Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Aisin Corporation

Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

66 pending office actions • 38 art units • 62 examiners • 0 of 66 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 119 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Aisin Corporation has 69 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The matters involve 64 distinct examiners and 39 distinct art units, showing a broad examination footprint with some examiner and art-unit overlap. The difference between pending actions and examiners means that several examiners handle more than one matter.

BECK, KAREN is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. That limited concentration does not identify a dominant examiner for the portfolio. Counsel may benefit from coordinating recurring claim or technology issues across applications while preserving examiner-specific response planning for the larger set of assignments.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

66
Total Pending OAs
43
Non-Final OAs
20
Final Rejections
3
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
2
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due later (2)

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.

41
Hard (62%)
23
Medium (35%)
2
Easy (3%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other5 (8%)
§103 only17 (26%)
§102 only6 (9%)
§112 only2 (3%)
Multi-statute (no §101)36 (55%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
8% of docket
1
Information Tech
2% of docket
3
Communications
5% of docket
11
Semiconductors
17% of docket
46
Mechanical / Eng
70% 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.

660 h
Manual time on pending OAs
132 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
231 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
5.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BECK, KAREN 2 82.6% +10.5%
SANTOS, AARRON EDUARDO 2 45.6% +16.8%
NEYZARI, OMID 2 100.0% +0.0%
IMTIAZ, ZOHEB S 2 81.1% +13.9%
CHOI, WILLIAM SOON 1 74.4% +11.5%
MARC, MCDIEUNEL 1 90.9% +7.5%
DUNNE, KENNETH MICHAEL 1 77.2% +10.5%
MAHASE, PAMESHANAND 1 72.2% +24.5%
LEVY, MERRITT E 1 31.7% +35.6%
MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE 1 64.6% +31.2%

Quick Wins (6)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19367262 ATTITUDE CONTROL DEVICE MARC, MCDIEUNEL —
19089667 VEHICLE SHADE APPARATUS BECK, KAREN —
19081302 VEHICLE STEP DEVICE NEYZARI, OMID —
19016259 CONTROL DEVICE IMTIAZ, ZOHEB S —
18822282 VEHICLE FRONT PORTION STRUCTURE BECK, KAREN —
18763203 VEHICLE DRIVING DEVICE NEYZARI, OMID —

Hard Cases (41)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18450609 IN-VEHICLE PAYMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD MILLER, JAMES H 77d overdue
18828176 REAR WHEEL STEERING APPARATUS LAGUARDA, GONZALO 70d overdue
18727232 OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE ABULABAN, ABDALLAH 21d
18911653 MANIFOLD SANCHEZ-MEDINA, REINALDO 22d
18752043 COOLING MODULE REID, MICHAEL ROBERT 76d
19327530 VEHICLE DOOR CONTROL DEVICE DUNNE, KENNETH MICHAEL —
19324557 VEHICLE DOOR CONTROL DEVICE MAHASE, PAMESHANAND —
19159812 PARKING SUPPORT SYSTEM LEVY, MERRITT E —

Interview Candidates (11)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19370343 FLOW PATH STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING FLOW PATH STRUCTURE CHOI, WILLIAM SOON —
19327530 VEHICLE DOOR CONTROL DEVICE DUNNE, KENNETH MICHAEL —
19324557 VEHICLE DOOR CONTROL DEVICE MAHASE, PAMESHANAND —
19159812 PARKING SUPPORT SYSTEM LEVY, MERRITT E —
19282382 DOOR HANDLE DEVICE MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE —
19089667 VEHICLE SHADE APPARATUS BECK, KAREN —
19081120 DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE SANTOS, AARRON EDUARDO —
19081099 TOWING ASSISTANCE APPARATUS SANTOS, AARRON EDUARDO —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2834 8
3753 5
3669 4
3763 4
3663 3
3679 2
3675 2
3668 2
3655 2
3613 2

