Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Aptiv Technologies AG

8 pending office actions • 6 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
3
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (3)

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.

0
Hard (0%)
6
Medium (75%)
2
Easy (25%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (50%)
§102 only2 (25%)
§112 only2 (25%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
12% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
3
Semiconductors
38% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
50% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BARKER, MATTHEW M 1 72.4% +14.5%
MOORE, URIAH VENDELL 1
LI, YONGHONG 1 76.7% +22.3%
TRINH, MINH N 1 85.7% +10.2%
BAILLARGEON, PAUL D 1 77.5% +5.0%
ALHAWAMDEH, NADER J 1 91.6% +10.2%
LEON MUNOZ, EDWIN A 1 88.4% +8.0%
SOTO, CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY 1 53.1% +29.3%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18142214 ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR FOR VEHICLE CHARGING INLET ALHAWAMDEH, NADER J 13d
18204723 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ROBOTICALLY ROUTING AND SECURING WIRING HARNESS BRANCHES TRINH, MINH N 21d
18127942 VIBRATION RESISTANT CONNECTOR SYSTEM WITH MATING ASSISTANCE FEATURE LEON MUNOZ, EDWIN A 34d

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18209669 DETERMINING AN ELEVATION ANGLE OF AN ELECTROMAGNETIC SENSOR MOUNTED IN A VEHICLE LI, YONGHONG 84d overdue
17879244 STAMPED AND FORMED ELECTRICAL CONTACT AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SAME SOTO, CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY 46d overdue
18142214 ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR FOR VEHICLE CHARGING INLET ALHAWAMDEH, NADER J 13d
18204723 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ROBOTICALLY ROUTING AND SECURING WIRING HARNESS BRANCHES TRINH, MINH N 21d
18218662 RADAR SYSTEM WITH ADHESIVE LAYER FOR ISOLATION OF VERTICAL FEED LINES BARKER, MATTHEW M 41d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2831 3
3646 1
2142 1
3648 1
3729 1
3723 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18218662 RADAR SYSTEM WITH ADHESIVE LAYER FOR ISOLATION OF VERTICAL FEED LINES BARKER, MATTHEW M 3646 §112 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Jul 06, 2023
18216758 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR OPTIMIZING A PEAK MEMORY USAGE OF AN ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK GRAPH MOORE, URIAH VENDELL 2142 §103 Non-Final OA 53d Pending Jun 30, 2023
18209669 DETERMINING AN ELEVATION ANGLE OF AN ELECTROMAGNETIC SENSOR MOUNTED IN A VEHICLE LI, YONGHONG 3648 §103 Final Rejection 84d overdue Pending Jun 14, 2023
18204723 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ROBOTICALLY ROUTING AND SECURING WIRING HARNESS BRANCHES TRINH, MINH N 3729 §112 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Jun 01, 2023
18143893 BUSBAR FIXING BAILLARGEON, PAUL D 2831 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending May 05, 2023
18142214 ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR FOR VEHICLE CHARGING INLET ALHAWAMDEH, NADER J 2831 §102 Non-Final OA 13d Pending May 02, 2023
18127942 VIBRATION RESISTANT CONNECTOR SYSTEM WITH MATING ASSISTANCE FEATURE LEON MUNOZ, EDWIN A 2831 §102 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Mar 29, 2023
17879244 STAMPED AND FORMED ELECTRICAL CONTACT AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SAME SOTO, CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY 3723 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Aug 02, 2022

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