Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
76 pending office actions • 50 art units • 74 examiners • 0 of 76 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 244 patents granted in the last 365 days
Audi AG has 77 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The matters involve 75 distinct examiners and 51 distinct art units, indicating that the docket is broadly dispersed and that most examiner relationships are not repeated extensively. The close relationship between pending matters and examiners also points to limited opportunity for a single-examiner strategy.
GOODBODY, JOAN T is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. That concentration is modest, so portfolio management should emphasize consistent technical positions and reliable tracking across many individual prosecution paths. Counsel may still use the shared art-unit structure to identify recurring issues where the record supports doing so.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 15 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. 15 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 | 6 (8%) |
| §103 only | 21 (28%) |
| §102 only | 6 (8%) |
| §112 only | 4 (5%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 39 (51%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GOODBODY, JOAN T | 2 | 51.2% | +35.4% |
| TRISCHLER, JOHN T | 2 | 68.2% | +21.7% |
| TUMEBO, TSION M | 1 | 66.3% | +20.4% |
| MO, XIAO EN | 1 | 80.6% | +6.0% |
| VORCE, AMELIA J.I. | 1 | 73.4% | +20.6% |
| CARTER, WILLIAM JOSEPH | 1 | 62.7% | +37.2% |
| REAGAN, JAMES A | 1 | 71.4% | +20.0% |
| WAKELY, REECE ANTHONY | 1 | 21.7% | +60.8% |
| HILGENDORF, DALE W | 1 | 84.1% | +21.5% |
| LUQUE, RENAN | 1 | 78.3% | +15.5% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19336840 | ELECTROMECHANICAL STEERING SYSTEM, METHOD FOR OPERATING SUCH A SYSTEM AND VEHICLE | MO, XIAO EN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18421632 | DETECTING AND VISUALIZING OF A FUEL TYPE USED | ZHONG, XIN Y | 43d overdue |
| 18597824 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD AND PROCESSOR CIRCUIT FOR INTERVENING IN AN OPERATION OF A VEHICLE COMPONENT OF A VEHICLE AND VEHICLE WITH SUCH A PROCESSOR CIRCUIT | GOODBODY, JOAN T | 37d overdue |
| 17865687 | BATTERY WITH INTEGRATED BUS BAR COOLING SYSTEM AND MOTOR VEHICLE | JACOBSON, SARAH JORDAN | 25d overdue |
| 17925585 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A FUEL CELL VEHICLE, AND FUEL CELL VEHICLE | CLEMMONS, STEVE M | 5d overdue |
| 17697274 | BATTERY CELL FOR A HIGH-VOLTAGE BATTERY, HIGH-VOLTAGE BATTERY AND MOTOR VEHICLE | NEWMAN, DREW C | 19d |
| 18960818 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN UNMANNED AIRCRAFT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE CHARGING STATION, UNMANNED AIRCRAFT, AND MOTOR VEHICLE CHARGING STATION | NORRIS, URSULA LEE | 27d |
| 18078374 | BATTERY ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR FIGHTING A BATTERY FIRE AND MOTOR VEHICLE | ONDREJCAK, ANDREW DOMENIC | 70d |
| 18609398 | ENERGY STORAGE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE | LEWIS, TISHA D | 84d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18597824 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD AND PROCESSOR CIRCUIT FOR INTERVENING IN AN OPERATION OF A VEHICLE COMPONENT OF A VEHICLE AND VEHICLE WITH SUCH A PROCESSOR CIRCUIT | GOODBODY, JOAN T | 37d overdue |
| 19363304 | LIGHTING DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE AND MOTOR VEHICLE HAVING SUCH A LIGHTING DEVICE | TUMEBO, TSION M | — |
| 19332822 | Driver assistance method, control device, motor vehicle, storage medium, and server device for operation in the Internet | VORCE, AMELIA J.I. | — |
