Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
29 pending office actions • 1 client • 26 examiners • 21 art units • 0 of 29 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
ABB - Whitmyer IP Group LLC handles Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems matters and has 28 pending office actions. Its record contains 2544 career applications, giving the outcome measures a broad prosecution base.
The resolved allowance rate is 89.71%, and applications reaching allowance have averaged 3.33 office actions. This profile supports evaluating the firm as an established option for a sizable mechanical and transportation portfolio, with prosecution that commonly extends beyond an initial examination exchange.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 3 (10%) |
| §103 only | 9 (31%) |
| §102 only | 1 (3%) |
| §112 only | 1 (3%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 15 (52%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TUROCY, DAVID P | 2 | 46.9% | +35.8% |
| TANG, BRYANT | 2 | 86.1% | +0.2% |
| SNYDER, ALAN W | 2 | 82.2% | +12.3% |
| TAN, OLIVER E | 1 | 72.6% | +8.8% |
| BEDEWI, RAMI NABIH | 1 | 67.7% | +27.9% |
| HOLLOWAY, JASON R | 1 | 75.1% | +21.3% |
| KIDWELL, KAITLYN ELIZABETH | 1 | 76.5% | +22.6% |
| AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN | 1 | 78.6% | +23.2% |
| WILENSKY, MOSHE K | 1 | 75.4% | +15.8% |
| KONG, SZE-HON | 1 | 65.3% | +15.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18551247 | Industrial Robot with A Peer-To-Peer Communication Interface to Support Collaboration Among Robots | TANG, BRYANT | — |
| 18261747 | ASSEMBLING APPARATUS, ASSEMBLING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | TANG, BRYANT | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18554707 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF DETERMINING POINT FOR PROCESSING WORKPIECE | KOSSEK, MAGDALENA IZABELLA | 11d overdue |
| 18695952 | Method and Apparatus for Robot Trajectory Planning | JEN, MINGJEN | 7d |
| 18262460 | ASSEMBLY, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MACHINING MECHANICAL PART | SNYDER, ALAN W | 26d |
| 18577465 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A PRINTHEAD | DANDRIDGE, CHRISTOPHER R. | 62d |
| 19303564 | Method for Optimizing a Geometric Path for a Robot Device Around an Obstacle | TAN, OLIVER E | — |
| 19288093 | Method for an Optimized Motion Planning of a Robot Device | BEDEWI, RAMI NABIH | — |
| 19222667 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROGRAMMING AN INDUSTRIAL ROBOT | HOLLOWAY, JASON R | — |
| 19194339 | Surface Inspection Apparatus and Method | KIDWELL, KAITLYN ELIZABETH | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18262460 | ASSEMBLY, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MACHINING MECHANICAL PART | SNYDER, ALAN W | 26d |
| 19288093 | Method for an Optimized Motion Planning of a Robot Device | BEDEWI, RAMI NABIH | — |
| 19222667 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROGRAMMING AN INDUSTRIAL ROBOT | HOLLOWAY, JASON R | — |
| 19194339 | Surface Inspection Apparatus and Method | KIDWELL, KAITLYN ELIZABETH | — |
| 19080204 | PRE-CHARGE CIRCUITS FOR DIRECT CURRENT BUS TRANSIENT VOLTAGE PROTECTION | AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN | — |
| 19058983 | TOOL SWITCHING APPARATUS | WILENSKY, MOSHE K | — |
| 19104385 | Method of Determining Relationship Between Robot Coordinate System and External Surface | KONG, SZE-HON | — |
| 18649125 | COATING MACHINE | TUROCY, DAVID P | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| ABB | 29 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3658 | 3 |
| 3618 | 3 |
| 3666 | 2 |
| 3657 | 2 |
| 1718 | 2 |
| 3722 | 2 |
| 3669 | 1 |
| 2877 | 1 |
| 2838 | 1 |
| 3726 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19303564 | Method for Optimizing a Geometric Path for a Robot Device Around an Obstacle | ABB Schweiz AG | TAN, OLIVER E | 3669 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 19, 2025 |
| 19288093 | Method for an Optimized Motion Planning of a Robot Device | ABB Schweiz AG | BEDEWI, RAMI NABIH | 3666 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 01, 2025 |
| 19222667 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROGRAMMING AN INDUSTRIAL ROBOT | ABB Schweiz AG | HOLLOWAY, JASON R | 3658 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 29, 2025 |
| 19194339 | Surface Inspection Apparatus and Method | ABB Schweiz AG | KIDWELL, KAITLYN ELIZABETH | 2877 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 30, 2025 |
| 19080204 | PRE-CHARGE CIRCUITS FOR DIRECT CURRENT BUS TRANSIENT VOLTAGE PROTECTION | ABB Schweiz AG | AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN | 2838 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2025 |
