEMS, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS, AND METHODS FOR BUILDING SIMULATED WORLDS WHITE, JAY MICHAEL 2188 §101§102§103§112 Final Rejection 121d overdue Pending Jun 22, 2022

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