Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
271 pending office actions • 19 clients • 243 examiners • 115 art units • 0 of 271 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 71 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. 71 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 | 17 (6%) |
| §101 + other | 55 (20%) |
| §103 only | 78 (29%) |
| §102 only | 11 (4%) |
| §112 only | 9 (3%) |
| Double-patenting only | 9 (3%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 3 (1%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 85 (31%) |
| No statute on record | 4 (1%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GAMBLE JR, RANDALL LEE | 4 | 51.3% | +26.9% |
| THOMPSON, CURTIS A | 4 | 60.8% | +52.7% |
| WHATLEY, BENJAMIN R | 3 | 66.8% | +68.5% |
| OSMAN, SOMMER YOUSEF | 3 | 44.7% | +47.4% |
| LEE, TYLER J | 2 | 91.8% | +6.7% |
| TOLEDO-DURAN, EDWIN J | 2 | 70.1% | +32.2% |
| WAESCO, JOSEPH M | 2 | 46.5% | +42.6% |
| WOOD, DOUGLAS S | 2 | 78.2% | +11.6% |
| BROCKINGTON III, WILLIAM S | 2 | 42.1% | +55.2% |
| VETTER, DANIEL | 2 | 20.1% | +9.0% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19109650 | WHEEL LOADER | LEE, TYLER J | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18719213 | INSTALLATION AND REMOVAL OF SUBSEA FOUNDATIONS | FIORELLO, BENJAMIN F | 45d overdue |
| 18696434 | CAPTURING DATA RELATING TO WELDED PIPELINES | ORANGE, DAVID BENJAMIN | 24d overdue |
| 17721648 | DATA ANALYSIS APPARATUS, DATA ANALYSIS METHOD, AND DATA ANALYSIS PROGRAM | HUANG, MIRANDA M | 19d overdue |
| 18127020 | STAGE APPARATUS, CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM APPARATUS, AND OPTICAL INSPECTION APPARATUS | SHAMSUZZAMAN, MOHAMMED | 18d overdue |
| 18642868 | RESOURCE USAGE AMOUNT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND RESOURCE USAGE AMOUNT MANAGEMENT METHOD | OBAID, HAMZEH M | 9d overdue |
| 18271686 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND SYSTEM FOR WEIGHTED KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER | VAUGHN, RYAN C | 9d overdue |
| 17781451 | AUTOMATIC ANALYZER | THOMPSON, CURTIS A | 5d overdue |
| 18276751 | AUTOMATIC ANALYZER AND CONTROL METHOD OF AUTOMATIC ANALYZER | GZYBOWSKI, MICHAEL STANLEY | 4d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18602469 | SENSOR ELEMENT | GAMBLE JR, RANDALL LEE | 5d overdue |
| 18602459 | SENSOR ELEMENT | GAMBLE JR, RANDALL LEE | 5d overdue |
| 17781451 | AUTOMATIC ANALYZER | THOMPSON, CURTIS A | 5d overdue |
| 17798672 | AUTOMATIC ANALYZER | WHATLEY, BENJAMIN R | 4d overdue |
| 18816077 | WORKFLOW CREATION SUPPORT DEVICE AND METHOD | BROCKINGTON III, WILLIAM S | 5d |
| 18993131 | COMPUTER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING STRUCTURED DATA REPRESENTING BUSINESS PROCESS | WAESCO, JOSEPH M | 15d |
| 18928292 | BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS SYSTEM AND BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS METHOD | BROCKINGTON III, WILLIAM S | 53d |
| 18038125 | AUTOMATIC ANALYZER, POSITION ADJUSTMENT TOOL, AND POSITION ADJUSTMENT METHOD | THOMPSON, CURTIS A | 62d |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Hitachi | 196 |
| MAXELL, LTD. | 28 |
| NGK INSULATORS, LTD. | 14 |
| Subsea 7 | 10 |
| Azoteq | 4 |
| MinebeaMitsumi | 4 |
| Subsea 7 Do Brasil Servicos Ltda | 2 |
| ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS OPERATIONS, INC. | 2 |
| Koenig & Bauer | 1 |
| Rorze Corporation | 1 |
| AETERLINK CORP. | 1 |
| Hitachi-Johnson Controls Air Conditioning, Inc. | 1 |
| Hitachi Systems, Ltd. | 1 |
| Acergy France SAS | 1 |
| Vital Signals, Inc. | 1 |
| Arde Co., Ltd. | 1 |
| Seaway 7 Engineering B.V. | 1 |
| Fasford Technology | 1 |
| AISing | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1798 | 14 |
| 3624 | 9 |
| 3625 | 7 |
| 3628 | 4 |
| 3656 | 4 |
| 3663 | 4 |
| 3678 | 4 |
| 1794 | 4 |
| 3616 | 4 |
| 2857 | 4 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19168945 | VIDEO DISPLAY SYSTEM, VIDEO DISPLAY METHOD, AND PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL | Maxell, Ltd. | XIE, KWIN | 2626 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2025 |
| 19329761 | COMPUTER SYSTEM AND FILE STORAGE | Hitachi Vantara, Ltd. | KHONG, ALEXANDER | 2168 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 16, 2025 |
| 19164251 | HYDRAULIC PUMP STATE MONITORING DEVICE AND HYDRAULIC DRIVE SYSTEM | Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. | LAZO, THOMAS E | 3745 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 11, 2025 |
