Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Kelly, Holt & Christenson (Johndeere)

Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

63 pending office actions • 14 clients • 61 examiners • 31 art units • 0 of 63 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=1224 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

92.8%
Allowance Rate
n=1224
+0.58σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1224
4.4
OAs to Allowance
n=693
+0.47σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=693
1151 days
Time to Allowance
n=693
+1.4pp
Interview Lift
n=1224
47.1%
RCE Rate
n=1224
2.4%
Appeal Rate
n=1224

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

49.4%
§101 Overcome
n=83
72.6%
§102 Overcome
n=430
74.2%
§103 Overcome
n=640
74.7%
§112 Overcome
n=391

Specialization & Scale

B05B, A01D, G01N
Top CPC Subclasses
16%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1224
1
Practitioners
n=1224
1224.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=1224

Portfolio Summary

63
Total Pending OAs
47
Non-Final OAs
12
Final Rejections
4
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 14 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
6
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
2
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. 14 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 30 days (6)Due ≤ 60 days (2)Due later (2)

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.

26
Hard (41%)
36
Medium (57%)
1
Easy (2%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only3 (5%)
§101 + other6 (10%)
§103 only30 (48%)
§102 only6 (10%)
§112 only1 (2%)
Multi-statute (no §101)17 (27%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
8% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
2
Communications
3% of docket
8
Semiconductors
13% of docket
36
Mechanical / Eng
57% of docket
12
Business / Other
19% 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.

630 h
Manual time on pending OAs
126 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
220 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
5.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CHEN, SHELLEY 2 66.2% +20.4%
BUTLER, KEVIN C 2 89.5% +8.8%
WEBER, TAMARA L 1 87.3% +11.9%
AN, IG TAI 1 56.9% +24.7%
SEOL, DAVIN 1 67.0% +15.2%
MALKOWSKI, KENNETH J 1 75.1% +18.7%
HUTCHINSON, ALAN D 1 78.8% +16.9%
GILBERTSON, SHAYNE M 1 76.6% +11.5%
YANG, WENYUAN 1 67.3% +18.2%
LEWANDROSKI, SARA J 1 81.0% +9.0%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18619768 COMPACT THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY HOUSING FOR GAS CHROMATOGRAPH BUTLER, KEVIN C 5d overdue
19310522 AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING TURNS ON AN AGRICULTURAL WORK MACHINE BASED UPON FIELD GEOMETRY WEBER, TAMARA L —
18622219 INDUSTRIAL TRANSMITTER HOUSING AND MOUNT BUTLER, KEVIN C —

Hard Cases (26)

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
18983069 SELF-HEALING MULTIMEDIA EMPLOYMENT GENERATIVE AI SYSTEM SUMMERS, KIERSTEN V 93d overdue
18651800 AIRLESS FLUID SPRAYING SYSTEM WITH FLUID FILTER DIAGNOSTICS WALTHOUR, SCOTT J 8d
18358401 PERFORMING A FILL-TO-WEIGHT UNLOADING OPERATION HARTMANN, ERIN MARIE 8d
18552000 Water tank having a filter cartridge MILLER-CRUZ, EKANDRA S. 14d
18607412 MULTI-TIER MULTIMEDIA EMPLOYMENT DISTRIBUTION HUB YESILDAG, LAURA G 28d
18770309 ACTIVE SOUND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN A WORK MACHINE AZIZ, SHEZA ABDUL 34d
19263820 ACCELERATION COMPENSATION IN CONTROLLING A SEEDING MACHINE AN, IG TAI —
19261349 AGRICULTURAL PRE-EMERGENCE WEED MITIGATION SYSTEM SEOL, DAVIN —

