Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Audi AG

Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

70 pending office actions • 41 art units • 68 examiners • 0 of 70 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 235 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Audi AG has 74 pending office actions concentrated in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The portfolio is spread across 43 distinct art units, reflecting the diverse technical components of modern automotive systems. With 71 distinct examiners assigned to these 74 actions, the prosecution workload is highly distributed across the patent office.

Matthew James O'Neill serves as the busiest examiner for the company, yet he is responsible for only 2 pending office actions. This distribution means that nearly every pending action is being reviewed by a different individual. Such a wide range of examiners and art units requires a flexible prosecution strategy that accounts for many different internal office perspectives. The 43 distinct art units involved indicate that the company's filings are being scrutinized by a large variety of specialized examination groups.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

70
Total Pending OAs
40
Non-Final OAs
21
Final Rejections
9
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 18 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

8
Overdue
1
Due this week
4
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
3
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. 18 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (8)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (4)Due ≤ 60 days (2)Due later (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.

40
Hard (57%)
28
Medium (40%)
2
Easy (3%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other5 (7%)
§103 only22 (31%)
§102 only6 (9%)
§112 only2 (3%)
Multi-statute (no §101)35 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

9
Life Sciences
13% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
5
Communications
7% of docket
10
Semiconductors
14% of docket
26
Mechanical / Eng
37% of docket
20
Business / Other
29% 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.

700 h
Manual time on pending OAs
140 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
245 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
6.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
GOODBODY, JOAN T 2 51.2% +36.2%
TRISCHLER, JOHN T 2 68.3% +21.5%
O'NEILL, MATTHEW JAMES 1 79.1% +22.9%
VORCE, AMELIA J.I. 1 73.5% +20.6%
MUSTAFA, IMRAN K 1 60.4% +16.0%
CARTER, WILLIAM JOSEPH 1 62.5% +37.2%
ZUBAJLO, JENNIFER L 1 70.4% +22.8%
REAGAN, JAMES A 1 71.4% +19.9%
WAKELY, REECE ANTHONY 1 23.8% +94.1%
HILGENDORF, DALE W 1 84.1% +21.7%

Hard Cases (40)

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 #TitleExaminerDue 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
18139144 CHARGING PARKING LOT DIAO, M BAYE 7d
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
18938605 ACTUATING APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A LOCKING SYSTEM OF A MOTOR VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR RELEASING A MANUALLY OPERATED EMERGENCY UNLOCKING DEVICE AND MOTOR VEHICLE CASILLASHERNANDEZ, OMAR 29d

Interview Candidates (12)

