Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
535 pending office actions • 213 clients • 453 examiners • 223 art units • 0 of 535 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1,072 patents granted in the last 365 days
Workman Nydegger has 537 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems, alongside 25510 career applications. The figures describe a substantial prosecution portfolio with continuing activity in the listed technology area.
Its resolved allowance rate is 88.98%, and the average is 3.07 office actions per allowance. For practitioners, the combination indicates that portfolio scale should be evaluated together with the firm’s resolution record and the amount of prosecution interaction associated with an allowance.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 123 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. 123 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 | 6 (1%) |
| §101 + other | 57 (11%) |
| §103 only | 161 (30%) |
| §102 only | 35 (7%) |
| §112 only | 12 (2%) |
| Double-patenting only | 11 (2%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 20 (4%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 230 (43%) |
| No statute on record | 3 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO | 14 | 42.7% | +6.2% |
| SADLON, JOSEPH | 6 | 63.4% | +26.5% |
| PARSLEY, DAVID J | 5 | 54.1% | +28.7% |
| GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT | 4 | 48.4% | +16.5% |
| MCMILLION, TRACEY M | 4 | 88.0% | +2.2% |
| HERRING, BRENT W | 4 | 69.0% | +16.5% |
| KANERVO, VIRPI H | 3 | 47.5% | +47.6% |
| VO, ANH T N | 3 | 90.0% | +4.6% |
| POLK, SHARON A | 3 | 91.6% | +5.9% |
| CICCHINO, PATRICK D | 3 | 80.5% | +13.5% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18787489 | RECORDING APPARATUS | MCMILLION, TRACEY M | 9d |
| 19089932 | PRINTING APPARATUS | VO, ANH T N | — |
| 19084114 | SUPPLY UNIT, LIQUID DISCHARGE DEVICE, AND LIQUID CONTAINER | VO, ANH T N | — |
| 19062326 | FILTER UNIT, LIQUID FLOW DEVICE, AND LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS | VO, ANH T N | — |
| 19057570 | RECORDING DEVICE AND CUTTER UNIT | POLK, SHARON A | — |
| 19001781 | PRINTING APPARATUS | POLK, SHARON A | — |
| 18917371 | LIQUID EJECTION DEVICE | MCMILLION, TRACEY M | — |
| 18893361 | MAINTENANCE METHOD AND LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS | MCMILLION, TRACEY M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18683564 | Handling Installation, Food Processing Installation, and Method for Handling Food Items | RUSHIN, LESTER III | 162d overdue |
| 18690168 | Electronic System for Indoor Navigation Control of One or More Robots | NGUYEN, BAO LONG T | 156d overdue |
| 18689662 | METHOD AND TRANSACTION SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING TOKENS IN AN ELECTRONIC TRANSACTION SYSTEM | XIAO, ZESHENG | 124d overdue |
| 18010722 | A METHOD FOR COMPUTING A HOLOGRAPHIC INTERFERENCE PATTERN | CHANG, AUDREY Y | 117d overdue |
| 17026844 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING SLEEP STAGES BASED ON NON-CARDIAC BODY SIGNALS | AGAHI, PUYA | 104d overdue |
| 17904432 | MONITORING OF A PLANT CONDITION | MANG, LAL C | 97d overdue |
| 18865200 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING FINANCIAL INDEXES FOR MEDICAL CONDITIONS | EBERSMAN, BRUCE I | 79d overdue |
| 18681041 | SECURE ELEMENT, METHOD FOR REGISTERING TOKENS, AND TOKEN REFERENCE REGISTER | LOZA, JANICE JOMARIE | 53d 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17616815 | SECURITY ELEMENT WITH PRINTING INKS THAT VARY UPON ILLUMINATION WITH ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN THE INFRARED WAVELENGTH RANGE | GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT | 44d overdue |
