Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Autobrains Technologies Ltd.

Technology areas: Computing & Software • Communications • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

14 pending office actions • 12 art units • 14 examiners • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 30 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Autobrains Technologies Ltd. has 14 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The matters involve 14 distinct examiners and 14 distinct art units, indicating a fully distributed examination profile. No single examiner or art unit provides a central point for portfolio-wide prosecution management.

REFAI, RAMSEY is the busiest examiner with 1 pending matter. Counsel should therefore rely on centralized tracking and a shared technical framework, while allowing each response to address the particular prior art, claim interpretation, and procedural posture identified in its action.

The broad assignment pattern makes consistency especially important for related disclosures and claim terminology. It also means that lessons from one response may be useful as drafting guidance, but cannot be assumed to control the treatment of another application.

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

Portfolio Summary

14
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

9
Hard (64%)
4
Medium (29%)
1
Easy (7%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other6 (43%)
§103 only3 (21%)
§112 only1 (7%)
Double-patenting + other1 (7%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (21%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
4
Information Tech
29% of docket
4
Communications
29% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
43% 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.

140 h
Manual time on pending OAs
28 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
49 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
REFAI, RAMSEY 1 50.7% +12.6%
JONES, ANDREW B 1 71.7% +24.3%
SITTNER, MATTHEW T 1 57.9% +56.1%
COUSO, JOSE L 1 90.2% +8.4%
MCCLEARY, CAITLIN RENEE 1 59.7% +26.5%
SHIMELES, BEZAWIT NOLAWI 1 90.0% +0.0%
SMITH, JORDAN T 1 67.0% +9.0%
KUDO, KEN 1 — —
SHALU, ZELALEM W 1 31.9% +21.7%
DUONG, HIEN LUONGVAN 1 75.0% +23.3%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18800477 LEARNING BY PREDICTION THROUGH IMAGE LEVEL REPRESENTATION COUSO, JOSE L —
18651522 DYNAMIC CLASSIFICATION FOR AUTONOMOUS DRIVING SHIMELES, BEZAWIT NOLAWI —

Hard Cases (9)

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
18595381 TRAVEL LANE ELEMENT CLASSIFICATION KUDO, KEN 23d
18896906 REAL TIME AIR PERCEPTION REFAI, RAMSEY —
18824937 DECORRELATED TOPIC BASED REPRESENTATION OF ROAD ELEMENTS FOR CLASSIFICATION JONES, ANDREW B —
18822285 PIXEL BASED WITH OBJECT BASED DECISION MAKING APPROACH FOR DRIVING SITTNER, MATTHEW T —
18627440 USING SENSED INFORMATION FROM DIFFERENT TYPES OF SENSORS SMITH, JORDAN T —
18522910 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CREATING INTERPRETABLE LATENT REPRESENTATIONS OF AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODEL DUONG, HIEN LUONGVAN —
18466793 Accuracy of Object Detection HO, MATTHEW —
18451118 METHOD FOR REDUCING COMPUTATIONAL COST FOR AUTONOMOUS DRIVING SYSTEM ASEGDEW, NATNAEL AREGA —

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18896906 REAL TIME AIR PERCEPTION REFAI, RAMSEY —
18824937 DECORRELATED TOPIC BASED REPRESENTATION OF ROAD ELEMENTS FOR CLASSIFICATION JONES, ANDREW B —
18822285 PIXEL BASED WITH OBJECT BASED DECISION MAKING APPROACH FOR DRIVING SITTNER, MATTHEW T —
18800751 SELECTIVE LEARNING BY PREDICTION FOR DRIVING MCCLEARY, CAITLIN RENEE —
18405500 OVERCOMING TECHNICAL CHALLANGES OF WORKING IN A VERY HIGH DIMENSIONAL SPACE SHALU, ZELALEM W —
18522910 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CREATING INTERPRETABLE LATENT REPRESENTATIONS OF AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODEL DUONG, HIEN LUONGVAN —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2667 2
3669 2
3664 1
3629 1
2673 1
3666 1
2671 1
2145 1
2147 1
2122 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18896906 REAL TIME AIR PERCEPTION REFAI, RAMSEY 3664 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 26, 2024
18824937 DECORRELATED TOPIC BASED REPRESENTATION OF ROAD ELEMENTS FOR CLASSIFICATION JONES, ANDREW B 2667 §101§102§112 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 05, 2024
18822285 PIXEL BASED WITH OBJECT BASED DECISION MAKING APPROACH FOR DRIVING SITTNER, MATTHEW T 3629 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 02, 2024
18800477 LEARNING BY PREDICTION THROUGH IMAGE LEVEL REPRESENTATION COUSO, JOSE L 2667 §102DP Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 12, 2024
18800751 SELECTIVE LEARNING BY PREDICTION FOR DRIVING MCCLEARY, CAITLIN RENEE 3669 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 12, 2024
18651522 DYNAMIC CLASSIFICATION FOR AUTONOMOUS DRIVING SHIMELES, BEZAWIT NOLAWI 2673 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 30, 2024
18627440 USING SENSED INFORMATION FROM DIFFERENT TYPES OF SENSORS SMITH, JORDAN T 3666 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 04, 2024
18595381 TRAVEL LANE ELEMENT CLASSIFICATION KUDO, KEN 2671 §103§112 Final Rejection 23d Pending Mar 04, 2024
18405500 OVERCOMING TECHNICAL CHALLANGES OF WORKING IN A VERY HIGH DIMENSIONAL SPACE SHALU, ZELALEM W 2145 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 05, 2024
18522910 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CREATING INTERPRETABLE LATENT REPRESENTATIONS OF AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODEL DUONG, HIEN LUONGVAN 2147 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 29, 2023
18466793 Accuracy of Object Detection HO, MATTHEW 3669 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 13, 2023
18451118 METHOD FOR REDUCING COMPUTATIONAL COST FOR AUTONOMOUS DRIVING SYSTEM ASEGDEW, NATNAEL AREGA 2122 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 17, 2023
18355324 DRIVING RELATED AUGMENTED VIRTUAL FIELDS ARTIMEZ, DANA FERREN 3667 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 19, 2023
18327865 PASSIVE READOUT KIM, DAVID 2141 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 01, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Autobrains Technologies Ltd. have?

Autobrains Technologies Ltd. has 14 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 12 art units and 14 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Autobrains Technologies Ltd. applications?

Ramsey Refai has the most, with 1 of Autobrains Technologies Ltd.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Autobrains Technologies Ltd.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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