Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 26, 2026

Borgwarner Automotive Components (Tianjin) Co. Ltd.

Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Borgwarner Automotive Components (Tianjin) Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office action. The matter involves 1 distinct examiner, while no technology area is identified and no distinct art unit is recorded.

LANE, NICHOLAS J is the listed busiest examiner and handles the sole pending action. Counsel can focus on the examiner record and confirm the appropriate technical classification as part of immediate prosecution review.

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

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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.

1
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (100%)

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
1
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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LANE, NICHOLAS J 1 65.8% +6.9%

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18988074 PILOT VALVE SEAT AND ELECTROMAGNETIC VALVE LANE, NICHOLAS J —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3616 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18988074 PILOT VALVE SEAT AND ELECTROMAGNETIC VALVE LANE, NICHOLAS J 3616 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 19, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Borgwarner Automotive Components (Tianjin) Co. Ltd. have?

Borgwarner Automotive Components (Tianjin) Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Borgwarner Automotive Components (Tianjin) Co. Ltd. applications?

Nicholas J Lane has the most, with 1 of Borgwarner Automotive Components (Tianjin) Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Borgwarner Automotive Components (Tianjin) Co. 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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