Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Advanced Suspension Technology LLC

5 pending office actions • 2 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 17 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
0
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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
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.

2
Hard (40%)
3
Medium (60%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (40%)
§102 only1 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (40%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
100% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SCHWARTZ, CHRISTOPHER P 1 85.6% +6.0%
AUNG, SAN M 1 77.7% +20.4%
RASHID, MAHBUBUR 1 67.7% +20.5%
LEARY, JOSHUA DENNIS 1 100.0% +0.0%
HSIAO, JAMES K 1 76.8% +15.4%

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
18775489 SPRING WITH TAPERED ARMS FOR SHOCK ABSORBER SCHWARTZ, CHRISTOPHER P

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18244537 METHOD OF PRESSURIZING A FLOATING PISTON ACCUMULATOR LEARY, JOSHUA DENNIS
17930540 VEHICLE-SUSPENSION SHOCK ABSORBER INCLUDING INTERNAL FORCE DISTRIBUTION HSIAO, JAMES K

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
18371526 Damper Assembly Including Intake Valve In Fluid Chamber RASHID, MAHBUBUR 9d overdue
18397415 DAMPER WITH ASYMMETRICAL VALVE PRELOAD RING AUNG, SAN M
17930540 VEHICLE-SUSPENSION SHOCK ABSORBER INCLUDING INTERNAL FORCE DISTRIBUTION HSIAO, JAMES K

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3616 4
3753 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18775489 SPRING WITH TAPERED ARMS FOR SHOCK ABSORBER SCHWARTZ, CHRISTOPHER P 3616 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 17, 2024
18397415 DAMPER WITH ASYMMETRICAL VALVE PRELOAD RING AUNG, SAN M 3616 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 27, 2023
18371526 Damper Assembly Including Intake Valve In Fluid Chamber RASHID, MAHBUBUR 3616 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Sep 22, 2023
18244537 METHOD OF PRESSURIZING A FLOATING PISTON ACCUMULATOR LEARY, JOSHUA DENNIS 3753 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 11, 2023
17930540 VEHICLE-SUSPENSION SHOCK ABSORBER INCLUDING INTERNAL FORCE DISTRIBUTION HSIAO, JAMES K 3616 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 08, 2022

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