| 19324313 | TRANSPORTATION PLANNING APPARATUS AND TRANSPORTATION PLANNING METHOD | Hitachi, Ltd. | JOSEPH, TONYA S | 3628 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 10, 2025 |
| 19319983 | DATA CONTROL APPARATUS AND DATA CONTROL METHOD | Hitachi, Ltd. | WU, TONY | 2166 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 05, 2025 |
| 19159421 | WORK PROCESS SUPPORT SYSTEM AND WORK PROCESS SUPPORT METHOD | Hitachi, Ltd. | ESTEVEZ, DAIRON | 3656 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 25, 2025 |
| 19154638 | MAINTENANCE PLANNING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING FACILITY MAINTENANCE PLAN | Hitachi, Ltd. | SUMMERS, KIERSTEN V | 3626 | §101§102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 07, 2025 |
| 19285753 | RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF | Maxell, Ltd. | HUNTER, MISHAWN N | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2025 | |
| 19151671 | DEVICE, MACHINE AND METHOD FOR COATING A WEB-FORMAT CARRIER SUBSTRATE WITH A DRY FILM | Koenig & Bauer AG | TAUFIQ, FARAH N | 1754 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2025 |
| 19151776 | CONVEYANCE TASK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND CONVEYANCE TASK MANAGEMENT METHOD | Hitachi, Ltd. | MOLNAR, SIDNEY LEIGH | 3656 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2025 |
| 19151359 | MIXED-COMBUSTION ELECTRONIC CONTROL DEVICE | Hitachi, Ltd. | PICON-FELICIANO, RUBEN | 3747 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 28, 2025 |
| 19269881 | PORTABLE TERMINAL | Maxell, Ltd. | AMBAYE, SAMUEL | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 15, 2025 | |
| 19262205 | CONFIDENTIAL COMPUTATION SYSTEM AND CONFIDENTIAL COMPUTATION METHOD | Hitachi, Ltd. | HUSSAIN, TAUQIR | 2449 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 08, 2025 |
| 19260704 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND DATA PROCESSING PROGRAM | Hitachi, Ltd. | HALE, BROOKS T | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 07, 2025 | |
| 19256259 | DISPLAY TERMINAL, APPLICATION CONTROL SYSTEM AND APPLICATION CONTROL METHOD | Maxell, Ltd. | MERCEDES, DISMERY E | 2627 | §103 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Jul 01, 2025 |
| 19143426 | WORKING VEHICLE | Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. | LEE, TYLER J | 3663 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2025 |
| 19143682 | VIRTUAL SPACE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD AND VIRTUAL SPACE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | Hitachi, Ltd. | CIRNU, ALEXANDRU | 3622 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2025 |
| 19234357 | HEAD MOUNTED PROCESSING APPARATUS | Maxell, Ltd. | LU, WILLIAM | 2624 | §103 | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | Jun 11, 2025 |
| 19190978 | MOBILE CONTENT VIEWING DEVICE AND CONTENT VIEWING METHOD | Maxell, Ltd. | TAYLOR, JOSHUA D | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 28, 2025 | |
| 19187094 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, APPLICATION SOFTWARE START-UP SYSTEM, AND APPLICATION SOFTWARE START-UP METHOD | Maxell, Ltd. | LEMMA, SAMSON B | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 23, 2025 | |
| 19182811 | INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE | Maxell, Ltd. | GYAWALI, BIPIN | 2625 | §102 | Final Rejection | 24d overdue | Pending | Apr 18, 2025 |
| 19121477 | AUTOMATIC ANALYSIS DEVICE AND MASS SENSOR | Hitachi High-Tech Corporation | MAUST, TIMOTHY LEWIS | 3753 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 16, 2025 |
| 19120345 | IDEA GENERATION SUPPORT SYSTEM AND IDEA GENERATION SUPPORT METHOD | Hitachi, Ltd. | YEN, SYLING | 2166 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 11, 2025 |
| 19174045 | BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS | Maxell, Ltd. | CHOWDHURY, SUMAIYA A | 2421 | §101DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 09, 2025 |
| 19118382 | WORK MACHINE | Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. | BEDEWI, RAMI NABIH | 3666 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2025 |
| 19116504 | ACTUATOR AND WORKPIECE TRANSFER ROBOT EQUIPPED WITH SAME | Rorze Corporation | RUSHING, JR, BOBBY | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2025 | |
| 19114884 | AIR FLOATING VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS | Maxell, Ltd. | TRAN, LOI H | 2484 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2025 |