| 18253670 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING AND BATCHING FOOD ITEMS | PARSLEY, DAVID J | 31d overdue |
| 17864159 | Teaser | PARSLEY, DAVID J | 4d overdue |
| 18293957 | EFFECT PIGMENT, MANUFACTURING METHOD, VALUABLE DOCUMENT AND PRINTING INK | GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT | 3d overdue |
| 18620103 | FLOOR PANEL FOR FORMING A FLOOR COVERING | HERRING, BRENT W | 5d |
| 18553877 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR STACKING FLAT ITEMS | CICCHINO, PATRICK D | 27d |
| 19051815 | MEDIUM DISCHARGE DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS | CICCHINO, PATRICK D | 40d |
| 19491482 | AN APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR FILLETING A FISH | PARSLEY, DAVID J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2853 | 50 |
| 3635 | 14 |
| 3633 | 13 |
| 3791 | 12 |
| 3774 | 12 |
| 3643 | 7 |
| 3785 | 7 |
| 3715 | 7 |
| 1787 | 7 |
| 3786 | 6 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19629600 | ORTHOPEDIC WALKER | Ossur Iceland Ehf | NELSON, KERI JESSICA | 3786 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 26, 2026 |
| 19460045 | COSMETIC CONTAINER HAVING A SCRAPING MEMBER WITH A FLUFFY HEAD | Zhuhai Ding Rong Plastic Products Co., Ltd. | AZUBUOGU, CHIEMERIE CHIBUZOR | 3772 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 26, 2026 |
| 19440406 | LIGHTWEIGHT AND DURABLE WINDOW WELL | Rockwell LLC | ROY, DEBJANI | 1741 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 05, 2026 |
| 19436240 | ORTHOPEDIC WALKER | Ossur Iceland Ehf | CARREIRO, CAITLIN ANN | 3786 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2025 |
| 19491482 | AN APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR FILLETING A FISH | Marel Salmon A/S | PARSLEY, DAVID J | 3643 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 09, 2025 |
| 19491060 | Method and Apparatus for the Stabilization of a Satellite Formation | Politecnico Di Torino | BONNETTE, RODNEY ANDREW | 3647 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 08, 2025 |
| 19400405 | DIGITAL CURRENCY WALLET AND DIGITAL CURRENCY SYSTEM | Giesecke+Devrient Advance52 GmbH | DING, CHUNLING | 3699 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2025 |
| 19355979 | A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMMERSIVE MUSICAL PERFORMANCE BETWEEN AT LEAST TWO REMOTE LOCATIONS OVER A NETWORK | Bonza Music Limited | FAHNERT, FRIEDRICH | 2692 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2025 |
| 19348219 | WEARABLE DEVICE WITH USER MOVEMENT ANALYSIS AND FALL RISK PREDICTION AND FALL DETECTION CAPABILITY | ULTRAHUMAN HEALTHCARE PVT LTD | ROZANSKI, GRACE NMN | 3791 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 62d | Pending | Oct 02, 2025 |
| 19345418 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND ADJUSTMENT METHOD FOR POWER SUPPLY VOLTAGE | Hisense Visual Technology Co., Ltd. | BOYD, JONATHAN A | 2627 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2025 |
| 19469510 | HARDWARE IMPLEMENTATION OF IMAGE CODING | V-NOVA INTERNATIONAL LTD | BEASLEY, DEIRDRE L | 2482 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2025 |
| 19168434 | PRIMARY LATCH MECHANISM FOR A BANKNOTE PROCESSING DEVICE | Giesecke+Devrient Currency Technology GmbH | WEBER, GREGORY ROBERT | 3618 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2025 |
| 19168481 | SYSTEM FOR HOLD DOWN AND RELEASE OF A SPACECRAFT WITH RESPECT TO A LAUNCHER | Airbus Defence And Space, S.A. | YANKEY, RYAN ANDREW | 3642 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2025 |
| 19334451 | PEEL-OFF LIP LINER STAIN | Sacheu Beauty Inc. | HELM, CARALYNNE E | 1615 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2025 |
