Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
77 pending office actions • 29 art units • 66 examiners • 0 of 77 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 201 patents granted in the last 365 days
Aptiv Technologies AG has 78 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed across 29 distinct art units, showing a range of mechanical and transportation innovations. The prosecution involves 67 distinct examiners, which indicates that most of the 78 pending office actions are being reviewed by different people. This ratio of 67 distinct examiners for 78 pending office actions means that the company must navigate many different individual examination styles.
CHAMBERS, TRAVIS SLOAN is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, overseeing 4 of the 78 pending office actions. This low concentration among 67 distinct examiners means that the company must manage many individual examiner relationships. The 29 distinct art units involved further highlight the technical diversity of the 78 pending office actions. Coordinating the 78 pending office actions across 29 art units and 67 distinct examiners requires a strategy to handle the varying requirements of the transportation sector. Practitioners should focus on maintaining consistency across the 29 distinct art units involved to ensure a unified intellectual property strategy.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 25 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. 25 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 + other | 8 (10%) |
| §103 only | 18 (23%) |
| §102 only | 10 (13%) |
| §112 only | 2 (3%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (1%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 38 (49%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHAMBERS, TRAVIS SLOAN | 4 | 86.3% | +11.5% |
| TA, THO DAC | 2 | 86.4% | +15.2% |
| PATEL, HARSHAD C | 2 | 82.8% | +8.5% |
| LE, HAILEY R | 2 | 81.1% | +9.6% |
| HARCUM, MARCUS E | 2 | 89.3% | +5.6% |
| LE, THANH TAM T | 2 | 86.4% | +13.8% |
| MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA | 2 | 72.0% | +29.3% |
| RAYNAL, ASHLEY BROWN | 2 | 78.4% | +21.1% |
| ABRAMS, NEIL | 2 | 82.8% | +12.4% |
| OXENKNECHT, KYLE | 1 | 80.6% | +33.3% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18439392 | Radar Target Classification | LE, HAILEY R | 59d overdue |
| 18747760 | Methods And Systems For Determining A Beam Vector List For Object Detection | LE, HAILEY R | 29d |
| 18886314 | ELECTRICAL CABLE TERMINAL WITH TWO PIECE COAXIAL CRIMPED OUTER FERRULE | CHAMBERS, TRAVIS SLOAN | — |
| 18816766 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY WITH THERMAL MANAGEMENT | TA, THO DAC | — |
| 18811684 | PASS-THROUGH CONNECTOR WITH LOCKING ELEMENT | PATEL, HARSHAD C | — |
| 18753313 | THROUGH-APERTURE ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR | CHAMBERS, TRAVIS SLOAN | — |
| 18585141 | Connector Assembly System and Related Methods | CHAMBERS, TRAVIS SLOAN | — |
| 18104485 | CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY WITH AN UNSEATED TERMINAL DETECTION FEATURE | ABRAMS, NEIL | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18735798 | Sensor Unit with Roll Adjustable Housing and Method for Assembling Same | VIEAUX, GARY C | 56d overdue |
| 18628699 | Radar Sensor | WINDRICH, MARCUS E | 17d overdue |
| 18904437 | Radar-Based Occupancy Grid Map | SANTOS, KIRSTEN JADE M | 11d overdue |
| 18316072 | Methods and Devices for Analyzing a Reinforcement Learning Agent Based on an Artificial Neural Network | WONG, WILLIAM | 4d overdue |
| 18765274 | Power Electronics With Integrated Ultracapacitor Energy Storage | SOILEAU, JONATHAN WALTER | 6d |
| 18512187 | Vehicle Collision Threat Assessment | ROBERT, DANIEL M | 12d |
| 18604877 | PUNCHING TOOL | RILEY, JONATHAN G | 13d |
| 18536640 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR | LE, THANH TAM T | 16d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18536640 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR | LE, THANH TAM T | 16d |
| 18428236 | RADAR SYSTEM | RAYNAL, ASHLEY BROWN | 70d |
| 18610716 | Laser Device, Calibration of Laser Device and Verification of Radar Alignment Calibration | MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA | 76d |
| 19351158 | Electronic Control Unit with Separable Cooling and Memory Modules | OXENKNECHT, KYLE | — |
| 18886314 | ELECTRICAL CABLE TERMINAL WITH TWO PIECE COAXIAL CRIMPED OUTER FERRULE | CHAMBERS, TRAVIS SLOAN | — |
