Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
6 pending office actions • 4 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days
Shenzhen Mammotion Innovation Co. Limited has 6 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are assigned to 6 distinct examiners across 4 distinct art units. This indicates that every pending action is being reviewed by a different examiner. The 4 distinct art units involved suggest that the company's innovations are being evaluated by several different specialized groups. This distribution requires a strategy that accounts for the varied standards of multiple examination units.
The busiest examiner, THOMAS, ANA D, has 1 pending action. This matches the distribution where 6 distinct examiners handle the 6 total pending office actions. With 6 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units, the portfolio is decentralized across multiple individuals. Practitioners should be prepared to address the specific requirements of 4 different art units while managing 6 separate examiner relationships in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector. The lack of examiner overlap suggests that each application is being evaluated independently.
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.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (17%) |
| §103 only | 1 (17%) |
| §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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| THOMAS, ANA D | 1 | 87.8% | +6.7% |
| LEE, BRANDON DONGPA | 1 | 77.5% | +23.8% |
| REDA, MATTHEW J | 1 | 54.9% | +28.7% |
| ALLEN, PAUL MCCARTHY | 1 | 44.6% | +32.5% |
| HARCOURT, BRAD | 1 | 84.2% | +5.3% |
| BEMKO, TARAS P | 1 | 84.4% | +19.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19305540 | MOWER CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM BASED ON SINGLE JOYSTICK, AND RELATED DEVICE | THOMAS, ANA D | — |
| 18809327 | ANTI-COLLISION DEVICE AND ROBOT | BEMKO, TARAS P | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19017281 | INTELLIGENT OBSTACLE AVOIDANCE METHOD, AND MOWING ROBOT AND STORAGE MEDIUM | REDA, MATTHEW J | 23d overdue |
| 19011872 | OPERATION MAP CONSTRUCTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, MOWING ROBOT, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | ALLEN, PAUL MCCARTHY | — |
| 18911001 | MOWING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ROBOTIC LAWN MOWER AND STORAGE MEDIUM | HARCOURT, BRAD | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19017281 | INTELLIGENT OBSTACLE AVOIDANCE METHOD, AND MOWING ROBOT AND STORAGE MEDIUM | REDA, MATTHEW J | 23d overdue |
| 19032734 | MOWING METHOD AND DEVICE, MOWING ROBOT, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | LEE, BRANDON DONGPA | — |
| 19011872 | OPERATION MAP CONSTRUCTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, MOWING ROBOT, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | ALLEN, PAUL MCCARTHY | — |
| 18809327 | ANTI-COLLISION DEVICE AND ROBOT | BEMKO, TARAS P | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3661 | 1 |
| 3662 | 1 |
| 3665 | 1 |
| 3669 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19305540 | MOWER CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM BASED ON SINGLE JOYSTICK, AND RELATED DEVICE | THOMAS, ANA D | 3661 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 20, 2025 |
| 19032734 | MOWING METHOD AND DEVICE, MOWING ROBOT, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | LEE, BRANDON DONGPA | 3662 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 21, 2025 |
| 19017281 | INTELLIGENT OBSTACLE AVOIDANCE METHOD, AND MOWING ROBOT AND STORAGE MEDIUM | REDA, MATTHEW J | 3665 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 23d overdue | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 |
| 19011872 | OPERATION MAP CONSTRUCTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, MOWING ROBOT, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | ALLEN, PAUL MCCARTHY | 3669 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 07, 2025 |
| 18911001 | MOWING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ROBOTIC LAWN MOWER AND STORAGE MEDIUM | HARCOURT, BRAD | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 09, 2024 |
| 18809327 | ANTI-COLLISION DEVICE AND ROBOT | BEMKO, TARAS P | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 20, 2024 |
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