| 19159959 | ILLUMINATING DEVICE FOR THE INTERIOR OF A MOTOR VEHICLE, AND MOTOR VEHICLE | CARTER, WILLIAM JOSEPH | — |
| 19141887 | METHOD FOR CARRYING OUT SETTINGS ON AT LEAST ONE FIRST ACTUATOR OF A MOTOR VEHICLE, METHOD FOR ENABLING SETTINGS TO BE CHANGED, AND MOTOR VEHICLE | REAGAN, JAMES A | — |
| 19242735 | METHOD FOR DETECTING DAMAGE TO A WHEEL HUB MOTOR OF A MOTOR VEHICLE, AND MOTOR VEHICLE HAVING A WHEEL HUB MOTOR | WAKELY, REECE ANTHONY | — |
| 19230846 | Method for actuating at least one system component of a system according to surroundings information generated by the system | HILGENDORF, DALE W | — |
| 19119653 | METHOD FOR ILLUMINATING AN AREA SURROUNDING A MOTOR VEHICLE AND AN ADDITIONAL VEHICLE, AND MOTOR VEHICLE | LUQUE, RENAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2859 | 7 |
| 3747 | 3 |
| 2834 | 3 |
| 3655 | 3 |
| 3613 | 3 |
| 2875 | 2 |
| 3666 | 2 |
| 3661 | 2 |
| 3616 | 2 |
| 1725 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19363304 | LIGHTING DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE AND MOTOR VEHICLE HAVING SUCH A LIGHTING DEVICE | TUMEBO, TSION M | 2875 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 20, 2025 |
| 19336840 | ELECTROMECHANICAL STEERING SYSTEM, METHOD FOR OPERATING SUCH A SYSTEM AND VEHICLE | MO, XIAO EN | 3747 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2025 |
| 19332822 | Driver assistance method, control device, motor vehicle, storage medium, and server device for operation in the Internet | VORCE, AMELIA J.I. | 3666 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 18, 2025 |
| 19159959 | ILLUMINATING DEVICE FOR THE INTERIOR OF A MOTOR VEHICLE, AND MOTOR VEHICLE | CARTER, WILLIAM JOSEPH | 2875 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 26, 2025 |
| 19141887 | METHOD FOR CARRYING OUT SETTINGS ON AT LEAST ONE FIRST ACTUATOR OF A MOTOR VEHICLE, METHOD FOR ENABLING SETTINGS TO BE CHANGED, AND MOTOR VEHICLE | REAGAN, JAMES A | 3697 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2025 |
| 19242735 | METHOD FOR DETECTING DAMAGE TO A WHEEL HUB MOTOR OF A MOTOR VEHICLE, AND MOTOR VEHICLE HAVING A WHEEL HUB MOTOR | WAKELY, REECE ANTHONY | 3667 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2025 |
| 19230846 | Method for actuating at least one system component of a system according to surroundings information generated by the system | HILGENDORF, DALE W | 3661 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2025 |
| 19119653 | METHOD FOR ILLUMINATING AN AREA SURROUNDING A MOTOR VEHICLE AND AN ADDITIONAL VEHICLE, AND MOTOR VEHICLE | LUQUE, RENAN | 2844 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 09, 2025 |
| 19113475 | WHEEL SUSPENSION FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE AND CORRESPONDING MOTOR VEHICLE | WEBB, TIFFANY L | 3614 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2025 |
| 19082298 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A COMPONENT FOR AN ELECTRICAL MACHINE AND CORRESPONDING DEVICE FOR PRODUCING THE COMPONENT | QURESHI, MOHAMMED AHMED | 2834 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2025 |
| 19112081 | CLUTCH ASSEMBLY | NGUYEN, LILLIAN T | 3655 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2025 |
| 19056587 | ELECTRIC MACHINE, MOTOR VEHICLE HAVING AN ELECTRIC MACHINE, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ELECTRIC MACHINE | ANDREWS, MICHAEL | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 18, 2025 |
| 19053684 | DISPLAY SYSTEM | WEISFELD, MATTHIAS S | 3661 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2025 |
| 19099109 | A METHOD OF OPERATING A COORDINATOR SYSTEM, COORDINATOR SYSTEM, AND A VEHICLE WITH THE SAME | TROOST, AARON L | 3666 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 28, 2025 |
