Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Toyota Material Handling, Inc. is actively prosecuting patents in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The portfolio currently shows 3 pending office actions. These actions are spread across 3 distinct examiners, which means each examiner is handling a matter for the company. This distribution suggests a lack of examiner concentration, requiring the applicant to address different individual perspectives.
The examination process is occurring in the same number of distinct art units as there are examiners. This variety suggests that the company's innovations span multiple technical classifications within the transportation and mechanical sectors. A practitioner must be prepared to navigate the specific standards and tendencies of these different administrative groups. The diversity of art units indicates that the portfolio's technical scope is not limited to a specialized niche.
NGUYEN, CUONG H is identified as the busiest examiner for this portfolio. This examiner is currently managing 1 pending office action. Because the busiest examiner pending count is 1, the workload is evenly distributed among the examiners involved. This lack of concentration means that no single examiner's habits will disproportionately affect the overall portfolio status. Practitioners should focus on the individual requirements of each official.
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 | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGUYEN, CUONG H | 1 | 78.7% | +8.9% |
| MOHL, PATRICK DANIEL | 1 | 68.5% | +12.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19230539 | BATTERY TEMPERATURE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD | NGUYEN, CUONG H | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18822719 | MATERIAL HANDLING VEHICLE MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD | MOHL, PATRICK DANIEL | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3661 | 1 |
| 3666 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19230539 | BATTERY TEMPERATURE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD | NGUYEN, CUONG H | 3661 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2025 |
| 18822719 | MATERIAL HANDLING VEHICLE MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD | MOHL, PATRICK DANIEL | 3666 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 03, 2024 |
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