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19370343 FLOW PATH STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING FLOW PATH STRUCTURE CHOI, WILLIAM SOON 3679 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 27, 2025
19367262 ATTITUDE CONTROL DEVICE MARC, MCDIEUNEL 3656 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 23, 2025
19327530 VEHICLE DOOR CONTROL DEVICE DUNNE, KENNETH MICHAEL 3669 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 12, 2025
19324557 VEHICLE DOOR CONTROL DEVICE MAHASE, PAMESHANAND 2689 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 10, 2025
19159812 PARKING SUPPORT SYSTEM LEVY, MERRITT E 3663 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 26, 2025
19282382 DOOR HANDLE DEVICE MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE 3675 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 28, 2025
19272678 MANIFOLD COLON MORALES, DAVID 3753 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 17, 2025
19147122 VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE TAN, OLIVER E 3669 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 10, 2025
19208736 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM YENKE, BRIAN P 2422 §103 Final Rejection — Pending May 15, 2025
19119571 FAULTY START SUPPRESSION SYSTEM ALGEHAIM, MOHAMED A 3668 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 09, 2025
19119428 MANIFOLD MARTIN, ELIZABETH J 3763 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 09, 2025
19119030 COOLING MODULE VAZQUEZ, ANA M 3763 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 07, 2025
19118595 ROTOR VAZIRI, MASOUD 2834 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 04, 2025
19118079 COOLING SYSTEM MARONEY, JENNA M 3763 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 03, 2025
19117424 VEHICULAR DRIVE DEVICE NGUYEN, LILLIAN T 3655 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 01, 2025
19096882 MANIFOLD GARDNER, NICOLE 3753 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 01, 2025
19117493 VEHICULAR DRIVE DEVICE MOK, ALEX W 2834 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 01, 2025
19089667 VEHICLE SHADE APPARATUS BECK, KAREN 3612 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 25, 2025
19081292 VEHICLE DRIVE DEVICE TRUONG, MINH D 3654 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 17, 2025
19081120 DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE SANTOS, AARRON EDUARDO 3663 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 17, 2025
19081130 ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE MANN JR, CHARLIE FRANK 2834 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 17, 2025
19081302 VEHICLE STEP DEVICE NEYZARI, OMID 3613 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 17, 2025
19081242 KICK SENSOR PERVIN, NUZHAT 3648 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 17, 2025
19081325 ROTOR FOR ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ROTOR FOR ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE RODRIGUEZ, JOSHUA KIEL MIGUEL 2834 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 17, 2025
19081174 BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION DETECTION DEVICE BERTRAM, ERIC D 3796 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 17, 2025
19081015 TOWED VEHICLE MARK AND MARK DETECTION DEVICE AZARIAN, SEYED H 2675 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 17, 2025
19081099 TOWING ASSISTANCE APPARATUS SANTOS, AARRON EDUARDO 3663 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 17, 2025
19064231 ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE ROTOR MANUFACTURING METHOD AND ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE ROTOR DESAI, NAISHADH N 2834 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 26, 2025
19042776 LID OPENING AND CLOSING SYSTEM LUGO, CARLOS 3675 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 31, 2025
19016259 CONTROL DEVICE IMTIAZ, ZOHEB S 2837 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 10, 2025
18874332 ROTOR FOR ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE JOHNSON, RASHAD H 2834 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 12, 2024
18874347 ROTOR FOR ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE SECK, AHMED F 2834 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 12, 2024
18873063 VEHICLE PARKING DEVICE OLSZEWSKI, JOHN 3617 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 09, 2024
18872353 DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM HARTMANN, ERIN MARIE 3664 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 06, 2024
18868556 TRANSMISSION AND VEHICLE DRIVE TRANSMISSION DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME LE, HUAN G 3655 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 22, 2024
18940934 MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE IMTIAZ, ZOHEB S 2837 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 08, 2024
18917360 AUTONOMOUS MOBILE BODY ALLEN, PAUL MCCARTHY 3669 §102§112 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 16, 2024
18911653 MANIFOLD SANCHEZ-MEDINA, REINALDO 3753 §102§103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Oct 10, 2024
18903150 DRIVE SYSTEM PACKAGING FOR SLIDING WINDOW ASSEMBLY BUTCHER, CAROLINE N 3676 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 01, 2024
18850841 COOLING MODULE LANE, DEVON 3763 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 25, 2024
18893159 VEHICLE SEAT ALKIRSH, AHMED 3668 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 23, 2024
18848301 MASSAGE DEVICE HUSSAIN, MISHAL ZAHRA 3785 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 18, 2024
18828176 REAR WHEEL STEERING APPARATUS LAGUARDA, GONZALO 3747 §102§103 Final Rejection 70d overdue Pending Sep 09, 2024
18822282 VEHICLE FRONT PORTION STRUCTURE BECK, KAREN 3614 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 02, 2024
18842294 ELECTRONIC DEVICE ANDERSON, AMARA 2831 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 28, 2024
18841524 OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE AND OBJECT DETECTION METHOD GOOD, KENNETH W 3648 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 26, 2024
18813269 ACTUATOR MATES, ROBERT E 2834 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 23, 2024
18690105 PARKING ASSISTANCE DEVICE BRUSHABER, FREDERICK M 3665 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 13, 2024
18727232 OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE ABULABAN, ABDALLAH 3645 §103§112 Final Rejection 21d Pending Jul 08, 2024
18763203 VEHICLE DRIVING DEVICE NEYZARI, OMID 3613 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 03, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Aisin Corporation have?

Aisin Corporation has 66 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 38 art units and 62 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Aisin Corporation applications?

Karen Beck has the most, with 2 of Aisin Corporation's pending office actions.

What technology area are Aisin Corporation's patent applications in?

Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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