Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Topcon Positioning Systems Inc.

8 pending office actions • 7 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 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
2
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 60 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.

2
Hard (25%)
5
Medium (62%)
1
Easy (12%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (25%)
§103 only5 (62%)
§112 only1 (12%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
12% of docket
1
Communications
12% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
62% of docket
1
Business / Other
12% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MASHELE, BONGANI JABULANI 1 84.7% +2.3%
KUMAR, KALYANAVENKA K 1 72.7% +18.5%
GALT, CASSI J 1 69.5% +15.8%
ALLEN, PAUL MCCARTHY 1 45.0% +32.6%
CHEN, SHELLEY 1 66.0% +20.2%
MCPHERSON, JAMES M 1 82.3% +17.2%
BLOOMQUIST, KEITH D 1 62.8% +18.3%
DRYDEN, EMMA ELIZABETH 1 65.2% +31.8%

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
18865712 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MITIGATION OF GNSS-SIGNAL INTERFERENCE MASHELE, BONGANI JABULANI

Hard Cases (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18586605 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ZONE MAPPING MCPHERSON, JAMES M 56d
18479258 MATERIAL DENSITY INDEX BLOOMQUIST, KEITH D

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18708628 GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEM RECEIVER GALT, CASSI J 24d overdue
18627401 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MACHINE OPERATOR COMMAND ATTENUATION ALLEN, PAUL MCCARTHY 34d
18586605 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ZONE MAPPING MCPHERSON, JAMES M 56d
18908743 AUTOMATED INSPECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD KUMAR, KALYANAVENKA K
18691625 AUTOMATED STEERING BY MACHINE VISION CHEN, SHELLEY
18479258 MATERIAL DENSITY INDEX BLOOMQUIST, KEITH D
18255684 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING MARKER POSITION AND ATTITUDE DRYDEN, EMMA ELIZABETH

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3653 1
3648 1
3669 1
3665 1
3663 1
2171 1
2677 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18865712 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MITIGATION OF GNSS-SIGNAL INTERFERENCE MASHELE, BONGANI JABULANI §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 14, 2024
18908743 AUTOMATED INSPECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD KUMAR, KALYANAVENKA K 3653 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 07, 2024
18708628 GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEM RECEIVER GALT, CASSI J 3648 §112 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending May 09, 2024
18627401 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MACHINE OPERATOR COMMAND ATTENUATION ALLEN, PAUL MCCARTHY 3669 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Apr 04, 2024
18691625 AUTOMATED STEERING BY MACHINE VISION CHEN, SHELLEY 3665 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 13, 2024
18586605 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ZONE MAPPING MCPHERSON, JAMES M 3663 §101§103 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Feb 26, 2024
18479258 MATERIAL DENSITY INDEX BLOOMQUIST, KEITH D 2171 §101§102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Oct 02, 2023
18255684 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING MARKER POSITION AND ATTITUDE DRYDEN, EMMA ELIZABETH 2677 §103Other Final Rejection Pending Jun 02, 2023

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