Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Autotech Engineering S L

Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

5 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Autotech Engineering S L currently operates within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area with 5 pending office actions. This portfolio is distributed across 4 distinct examiners, suggesting that the company's legal team must adapt to several different examination styles simultaneously. The technical scope of these applications spans 3 distinct art units, which indicates a moderate level of diversity in the specific mechanical or system-based classifications being pursued.

The examiner COLILLA, DANIEL JAMES is the most active figure in this portfolio, currently handling 2 pending office actions. This concentration with a specific individual provides a point of consistency for the company's prosecution strategy, as this examiner manages a larger portion of the workload than any other single examiner. For practitioners, the distribution across 4 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units requires a coordinated approach to ensure that arguments made in one matter remain consistent with those in others, especially when dealing with the 2 actions assigned to the same examiner.

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

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
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.

3
Hard (60%)
1
Medium (20%)
1
Easy (20%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§102 only1 (20%)
§112 only1 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (60%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
100% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
COLILLA, DANIEL JAMES 2 67.6% +22.6%
O'NEILL, MATTHEW JAMES 1 79.6% +22.0%
PAPE, JOSEPH 1 88.3% +3.7%
ACOSTA, ERIC LAZARUS 1 87.2% +8.4%

Quick Wins (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19099926 A VEHICLE STRUCTURE ACOSTA, ERIC LAZARUS —

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19112742 UNITARY REAR RAIL STRUCTURE FOR A VEHICLE AND METHODS O'NEILL, MATTHEW JAMES 9d overdue
19067104 VEHICLE STRUCTURE PAPE, JOSEPH —
18819122 BODY SIDE STRUCTURAL FRAME OF A VEHICLE COLILLA, DANIEL JAMES —

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19112742 UNITARY REAR RAIL STRUCTURE FOR A VEHICLE AND METHODS O'NEILL, MATTHEW JAMES 9d overdue
18819050 BODY SIDE STRUCTURAL FRAME OF A VEHICLE COLILLA, DANIEL JAMES —
18819122 BODY SIDE STRUCTURAL FRAME OF A VEHICLE COLILLA, DANIEL JAMES —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3612 3
3614 1
3644 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19112742 UNITARY REAR RAIL STRUCTURE FOR A VEHICLE AND METHODS O'NEILL, MATTHEW JAMES 3614 §102§103 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Mar 18, 2025
19067104 VEHICLE STRUCTURE PAPE, JOSEPH 3612 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 28, 2025
19099926 A VEHICLE STRUCTURE ACOSTA, ERIC LAZARUS 3644 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 30, 2025
18819050 BODY SIDE STRUCTURAL FRAME OF A VEHICLE COLILLA, DANIEL JAMES 3612 §112 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 29, 2024
18819122 BODY SIDE STRUCTURAL FRAME OF A VEHICLE COLILLA, DANIEL JAMES 3612 §103§112Other Final Rejection — Pending Aug 29, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Autotech Engineering S L have?

Autotech Engineering S L has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 4 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Autotech Engineering S L applications?

Daniel James Colilla has the most, with 2 of Autotech Engineering S L's pending office actions.

What technology area are Autotech Engineering S L'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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