Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
38 pending office actions • 7 clients • 37 examiners • 32 art units • 1 of 38 (3%) have an AI response strategy ready
DUFT & BORNSEN, PC handles Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems matters and reports 35 pending office actions across 2353 career applications. The figures show active prosecution within a recorded portfolio of meaningful scale.
The resolved allowance rate is 89.33%, and allowed matters average 3.33 office actions per allowance. Most resolved matters therefore reach allowance, while successful cases commonly involve multiple examination exchanges. For practitioners, the profile suggests a practice where sustained prosecution work accompanies a favorable resolved outcome in transportation and mechanical systems.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 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. 5 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 only | 2 (5%) |
| §101 + other | 5 (13%) |
| §103 only | 15 (39%) |
| §102 only | 3 (8%) |
| §112 only | 1 (3%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 12 (32%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GONZALEZ, LUIS A | 2 | 84.9% | +4.5% |
| MICHAUD, ROBERT J | 1 | 83.6% | +11.9% |
| REINERT, JONATHAN E | 1 | 85.1% | +1.7% |
| EKPO, NNENNA NGOZI | 1 | 71.8% | +20.8% |
| NASHER, AHMED ABDULLALIM-M | 1 | 78.8% | +29.6% |
| SANTOS, KIRSTEN JADE M | 1 | 52.8% | +35.2% |
| WASAFF, JOHN S. | 1 | 33.8% | +44.0% |
| MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA | 1 | 72.3% | +27.2% |
| SALVUCCI, MATTHEW D | 1 | 72.4% | +27.1% |
| BEATTY, COLLIN X | 1 | 82.1% | +14.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19262529 | SHEET STACKING DEVICE | GONZALEZ, LUIS A | — |
| 18950338 | OPTICAL SIGNAL SWITCHING DEVICE | BEATTY, COLLIN X | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17847318 | SHOCK ABSORBER AND PACKAGING SYSTEM | STEVENS, ALLAN D | 348d overdue |
| 18835722 | ROAD SURFACE EVALUATION APPARATUS | MIRZA, ADNAN M | 42d overdue |
| 19430015 | STEERING APPARATUS | GONZALEZ, LUIS A | — |
| 19397531 | IN-VEHICLE INFORMATION TERMINAL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD | MICHAUD, ROBERT J | — |
| 19060903 | CABIN ENVIRONMENT CONTROL APPARATUS | REINERT, JONATHAN E | — |
| 19032083 | POINT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, POINT MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM | WASAFF, JOHN S. | — |
| 18973075 | VEHICULAR VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS | SALVUCCI, MATTHEW D | — |
| 18852782 | DRIVING ABILITY DETERMINATION SYSTEM AND DRIVING ABILITY DETERMINATION METHOD | UTAMA, ROBERT J | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19060711 | CONTENT REPRODUCTION APPARATUS | EKPO, NNENNA NGOZI | 1d overdue |
| 19397531 | IN-VEHICLE INFORMATION TERMINAL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD | MICHAUD, ROBERT J | — |
| 19048941 | POSITION ESTIMATION APPARATUS | NASHER, AHMED ABDULLALIM-M | — |
| 18836680 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE APPARATUS | SANTOS, KIRSTEN JADE M | — |
| 19032083 | POINT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, POINT MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM | WASAFF, JOHN S. | — |
| 19001497 | RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) RANGING IN PROPAGATION LIMITED RF ENVIRONMENTS UTILIZING AERIAL VEHICLES | MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA | — |
| 18973075 | VEHICULAR VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS | SALVUCCI, MATTHEW D | — |
| 18950338 | OPTICAL SIGNAL SWITCHING DEVICE | BEATTY, COLLIN X | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Honda | 26 |
| Ricoh | 6 |
| Nokia | 2 |
| Etria Co., Ltd. | 1 |
| RTR Technologies, Inc | 1 |
| PACIFIC CONSULTANTS CO., LTD. | 1 |
| Carcal Experts | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3667 | 3 |
| 3653 | 2 |
| 3665 | 2 |
| 3666 | 2 |
| 2622 | 1 |
| 3668 | 1 |
| 2425 | 1 |
| 2675 | 1 |
| 3664 | 1 |
| 3629 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19430015 | STEERING APPARATUS | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | GONZALEZ, LUIS A | 3653 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 22, 2025 |
| 19397531 | IN-VEHICLE INFORMATION TERMINAL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | MICHAUD, ROBERT J | 2622 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2025 |
| 19262529 | SHEET STACKING DEVICE | Etria Co., Ltd. | GONZALEZ, LUIS A | 3653 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 08, 2025 |
| 19060903 | CABIN ENVIRONMENT CONTROL APPARATUS | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | REINERT, JONATHAN E | 3668 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 24, 2025 |
| 19060711 | CONTENT REPRODUCTION APPARATUS | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | EKPO, NNENNA NGOZI | 2425 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 1d overdue | Pending | Feb 23, 2025 |
| 19048941 | POSITION ESTIMATION APPARATUS | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | NASHER, AHMED ABDULLALIM-M | 2675 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 09, 2025 |
| 18836680 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE APPARATUS | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | SANTOS, KIRSTEN JADE M | 3664 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2025 |
| 19032083 | POINT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, POINT MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM | Ricoh Company, Ltd. | WASAFF, JOHN S. | 3629 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 19, 2025 |
| 19001497 | RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) RANGING IN PROPAGATION LIMITED RF ENVIRONMENTS UTILIZING AERIAL VEHICLES | Rtr Technologies, Inc. | MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA | 3648 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 25, 2024 |
