Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
12 pending office actions • 8 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days
Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbH has 12 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. Those matters are distributed across 10 distinct examiners and 9 distinct art units, indicating that the portfolio reaches multiple examination assignments rather than remaining concentrated in one technical or examination channel.
WANG, XIAOBEI is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. That figure is a limited portion of the 12-action docket, so prosecution planning may need to account for varied examiner practices instead of relying on one recurring point of contact. The difference between 10 examiners and 9 art units also shows that examiner allocation is slightly more dispersed than art-unit allocation. Counsel reviewing this portfolio should organize claim strategy and response tracking by both examiner and art unit, while giving focused attention to WANG, XIAOBEI.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 2 (17%) |
| §102 only | 1 (8%) |
| §112 only | 1 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 8 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WANG, XIAOBEI | 2 | 65.3% | +48.2% |
| BUTCHER, CAROLINE N | 2 | 81.2% | +13.3% |
| RESTIFO, JEFFREY J | 1 | 79.2% | +10.7% |
| BHATTACHAN, BIGYAN NMN | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| ROJOHN III, CLAIRE E | 1 | 66.6% | +18.1% |
| ACOSTA, ERIC LAZARUS | 1 | 87.2% | +8.4% |
| LYNCH, CARLY W | 1 | 52.3% | +47.7% |
| MCFALL, NICHOLAS A | 1 | 85.9% | +11.7% |
| FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER | 1 | 76.2% | +39.4% |
| ARMSTRONG, KAREN JOYCE | 1 | 66.7% | +11.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18932624 | SUBFRAME FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE | BUTCHER, CAROLINE N | — |
| 18884492 | REAR SEAT PLATE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE BODY | ACOSTA, ERIC LAZARUS | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18963501 | MOLDED COMPONENT, CONNECTION ARRANGEMENT WITH A MOLDED COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MOLDED COMPONENT | WANG, XIAOBEI | 6d |
| 18963504 | MOLDED COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MOLDED COMPONENT | WANG, XIAOBEI | 21d |
| 18949923 | TEMPERATURE CONTROL PLATE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A TEMPERATURE CONTROL PLATE | BHATTACHAN, BIGYAN NMN | — |
| 18937029 | COOLING PLATE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A COOLING PLATE | ROJOHN III, CLAIRE E | — |
| 18884980 | UNDERBODY PLATE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE | BUTCHER, CAROLINE N | — |
| 18806887 | WINDOW AND/OR ROOF FRAME FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE | LYNCH, CARLY W | — |
| 18805565 | CRASH BOX FOR A BUMPER ARRANGEMENT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE AND A BUMPER ARRANGEMENT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE WITH TWO SUCH CRASH BOXES AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUCH A BUMPER ARRANGEMENT | MCFALL, NICHOLAS A | — |
| 18670770 | BATTERY TRAY | ARMSTRONG, KAREN JOYCE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18963501 | MOLDED COMPONENT, CONNECTION ARRANGEMENT WITH A MOLDED COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MOLDED COMPONENT | WANG, XIAOBEI | 6d |
| 18963504 | MOLDED COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MOLDED COMPONENT | WANG, XIAOBEI | 21d |
| 19189266 | BATTERY CARRIER ARRANGEMENT FOR AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE | RESTIFO, JEFFREY J | — |
| 18937029 | COOLING PLATE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A COOLING PLATE | ROJOHN III, CLAIRE E | — |
| 18932624 | SUBFRAME FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE | BUTCHER, CAROLINE N | — |
| 18884980 | UNDERBODY PLATE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE | BUTCHER, CAROLINE N | — |
| 18806887 | WINDOW AND/OR ROOF FRAME FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE | LYNCH, CARLY W | — |
| 18805565 | CRASH BOX FOR A BUMPER ARRANGEMENT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE AND A BUMPER ARRANGEMENT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE WITH TWO SUCH CRASH BOXES AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUCH A BUMPER ARRANGEMENT | MCFALL, NICHOLAS A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1784 | 2 |
| 3763 | 2 |
| 3676 | 2 |
| 3644 | 2 |
| 3613 | 1 |
| 3643 | 1 |
| 3726 | 1 |
| 1726 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19189266 | BATTERY CARRIER ARRANGEMENT FOR AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE | RESTIFO, JEFFREY J | 3613 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 25, 2025 |
| 18963501 | MOLDED COMPONENT, CONNECTION ARRANGEMENT WITH A MOLDED COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MOLDED COMPONENT | WANG, XIAOBEI | 1784 | §102§103§112Other | Final Rejection | 6d | Pending | Nov 28, 2024 |
| 18963504 | MOLDED COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MOLDED COMPONENT | WANG, XIAOBEI | 1784 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 21d | Pending | Nov 28, 2024 |
| 18949923 | TEMPERATURE CONTROL PLATE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A TEMPERATURE CONTROL PLATE | BHATTACHAN, BIGYAN NMN | 3763 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2024 |
| 18937029 | COOLING PLATE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A COOLING PLATE | ROJOHN III, CLAIRE E | 3763 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 05, 2024 |
| 18932624 | SUBFRAME FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE | BUTCHER, CAROLINE N | 3676 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2024 |
| 18884980 | UNDERBODY PLATE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE | BUTCHER, CAROLINE N | 3676 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 18884492 | REAR SEAT PLATE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE BODY | ACOSTA, ERIC LAZARUS | 3644 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 18806887 | WINDOW AND/OR ROOF FRAME FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE | LYNCH, CARLY W | 3643 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 16, 2024 |
| 18805565 | CRASH BOX FOR A BUMPER ARRANGEMENT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE AND A BUMPER ARRANGEMENT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE WITH TWO SUCH CRASH BOXES AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUCH A BUMPER ARRANGEMENT | MCFALL, NICHOLAS A | 3644 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 15, 2024 |
| 18733885 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PROTECTIVE ELEMENT, FORMED OF A PLURALITY OF INDIVIDUAL PROFILES, FOR ARMORING A MOTOR VEHICLE, AND PROTECTIVE ELEMENT PRODUCED BY THE METHOD | FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER | 3726 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2024 |
| 18670770 | BATTERY TRAY | ARMSTRONG, KAREN JOYCE | 1726 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 22, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialBenteler Automobiltechnik GmbH has 12 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 8 art units and 10 examiners.
Xiaobei Wang has the most, with 2 of Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