| 18816766 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY WITH THERMAL MANAGEMENT | TA, THO DAC | — |
| 18777041 | CHARGING CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY WITH A REPLACEABLE ELECTRICAL TERMINAL | TA, THO DAC | — |
| 18753622 | SHIELDING DEVICE FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC SHIELDING | CHAMBERS, TRAVIS SLOAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3648 | 12 |
| 2834 | 4 |
| 2831 | 4 |
| 2858 | 2 |
| 3668 | 2 |
| 3665 | 2 |
| 2841 | 1 |
| 2849 | 1 |
| 3658 | 1 |
| 3663 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19351158 | Electronic Control Unit with Separable Cooling and Memory Modules | OXENKNECHT, KYLE | 2841 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 06, 2025 |
| 19207926 | BATTERY ISOLATION MODULE | SHIN, JEFFREY M | 2849 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 14, 2025 |
| 19196015 | SOLDERABLE WAVEGUIDE ANTENNA | NGUYEN, HOANG V | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 01, 2025 |
| 19077646 | Radar System for Automotive Applications | GOOD, KENNETH W | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 12, 2025 |
| 19051250 | Methods and Structures for Reducing Leakage from Air Waveguide Antennas | HODAC, ERIC KHOI | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2025 |
| 19050715 | EMC Shielding Design to Meet EMC Requirements/Specifications | MULARSKI, ROSS TERRY | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 11, 2025 |
| 18969911 | Techniques for Deploying Software in a Vehicle | NGUYEN, THUAN HUU | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2024 |
| 18961964 | Vehicular Emergency Notification | EL SAYAH, MOHAMAD O | 3658 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18961824 | Image-Based Vehicle Cabin Sensing and Vehicle Equipment Operation | REIDY, SEAN PATRICK | 3663 | §103 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18934990 | Bistatic Radar Signal Reflection Detectors | LI, YONGHONG | 3648 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2024 |
| 18904437 | Radar-Based Occupancy Grid Map | SANTOS, KIRSTEN JADE M | 3664 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 11d overdue | Pending | Oct 02, 2024 |
| 18904247 | Methods And Systems For Determining Information Of Static Occupancy | BUTLER, RODNEY ALLEN | 3666 | §112 | Final Rejection | 20d | Pending | Oct 02, 2024 |
| 18892758 | In-Cabin Object Movement Detection | HAUK, EMILY ROSE | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2024 |
| 18891792 | Inter-Chirp Time Synchronization For Efficient Frequency Allocation | GUYAH, REMASH RAJA | 3648 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2024 |
| 18886314 | ELECTRICAL CABLE TERMINAL WITH TWO PIECE COAXIAL CRIMPED OUTER FERRULE | CHAMBERS, TRAVIS SLOAN | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 16, 2024 |
| 18884777 | Vehicular Safety Monitoring | FRISBY, KEITH J | 3614 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 18825780 | Methods And Systems For Determining Information Related To An Environment Of A Vehicle | ORANGE, DAVID BENJAMIN | — | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 05, 2024 |
| 18823145 | Radar Device | PERVIN, NUZHAT | 3648 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 03, 2024 |
| 18816766 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY WITH THERMAL MANAGEMENT | TA, THO DAC | 2834 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 27, 2024 |
| 18814680 | Method Of Operating A Data Recording Device And System | ALLEN, PAUL MCCARTHY | 3669 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | Aug 26, 2024 |
| 18811684 | PASS-THROUGH CONNECTOR WITH LOCKING ELEMENT | PATEL, HARSHAD C | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 21, 2024 |
| 18784126 | Redundant Electrical Ground Supply System | MILLER, DANIEL R | 2858 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2024 |
| 18777041 | CHARGING CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY WITH A REPLACEABLE ELECTRICAL TERMINAL | TA, THO DAC | 2834 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2024 |
| 18774007 | Assembly And Method For Analyzing A System | DAO, THUY CHAN | 3668 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 16, 2024 |
| 18772451 | CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING SUCH A CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY | RAHMAN, THASLIMUR | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 15, 2024 |
| 18765274 | Power Electronics With Integrated Ultracapacitor Energy Storage | SOILEAU, JONATHAN WALTER | 2838 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 6d | Pending | Jul 07, 2024 |