| 18973075 | VEHICULAR VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | SALVUCCI, MATTHEW D | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 08, 2024 | |
| 18950338 | OPTICAL SIGNAL SWITCHING DEVICE | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | BEATTY, COLLIN X | 2872 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 |
| 18950328 | IN-VEHICLE DETECTION APPARATUS | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | RATCLIFFE, LUKE D | 3665 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 |
| 18939405 | STEERING APPARATUS | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | HAILE, BENYAM | 2688 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2024 |
| 18931949 | COUPLER AND PACKAGING BOX | Ricoh Company, Ltd. | BINDA, GREGORY JOHN | 3679 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2024 |
| 18931892 | CLOUD COMMUNICATIONS TO/FROM PRINTING DEVICES | Ricoh Company, Ltd. | ZONG, HELEN | 2683 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2024 |
| 18903131 | MAP GENERATION APPARATUS AND MAP GENERATION SYSTEM | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | HORNER, MINATO LEE | 3665 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 01, 2024 |
| 18852782 | DRIVING ABILITY DETERMINATION SYSTEM AND DRIVING ABILITY DETERMINATION METHOD | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | UTAMA, ROBERT J | 3715 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
| 18852834 | TRAVELING ROUTE ESTIMATION APPARATUS | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | WONG, YUEN H | 3667 | §101§102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
| 18800054 | GAS-LIQUID SEPARATOR | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | HOBSON, STEPHEN | 1776 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 10, 2024 |
| 18835722 | ROAD SURFACE EVALUATION APPARATUS | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | MIRZA, ADNAN M | 3667 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 42d overdue | Pending | Aug 03, 2024 |
| 18764545 | VENTILATION APPARATUS FOR FUEL CELL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR FUEL CELL | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | HAUTH, GALEN H | 1743 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 05, 2024 |
| 18758218 | MAP GENERATION APPARATUS AND MAP GENERATION SYSTEM | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | GASCA ALVA JR, MOISES | 3667 | §103 | Final Rejection | 36d | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18749618 | REPAIR INFORMATION PROVISION APPARATUS AND REPAIR INFORMATION PROVISION METHOD | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | KUNTZ, JEWEL A | 3666 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 |
| 18743413 | MAP GENERATION APPARATUS | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | JONES, JODI MARIE | 3666 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 14, 2024 |
| 18659931 | IMAGE READING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD | Ricoh Company, Ltd. | RIVERA-MARTINEZ, GUILLERMO M | 2677 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2024 |
| 18651682 | MERGER OF EMBEDDED FONTS IN ELECTRONIC FILES | Ricoh Company, Ltd. | ZHANG, FAN | 2682 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 30, 2024 |
| 18646009 | MACHINE LEARNING PIPELINE FOR DEPLOYING SCALABLE DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS USING A LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL | Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy | HADDAD, MAJD MAHER | 2125 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 25, 2024 |
| 18616342 | HOLDING APPARATUS | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | VO, JIMMY | 1723 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 26, 2024 |
| 18602020 | ROAD SURFACE EVALUATION APPARATUS | Pacific Consultants Co., Ltd. | MARINI, MATTHEW G | 2853 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 12, 2024 |
| 18588152 | FUEL CELL STACK | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | CHUO, TONY SHENG HSIANG | 1751 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2024 |
| 18587569 | DEPOLYMERIZATION LIQUID GENERATION SYSTEM | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | BOYKIN, TERRESSA M | 1765 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2024 |
| 18587495 | FUEL CELL STACK | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | FENNELL, GEORGE WOLFE STONE | 1781 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2024 |
| 18440022 | PORTABLE CALIBRATION ASSEMBLY AND METHOD | Carcal Experts | SAUNDERS, ANNA JOSEPHINE | 2855 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2024 |
| 18439995 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | KASPER, BYRON XAVIER | 3657 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2024 |
| 18401552 | EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT RECOGNITION APPARATUS | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | GEISS, BRIAN BUTLER | 2857 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 31, 2023 |
| 18238483 | PROPULSION FORCE CONTROL APPARATUS | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | WANG, MICHAEL H | 3642 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 26, 2023 |
| 18334794 | AUTHENTICATION PROCEDURE | Nokia Technologies Oy | NOEL, LYDIA LOUIS-FILS | 2437 | §103 | Final Rejection | 170d overdue | AI Ready | Jun 14, 2023 |
| 17847318 | SHOCK ABSORBER AND PACKAGING SYSTEM | Ricoh Company, Ltd. | STEVENS, ALLAN D | 3736 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 348d overdue | Pending | Jun 23, 2022 |
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Start Free Trial89.3% of resolved applications prosecuted by Duft & Bornsen, Pc were allowed, across 2,353 applications in USPTO records.
3.33 office actions per allowed application on average.
38 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 7 clients, before 37 examiners in 32 art units.
