Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
5 pending office actions • 5 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Borgwarner Sweden AB has 4 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These 4 pending office actions are assigned to 4 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units. KNIGHT, DEREK DOUGLAS is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending office action currently assigned. This confirms that the 4 pending office actions are spread evenly among the 4 distinct examiners.
This distribution requires a highly individualized approach to each application, as there is no examiner or art unit overlap. Practitioners must focus on the unique requirements of each of the 4 distinct art units to successfully move the 4 pending office actions toward allowance. The lack of concentration means that the company's success is not tied to any single individual's interpretation of the prior art.
The presence of 4 distinct art units for only 4 pending office actions suggests that Borgwarner Sweden AB is pursuing innovations that span multiple sub-disciplines. Counsel should be prepared for 4 different sets of prior art and examination styles. Without shared examiners, there is little opportunity to apply lessons learned from one case to the others in the current portfolio.
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 | 3 (60%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (40%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KNIGHT, DEREK DOUGLAS | 1 | 85.2% | +3.3% |
| ALGEHAIM, MOHAMED A | 1 | 58.5% | +20.3% |
| ZHONG, XIN Y | 1 | 76.5% | +15.3% |
| INSTONE, NATHANIEL JOSEPH | 1 | 57.9% | +32.7% |
| MEDANI, MOHAMED | 1 | 71.1% | +26.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19157024 | DIFFERENTIAL DEVICE WITH DISCONNECT | KNIGHT, DEREK DOUGLAS | — |
| 19117680 | A VEHICLE, AND A CONTROL METHOD FOR SUCH VEHICLE | ALGEHAIM, MOHAMED A | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19117680 | A VEHICLE, AND A CONTROL METHOD FOR SUCH VEHICLE | ALGEHAIM, MOHAMED A | — |
| 18856109 | END-OF-LINE METHOD FOR DETERMINING EFFICIENCY OF A VEHICLE MODULE | ZHONG, XIN Y | — |
| 18556771 | CHARGING CIRCUIT FOR AN ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE OF A VEHICLE | INSTONE, NATHANIEL JOSEPH | — |
| 18282950 | ELECTRIC DRIVE MODULE | MEDANI, MOHAMED | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3655 | 1 |
| 3668 | 1 |
| 2855 | 1 |
| 2859 | 1 |
| 3611 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19157024 | DIFFERENTIAL DEVICE WITH DISCONNECT | KNIGHT, DEREK DOUGLAS | 3655 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 15, 2025 |
| 19117680 | A VEHICLE, AND A CONTROL METHOD FOR SUCH VEHICLE | ALGEHAIM, MOHAMED A | 3668 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 02, 2025 |
| 18856109 | END-OF-LINE METHOD FOR DETERMINING EFFICIENCY OF A VEHICLE MODULE | ZHONG, XIN Y | 2855 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2024 |
| 18556771 | CHARGING CIRCUIT FOR AN ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE OF A VEHICLE | INSTONE, NATHANIEL JOSEPH | 2859 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2023 |
| 18282950 | ELECTRIC DRIVE MODULE | MEDANI, MOHAMED | 3611 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialBorgwarner Sweden AB has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 5 examiners.
Derek Douglas Knight has the most, with 1 of Borgwarner Sweden AB's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