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 #TitleExaminerDue 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
19395314 FRONT AXLE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE AND MOTOR VEHICLE O'NEILL, MATTHEW JAMES —
19332822 Driver assistance method, control device, motor vehicle, storage medium, and server device for operation in the Internet VORCE, AMELIA J.I. —
19317255 METHOD FOR RESETTING A TAILGATE CONTROL UNIT MUSTAFA, IMRAN K —
19159959 ILLUMINATING DEVICE FOR THE INTERIOR OF A MOTOR VEHICLE, AND MOTOR VEHICLE CARTER, WILLIAM JOSEPH —
19159582 DISPLAY SYSTEM ZUBAJLO, JENNIFER L —
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 —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3613 3
3668 2
3661 2
3747 2
3664 2
2835 2
1759 2
2859 2
3614 1
3666 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19395314 FRONT AXLE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE AND MOTOR VEHICLE O'NEILL, MATTHEW JAMES 3614 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 20, 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
19317255 METHOD FOR RESETTING A TAILGATE CONTROL UNIT MUSTAFA, IMRAN K 3668 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 03, 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
19159582 DISPLAY SYSTEM ZUBAJLO, JENNIFER L 2627 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 25, 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
19082298 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A COMPONENT FOR AN ELECTRICAL MACHINE AND CORRESPONDING DEVICE FOR PRODUCING THE COMPONENT QURESHI, MOHAMMED AHMED — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 18, 2025
19053684 DISPLAY SYSTEM WEISFELD, MATTHIAS S 3661 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 14, 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
18979424 POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE FOR ENERGIZING A ROTOR WINDING OF AN ELECTRIC MACHINE, AND ELECTRIC MACHINE REID JR, CHARLES H — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 12, 2024
18871727 HITCHING DEVICE, MOTOR VEHICLE, TRAILER AND CARRIER SYSTEM FERGUSON, TYLER RAY — §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 — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 06, 2024
18938605 ACTUATING APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A LOCKING SYSTEM OF A MOTOR VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR RELEASING A MANUALLY OPERATED EMERGENCY UNLOCKING DEVICE AND MOTOR VEHICLE CASILLASHERNANDEZ, OMAR 2689 §103§112 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Nov 06, 2024
18844208 DRIVE SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE JIN, GEORGE C. 3747 §102 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending Sep 05, 2024
18808142 METHOD FOR OPERATING A STEER-BY-WIRE STEERING SYSTEM OF A MOTOR VEHICLE, STEER-BY-WIRE STEERING SYSTEM AND MOTOR VEHICLE MANLEY, SHERMAN D 3747 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 19, 2024
18839120 BRAKE SYSTEM STRUCTURE AND VEHICLE COMPRISING A BRAKE SYSTEM STRUCTURE BOWES, STEPHEN M — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 16, 2024
18789368 EMERGENCY OPERATION OF AN LV LOAD OF AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE DANG, TINH — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 30, 2024
18687719 METHOD FOR ADJUSTING A SCREEN LI, GRACE Q 2618 §103 Non-Final OA 63d Pending May 07, 2024
18655723 ROOF ANTENNA FOR A VEHICLE LEVI, DAMEON E 2845 §103 Final Rejection — Pending May 06, 2024
18651854 SELF-REGULATING COOLING DEVICE FOR AN ENERGY STORAGE, COOLING ARRANGEMENT, ENERGY STORAGE AND MOTOR VEHICLE MURATA, AUSTIN — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 01, 2024
18639024 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A BODY OR A BODY PART OF A MOTOR VEHICLE RHUE, ABIGAIL H — §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 18, 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
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
18599581 BATTERY MODULE WITH TERMINAL COOLING AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A BATTERY MODULE EGGERDING, ALIX ECHELMEYER — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 08, 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
18435396 CHARGING AND CLEANING SYSTEM FOR AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE LEE, DOUGLAS 1714 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Feb 07, 2024
18681917 ASSEMBLY FOR LOAD DISTRIBUTION IN A VEHICLE PANG, ROGER L 3655 §102§103 Final Rejection — 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
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
18579757 DISPLAY SYSTEM AND MOTOR VEHICLE HAVING A DISPLAY SYSTEM KHATIB, RAMI 3669 §103 Final Rejection 56d Pending Jan 16, 2024
18571291 MASSAGE SYSTEM MILLER, CHRISTOPHER E — §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 18, 2023
18529890 CHARGING SYSTEM WITH WIND GENERATOR MURALIDAR, RICHARD V — §112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 05, 2023
18563972 AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM WITH ELECTROSTATIC FILTER, MOTOR VEHICLE HAVING SUCH AN AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SUCH AN AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM UTECH, BENJAMIN L 1759 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 24, 2023
