Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
11 pending office actions • 2 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 23 patents granted in the last 365 days
Adient US LLC has 11 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed among 9 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. JESSICA KATHRYN THOMPSON is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently overseeing 2 pending actions. The concentration of 11 pending office actions within only 2 distinct art units suggests that the company's patent filings are specialized within specific mechanical or transportation sub-sectors.
With 9 distinct examiners involved, the company interacts with a relatively large group of reviewers given the limited number of art units. This structure may lead to varied prosecution experiences even within the same technical groups. Having 2 pending actions with the busiest examiner means that one individual manages a small portion of the active workload. The focus on 2 distinct art units may provide some level of predictability regarding the general examination environment. This active prosecution phase, represented by 11 pending office actions, requires the company to manage multiple examiner perspectives while maintaining technical consistency across its filings.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 11 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| THOMPSON, JESSICA KATHRYN | 2 | 75.0% | +33.3% |
| GABLER, PHILIP F | 2 | 72.9% | +23.4% |
| BEMKO, TARAS P | 1 | 84.4% | +19.3% |
| FULLER, ROBERT EDWARD | 1 | 78.9% | +3.2% |
| SMITH, NKEISHA | 1 | 73.0% | +16.8% |
| GARFT, CHRISTOPHER | 1 | 59.0% | +23.3% |
| BRINDLEY, TIMOTHY J | 1 | 81.8% | +7.4% |
| LIBBY, TROY ALAN | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| DUCKWORTH, BRADLEY | 1 | 72.4% | +20.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18590288 | VEHICLE SEAT, IN PARTICULAR MOTOR VEHICLE SEAT | LIBBY, TROY ALAN | 16d overdue |
| 18693204 | SEAT COMPONENT, SEAT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SEAT COMPONENT | GABLER, PHILIP F | 16d |
| 19105857 | COVERING DEVICE FOR COVERING A RAIL OF A LONGITUDINAL ADJUSTER, LONGITUDINAL ADJUSTER FOR A VEHICLE SEAT, AND VEHICLE SEAT | BEMKO, TARAS P | — |
| 19036178 | SEAT COVER FOR A SEAT AND SEAT WITH A SEAT CUSHION AND SUCH A SEAT COVER | THOMPSON, JESSICA KATHRYN | — |
| 19012411 | OSCILLATING FRAMEWORK FOR A VEHICLE SEAT, IN PARTICULAR AN OSCILLATING SEAT AND/OR UTILITY VEHICLE SEAT, AND A VEHICLE SEAT OF THIS TYPE | THOMPSON, JESSICA KATHRYN | — |
| 18989442 | SEAT ATTACHMENT STRUCTURE FOR CONNECTING A VEHICLE SEAT TO A LONGITUDINAL ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM AND/OR VEHICLE FLOOR STRUCTURE, AND VEHICLE SEAT | FULLER, ROBERT EDWARD | — |
| 18976407 | SEAT ELEMENT AND VEHICLE SEAT | GABLER, PHILIP F | — |
| 18971267 | DRIVE MODULE, LONGITUDINAL ADJUSTMENT DEVICE AND VEHICLE SEAT | SMITH, NKEISHA | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18693204 | SEAT COMPONENT, SEAT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SEAT COMPONENT | GABLER, PHILIP F | 16d |
| 19105857 | COVERING DEVICE FOR COVERING A RAIL OF A LONGITUDINAL ADJUSTER, LONGITUDINAL ADJUSTER FOR A VEHICLE SEAT, AND VEHICLE SEAT | BEMKO, TARAS P | — |
| 19036178 | SEAT COVER FOR A SEAT AND SEAT WITH A SEAT CUSHION AND SUCH A SEAT COVER | THOMPSON, JESSICA KATHRYN | — |
| 19012411 | OSCILLATING FRAMEWORK FOR A VEHICLE SEAT, IN PARTICULAR AN OSCILLATING SEAT AND/OR UTILITY VEHICLE SEAT, AND A VEHICLE SEAT OF THIS TYPE | THOMPSON, JESSICA KATHRYN | — |
| 18976407 | SEAT ELEMENT AND VEHICLE SEAT | GABLER, PHILIP F | — |
| 18971267 | DRIVE MODULE, LONGITUDINAL ADJUSTMENT DEVICE AND VEHICLE SEAT | SMITH, NKEISHA | — |
| 18866225 | VEHICLE SEAT | GARFT, CHRISTOPHER | — |
| 18566722 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ACTUATING LEVER FOR A LONGITUDINAL ADJUSTER, AND ACTUATING LEVER, LONGITUDINAL ADJUSTER, AND VEHICLE SEAT | DUCKWORTH, BRADLEY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3632 | 3 |
| 3636 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19105857 | COVERING DEVICE FOR COVERING A RAIL OF A LONGITUDINAL ADJUSTER, LONGITUDINAL ADJUSTER FOR A VEHICLE SEAT, AND VEHICLE SEAT | BEMKO, TARAS P | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 24, 2025 |
| 19036178 | SEAT COVER FOR A SEAT AND SEAT WITH A SEAT CUSHION AND SUCH A SEAT COVER | THOMPSON, JESSICA KATHRYN | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2025 |
| 19012411 | OSCILLATING FRAMEWORK FOR A VEHICLE SEAT, IN PARTICULAR AN OSCILLATING SEAT AND/OR UTILITY VEHICLE SEAT, AND A VEHICLE SEAT OF THIS TYPE | THOMPSON, JESSICA KATHRYN | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 07, 2025 |
| 18989442 | SEAT ATTACHMENT STRUCTURE FOR CONNECTING A VEHICLE SEAT TO A LONGITUDINAL ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM AND/OR VEHICLE FLOOR STRUCTURE, AND VEHICLE SEAT | FULLER, ROBERT EDWARD | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18976407 | SEAT ELEMENT AND VEHICLE SEAT | GABLER, PHILIP F | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18971267 | DRIVE MODULE, LONGITUDINAL ADJUSTMENT DEVICE AND VEHICLE SEAT | SMITH, NKEISHA | 3632 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
| 18866225 | VEHICLE SEAT | GARFT, CHRISTOPHER | 3632 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2024 |
| 18937163 | FITTING FOR A VEHICLE SEAT, AND VEHICLE SEAT | BRINDLEY, TIMOTHY J | 3636 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 05, 2024 |
| 18693204 | SEAT COMPONENT, SEAT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SEAT COMPONENT | GABLER, PHILIP F | 3636 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 16d | Pending | Mar 19, 2024 |
| 18590288 | VEHICLE SEAT, IN PARTICULAR MOTOR VEHICLE SEAT | LIBBY, TROY ALAN | 3636 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 16d overdue | Pending | Feb 28, 2024 |
| 18566722 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ACTUATING LEVER FOR A LONGITUDINAL ADJUSTER, AND ACTUATING LEVER, LONGITUDINAL ADJUSTER, AND VEHICLE SEAT | DUCKWORTH, BRADLEY | 3632 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2023 |
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