Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
5 pending office actions • 3 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 patents granted in the last 365 days
ArvinMeritor Technology LLC is navigating 5 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed across 3 distinct art units, reflecting a portfolio that spans multiple technical specialties. The involvement of 5 distinct examiners for 5 pending office actions indicates that no examiner is currently handling more than 1 case for the company.
PALMER, ALEX ROBERT is the busiest examiner identified in the data, with 1 busiest examiner pending action. This distribution between examiners and pending actions suggests a fragmented prosecution environment. Practitioners cannot rely on a single examiner's feedback to predict outcomes across the broader portfolio, as each of the 5 pending office actions is being evaluated by a different individual.
The presence of 3 distinct art units further complicates the strategy, as it requires familiarity with different supervisory styles and internal guidelines. With 5 distinct examiners involved, the company must manage 5 separate sets of examiner preferences. This distribution emphasizes the need for individualized responses to each office action rather than a consolidated approach across the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (80%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PALMER, ALEX ROBERT | 1 | 62.0% | +20.0% |
| ROBINSON, KRYSTAL | 1 | 86.3% | -5.1% |
| COMINO, EVA L | 1 | 70.4% | +32.3% |
| KING, BRADLEY T | 1 | 70.8% | +22.5% |
| AUNG, SAN M | 1 | 77.7% | +20.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18460050 | SINGLE PISTON BRAKE CALIPER HOUSING AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SINGLE PISTON BRAKE CALIPER HOUSING | KING, BRADLEY T | 81d overdue |
| 18915478 | A WHEEL HUB ASSEMBLY | PALMER, ALEX ROBERT | — |
| 18907943 | SUPPORT MEMBER FOR ROUTING A FLUID OR ELECTRICAL LINE IN A STRUCTURAL MEMBER | ROBINSON, KRYSTAL | — |
| 18471448 | WHEEL END ASSEMBLY HAVING A PARKING BRAKE | COMINO, EVA L | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18460050 | SINGLE PISTON BRAKE CALIPER HOUSING AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SINGLE PISTON BRAKE CALIPER HOUSING | KING, BRADLEY T | 81d overdue |
| 18306444 | TOOL AND METHOD FOR MEASURING BRAKE FRICTION MATERIAL | AUNG, SAN M | 29d |
| 18915478 | A WHEEL HUB ASSEMBLY | PALMER, ALEX ROBERT | — |
| 18471448 | WHEEL END ASSEMBLY HAVING A PARKING BRAKE | COMINO, EVA L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3615 | 2 |
| 3616 | 2 |
| 2847 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18915478 | A WHEEL HUB ASSEMBLY | PALMER, ALEX ROBERT | 3615 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 15, 2024 |
| 18907943 | SUPPORT MEMBER FOR ROUTING A FLUID OR ELECTRICAL LINE IN A STRUCTURAL MEMBER | ROBINSON, KRYSTAL | 2847 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 07, 2024 |
| 18471448 | WHEEL END ASSEMBLY HAVING A PARKING BRAKE | COMINO, EVA L | 3615 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 21, 2023 |
| 18460050 | SINGLE PISTON BRAKE CALIPER HOUSING AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SINGLE PISTON BRAKE CALIPER HOUSING | KING, BRADLEY T | 3616 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 81d overdue | Pending | Sep 01, 2023 |
| 18306444 | TOOL AND METHOD FOR MEASURING BRAKE FRICTION MATERIAL | AUNG, SAN M | 3616 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 29d | Pending | Apr 25, 2023 |
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