Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

BORGWARNER, INC.

15 pending office actions • 9 art units • 14 examiners • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 58 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

15
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 15 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

7
Overdue
0
Due this week
4
Due this month
4
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. 15 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (7)Due ≤ 30 days (4)Due ≤ 60 days (4)

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.

0
Hard (0%)
15
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only13 (87%)
§102 only2 (13%)

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
11
Semiconductors
73% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
27% 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.

150 h
Manual time on pending OAs
30 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
52 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ANDREWS, MICHAEL 2 64.0% +24.7%
WU, LORI SOUTHARD 1 88.1% +6.4%
FORD, RENE D 1 80.0% +22.5%
ESTREMSKY, SHERRY LYNN 1 90.4% +2.9%
NASH, GARY A 1 88.7% +4.9%
LEGENDRE, CHRISTOPHER RYAN 1 75.3% +26.3%
PHAM, LEDA T 1 74.6% +11.2%
DHAKAL, BICKEY 1 84.0% +16.7%
MOK, ALEX W 1 74.2% +21.0%
SAN MARTIN, EDGARDO 1 75.8% +6.2%

Quick Wins (5)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18971321 FUEL SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR A POWER GENERATION SYSTEM FORD, RENE D 5d overdue
18859774 ELECTRIC VEHICLE TRANSMISSION ESTREMSKY, SHERRY LYNN 5d overdue
18762564 TEMPERATURE-BASED DISCONTINUOUS PULSE WIDTH MODULATION CONTROL SYSTEM NASH, GARY A 16d
19282429 P2 HYBRID MODULE FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE WU, LORI SOUTHARD 43d
18649296 VARIABLE FREQUENCY PULSED ELECTRIC MACHINE CONTROL SYSTEM DHAKAL, BICKEY 53d

Interview Candidates (7)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18745358 CARTRIDGE FOR PULSE-SEPARATED VARIABLE TURBINE GEOMETRY TURBOCHARGERS LEGENDRE, CHRISTOPHER RYAN 85d overdue
18241424 ROTOR HAVING A PLURALITY OF COOLING JETS AND ELECTRIC MOTOR INCLUDING THE SAME MOK, ALEX W 37d overdue
18653127 STATOR TOOTH UNIT FOR SEGMENTED STATOR PHAM, LEDA T 32d overdue
18971321 FUEL SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR A POWER GENERATION SYSTEM FORD, RENE D 5d overdue
18305734 ROTARY TRANSFORMER WITH INTEGRATED POWER ELECTRONICS ANDREWS, MICHAEL 16d
18649296 VARIABLE FREQUENCY PULSED ELECTRIC MACHINE CONTROL SYSTEM DHAKAL, BICKEY 53d
18543025 DIRECT ROTOR BAR COOLING FOR INDUCTION MACHINES ANDREWS, MICHAEL 56d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2834 5
3655 2
2838 2
3741 1
3711 1
2896 1
2837 1
2846 1
2859 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19282429 P2 HYBRID MODULE FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE WU, LORI SOUTHARD 3655 §103 Non-Final OA 43d Pending Jul 28, 2025
18971321 FUEL SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR A POWER GENERATION SYSTEM FORD, RENE D 3741 §103 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Dec 06, 2024
18859774 ELECTRIC VEHICLE TRANSMISSION ESTREMSKY, SHERRY LYNN 3655 §103 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Oct 24, 2024
18762564 TEMPERATURE-BASED DISCONTINUOUS PULSE WIDTH MODULATION CONTROL SYSTEM NASH, GARY A 2838 §102 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Jul 02, 2024
18745358 CARTRIDGE FOR PULSE-SEPARATED VARIABLE TURBINE GEOMETRY TURBOCHARGERS LEGENDRE, CHRISTOPHER RYAN 3711 §103 Final Rejection 85d overdue Pending Jun 17, 2024
18653127 STATOR TOOTH UNIT FOR SEGMENTED STATOR PHAM, LEDA T 2834 §103 Non-Final OA 32d overdue Pending May 02, 2024
18649296 VARIABLE FREQUENCY PULSED ELECTRIC MACHINE CONTROL SYSTEM DHAKAL, BICKEY 2896 §102 Final Rejection 53d Pending Apr 29, 2024
18543025 DIRECT ROTOR BAR COOLING FOR INDUCTION MACHINES ANDREWS, MICHAEL 2834 §103 Final Rejection 56d Pending Dec 18, 2023
18241424 ROTOR HAVING A PLURALITY OF COOLING JETS AND ELECTRIC MOTOR INCLUDING THE SAME MOK, ALEX W 2834 §103 Non-Final OA 37d overdue Pending Sep 01, 2023
18209679 ROTATING MACHINE AND DRIVE MODULE ASSEMBLY INCLUDING THE SAME SAN MARTIN, EDGARDO 2837 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Jun 14, 2023
18305725 ROTOR CURRENT PREDICTION IN AN ELECTRIC MOTOR DRIVE HAVING AN ONLY-STATIONARY-SIDE COMPENSATION NETWORK MASIH, KAREN 2846 §103 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Apr 24, 2023
18305713 ONLY-STATIONARY-SIDE COMPENSATION NETWORK PEREZ, BRYAN REYNALDO 2838 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Apr 24, 2023
18305734 ROTARY TRANSFORMER WITH INTEGRATED POWER ELECTRONICS ANDREWS, MICHAEL 2834 §103 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Apr 24, 2023
17875568 Cascaded Winding with Multiple Weaves STOUT, RILEY OWEN 2834 §103 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Jul 28, 2022
17755032 THREE-PHASE FOUR-WIRE BI-DIRECTIONAL SWITCHING CIRCUIT FOR AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE FANTU, YALKEW 2859 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Apr 19, 2022

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