| 18753622 | SHIELDING DEVICE FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC SHIELDING | CHAMBERS, TRAVIS SLOAN | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 25, 2024 |
| 18753313 | THROUGH-APERTURE ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR | CHAMBERS, TRAVIS SLOAN | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 25, 2024 |
| 18748796 | Migration of Application Executions Across Processing Units | LEE, TAMMY EUNHYE | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2024 |
| 18747760 | Methods And Systems For Determining A Beam Vector List For Object Detection | LE, HAILEY R | 3648 | §103 | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | Jun 19, 2024 |
| 18735798 | Sensor Unit with Roll Adjustable Housing and Method for Assembling Same | VIEAUX, GARY C | 2638 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 56d overdue | Pending | Jun 06, 2024 |
| 18734265 | SEALED CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY WITH COMBINATION CONNECTOR SEAL | HARCUM, MARCUS E | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2024 |
| 18672527 | CONNECTOR SYSTEM WITH CONNECTOR POSITION ASSURANCE ELEMENT | PATEL, HARSHAD C | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2024 |
| 18666899 | Joint Device | STERLING, AMY JO | 3618 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 17, 2024 |
| 18664824 | CABLE SEAL | LE, THANH TAM T | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 15, 2024 |
| 18659486 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH REMOVABLE FACEPLATE | HARCUM, MARCUS E | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2024 |
| 18659149 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH ERGONOMIC AXIAL MATING ASSIST DEVICE | JIMENEZ, OSCAR C | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2024 |
| 18654500 | ELECTRONIC MODULE WITH INTEGRATED CONNECTOR POSITION ASSURANCE DEVICE | BURGOS-GUNTIN, NELSON R | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 03, 2024 |
| 18652931 | ASSOCIATING MEASUREMENT POINTS TO SPLINE POINTS IN DETERMINATIONS OF A FREE SPACE BOUNDARY IN A VEHICLE ASSISTANCE SYSTEM | GONZALEZ, MARIO CARLOS | 3668 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 02, 2024 |
| 18652100 | DUAL LOCKING SYSTEM | HYEON, HAE M | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 01, 2024 |
| 18652008 | Computer-Implemented Method to Execute a Softmax Function Using Piecewise Approximation | LU, HWEI-MIN | — | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 01, 2024 |
| 18652057 | CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY WITH A TERMINAL POSITION ASSURANCE FUNCTION INTEGRATED TO A CONNECTOR POSITION ASSURANCE MEMBER | PAUMEN, GARY F | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 01, 2024 |
| 18650719 | Method for Calibration of a Radar Sensor | JUSTICE, MICHAEL W | 3648 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 26d | Pending | Apr 30, 2024 |
| 18631739 | Vehicle Heading Determination Based on Smartphone Localization | TRAN, CONGVAN | 2647 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2024 |
| 18628699 | Radar Sensor | WINDRICH, MARCUS E | 3646 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | 17d overdue | Pending | Apr 06, 2024 |
| 18611903 | Radar Processing Method And Apparatus | MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA | 3648 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2024 |
| 18610716 | Laser Device, Calibration of Laser Device and Verification of Radar Alignment Calibration | MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA | 3648 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 76d | Pending | Mar 20, 2024 |
| 18604877 | PUNCHING TOOL | RILEY, JONATHAN G | 3724 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 13d | Pending | Mar 14, 2024 |
| 18604872 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY WITH POTTING MATERIAL SEAL | NGUYEN, THANG H | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2024 |
| 18585141 | Connector Assembly System and Related Methods | CHAMBERS, TRAVIS SLOAN | 2831 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 23, 2024 |
| 18439392 | Radar Target Classification | LE, HAILEY R | 3648 | §103 | Final Rejection | 59d overdue | Pending | Feb 12, 2024 |
| 18435581 | TRANSMISSION LINE NETWORK FOR A RADAR ANTENNA SYSTEM | BENJAMIN GOSLING, ANNA K | 3648 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2024 |