| 19322130 | TEMPORAL PROCESSING FOR VIDEO CODING TECHNOLOGY | V-NOVA INTERNATIONAL LTD | RAHAMAN, SHAHAN UR | 2426 | §101§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 08, 2025 |
| 19319520 | USE OF S-BETA-HYDROXYBUTYRATE COMPOUNDS TO IMPROVE HEART FUNCTION IN A HUMAN | Axcess Global Sciences, LLC | HOWELL, THEODORE R | 1628 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 04, 2025 |
| 19318013 | AUTOBIOTIC COMPOSITIONS AND METHOD FOR PROMOTING HEALTHY GUT MICROBIOME | Matthew Titlow | YAMASAKI, ROBERT J | 1657 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 03, 2025 |
| 19303084 | SOLID R-BETA-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID COMPOSITION | Axcess Global Sciences, LLC | MCMILLIAN, KARA RENITA | 1623 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 18, 2025 |
| 19262345 | CARDIAC TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION USING CATHETERIZED LIGHT SCATTERING SPECTROSCOPY | UNIVERSITY OF UTAH RESEARCH FOUNDATION | ROY, BAISAKHI | 3797 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 08, 2025 |
| 19262518 | AUTOMATIC MAPPING APPLICATION FOR SERVICE PROVIDERS | Aptive Environmental, LLC | KOESTER, MICHAEL RICHARD | 3624 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 08, 2025 |
| 19246235 | LOW LATENCY COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATION | V-NOVA INTERNATIONAL LTD | BENNETT, STUART D | 2481 | §101§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 23, 2025 |
| 19246238 | METHODS, APPARATUSES, COMPUTER PROGRAMS AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA FOR PROCESSING CONFIGURATION DATA | V-NOVA INTERNATIONAL LTD | NOH, JAE NAM | 2481 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 23, 2025 |
| 19244668 | IMPLANTABLE AND BIODEGRADABLE SMART HYDROGEL MICROMECHANICAL RESONATORS WITH ULTRASOUND READOUT | UNIVERSITY OF UTAH RESEARCH FOUNDATION | BRUTUS, JOEL F | 3797 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2025 |
| 19141519 | CONSTANT RATE FACTOR VIDEO ENCODING CONTROL | V-NOVA INTERNATIONAL LTD | MUNG, ON S | 2482 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2025 |
| 19232141 | SECURE PAYMENT TRANSACTION DEVICE | Giesecke+Devrient Advance52 GmbH | KANERVO, VIRPI H | 3691 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 09, 2025 |
| 19222228 | SOURCE DRIVER AND DISPLAY APPARATUS COMPRISING THE SAME | AnaPass Inc. | PIZIALI, JEFFREY J | 2628 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 43d overdue | Pending | May 29, 2025 |
| 19219662 | MATERIAL SUPPLYING DEVICE, THREE DIMENSIONAL MOLDING DEVICE, AND INJECTION MOLDING DEVICE | Seiko Epson Corporation | BERNARD, ADRIEN J | 1741 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 27, 2025 |
| 19218735 | INJECTION MOLDING DEVICE AND INJECTION MOLDING DIE | Seiko Epson Corporation | BERNARD, ADRIEN J | 1743 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 27, 2025 |
| 19212165 | PANEL | UNILIN, BV | MAESTRI, PATRICK J | 3635 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 19, 2025 |
| 19129500 | A METHOD IS PROVIDED OF OPERATING INFORMATION FLOW FOR A PRODUCT WHILE TRANSPORTING THE PRODUCT IN A SUPPLY CHAIN FROM A PRIMARY TRANSPORT LEG TO A LAST-MILE TRANSPORT LEG | Controlant Hf. | MURRAY, WAYNE SCOTT | 3628 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 13, 2025 |
| 19199274 | METHODS OF ENHANCING ANTIMICROBIAL EFFICACY OF LOCAL ANESTHETICS | Chinook Contract Research Inc. | BECKHARDT, LYNDSEY MARIE | 1613 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 05, 2025 |
| 19198612 | DYNAMIC SYNCING OF CONTENT WITHIN A COMMUNICATION INTERFACE | Fyi.Fyi, Inc. | DALENCOURT, YVES | 2457 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 05, 2025 |
