Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

American Axle & Manufacturing Inc.

4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
2
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
1
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 (50%)
1
Medium (25%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (25%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (25%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (50%)
No statute on record1 (25%)

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
3
Semiconductors
75% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
25% 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.

40 h
Manual time on pending OAs
8 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
14 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ELNAKIB, AHMED 1 78.8% +8.6%
MATES, ROBERT E 1 56.8% +35.4%
AIYASH, ALMUTASIM HEZAM 1 60.0% +50.0%
BACHNER, ROBERT G 1 87.5% +7.3%

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
18229306 ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE COMPONENT FIXTURE BACHNER, ROBERT G

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
18750015 ELECTRIC DRIVE UNIT MATES, ROBERT E 7d
18792733 ELECTRIC MOTOR AND STATOR COOLING APPARATUS ELNAKIB, AHMED

Interview Candidates (2)

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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18750015 ELECTRIC DRIVE UNIT MATES, ROBERT E 7d
18539738 RESISTANCE WELDED ASSEMBLY FIXTURE AIYASH, ALMUTASIM HEZAM

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2834 2
3678 1
2898 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18792733 ELECTRIC MOTOR AND STATOR COOLING APPARATUS ELNAKIB, AHMED 2834 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 02, 2024
18750015 ELECTRIC DRIVE UNIT MATES, ROBERT E 2834 §102§103 Final Rejection 7d Pending Jun 21, 2024
18539738 RESISTANCE WELDED ASSEMBLY FIXTURE AIYASH, ALMUTASIM HEZAM 3678 Final Rejection Pending Dec 14, 2023
18229306 ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE COMPONENT FIXTURE BACHNER, ROBERT G 2898 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 02, 2023

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