Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Acv Auctions Inc.

3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

3
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

1
Hard (33%)
2
Medium (67%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (33%)
§103 only2 (67%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
33% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
67% 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.

30 h
Manual time on pending OAs
6 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
10 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
UDDIN, MOHAMMED R 1 78.0% +30.1%
OH, HARRY Y 1 85.1% +17.0%
GILKEY, CARRIE STRODER 1 16.0% +33.8%

Quick Wins (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19227193 SYSTEMS AND TECHNIQUES FOR VEHICLE INSPECTION AND CONDITION ANALYSIS OH, HARRY Y

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18778247 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL VEHICLE DEFECTS GILKEY, CARRIE STRODER

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19293768 VEHICLE AUDIO CAPTURE AND DIAGNOSTICS UDDIN, MOHAMMED R 30d
19227193 SYSTEMS AND TECHNIQUES FOR VEHICLE INSPECTION AND CONDITION ANALYSIS OH, HARRY Y
18778247 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL VEHICLE DEFECTS GILKEY, CARRIE STRODER

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2161 1
3657 1
3626 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19293768 VEHICLE AUDIO CAPTURE AND DIAGNOSTICS UDDIN, MOHAMMED R 2161 §103 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Aug 07, 2025
19227193 SYSTEMS AND TECHNIQUES FOR VEHICLE INSPECTION AND CONDITION ANALYSIS OH, HARRY Y 3657 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 03, 2025
18778247 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL VEHICLE DEFECTS GILKEY, CARRIE STRODER 3626 §101 Final Rejection Pending Jul 19, 2024

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