| 19082502 | EUV TRANSMISSIVE MEMBRANE, PELLICLE, AND EXPOSURE METHOD | NGK Insulators, Ltd. | NGUYEN, HUNG | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2025 | |
| 19082446 | RECEPTION DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, TRANSMISSION DEVICE, AND TRANSMISSION METHOD FOR PROGRAM CONTENT TYPE | Maxell, Ltd. | PRINCE, JESSICA MARIE | 2486 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2025 |
| 19077375 | SYSTEM CONFIGURATION PROPOSAL APPARATUS, SYSTEM CONFIGURATION PROPOSAL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | Hitachi Vantara, Ltd. | MEHRMANESH, ELMIRA | 2137 | §101§102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 12, 2025 |
| 19077345 | POWER-RECEIVING-DEVICE AND POWER-TRANSMITTING-DEVICE BASED ON WIRELESS POWER FEEDING SYSTEM | Aeterlink Corp. | KESSIE, DANIEL | 2836 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 12, 2025 |
| 19077487 | IT OPERATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD | Hitachi, Ltd. | WEBB III, JAMES L | 3624 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 12, 2025 |
| 19110978 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND RECEPTION DATA PROCESSING METHOD IN COMMUNICATION DEVICE | Hitachi, Ltd. | BORROMEO, JUANITO C | 2184 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 12, 2025 |
| 19074529 | DOCUMENT SEARCH SYSTEM | Hitachi Vantara, Ltd. | PHAM, KHANH B | 2166 | §102 | Final Rejection | 11d overdue | Pending | Mar 10, 2025 |
| 19074547 | STORAGE SYSTEM AND VOLUME PATH SWITCHING METHOD FOR STORAGE SYSTEM | Hitachi Vantara, Ltd. | CHAN, TRACY C | 2138 | — | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 10, 2025 |
| 19109650 | WHEEL LOADER | Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. | LEE, TYLER J | 3663 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2025 |
| 19109655 | LOADING MACHINE AND VEHICLE MANAGEMENT DEVICE | Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. | MOSCOLA, MATTHEW JOHN | 3663 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2025 |
| 19070633 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM | Hitachi Vantara, Ltd. | RAJAPUTRA, SUMAN | 2163 | §103 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Mar 05, 2025 |
| 19108769 | DUMP TRUCK | Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. | HUYNH, CHRISTINE NGUYEN | 3662 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2025 |
| 19108760 | PLATED MEMBER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | Hitachi Astemo, Ltd. | LA VILLA, MICHAEL EUGENE | 1784 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2025 |
| 19108274 | WORK MACHINE AND ACTUATOR CALIBRATION SYSTEM | Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. | ALI, LABIBAH ILMA | 3667 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 03, 2025 |
| 19066233 | WORKER EVALUATION SYSTEM AND WORKER EVALUATION METHOD | Hitachi, Ltd. | ANDERSON, FOLASHADE | 3623 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2025 |
| 19107258 | CONTAINER STORAGE DEVICE | Hitachi High-Tech Corporation | MENGESHA, WEBESHET | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 | |
| 19063575 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | Hitachi, Ltd. | YESILDAG, MEHMET | 3624 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 |
| 19106255 | ENTITY DISCOVERY BASED ON GLOSSARY DATA | Hitachi Vantara LLC | TO, BAOQUOC N | 2154 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 25, 2025 |
| 19060949 | GAS SENSOR AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING GAS SENSOR | NGK Insulators, Ltd. | GAMBLE JR, RANDALL LEE | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 24, 2025 | |
| 19059462 | SECURITY MEASURE DETERMINATION APPARATUS AND SECURITY MEASURE DETERMINATION METHOD | Hitachi, Ltd. | FARROW, FELICIA | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2025 | |
| 19103561 | INSTALLATION OF SUCTION PILES UNDERWATER | Subsea 7 Limited | TOLEDO-DURAN, EDWIN J | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2025 | |
| 19103041 | INFORMATION INPUT SYSTEM FOR WORK MACHINE | Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. | ALLEN, PAUL MCCARTHY | 3669 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 11, 2025 |
| 19049046 | COMPRESSOR AND REFRIGERATION CYCLE DEVICE | Hitachi-Johnson Controls Air Conditioning, Inc. | NOUKETCHA, LIONEL W | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 10, 2025 |
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2.69 office actions per allowed application on average.
271 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 19 clients, before 243 examiners in 115 art units.