Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
71 pending office actions • 34 art units • 68 examiners • 0 of 71 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 121 patents granted in the last 365 days
Aisin Corporation currently manages 68 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed among 65 distinct examiners and 33 distinct art units. KNIGHT, DEREK DOUGLAS is the busiest examiner, holding 2 busiest examiner pending actions. The 33 distinct art units indicate that the company's mechanical and transportation innovations are reviewed by many technical groups.
With 65 distinct examiners for the 68 pending office actions, nearly every case is being handled by a unique individual. This distribution means the company must navigate various individual examiner styles and interpretations across the 33 distinct art units. The 2 busiest examiner pending actions assigned to KNIGHT, DEREK DOUGLAS represent a small portion of the 68 pending office actions. Practitioners should coordinate across the 65 distinct examiners to ensure consistent prosecution outcomes.
The 33 distinct art units suggest that the portfolio touches on many specialized groups within the USPTO. Managing 68 pending office actions across these units requires an understanding of the specific technical standards applied by each group. Because the 65 distinct examiners are spread across 33 distinct art units, there is significant variety in the technical scrutiny applied to the applications. This structure requires a strategy that accounts for both individual examiner preferences and art unit trends.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 12 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. 12 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 | 1 (1%) |
| §101 + other | 4 (6%) |
| §103 only | 18 (25%) |
| §102 only | 7 (10%) |
| §112 only | 4 (6%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 37 (52%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KNIGHT, DEREK DOUGLAS | 2 | 85.1% | +3.0% |
| IMTIAZ, ZOHEB S | 2 | 81.0% | +13.8% |
| MATES, ROBERT E | 2 | 57.0% | +35.0% |
| VALENTI, ANDREA M | 1 | 42.6% | +57.4% |
| CHOI, WILLIAM SOON | 1 | 74.4% | +11.3% |
| MARC, MCDIEUNEL | 1 | 90.9% | +7.6% |
| DUNNE, KENNETH MICHAEL | 1 | 77.0% | +10.9% |
| LEVY, MERRITT E | 1 | 32.3% | +33.5% |
| GREENE, MARK L | 1 | 76.0% | +19.8% |
| HOROWITZ, NOAH NMN | 1 | 74.0% | +27.5% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19367262 | ATTITUDE CONTROL DEVICE | MARC, MCDIEUNEL | — |
| 19016259 | CONTROL DEVICE | IMTIAZ, ZOHEB S | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18450609 | IN-VEHICLE PAYMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD | MILLER, JAMES H | 77d overdue |
| 18248567 | CULTURE APPARATUS AND CULTURE METHOD | BEISNER, WILLIAM H | 44d overdue |
| 18269900 | CATALYTIC SOLUTION FOR HALIDE ION BATTERY | MARTIN, ANGELA J | 16d |
| 18727232 | OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE | ABULABAN, ABDALLAH | 21d |
| 18911653 | MANIFOLD | SANCHEZ-MEDINA, REINALDO | 22d |
| 19119497 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE | CAVALLARI, DANIEL | 35d |
| 18752043 | COOLING MODULE | REID, MICHAEL ROBERT | 76d |
| 19335594 | DRIVE DEVICE | KNIGHT, DEREK DOUGLAS | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19396920 | LIVING BODY TRANSPORTATION DEVICE | VALENTI, ANDREA M | — |
| 19370343 | FLOW PATH STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING FLOW PATH STRUCTURE | CHOI, WILLIAM SOON | — |
| 19327530 | VEHICLE DOOR CONTROL DEVICE | DUNNE, KENNETH MICHAEL | — |
| 19159812 | PARKING SUPPORT SYSTEM | LEVY, MERRITT E | — |
| 19154184 | PARKING ASSISTANCE DEVICE | GREENE, MARK L | — |
| 19282320 | DOOR HANDLE DEVICE | HOROWITZ, NOAH NMN | — |
| 19016259 | CONTROL DEVICE | IMTIAZ, ZOHEB S | — |
| 18940934 | MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE | IMTIAZ, ZOHEB S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3753 | 7 |
| 2834 | 5 |
| 3669 | 4 |
| 3655 | 3 |
| 3679 | 2 |
| 3675 | 2 |
| 3664 | 2 |
| 3645 | 2 |
| 3643 | 1 |
| 3656 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19396920 | LIVING BODY TRANSPORTATION DEVICE | VALENTI, ANDREA M | 3643 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2025 |
| 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 |
| 19335594 | DRIVE DEVICE | KNIGHT, DEREK DOUGLAS | 3655 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 22, 2025 |
| 19327530 | VEHICLE DOOR CONTROL DEVICE | DUNNE, KENNETH MICHAEL | 3669 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2025 |
| 19159812 | PARKING SUPPORT SYSTEM | LEVY, MERRITT E | 3663 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 26, 2025 |
| 19154184 | PARKING ASSISTANCE DEVICE | GREENE, MARK L | 3747 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 06, 2025 |
| 19282320 | DOOR HANDLE DEVICE | HOROWITZ, NOAH NMN | 3675 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 28, 2025 |
| 19151484 | PARKING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM | KUNTZ, JEWEL A | 3666 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 28, 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 |
| 19148469 | VEHICLE DRIVE DEVICE | RUSHING, JR, BOBBY | 3618 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 16, 2025 |
| 19147122 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE | TAN, OLIVER E | 3669 | §102§103§112 | 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 |
| 19119497 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE | CAVALLARI, DANIEL | 2836 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 35d | Pending | Apr 09, 2025 |
| 19117749 | VEHICULAR DRIVE DEVICE | KNIGHT, DEREK DOUGLAS | 3655 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 02, 2025 |
| 19117493 | VEHICULAR DRIVE DEVICE | MOK, ALEX W | 2834 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 01, 2025 |
| 19081174 | BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION DETECTION DEVICE | BERTRAM, ERIC D | — | §101§102§103§112 | 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 | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 17, 2025 |
| 19081130 | ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE | MANN JR, CHARLIE FRANK | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 17, 2025 |