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
19310522 AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING TURNS ON AN AGRICULTURAL WORK MACHINE BASED UPON FIELD GEOMETRY WEBER, TAMARA L —
19263820 ACCELERATION COMPENSATION IN CONTROLLING A SEEDING MACHINE AN, IG TAI —
19261349 AGRICULTURAL PRE-EMERGENCE WEED MITIGATION SYSTEM SEOL, DAVIN —
19261166 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTONOMOUS WORK MACHINE APPROVAL MALKOWSKI, KENNETH J —
19242571 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTIVE MATERIAL PLACEMENT HUTCHINSON, ALAN D —
19233930 AIR SEEDING TURN COMPENSATION USING YAW RATE FROM SENSOR ON TOWING VEHICLE GILBERTSON, SHAYNE M —
19229463 MOBILE DEVICE BASED TELEMATIC FEATURE CONTROL USING VEHICLE TRIP START DETECTION YANG, WENYUAN —
18767685 REMOTE MACHINE OPERATING EFFECT ATTRIBUTE MONITORING DURING AN AGRICULTURAL OPERATION CHEN, SHELLEY —

Client Portfolio (14 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36655
36694
36613
37522
36562
36622
36682
36662
36672
36632

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19310522 AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING TURNS ON AN AGRICULTURAL WORK MACHINE BASED UPON FIELD GEOMETRY Deere & Company WEBER, TAMARA L §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 26, 2025
19263820 ACCELERATION COMPENSATION IN CONTROLLING A SEEDING MACHINE Deere & Company AN, IG TAI §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 09, 2025
19261349 AGRICULTURAL PRE-EMERGENCE WEED MITIGATION SYSTEM Deere & Company SEOL, DAVIN §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 07, 2025
19261166 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTONOMOUS WORK MACHINE APPROVAL Deere & Company MALKOWSKI, KENNETH J §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 07, 2025
19242571 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTIVE MATERIAL PLACEMENT Deere & Company HUTCHINSON, ALAN D §101§102§103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 18, 2025
19233930 AIR SEEDING TURN COMPENSATION USING YAW RATE FROM SENSOR ON TOWING VEHICLE Deere & Company GILBERTSON, SHAYNE M 3665 §102Other Final Rejection — Pending Jun 10, 2025
19229463 MOBILE DEVICE BASED TELEMATIC FEATURE CONTROL USING VEHICLE TRIP START DETECTION Sfara Inc. YANG, WENYUAN 3661 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 05, 2025
19186148 MOBILE MACHINE CONTROL SYSTEM Deere & Company LEWANDROSKI, SARA J §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 22, 2025
19106427 ACCIDENT DETECTION Sfara Inc. KHAN, OMER S §101§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 25, 2025
18991964 DRY POWDER FIRE EXTINGUISHER WITH IMPROVED GAS GENERATOR Spectronix Ltd. DANDRIDGE, CHRISTOPHER R. 3752 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 23, 2024
18984501 DYNAMIC PERCEPTION SYSTEM CALIBRATION Deere & Company PECHE, JORGE O 3656 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 17, 2024
18983069 SELF-HEALING MULTIMEDIA EMPLOYMENT GENERATIVE AI SYSTEM Peozzle Corporation SUMMERS, KIERSTEN V 3626 §101§102 Non-Final OA 93d overdue Pending Dec 16, 2024
18955472 CONTROLLING ACTUATION OF MULTIPLE IN-FURROW DOSING SYSTEMS Deere & Company NGUYEN, TAN QUANG 3661 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 21, 2024
18934955 GROUND SPEED AUTOMATION AND TERRAIN Deere & Company IVEY, DANA DESHAWN 3662 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 01, 2024
18934963 NON-CROP AREA DETECTION AND AUTOMATED CONTROL Deere & Company CAIN, AARON G 3656 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 01, 2024
18934941 SPEED CONTROL FOR AGRICULTURAL MATERIAL TRANSFER VEHICLE Deere & Company NGUYEN, STEVEN VU 3668 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 01, 2024
18912053 ACTIVE FEEDER-HOUSE POSITION CONTROL FOR TERRAIN FOLLOWING HEADERS Deere & Company HARCOURT, BRAD 3674 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 10, 2024
18907891 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTONOMOUS WORK MACHINE EXCEPTION HANDLING Deere & Company WANG, JINGLI 3666 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Oct 07, 2024
18898119 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING COTTON QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS AND CLASSIFYING COTTON CLUSTERS Deere & Company EL CHANTI, HUSSEIN A 3669 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 26, 2024