| 18998245 | VEHICLE DOOR WITH ACTUATION DEVICE FOR GENERATING A SWITCH SIGNAL, AND MOTOR VEHICLE | AHMAD, FARIA F | 3675 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2025 |
| 19027035 | DEVICE FOR INTERACTION WITH A USER IN A MOTOR VEHICLE, AND MOTOR VEHICLE | LAMB, CHRISTOPHER RAY | 2622 | §103 | Final Rejection | 43d overdue | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18873513 | MOTOR VEHICLE LOCK HAVING AN ELECTRONIC CONTROL DEVICE | WILLIAMS, MARK A | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18979424 | POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE FOR ENERGIZING A ROTOR WINDING OF AN ELECTRIC MACHINE, AND ELECTRIC MACHINE | REID JR, CHARLES H | 2834 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 |
| 18872369 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE, MOTOR VEHICLE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT | BRAUCH, CHARLES JOSEPH | 3747 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
| 18871727 | HITCHING DEVICE, MOTOR VEHICLE, TRAILER AND CARRIER SYSTEM | FERGUSON, TYLER RAY | 3611 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2024 |
| 18960818 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN UNMANNED AIRCRAFT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE CHARGING STATION, UNMANNED AIRCRAFT, AND MOTOR VEHICLE CHARGING STATION | NORRIS, URSULA LEE | 3676 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18866405 | ROBUST EMERGENCY CALL METHOD AND CONTROLLER FOR A VEHICLE, AND COORDINATION CENTER | JAIN, SWATI | 2642 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2024 |
| 18938718 | EXTERNALLY EXCITED SYNCHRONOUS MACHINE, MOTOR VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN EXTERNALLY EXCITED SYNCHRONOUS MACHINE | JOHNSON, ERIC | 2834 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2024 |
| 18808142 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A STEER-BY-WIRE STEERING SYSTEM OF A MOTOR VEHICLE, STEER-BY-WIRE STEERING SYSTEM AND MOTOR VEHICLE | KRAFT, LOGAN M | 3747 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 19, 2024 |
| 18839120 | BRAKE SYSTEM STRUCTURE AND VEHICLE COMPRISING A BRAKE SYSTEM STRUCTURE | BOWES, STEPHEN M | 3616 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 16, 2024 |
| 18796599 | INTER-CELL COOLING DEVICE WITH INTEGRATED HEATING DEVICE, BATTERY MODULE AND COOLING DEVICE FOR A BATTERY MODULE | ROSENBAUM, AMANDA R | 1752 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 07, 2024 |
| 18789368 | EMERGENCY OPERATION OF AN LV LOAD OF AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE | DANG, TINH | 3655 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2024 |
| 18655723 | ROOF ANTENNA FOR A VEHICLE | LEVI, DAMEON E | 2845 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 06, 2024 |
| 18706859 | DRIVE DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE | JAGOLINZER, SCOTT ROSS | 3665 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 02, 2024 |
| 18639015 | UNDERRIDE GUARD FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE, MOTOR VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN UNDERRIDE GUARD | MEYER, JACOB B | 3613 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2024 |
| 18699721 | CELL VENTING CHANNEL ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR DISCHARGING GASES FROM A BATTERY | DOVE, TRACY MAE | 1725 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 09, 2024 |
| 18697103 | BATTERY ASSEMBLY HAVING A CELL DEGASSING CHANNEL, MOTOR VEHICLE, AND METHOD FOR DISCHARGING GASES FROM A BATTERY | GATEWOOD, DANIEL S | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 29, 2024 |
| 18609398 | ENERGY STORAGE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE | LEWIS, TISHA D | 3619 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 84d | Pending | Mar 19, 2024 |
