Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

BorgWarner Inc.

30 pending office actions • 16 art units • 24 examiners • 0 of 30 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 102 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

30
Total Pending OAs
18
Non-Final OAs
10
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
2
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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 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.

15
Hard (50%)
15
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (3%)
§103 only13 (43%)
§102 only2 (7%)
Multi-statute (no §101)14 (47%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
3% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
3% of docket
14
Semiconductors
47% of docket
8
Mechanical / Eng
27% of docket
6
Business / Other
20% 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.

300 h
Manual time on pending OAs
60 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
105 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CHANG, MINKI 5 71.8% +10.3%
ANDREWS, MICHAEL 3 64.3% +24.6%
LARGI, MATTHEW THOMAS 1 77.0% +15.4%
SEABE, JUSTIN D 1 71.8% +24.5%
REID, MICHAEL ROBERT 1 78.9% +19.8%
FORD, RENE D 1 79.8% +23.1%
DINH, THAI T 1 85.9% +0.1%
KENERLY, TERRANCE L 1 73.7% +15.1%
TAYLOR II, JAMES JOSEPH 1 83.4% +26.0%
SAN MARTIN, EDGARDO 1 75.7% +6.2%

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
18909992 ELECTRICALLY-EXCITED ELECTRIC MOTOR DINH, THAI T

Hard Cases (15)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18971321 FUEL SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR A POWER GENERATION SYSTEM FORD, RENE D 5d overdue
18459358 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VEHICLE PROPULSION CONTROL KIM, ANDREW SANG 16d
18543025 DIRECT ROTOR BAR COOLING FOR INDUCTION MACHINES ANDREWS, MICHAEL 56d
19397998 DOUBLE WASTEGATE VALVE ARRANGEMENT LARGI, MATTHEW THOMAS
19180907 CONTROLLED AREA PROGRESSION DIFFUSER SEABE, JUSTIN D
19171836 INTEGRATED STAINLESS STEEL BUSHING FOR EGR VALVE REID, MICHAEL ROBERT
18914503 Sealed Stator for Electric Machine and Method for Making the Same CHANG, MINKI
18913307 Electric Machine Stator with Sealed End Ring CHANG, MINKI

Interview Candidates (14)

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
18971321 FUEL SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR A POWER GENERATION SYSTEM FORD, RENE D 5d overdue
18305734 ROTARY TRANSFORMER WITH INTEGRATED POWER ELECTRONICS ANDREWS, MICHAEL 16d
18543025 DIRECT ROTOR BAR COOLING FOR INDUCTION MACHINES ANDREWS, MICHAEL 56d
19397998 DOUBLE WASTEGATE VALVE ARRANGEMENT LARGI, MATTHEW THOMAS
19180907 CONTROLLED AREA PROGRESSION DIFFUSER SEABE, JUSTIN D
19171836 INTEGRATED STAINLESS STEEL BUSHING FOR EGR VALVE REID, MICHAEL ROBERT
18914503 Sealed Stator for Electric Machine and Method for Making the Same CHANG, MINKI
18913307 Electric Machine Stator with Sealed End Ring CHANG, MINKI

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2834 8
3746 2
3745 1
3753 1
3741 1
2837 1
2838 1
2896 1
2835 1
1735 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19397998 DOUBLE WASTEGATE VALVE ARRANGEMENT LARGI, MATTHEW THOMAS 3746 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 23, 2025
19180907 CONTROLLED AREA PROGRESSION DIFFUSER SEABE, JUSTIN D 3745 §102§103Other Final Rejection Pending Apr 16, 2025
19171836 INTEGRATED STAINLESS STEEL BUSHING FOR EGR VALVE REID, MICHAEL ROBERT 3753 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 07, 2025
18971321 FUEL SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR A POWER GENERATION SYSTEM FORD, RENE D 3741 §103§112 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Dec 06, 2024
18914503 Sealed Stator for Electric Machine and Method for Making the Same CHANG, MINKI §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 14, 2024
18913307 Electric Machine Stator with Sealed End Ring CHANG, MINKI §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 11, 2024
18913387 Stator End Ring with Cuff Features CHANG, MINKI §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 11, 2024
18909992 ELECTRICALLY-EXCITED ELECTRIC MOTOR DINH, THAI T §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 09, 2024
18906627 Brushless Electric Machine with Balance Ring Diodes KENERLY, TERRANCE L §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 04, 2024
18796340 DIFFERENTIALS WITH FACE GEARS FOR ELECTRICAL DRIVE SYSTEMS TAYLOR II, JAMES JOSEPH §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Aug 07, 2024
18771789 ELECTRIC MOTOR SAN MARTIN, EDGARDO 2837 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 12, 2024
18769458 ELECTRIC MOTOR ANDREWS, MICHAEL 2834 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 11, 2024
18769358 ELECTRIC MOTOR SUBRAMANIAN, VISWANATHAN 2834 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 10, 2024
18765971 ROTOR FOR AN EXTERNAL ROTOR MOTOR GUGGER, SEAN A 2834 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 08, 2024
18753325 THREE PHASE TO SINGLE PHASE POWER SUPPLY EQUIPMENT PEREZ, BRYAN REYNALDO 2838 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 25, 2024
18649296 VARIABLE FREQUENCY PULSED ELECTRIC MACHINE CONTROL SYSTEM DHAKAL, BICKEY 2896 §102 Final Rejection 53d Pending Apr 29, 2024
18618375 SUSTAINABLE WOUND ROTOR MOTOR REID JR, CHARLES H 2834 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 27, 2024
18442815 HOUSING FOR AN ELECTRICAL ASSEMBLY SMITH, COURTNEY L 2835 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Feb 15, 2024
18426054 Thermal Energy Transfer Assembly And Method Of Making The Same RUPPERT, ERIC S 1735 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 29, 2024
18412024 BONDED ROTOR PLATE LEGASPI, EUGENE REY DEVERA 3700 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 12, 2024
18543025 DIRECT ROTOR BAR COOLING FOR INDUCTION MACHINES ANDREWS, MICHAEL 2834 §103§112 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Dec 18, 2023
18373577 STATOR CHANG, MINKI 2834 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 27, 2023
18372929 STATOR ASSEMBLY CHANG, MINKI 2834 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 26, 2023
18224181 RECIRCULATION BLOWER ZOLLINGER, NATHAN C 3746 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 20, 2023
18305734 ROTARY TRANSFORMER WITH INTEGRATED POWER ELECTRONICS ANDREWS, MICHAEL 2834 §103 Final Rejection 16d Pending Apr 24, 2023
18117649 POWER CONTROL MODULE ASSEMBLY ALONZO MILLER, RHADAMES J 2847 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 06, 2023
17957110 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A ROTOR ASSEMBLY CAZAN, LIVIUS RADU 3729 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 30, 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
18783673 SYSTEMS FOR TRANSFORMER FOR INVERTER FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE EDWARDS, MARK 2624 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 25, 2024
18459358 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VEHICLE PROPULSION CONTROL KIM, ANDREW SANG 3668 §101§103DP Non-Final OA 16d Pending Aug 31, 2023

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