Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
26 pending office actions • 9 art units • 21 examiners • 0 of 26 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 45 patents granted in the last 365 days
Autoliv Development AB manages a portfolio with 27 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This workload is distributed among 21 distinct examiners, indicating that while some examiners handle multiple cases, the majority of the work is spread across a wide range of individuals. The prosecution activity spans 9 distinct art units, showing a significant breadth of technical focus within the transportation sector.
MELIKA, ERMIA EMAD is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently handling 3 pending office actions. With 21 distinct examiners involved in 27 pending office actions, the company must manage many different examiner styles and preferences. The concentration of 27 actions into 9 distinct art units suggests that several examiners are working within the same specialized groups, which may allow for some strategic coordination across related filings.
The presence of 9 distinct art units indicates that the company's innovations are categorized into various specialized niches of mechanical systems and transportation. Managing 27 pending office actions requires a robust strategy to ensure consistency across these different units. Practitioners should be aware that while the busiest examiner has 3 pending actions, the overall distribution remains broad across 21 distinct examiners.
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.
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 | 2 (8%) |
| §103 only | 5 (19%) |
| §102 only | 2 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 17 (65%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MELIKA, ERMIA EMAD | 3 | 63.4% | +27.5% |
| GANCI, MATTHEW JOSEPH | 2 | 93.1% | -2.9% |
| VERLEY, NICOLE T | 2 | 83.8% | +3.6% |
| WEBB, TIFFANY L | 2 | 91.8% | +7.7% |
| HALE, GLORIA M | 1 | 72.9% | +19.3% |
| GONZALEZ, LUIS A | 1 | 84.9% | +4.6% |
| GOKHALE, PRASAD V | 1 | 85.9% | +8.4% |
| KRYUKOVA, ERIN | 1 | 64.3% | +29.0% |
| MAY, ROBERT J | 1 | 75.4% | +15.5% |
| O'NEILL, MATTHEW JAMES | 1 | 79.1% | +22.9% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19109371 | TENSIONING DEVICE FOR A SAFETY BELT COMPONENT | WEBB, TIFFANY L | — |
| 18850294 | BELT RETRACTOR FOR A SEAT BELT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE | VERLEY, NICOLE T | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19482083 | PROTECTION DEVICE | HALE, GLORIA M | — |
| 19480629 | AIRBAG DEVICE | GANCI, MATTHEW JOSEPH | — |
| 19472455 | OPTICAL LEATHER ON A VEHICLE STEERING WHEEL | GONZALEZ, LUIS A | — |
| 19472468 | TRIM ELEMENT FOR A VEHICLE STEERING WHEEL | GOKHALE, PRASAD V | — |
| 19167693 | ILLUMINATED SEAT BELT BUCKLE FOR A SEAT BELT DEVICE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE | KRYUKOVA, ERIN | — |
| 19167713 | ILLUMINATED SEAT BELT BUCKLE FOR A SEAT BELT DEVICE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE | MAY, ROBERT J | — |
| 19167106 | TENSIONING DEVICE FOR A SAFETY BELT COMPONENT | O'NEILL, MATTHEW JAMES | — |
| 19159218 | SEATBELT RETRACTOR AND VEHICLE SEAT | FRISBY, KEITH J | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18729074 | BELT RETRACTOR FOR A SEATBELT DEVICE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE | MELIKA, ERMIA EMAD | 58d overdue |
| 19482083 | PROTECTION DEVICE | HALE, GLORIA M | — |
| 19167693 | ILLUMINATED SEAT BELT BUCKLE FOR A SEAT BELT DEVICE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE | KRYUKOVA, ERIN | — |
| 19167713 | ILLUMINATED SEAT BELT BUCKLE FOR A SEAT BELT DEVICE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE | MAY, ROBERT J | — |
| 19167106 | TENSIONING DEVICE FOR A SAFETY BELT COMPONENT | O'NEILL, MATTHEW JAMES | — |
| 18853954 | BELT RETRACTOR HAVING A DEVICE FOR SENSING THE EXTENSION LENGTH OF THE BELT STRAP | MELIKA, ERMIA EMAD | — |
| 18043871 | BELT RETRACTOR | MELIKA, ERMIA EMAD | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3614 | 11 |
| 3654 | 4 |
| 3732 | 3 |