| 19127192 | ASSISTED DYNAMIC POSITION CONTROL OF A CHARGING VESSEL | Mjr Controls Limited | JONES, JODI MARIE | 3666 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 05, 2025 |
| 19198028 | MONETARY TRANSACTION SYSTEM | Fintiv, Inc. | CHANG, EDWARD | 3696 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 03, 2025 |
| 19125843 | ACTUATOR APPARATUS | Iuvo S.R.L | MACARTHUR, VICTOR L | 3618 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 30, 2025 |
| 19124400 | BIOSENSIGNAL ACQUISITION DEVICES, AND BIOSENSIGNAL ACQUISITION SYSTEMS AND METHODS | BODYSOUND TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | JAHAN, ISRAT | 3792 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 25, 2025 |
| 19189689 | FLOOR PANEL FOR FORMING A FLOOR COVERING | UNILIN, BV | BUCKLE JR, JAMES J | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 25, 2025 | |
| 19187428 | DRYING DEVICE AND PRINTING SYSTEM | Seiko Epson Corporation | LEGESSE, HENOK D | 2853 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 23, 2025 |
| 19186462 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DECENTRALIZED USER CONTROLLED SOCIAL MEDIA | Trofiventures LLC | KIM, HEE SOO | 2443 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 22, 2025 |
| 19186422 | FLUID TRANSFER STATION IN A ROBOTIC PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATION SYSTEM | Equashield Medical Ltd. | KELLY, TIMOTHY PATRICK | 3753 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 22, 2025 |
| 19185404 | ASYNCHRONOUS TRANSIENT SIGNAL ANALYSIS | Vrije Universiteit Brussel | BRYANT, REBECCA CAROLE | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 22, 2025 | |
| 19122194 | POSITIONING SYSTEM FOR PRONE POSITION | BONE FOAM, INC. | MILO, MICHAEL | 3786 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 17, 2025 |
| 19178366 | OPTIMIZED VIRTUAL REALITY SYSTEM | The Regents of the University of Colorado | LEE, SARAH YEO | 2616 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 14, 2025 |
| 19173005 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING A PLASTIC DESIGN ELEMENT ON AN AUTHENTICATION DATA CARRIER | Giesecke+Devrient Epayments GmbH | CHU, DAVID H | 2616 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 08, 2025 |
| 19172234 | DOCUMENT TRANSPORT DEVICE, DOCUMENT TRANSPORT METHOD, AND DOCUMENT TRANSPORT CONTROL SYSTEM | Seiko Epson Corporation | GONZALEZ, LUIS A | 3653 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 07, 2025 |
| 19093752 | GOLF TRAINING CLUB AND TRAINING SYSTEMS | Little Links Golf, LLC | GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT | 3637 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2025 |
| 19092495 | REDUCED NOISE HALL SENSOR | Melexis Bulgaria Eood | MAHONEY, CHRISTOPHER E | 2852 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2025 |
| 19089932 | PRINTING APPARATUS | Seiko Epson Corporation | VO, ANH T N | 2853 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2025 |
| 19089459 | RECORDING DEVICE | Seiko Epson Corporation | CHELST, SHLOMIT ESTHER | 2853 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2025 |
| 19087740 | LIQUID EJECTION DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR LIQUID EJECTION DEVICE | Seiko Epson Corporation | POLK, SHARON A | 2853 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 24, 2025 |
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Start Free Trial89.0% of resolved applications prosecuted by Workman Nydegger were allowed, across 25,510 applications in USPTO records.
3.07 office actions per allowed application on average.
535 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 213 clients, before 453 examiners in 223 art units.