| 18430206 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTION SYSTEM FOR CHARGING VEHICLES | LABAZE, EDWYN | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 01, 2024 |
| 18428236 | RADAR SYSTEM | RAYNAL, ASHLEY BROWN | 3648 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 70d | Pending | Jan 31, 2024 |
| 18411514 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTION SYSTEM FOR CHARGING VEHICLES | MAI, THIEN T | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 12, 2024 |
| 18540740 | Vehicle Perception Sensor Processing with Prioritization Scheme | STRYKER, NICHOLAS F | 3665 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 14, 2023 |
| 18537053 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING A CONVERSION RULE | LEVEL, BARBARA HENRY | — | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2023 |
| 18536640 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR | LE, THANH TAM T | 2831 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 16d | Pending | Dec 12, 2023 |
| 18532650 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION TO AN OCCUPANT OF A VEHICLE | SIDDIQUEE, ISMAAEEL ABDULLAH | 3648 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 35d | Pending | Dec 07, 2023 |
| 18515639 | ULTRACAPACITOR MODULE | CAVALLARI, DANIEL | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2023 |
| 18512441 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH A DUAL-PURPOSE TERMINAL LOCK | ABRAMS, NEIL | 2834 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 17, 2023 |
| 18512187 | Vehicle Collision Threat Assessment | ROBERT, DANIEL M | 3665 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 12d | Pending | Nov 17, 2023 |
| 18511397 | Camera-Based Vehicle Occupant Sensing | WOLFSON, ETHAN NOAH | 2673 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 50d | Pending | Nov 16, 2023 |
| 18508572 | Electrical Module and Related Methods | WILLIAMS, ARUN C | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2023 |
| 18503512 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ARRANGEMENT WITH MATE-ASSIST SLIDER | KRATT, JUSTIN M | 2831 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 23d | Pending | Nov 07, 2023 |
| 18494955 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING TRAJECTORY INFORMATION OF A PLURALITY OF ROAD USERS | MACIOROWSKI, GODFREY ALEKSANDER | 3667 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 26, 2023 |
| 18491882 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TESTING A SYSTEM | LEE, BYUNG RO | 2858 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Oct 23, 2023 |
| 18316072 | Methods and Devices for Analyzing a Reinforcement Learning Agent Based on an Artificial Neural Network | WONG, WILLIAM | 2144 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | May 11, 2023 |
| 18124134 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ADAPTING AN ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK GRAPH | TANK, ANDREW L | 2141 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2023 |
| 18184294 | Scene Classification Method, Apparatus and Computer Program Product | ISLAM, MEHRAZUL NMN | 2662 | §103 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Mar 15, 2023 |
| 17940253 | PARKING SENSOR SYSTEM | RAYNAL, ASHLEY BROWN | 3648 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 08, 2022 |
| 17823206 | Crowd-Sourced Continuous Update Data Collection for Automotive Applications | KENDALL, CHUCK O | 2192 | §112 | Final Rejection | 69d | Pending | Aug 30, 2022 |
| 17654039 | Modified Ray-Tracer for an Electromagnetic Response Simulator | HOCKER, JOHN PAUL | 2189 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 08, 2022 |
| 17242201 | Methods and Systems for Tracking an Object | DANG, TRANG THANH | 3656 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | 28d | Pending | Apr 27, 2021 |
| 18216758 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR OPTIMIZING A PEAK MEMORY USAGE OF AN ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK GRAPH | MOORE, URIAH VENDELL | 2142 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 53d | Pending | Jun 30, 2023 |
| 18142214 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR FOR VEHICLE CHARGING INLET | ALHAWAMDEH, NADER J | 2831 | §102 | Final Rejection | 13d | Pending | May 02, 2023 |
| 18104485 | CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY WITH AN UNSEATED TERMINAL DETECTION FEATURE | ABRAMS, NEIL | 2834 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 01, 2023 |
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