18502381 DATA STORAGE DEVICE IN A VEHICLE, METHOD AND VEHICLE HOSSAIN, KAMAL M — §102§103 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 — §102§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 — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 01, 2023
18499952 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A ROTOR FOR AN ELECTRIC MACHINE ABRAHAM, JOSE K — §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 — §112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 27, 2023
18557513 Radar Sensor Device, Radar System with a Corresponding Radar Sensor Device, Motor Vehicle, Method for Operating and Method for Producing a Radar Sensor Device HENSON, BRANDON JAMES 3648 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 26, 2023
18285184 Reflector Device, Method For Producing A Reflector Device, And Motor Vehicle Comprising A Reflector Device NGUYEN, LAUREN 2871 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 29, 2023
18475049 VARIABLE WALLBOX PELTON, NATHANIEL R — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 26, 2023
18467545 DATA CONNECTION SYSTEM WILLIAMS, ARUN C — §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 14, 2023
18548373 METHOD FOR AUTHORIZING A FIRST PARTICIPANT IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK, PROCESSING DEVICE, MOTOR VEHICLE AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVICE KAPLAN, BENJAMIN A — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 30, 2023
18446772 BRAKE SYSTEM ASSEMBLY KING, BRADLEY T 3616 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 09, 2023
18447249 POWER ELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH BUSBARS AND METHOD FOR THEIR FABRICATION SASSERATH, ELISA MARIE 2841 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 09, 2023
18366751 METHOD FOR CARRYING OUT A CHARGING PROCESS USING AN ENERGY STORE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE AND CHARGING SYSTEM TRISCHLER, JOHN T — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 08, 2023
18365314 BATTERY ARRANGEMENT HAVING VIBRATION-DAMPED COVER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A BATTERY ARRANGEMENT FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE WANG, EUGENIA 1759 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 04, 2023
18139144 CHARGING PARKING LOT DIAO, M BAYE 2859 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Apr 25, 2023
18248297 METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND DEVICE FOR MODIFYING A ROUTE BRADY III, PATRICK MICHAEL 3665 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 07, 2023
18169099 CHARGING SYSTEM FOR AN ELECTRIC HOME ENERGY STORAGE AND METHOD FOR CHARGING A HOME ENERGY STORAGE MCFARLAND, DANIEL PATRICK 2859 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 14, 2023
18166816 System With A Motor Vehicle And A Data Server Device External To The Motor Vehicle, Motor Vehicle With A User Recognition Device, Method For Operating A Motor Vehicle, Control Device And Server Device ALLADIN, AMBREEN A 3691 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 09, 2023
18166361 SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE WITH INTEGRATED CURRENT SENSOR HRNJIC, ADIN 2817 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 08, 2023
18078374 BATTERY ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR FIGHTING A BATTERY FIRE AND MOTOR VEHICLE ONDREJCAK, ANDREW DOMENIC 3752 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Dec 09, 2022
18058200 ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT DEVICE AND MOTOR VEHICLE BUTTAR, MANDEEP S 2835 §103 Final Rejection 71d overdue Pending Nov 22, 2022
17925585 METHOD FOR OPERATING A FUEL CELL VEHICLE, AND FUEL CELL VEHICLE CLEMMONS, STEVE M 3613 §102§103 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Nov 15, 2022
17973713 PRISMATIC BATTERY CELL GREENE, PATRICK MARSHALL 1724 §102 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 26, 2022
17996426 METHOD FOR LOCATING CARRIAGEWAY MARKINGS IN A MOTOR VEHICLE AND MOTOR VEHICLE GOODBODY, JOAN T 3664 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 17, 2022
17798717 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A BATTERY, AND CORRESPONDING MANUFACTURING DEVICE ARMSTRONG, KAREN JOYCE 1726 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Aug 10, 2022
17865687 BATTERY WITH INTEGRATED BUS BAR COOLING SYSTEM AND MOTOR VEHICLE JACOBSON, SARAH JORDAN 1785 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 25d overdue Pending Jul 15, 2022
17858753 OPTIMIZATION OF THE AXLE DISTRIBUTION STRATEGY IN A BEV MATTA, ALEXANDER GEORGE 3668 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 06, 2022
17697274 BATTERY CELL FOR A HIGH-VOLTAGE BATTERY, HIGH-VOLTAGE BATTERY AND MOTOR VEHICLE NEWMAN, DREW C 1751 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 19d Pending Mar 17, 2022
17666011 DEGASSING DEVICE, BATTERY, AND MOTOR VEHICLE KRONE, TAYLOR HARRISON 1725 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 07, 2022
17463745 Providing Data of a Motor Vehicle SANTOS, AARRON EDUARDO 3663 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 01, 2021

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