Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

UKG Inc.

Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

11 pending office actions • 5 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
3
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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (3)

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.

11
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only6 (55%)
§101 + other5 (45%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
9% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
10
Mechanical / Eng
91% 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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BOND, REED MADISON 2 11.5% +28.3%
GUNN, JEREMY L 1 29.9% +45.8%
GOYEA, OLUSEGUN 1 64.9% +33.3%
WEBB III, JAMES L 1 14.1% +22.3%
LOFTIS, JOHNNA RONEE 1 43.1% +4.5%
ALLEN, NICHOLAS E 1 75.6% +14.6%
GUILIANO, CHARLES A 1 37.5% +37.9%
SCHEUNEMANN, RICHARD N 1 6.3% +8.3%
OBAID, HAMZEH M 1 38.3% +22.4%
HENRY, MATTHEW D 1 29.7% +20.3%

Hard Cases (11)

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
18448793 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TRACKING WORKER BENEFACTION AT AN ORGANIZATION LOFTIS, JOHNNA RONEE 17d overdue
18158643 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADJUSTING A TIME SEQUENCE RESPONSIVE TO A PREDICTED OR A DETECTED AUSTERE EVENT SCHEUNEMANN, RICHARD N 8d overdue
18476716 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GEOGRAPHY-BASED DATA COLLECTION AND EVALUATION GOYEA, OLUSEGUN 5d overdue
18478444 SYSTEMS, APPARATUSES, AND METHODS FOR WORKFORCE CAPACITY PLANNING BOND, REED MADISON 26d
18476864 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELF-SCHEDULE RECOMMENDATIONS BOND, REED MADISON 34d
18158758 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A HIERARCHICAL FEATURE PROPAGATOR GUILIANO, CHARLES A 41d
18812467 WORKFORCE SCHEDULING BASED ON SHIFT ENUMERATION GUNN, JEREMY L 55d
18448797 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TRACKING WORKER BENEFACTION AT AN ORGANIZATION WEBB III, JAMES L —

Interview Candidates (9)

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
18476716 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GEOGRAPHY-BASED DATA COLLECTION AND EVALUATION GOYEA, OLUSEGUN 5d overdue
18478444 SYSTEMS, APPARATUSES, AND METHODS FOR WORKFORCE CAPACITY PLANNING BOND, REED MADISON 26d
18476864 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELF-SCHEDULE RECOMMENDATIONS BOND, REED MADISON 34d
18158758 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A HIERARCHICAL FEATURE PROPAGATOR GUILIANO, CHARLES A 41d
18812467 WORKFORCE SCHEDULING BASED ON SHIFT ENUMERATION GUNN, JEREMY L 55d
18448797 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TRACKING WORKER BENEFACTION AT AN ORGANIZATION WEBB III, JAMES L —
18222592 DATA STANDARDIZATION USING MACHINE LEARNING FOR COMPREHENSIVE QUERY PROCESSING ALLEN, NICHOLAS E —
18158763 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING MULTIPLE SCHEDULES FOR COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY OBAID, HAMZEH M —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3624 6
3625 2
3627 1
2154 1
3623 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18812467 WORKFORCE SCHEDULING BASED ON SHIFT ENUMERATION GUNN, JEREMY L 3624 §101 Final Rejection 55d Pending Aug 22, 2024
18478444 SYSTEMS, APPARATUSES, AND METHODS FOR WORKFORCE CAPACITY PLANNING BOND, REED MADISON 3624 §101 Final Rejection 26d Pending Sep 29, 2023
18476716 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GEOGRAPHY-BASED DATA COLLECTION AND EVALUATION GOYEA, OLUSEGUN 3627 §101 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Sep 28, 2023
18476864 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELF-SCHEDULE RECOMMENDATIONS BOND, REED MADISON 3624 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 34d Pending Sep 28, 2023
18448797 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TRACKING WORKER BENEFACTION AT AN ORGANIZATION WEBB III, JAMES L 3624 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 11, 2023
18448793 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TRACKING WORKER BENEFACTION AT AN ORGANIZATION LOFTIS, JOHNNA RONEE 3625 §101 Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Aug 11, 2023
18222592 DATA STANDARDIZATION USING MACHINE LEARNING FOR COMPREHENSIVE QUERY PROCESSING ALLEN, NICHOLAS E 2154 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 17, 2023
18158758 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A HIERARCHICAL FEATURE PROPAGATOR GUILIANO, CHARLES A 3623 §101§112 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Jan 24, 2023
18158643 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADJUSTING A TIME SEQUENCE RESPONSIVE TO A PREDICTED OR A DETECTED AUSTERE EVENT SCHEUNEMANN, RICHARD N 3624 §101§103 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Jan 24, 2023
18158763 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING MULTIPLE SCHEDULES FOR COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY OBAID, HAMZEH M 3624 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 24, 2023
18158652 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SEQUENCE MIMICKING HENRY, MATTHEW D 3625 §101 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 24, 2023

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