| 19058983 | TOOL SWITCHING APPARATUS | ABB Schweiz AG | WILENSKY, MOSHE K | 3726 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 20, 2025 |
| 19104385 | Method of Determining Relationship Between Robot Coordinate System and External Surface | ABB Schweiz AG | KONG, SZE-HON | 3657 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 18, 2025 |
| 19042362 | FIXTURE AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING BUNDLED CARDBOARD | ABB Schweiz AG | SUN, GEORGE | 3673 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2025 |
| 19100298 | Industrial Robot | ABB Schweiz AG | PRATHER, GREGORY T | 3618 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2025 |
| 18695952 | Method and Apparatus for Robot Trajectory Planning | ABB Schweiz AG | JEN, MINGJEN | 3657 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 7d | Pending | Nov 05, 2024 |
| 18839188 | ASSEMBLY FOR MOUNTING ONE OR MORE LINES, AND SYSTEM | ABB Schweiz AG | ROBINSON, KRYSTAL | 2847 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 16, 2024 |
| 18729926 | Method and Device for Providing Structured Indications of Noise Emissions from an Industrial Robot | ABB Schweiz AG | AZHAR, ARSLAN | 3656 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2024 |
| 18751475 | THREAD MACHINING APPARATUS, METHOD AND SYSTEM | ABB Schweiz AG | GATES, ERIC ANDREW | 3725 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2024 |
| 18717152 | INDUSTRIAL ROBOT COMPRISING SEALED COVER | ABB Schweiz AG | BROWN, JOSEPH HENRY | 3618 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2024 |
| 18649125 | COATING MACHINE | ABB Schweiz AG | TUROCY, DAVID P | 1718 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 29, 2024 |
| 18610791 | Fruit Picking Robot and End Effector Therefore | ABB Schweiz AG | RAILEY, JENNIFER A | 3676 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2024 |
| 18422119 | Robot Gripper and Method of Using It | ABB Schweiz AG | LOIKITH, CATHERINE A | 3674 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 25, 2024 |
| 18577465 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A PRINTHEAD | ABB Schweiz AG | DANDRIDGE, CHRISTOPHER R. | 3752 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 62d | Pending | Jan 08, 2024 |
| 18577557 | Method of Inactivating Pathogens, Control System and Robot System | ABB Schweiz AG | SPAMER, DONALD R | 1799 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2024 |
| 18554707 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF DETERMINING POINT FOR PROCESSING WORKPIECE | ABB Schweiz AG | KOSSEK, MAGDALENA IZABELLA | 2117 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 11d overdue | Pending | Oct 10, 2023 |
| 18551247 | Industrial Robot with A Peer-To-Peer Communication Interface to Support Collaboration Among Robots | ABB Schweiz AG | TANG, BRYANT | 3658 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2023 |
| 18547392 | Method of Monitoring Cleaning of Coating Apparatus, Method of Cleaning Coating Apparatus, Coating Apparatuses, and Robot System | ABB Schweiz AG | RIVERA-CORDERO, ARLYN I | 1714 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 22, 2023 |
| 18262460 | ASSEMBLY, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MACHINING MECHANICAL PART | ABB Schweiz AG | SNYDER, ALAN W | 3722 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 26d | Pending | Jul 21, 2023 |
| 18261747 | ASSEMBLING APPARATUS, ASSEMBLING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | ABB Schweiz AG | TANG, BRYANT | 3658 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2023 |
| 18260103 | ASSEMBLY AND APPARATUS FOR MACHINING MECHANICAL PART | ABB Schweiz AG | SNYDER, ALAN W | 3722 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 30, 2023 |
| 18251318 | Self-Contained Actuator for An Industrial Robot | ABB Schweiz AG | CICCHINO, PATRICK D | 3619 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 01, 2023 |
| 18185161 | ROBOT FOR COATING VEHICLE BODY | ABB Schweiz AG | TUROCY, DAVID P | 1718 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 16, 2023 |
| 18245598 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INDICATING A PLANNED ROBOT MOVEMENT | ABB Schweiz AG | CHOI, JISUN | 3666 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 16, 2023 |
| 18042182 | APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING CLEANLINESS OF ROBOT AND ASSOCIATED ROBOT | ABB Schweiz AG | MACARTHUR, VICTOR L | 3618 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 17, 2023 |
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Start Free Trial89.7% of resolved applications prosecuted by ABB - Whitmyer Ip Group LLC were allowed, across 2,544 applications in USPTO records.
3.33 office actions per allowed application on average.
29 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 1 client, before 26 examiners in 21 art units.