18889854 OPERATIONS SUPPORT FOR WATER PLAY AREA INSTALLATIONS Landscape Structures Inc. BERRY, SAMANTHA MARIE §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 19, 2024
18882435 OPERATIONS PROGRESS PREDICTION, OUTPUT, AND CONTROL Deere & Company GUNN, JEREMY L 3624 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 11, 2024
18810703 WAFER-LIKE SENSOR Cyberoptics Corporation PLESZCZYNSKA, JOANNA 1783 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 21, 2024
18782874 MATERIAL APPLICATION MACHINE WITH AMBIENT LIGHTING ADJUSTMENT Deere & Company PHAM, TUONGMINH NGUYEN 3752 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 24, 2024
18771493 HARVESTING PATH PLANNING SYSTEMS AND METHODS Deere & Company JIN, SELENA MENG 3667 §103 Non-Final OA 42d Pending Jul 12, 2024
18770309 ACTIVE SOUND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN A WORK MACHINE Deere & Company AZIZ, SHEZA ABDUL 2657 §103§112 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Jul 11, 2024
18767718 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HARVEST READINESS DETERMINATION AND MACHINE CONTROL Deere & Company REDA, MATTHEW J 3665 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 09, 2024
18767668 REMOTE SUPPORT MACHINE ATTRIBUTE MONITORING DURING AN AGRICULTURAL OPERATION Deere & Company SHAAWAT, MUSSA A 3669 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 09, 2024
18767693 REMOTE LATERAL ATTRIBUTE MONITORING DURING AN AGRICULTURAL OPERATION Deere & Company MILLER, PRESTON JAY 3661 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 09, 2024
18767669 REMOTE FORWARD ATTRIBUTE MONITORING DURING AN AGRICULTURAL OPERATION Deere & Company ALSOMAIRY, IBRAHIM ABDOALATIF 3667 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 09, 2024
18767653 REMOTE JOB QUALITY ATTRIBUTE MONITORING DURING AN AGRICULTURAL OPERATION Deere & Company ANWARI, MACEEH 3663 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 09, 2024
18767662 OBSTRUCTION AND REMOTE ATTRIBUTE MONITORING DURING AN AGRICULTURAL OPERATION Deere & Company BEAN, JARED C 3669 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 09, 2024
18767685 REMOTE MACHINE OPERATING EFFECT ATTRIBUTE MONITORING DURING AN AGRICULTURAL OPERATION Deere & Company CHEN, SHELLEY 3665 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 09, 2024
18753301 SENSOR DEVICES WITH OPTION MODULES Rosemount Inc. DUNLAP, JONATHAN M 2855 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 25, 2024
18747790 IMPELLER FOR A RADIAL FAN EBM-PAPST MULFINGEN GMBH & CO. KG ELLIOTT, TOPAZ L 3761 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 19, 2024
18651800 AIRLESS FLUID SPRAYING SYSTEM WITH FLUID FILTER DIAGNOSTICS Wagner Spray Tech Corporation WALTHOUR, SCOTT J 3741 §103§112 Final Rejection 8d Pending May 01, 2024
18650805 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH DECREASED SOURCE AND DRAIN RESISTANCE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD Institute Of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy Of Sciences ENAD, CHRISTINE A §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 30, 2024
18644923 OBSTACLE AVOIDANCE BY AUTOMATICALLY SHIFTING A GUIDANCE LINE Deere & Company CHEN, SHELLEY 3665 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 24, 2024
18629203 CONTINUOUS MATERIAL APPLICATION RATE CALIBRATION WITH ERROR IDENTIFICATION AND CAUSE IDENTIFICATION CART TANK CONTENTS Deere & Company LEE, BRANDON SUNG EUN 3668 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Apr 08, 2024
18624334 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Institute Of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy Of Sciences VANYO, MICHAEL MOHABIR §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 02, 2024
18622219 INDUSTRIAL TRANSMITTER HOUSING AND MOUNT Rosemount Inc. BUTLER, KEVIN C 2852 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 29, 2024
18619768 COMPACT THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY HOUSING FOR GAS CHROMATOGRAPH Rosemount Inc. BUTLER, KEVIN C 2852 §103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Mar 28, 2024
18607412 MULTI-TIER MULTIMEDIA EMPLOYMENT DISTRIBUTION HUB Peozzle Corporation YESILDAG, LAURA G 3629 §101 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Mar 15, 2024