| 18692566 | AIR PURIFYING DEVICE FOR PURIFYING AIR AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN AIR PURIFYING DEVICE | HE, QIANPING | 1776 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 15, 2024 |
| 18603898 | ACTIVATING A RESERVED CHARGING COLUMN OF A CHARGING STATION | TARDIF, DAVID P | 2876 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2024 |
| 18597824 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD AND PROCESSOR CIRCUIT FOR INTERVENING IN AN OPERATION OF A VEHICLE COMPONENT OF A VEHICLE AND VEHICLE WITH SUCH A PROCESSOR CIRCUIT | GOODBODY, JOAN T | 3664 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | 37d overdue | Pending | Mar 06, 2024 |
| 18582966 | ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE | DOLAK, JAMES M | 3613 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2024 |
| 18681917 | ASSEMBLY FOR LOAD DISTRIBUTION IN A VEHICLE | PANG, ROGER L | 3655 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2024 |
| 18421632 | DETECTING AND VISUALIZING OF A FUEL TYPE USED | ZHONG, XIN Y | 2855 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 43d overdue | Pending | Jan 24, 2024 |
| 18579757 | DISPLAY SYSTEM AND MOTOR VEHICLE HAVING A DISPLAY SYSTEM | KHATIB, RAMI | 3669 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 56d | Pending | Jan 16, 2024 |
| 18414194 | POWER ELECTRONIC ARRANGEMENT FOR AN EXTERNALLY EXCITED SYNCHRONOUS MACHINE, MOTOR VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A POWER ELECTRONIC ARRANGEMENT | SMITH, COURTNEY L | 2835 | §103 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | Jan 16, 2024 |
| 18394087 | CELL COOLING UNIT FOR MULTI-SIDED COOLING OF A PRISMATIC BATTERY CELL, COOLING ARRANGEMENT AND BATTERY MODULE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE | RASSOULI, LILI | 1728 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 22, 2023 |
| 18571291 | MASSAGE SYSTEM | MILLER, CHRISTOPHER E | 3785 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2023 |
| 18529890 | CHARGING SYSTEM WITH WIND GENERATOR | MURALIDAR, RICHARD V | 2859 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2023 |
| 18502381 | DATA STORAGE DEVICE IN A VEHICLE, METHOD AND VEHICLE | HOSSAIN, KAMAL M | 2444 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2023 |
| 18502367 | BATTERY ARRANGEMENT | GURARI, EREZ | 3615 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2023 |
| 18499767 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A CHARGING STATION DESIGNED AND PROVIDED FOR CHARGING A TRACTION BATTERY OF A MOTOR VEHICLE WITH ELECTRIC ENERGY, THE CORRESPONDING CHARGING STATION, AND A BUILDING ARRANGEMENT HAVING A CHARGING STATION | NGUYEN, NHA T | 2851 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2023 |
| 18499952 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A ROTOR FOR AN ELECTRIC MACHINE | ABRAHAM, JOSE K | 3729 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2023 |
| 18499966 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A CHARGING STATION DESIGNED AND PROVIDED FOR CHARGING A TRACTION BATTERY OF A MOTOR VEHICLE WITH ELECTRIC ENERGY, AND THE CORRESPONDING CHARGING STATION | TRISCHLER, JOHN T | 2859 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2023 |
| 18496098 | ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE HAVING COOLING DEVICE FOR INDIRECT COOLING OF MODULE CONNECTORS AND METHOD FOR COOLING CELL GROUPS OF AN ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE | CHAU, LISA N | 1785 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 27, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialAudi AG has 76 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 50 art units and 74 examiners.
Joan T Goodbody has the most, with 2 of Audi AG's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
