Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbH

11 pending office actions • 5 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
1
Due this week
2
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (2)

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.

5
Hard (45%)
3
Medium (27%)
3
Easy (27%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (27%)
§112 only3 (27%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (45%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
18% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
36% of docket
5
Business / Other
45% 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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WANG, XIAOBEI 2 65.2% +48.2%
HOTCHKISS, MICHAEL WAYNE 1 69.2% +51.0%
O'NEILL, MATTHEW JAMES 1 79.9% +22.6%
BEMKO, TARAS P 1 84.6% +19.3%
LE, HUAN G 1 88.8% +13.1%
BHATTACHAN, BIGYAN NMN 1
SANTIAGO, ANAYANSI ISABEL 1
FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER 1 76.2% +39.4%
DUONG, THO V 1 67.1% +17.3%
CONDO, VERONICA MARIE 1 81.9% +6.4%

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
18967654 BUMPER FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE LE, HUAN G

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19169849 CONNECTION ADAPTER FOR FASTENING A CHASSIS COMPONENT O'NEILL, MATTHEW JAMES
18977939 BUMPER HAVING REINFORCEMENT PLATE AND IMPROVED CRASH PROPERTY BEMKO, TARAS P
18949923 TEMPERATURE CONTROL PLATE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A TEMPERATURE CONTROL PLATE BHATTACHAN, BIGYAN NMN
18589377 HEAT EXCHANGER PLATE DUONG, THO V
17980610 BUMPER WITH AN INTEGRATED REINFORCING PLATE CONDO, VERONICA MARIE

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18963501 MOLDED COMPONENT, CONNECTION ARRANGEMENT WITH A MOLDED COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MOLDED COMPONENT WANG, XIAOBEI 6d
19210287 MOTOR VEHICLE COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR ITS PRODUCTION BY HOT CUTTING HOTCHKISS, MICHAEL WAYNE 9d
18963504 MOLDED COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MOLDED COMPONENT WANG, XIAOBEI 21d
19169849 CONNECTION ADAPTER FOR FASTENING A CHASSIS COMPONENT O'NEILL, MATTHEW JAMES
18977939 BUMPER HAVING REINFORCEMENT PLATE AND IMPROVED CRASH PROPERTY BEMKO, TARAS P
18967654 BUMPER FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE LE, HUAN G
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
18589377 HEAT EXCHANGER PLATE DUONG, THO V

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1784 2
3726 1
3614 1
3763 1
3612 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19210287 MOTOR VEHICLE COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR ITS PRODUCTION BY HOT CUTTING HOTCHKISS, MICHAEL WAYNE 3726 §103 Final Rejection 9d Pending May 16, 2025
19169849 CONNECTION ADAPTER FOR FASTENING A CHASSIS COMPONENT O'NEILL, MATTHEW JAMES 3614 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 03, 2025
18977939 BUMPER HAVING REINFORCEMENT PLATE AND IMPROVED CRASH PROPERTY BEMKO, TARAS P §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 12, 2024
18967654 BUMPER FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE LE, HUAN G §112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 04, 2024
18963501 MOLDED COMPONENT, CONNECTION ARRANGEMENT WITH A MOLDED COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MOLDED COMPONENT WANG, XIAOBEI 1784 §112 Final Rejection 6d Pending Nov 28, 2024
18963504 MOLDED COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MOLDED COMPONENT WANG, XIAOBEI 1784 §103 Final Rejection 21d Pending Nov 28, 2024
18949923 TEMPERATURE CONTROL PLATE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A TEMPERATURE CONTROL PLATE BHATTACHAN, BIGYAN NMN §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 15, 2024
18884891 SIDE PART FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE BODY SANTIAGO, ANAYANSI ISABEL §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 13, 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 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 05, 2024
18589377 HEAT EXCHANGER PLATE DUONG, THO V 3763 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Feb 27, 2024
17980610 BUMPER WITH AN INTEGRATED REINFORCING PLATE CONDO, VERONICA MARIE 3612 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Nov 04, 2022

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