Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Gesmer Updegrove LLP

17 pending office actions • 5 clients • 16 examiners • 12 art units • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 56 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

17
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
9
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 15 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

8
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
3
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 15 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (8)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (3)Due later (1)

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.

0
Hard (0%)
14
Medium (82%)
1
Easy (6%)
2
Unknown (12%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only13 (76%)
§102 only1 (6%)
§112 only1 (6%)
No statute on record2 (12%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
12% of docket
15
Mechanical / Eng
88% 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.

170 h
Manual time on pending OAs
34 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
59 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CASTILHO, EDUARDO D 2 47.4% +20.7%
SINGH, KAVEL 1 83.6% +14.0%
KHANDPUR, JAY 1 85.3% +10.6%
DO, TRUC M 1 82.4% +7.3%
SOHN, SEUNG C 1 87.1% +10.2%
JOHNSON, KYLE T 1 85.1% +15.5%
DILLON JR, JOSEPH A 1 81.0% +6.9%
LEVINE, ADAM L 1 35.7% +40.5%
AMIN, BHAVESH V 1 79.4% +15.3%
HOQUE, SHAHEDA SHABNAM 1 44.1% +35.3%

Quick Wins (5)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18919512 MOBILE CARRIERS FOR USE IN SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING OBJECTS INCLUDING MOBILE MATRIX CARRIER SYSTEMS KHANDPUR, JAY 30d overdue
18919676 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED PACKAGING AND PROCESSING FOR SHIPPING WITH CONTAINER ALIGNMENT DO, TRUC M 30d overdue
18918224 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIBRATION REDUCTION IN ENCODER-BASED GALVANOMETERS SOHN, SEUNG C 26d
18885861 DYNAMIC PROCESSING OF OBJECTS PROVIDED IN ELEVATED VEHICLES WITH EVACUATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECEIVING OBJECTS DILLON JR, JOSEPH A 26d
18924068 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING OBJECTS INCLUDING PAYLOAD STABILITY ANALYSIS SYSTEMS SINGH, KAVEL 40d

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
18893887 ONE WAY FUNCTIONS IN A RESOURCE TRANSFER SYSTEM CASTILHO, EDUARDO D 70d overdue
18919512 MOBILE CARRIERS FOR USE IN SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING OBJECTS INCLUDING MOBILE MATRIX CARRIER SYSTEMS KHANDPUR, JAY 30d overdue
18384258 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED PACKAGING AND PROCESSING WITH OBJECT PLACEMENT POSE CONTROL HOQUE, SHAHEDA SHABNAM 28d overdue
18791764 TRANSACTIONAL PLATFORM UTILIZING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE LEVINE, ADAM L 24d overdue
18918224 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIBRATION REDUCTION IN ENCODER-BASED GALVANOMETERS SOHN, SEUNG C 26d
18893949 HOLD CONDITION IN A RESOURCE TRANSFER SYSTEM CASTILHO, EDUARDO D 35d
18924068 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING OBJECTS INCLUDING PAYLOAD STABILITY ANALYSIS SYSTEMS SINGH, KAVEL 40d
18911308 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SKU INDUCTION, DECANTING AND AUTOMATED-ELIGIBILITY ESTIMATION JOHNSON, KYLE T

Client Portfolio (5 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36583
36982
36572
36552
36511
28781
36561
36531
36891
37261

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18924068 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING OBJECTS INCLUDING PAYLOAD STABILITY ANALYSIS SYSTEMS Berkshire Grey Operating Company, Inc. SINGH, KAVEL 3651 §103 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Oct 23, 2024
18919512 MOBILE CARRIERS FOR USE IN SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING OBJECTS INCLUDING MOBILE MATRIX CARRIER SYSTEMS Berkshire Grey Operating Company, Inc. KHANDPUR, JAY 3658 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Oct 18, 2024
18919676 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED PACKAGING AND PROCESSING FOR SHIPPING WITH CONTAINER ALIGNMENT Berkshire Grey Operating Company, Inc. DO, TRUC M 3658 §102 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Oct 18, 2024
18918224 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIBRATION REDUCTION IN ENCODER-BASED GALVANOMETERS Novanta Corporation SOHN, SEUNG C 2878 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Oct 17, 2024
18911308 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SKU INDUCTION, DECANTING AND AUTOMATED-ELIGIBILITY ESTIMATION Berkshire Grey Operating Company, Inc. JOHNSON, KYLE T 3656 Final Rejection Pending Oct 10, 2024
18893949 HOLD CONDITION IN A RESOURCE TRANSFER SYSTEM Interledger Foundation Inc. CASTILHO, EDUARDO D 3698 §103 Final Rejection 35d Pending Sep 23, 2024
18893887 ONE WAY FUNCTIONS IN A RESOURCE TRANSFER SYSTEM Interledger Foundation Inc. CASTILHO, EDUARDO D 3698 §103 Final Rejection 70d overdue Pending Sep 23, 2024
18885861 DYNAMIC PROCESSING OF OBJECTS PROVIDED IN ELEVATED VEHICLES WITH EVACUATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECEIVING OBJECTS Berkshire Grey Operating Company, Inc. DILLON JR, JOSEPH A 3653 §112 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Sep 16, 2024
18791764 TRANSACTIONAL PLATFORM UTILIZING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Mine Zero GmbH LEVINE, ADAM L 3689 §103 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Aug 01, 2024
18756830 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REINFORCING PROGRAMMING EDUCATION THROUGH ROBOTIC FEEDBACK Moravia Education, Inc. AMIN, BHAVESH V 3657 Other Final Rejection Pending Jun 27, 2024
18384258 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED PACKAGING AND PROCESSING WITH OBJECT PLACEMENT POSE CONTROL Berkshire Grey Operating Company, Inc. HOQUE, SHAHEDA SHABNAM 3658 §103 Final Rejection 28d overdue Pending Oct 26, 2023
18384235 PNEUMATIC SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING HIGH FLOW VACUUM ACQUISITION IN AUTOMATED SYSTEMS Berkshire Grey Operating Company, Inc. BESLER, CHRISTOPHER JAMES 3726 §103 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Oct 26, 2023
18379853 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING WOBBLE REDUCTION IN GALVANOMETERS Novanta Corporation MULLINS, BURTON S 2834 §103 Final Rejection 75d Pending Oct 13, 2023
18218316 OBJECT PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH PICK VERIFICATION Berkshire Grey Operating Company, Inc. SAMPLE, JONATHAN L 3657 §103 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending Jul 05, 2023
17959862 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC PROCESSING OF OBJECTS PROVIDED IN VEHICLES WITH COOPERATING PROGRAMMABLE MOTION DEVICES Berkshire Grey Operating Company, Inc. BROTHERS, LAURENCE RAPHAEL 3655 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Oct 04, 2022
17738346 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING AN OPERATOR INDUCTED ROBOTIC PUT WALL Berkshire Grey Operating Company, Inc. MORRIS, ERIN GRANT 3655 §103 Final Rejection 26d overdue Pending May 06, 2022
17478405 MOBILE CARRIERS FOR USE IN SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING OBJECTS INCLUDING MOBILE MATRIX CARRIER SYSTEMS Berkshire Grey Operating Company, Inc. ROMANO, ASHLEY K 3652 §103 Final Rejection 40d Pending Sep 17, 2021

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