| 19081242 | KICK SENSOR | PERVIN, NUZHAT | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 17, 2025 |
| 19064231 | ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE ROTOR MANUFACTURING METHOD AND ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE ROTOR | DESAI, NAISHADH N | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 |
| 19016259 | CONTROL DEVICE | IMTIAZ, ZOHEB S | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 |
| 18874347 | ROTOR FOR ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE | SECK, AHMED F | 2834 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 |
| 18874332 | ROTOR FOR ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE | JOHNSON, RASHAD H | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 |
| 18873063 | VEHICLE PARKING DEVICE | LORENCE, RICHARD M | 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 | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2024 |
| 18863690 | STATOR | STOUT, RILEY OWEN | 2834 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 07, 2024 |
| 18917360 | AUTONOMOUS MOBILE BODY | ALLEN, PAUL MCCARTHY | 3669 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 16, 2024 |
| 18914334 | ROTARY VALVE | GRAY, PAUL J | 3753 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 14, 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 | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2024 |
| 18850807 | COOLING MODULE VALVE AND COOLING MODULE | CAHILL, JESSICA MARIE | 3753 | §112 | Final Rejection | 7d | Pending | Sep 25, 2024 |
| 18894628 | COOLING STRUCTURE FOR ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND VEHICLE DRIVING DEVICE | SMITH, COURTNEY L | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2024 |
| 18893159 | VEHICLE SEAT | ALKIRSH, AHMED | 3668 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2024 |
| 18848301 | MASSAGE DEVICE | HUSSAIN, MISHAL ZAHRA | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 18, 2024 |
| 18822282 | VEHICLE FRONT PORTION STRUCTURE | BECK, KAREN | — | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 02, 2024 |
| 18842294 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE | ANDERSON, AMARA | — | §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 |
| 18813522 | MRAM | SAIN, GAUTAM | 2135 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 14d | Pending | Aug 23, 2024 |
| 18690105 | PARKING ASSISTANCE DEVICE | BRUSHABER, FREDERICK M | 3665 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 13, 2024 |
| 18730369 | STATOR | MATES, ROBERT E | 2834 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 19, 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 |
| 18760180 | MANIFOLD | PRICE, CRAIG JAMES | 3753 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 01, 2024 |
| 18724978 | OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE | ARMSTRONG, JONATHAN D | 3645 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18723522 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING STEEL MEMBER | WU, JENNY R | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2024 |
| 18752043 | COOLING MODULE | REID, MICHAEL ROBERT | 3753 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 76d | Pending | Jun 24, 2024 |
| 18751427 | COOLING MODULE | CARY, KELSEY E | 3753 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2024 |
| 18673855 | OBJECT POSITION DETECTION DEVICE | CAMMARATA, MICHAEL ROBERT | 2667 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 24, 2024 |
| 18709173 | ENVIRONMENT RECOGNITION DEVICE AND PROGRAM | AZARIAN, SEYED H | 2675 | §103 | Final Rejection | 8d | Pending | May 10, 2024 |
| 18704324 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | NIEVES FLORES, NEIT JOSAFAT | 3664 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 75d | Pending | Apr 24, 2024 |
| 18702218 | VEHICLE INFORMATION GENERATION SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC CONTROL DEVICE | MUELLER, SARAH ALEXANDRA | 3669 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 17, 2024 |
| 18701883 | DAMPER | BINDA, GREGORY JOHN | 3679 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 16, 2024 |
| 18693013 | SPRAY AGENT FOR SKIN OR HAIR, COSMETIC TREATMENT METHOD, AND SPRAY DEVICE | CHATRATHI, ARJUNA P | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2024 |
| 18599564 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE | PHAM, NHUT HUY | 2674 | §102 | Final Rejection | 19d overdue | Pending | Mar 08, 2024 |
| 18598216 | HUMIDIFIER | LEE, DANIEL H. | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2024 |
| 18595618 | HUMIDIFIER | HANSEN, JARED A | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2024 |
| 18422733 | CART MOVEMENT ASSIST DEVICE | MEDANI, MOHAMED | 3611 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 25, 2024 |
| 18291660 | CULTURE METHOD AND CULTURE DEVICE | BOWERS, NATHAN ANDREW | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2024 |
| 18289083 | OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE | HAILE, BENYAM | 2688 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2023 |
| 18482088 | OPENING-AND-CLOSING BODY DRIVING DEVICE | PONCIANO, PATRICK BERNAS | 3634 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 06, 2023 |
| 18450609 | IN-VEHICLE PAYMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD | MILLER, JAMES H | 3694 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 77d overdue | Pending | Aug 16, 2023 |
| 18260427 | HAIR/SCALP CARE METHOD AND HAIR/SCALP CARE DEVICE | LEE, CHEE-CHONG | 1612 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 05, 2023 |
| 18269900 | CATALYTIC SOLUTION FOR HALIDE ION BATTERY | MARTIN, ANGELA J | 1727 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 16d | Pending | Jun 27, 2023 |
| 18248567 | CULTURE APPARATUS AND CULTURE METHOD | BEISNER, WILLIAM H | 1799 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | 44d overdue | Pending | Apr 11, 2023 |
| 17926745 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ROTOR FOR ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE | CARLEY, JEFFREY T. | 3700 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2022 |
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