| 3653 | 2 |
| 2875 | 2 |
| 2685 | 1 |
| 3747 | 1 |
| 3617 | 1 |
| 2154 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19482083 | PROTECTION DEVICE | HALE, GLORIA M | 3732 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2025 |
| 19480629 | AIRBAG DEVICE | GANCI, MATTHEW JOSEPH | 3614 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2025 |
| 19472455 | OPTICAL LEATHER ON A VEHICLE STEERING WHEEL | GONZALEZ, LUIS A | 3653 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2025 |
| 19472468 | TRIM ELEMENT FOR A VEHICLE STEERING WHEEL | GOKHALE, PRASAD V | 3653 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2025 |
| 19167693 | ILLUMINATED SEAT BELT BUCKLE FOR A SEAT BELT DEVICE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE | KRYUKOVA, ERIN | 2875 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 22, 2025 |
| 19167713 | ILLUMINATED SEAT BELT BUCKLE FOR A SEAT BELT DEVICE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE | MAY, ROBERT J | 2875 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 22, 2025 |
| 19167106 | TENSIONING DEVICE FOR A SAFETY BELT COMPONENT | O'NEILL, MATTHEW JAMES | 3614 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2025 |
| 19159218 | SEATBELT RETRACTOR AND VEHICLE SEAT | FRISBY, KEITH J | 3614 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 22, 2025 |
| 19139035 | AIRBAG DEVICE | GANCI, MATTHEW JOSEPH | 3614 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2025 |
| 19134995 | SEATBELT RETRACTOR AND VEHICLE SEAT | VERLEY, NICOLE T | 3614 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 02, 2025 |
| 19134062 | FORCE LIMITER | WEBB, TIFFANY L | 3614 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 29, 2025 |
| 19134093 | VEHICLE OCCUPANT PROTECTION DEVICE | BECK, KAREN | 3614 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 29, 2025 |
| 19109371 | TENSIONING DEVICE FOR A SAFETY BELT COMPONENT | WEBB, TIFFANY L | 3614 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2025 |
| 19106506 | STRUCTURE FOR ATTACHING AIRBAG MODULE TO STEERING WHEEL | SLITERIS, JOSELYNN Y | 3614 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 25, 2025 |
| 18994976 | SAFETY BELT RETRACTOR | KIM, SANG K | 3654 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 18994424 | HEAD PROTECTION DEVICE, PROTECTION SYSTEM AND HEAD PROTECTION METHOD | FOXX, CHICO A | 2685 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 |
| 18875871 | VEHICLE AIRBAG DEVICE | KECK, DANIEL M | 3614 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
| 18853954 | BELT RETRACTOR HAVING A DEVICE FOR SENSING THE EXTENSION LENGTH OF THE BELT STRAP | MELIKA, ERMIA EMAD | 3654 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2024 |
| 18850294 | BELT RETRACTOR FOR A SEAT BELT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE | VERLEY, NICOLE T | 3614 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2024 |
| 18837363 | VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING VEHICLE OCCUPANCY | CAMPBELL, JOSHUA A | 3747 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 09, 2024 |
| 18729074 | BELT RETRACTOR FOR A SEATBELT DEVICE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE | MELIKA, ERMIA EMAD | 3654 | §103 | Final Rejection | 58d overdue | Pending | Jul 15, 2024 |
| 18723734 | STEERING WHEEL | DIAZ, THOMAS C | 3617 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2024 |
| 18721461 | PROTECTION DEVICE FOR THE HEAD OF THE HUMAN | MORAN, KATHERINE M | 3732 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2024 |
| 18720997 | WEARABLE SAFETY SYSTEM AND A BAG ARRANGEMENT USING SUCH WEARABLE SAFETY SYSTEM | LYNCH, PATRICK JOHN | 3732 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 17, 2024 |
| 18704318 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR TRAINING OF A MACHINE LEARNING MODEL IN FALL ASSESSMENT | CHANNAVAJJALA, SRIRAMA T | 2154 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 24, 2024 |
| 18043871 | BELT RETRACTOR | MELIKA, ERMIA EMAD | 3654 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 02, 2023 |
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