18440268 FLUID SPRAY TIPS HAVING SECURING ELEMENTS FORMED IN THE FLUID SPRAY TIP BODY AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF Wagner Spray Tech Corporation FORD, RENE D 3741 §102 Non-Final OA 63d Pending Feb 13, 2024
18533479 CONTACTING-TYPE CONDUCTIVITY SENSOR WITH CORROSION DIAGNOSTIC Rosemount Inc. TRAN, VIVIAN AILINH 1794 §103 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Dec 08, 2023
18565701 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING DOUBLE-GATE STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS Institute Of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy Of Sciences OWENS, DOUGLAS W 2897 §102 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 30, 2023
18552000 Water tank having a filter cartridge Aclaris Water Innovations GmbH , Lindau , Zweigniederlassung MILLER-CRUZ, EKANDRA S. 1773 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Sep 22, 2023
18358401 PERFORMING A FILL-TO-WEIGHT UNLOADING OPERATION Deere & Company HARTMANN, ERIN MARIE 3664 §103§112 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Jul 25, 2023
18338794 PROCESS PRESSURE TRANSMITTER FOR HYDROGEN APPLICATIONS Rosemount Inc. HA, NGUYEN Q 2853 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 21, 2023
18333295 DYNAMIC BOUNDARIES FOR LOGISTICS CONTROL Deere & Company TROOST, AARON L 3666 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 12, 2023
18005756 SPIN ORBIT TORQUE MAGNETIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY CELL, SPIN ORBIT TORQUE MAGNETIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY ARRAY, AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING HAMMING DISTANCE Institute Of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy Of Sciences REECE, CHRISTOPHER LANE §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 17, 2023
18055955 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR MANAGING A DIGITAL INFORMATION EXCHANGE RELATED TO RESCUE OPERATIONS, AND METHOD FOR COORDINATING EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS AVAILABLE IN AN EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN POOL Peiker Holding GmbH PATEL, SHERYL GOPAL 4100 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 16, 2022
18051376 TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM ON A WORK VEHICLE WITH AUTOMATED SIM SELECTION CONTROLLER Deere & Company TULOP, JIRAPON INTAVONG 2693 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 31, 2022
18050200 SELECTIVE FERTILIZER PLACEMENT BASED ON OPTICAL SEED DETECTION Deere & Company ALZATEEMEH, HUSSAM ALDEEN 3662 §103 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Oct 27, 2022
17903231 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENSURING SEED QUALITY AT PLANTING USING TERAHERTZ SIGNALS Deere & Company DENNIS, KEVIN M 3647 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 06, 2022
17749619 HIGH PRESSURE SINGLE-USE ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYTICAL SENSOR Rosemount Inc. QIAN, SHIZHI 1795 §112 Final Rejection — Pending May 20, 2022
17731853 NANOWIRE/NANOSHEET DEVICE WITH SUPPORT PORTION, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS Institute Of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy Of Sciences PURVIS, SUE A 2800 §103Other Final Rejection — Pending Apr 28, 2022
17689349 PREDICTIVE IMPLEMENT HEIGHT CONTROL Deere & Company KHUU, IRENE C 3664 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 08, 2022
17584986 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING MATERIAL SPILL Deere & Company KAZIMI, MAHMOUD M 3665 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 26, 2022
17483091 INTRINSICALLY SAFE, REUSABLE, POWER MODULE FOR FIELD DEVICES Rosemount Inc. KRONE, TAYLOR HARRISON 1725 §103 Non-Final OA 61d Pending Sep 23, 2021
17234107 AVERAGING COMBUSTION IN-SITU OXYGEN ANALYZER Rosemount Inc. FAYYAZ, NASHMIYA SAQIB 2855 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 19, 2021
17224635 SYSTEM CONFIDENCE DISPLAY AND CONTROL FOR MOBILE MACHINES Deere & Company LAMBERT, GABRIEL JOSEPH RENE 3669 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 07, 2021
17086756 TOPOGRAPHIC CONFIDENCE AND CONTROL Deere & Company SANTOS, AARRON EDUARDO 3663 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 02, 2020
16903753 SUBSEA MULTIVARIABLE TRANSMITTER Rosemount Inc. OLAMIT, JUSTIN N 2853 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 17, 2020

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