Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC

18 pending office actions • 6 art units • 15 examiners • 0 of 18 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 59 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

18
Total Pending OAs
12
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
3
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
1
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (1)

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.

6
Hard (33%)
12
Medium (67%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (6%)
§103 only10 (56%)
Double-patenting + other2 (11%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (28%)

Industry Mix

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

9
Life Sciences
50% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
6% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
22% of docket
4
Business / Other
22% 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.

180 h
Manual time on pending OAs
36 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
63 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BELLINGER, JASON R 2 69.9% +18.6%
PAQUETTE, SEDEF ESRA AYALP 2 63.2% +45.0%
DARBY, BRENDON CHARLES 2 49.6% +16.8%
FISCHER, JUSTIN R 1 44.2% +2.3%
CHOI, TAEKWON NMN 1 87.5% +0.0%
CHONG, JASON Y 1 73.6% +17.4%
KOTTER, KIP T 1 67.7% +21.5%
MACCHIAROLO, PETER J 1 70.3% +10.4%
BOOTH, ALEXANDER D 1 53.4% +37.2%
DODDS, SCOTT 1 68.4% +35.4%

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
18867685 MOUNTING ARRANGEMENT OF SELF-SUPPORTING SPOKE STRUCTURE FOR NON-PNEUMATIC TIRE CHOI, TAEKWON NMN

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18697633 THREE-DIMENSIONAL TIRE SIPE WITH VARIABLE CROSS-SECTION DARBY, BRENDON CHARLES 105d overdue
18270110 TIRE INNERLINER COMPOSITIONS OF HALOGENATED BUTYL RUBBER, TERPENE PHENOL RESIN, CALCIUM CARBONATE FILLER, AND CURATIVE SCOTT, ANGELA C 39d
18856238 BUTADIENE PRODUCTION FROM USED TIRES CHONG, JASON Y
18725093 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR MAINTAINING A TIRE INFLATION PRESSURE KOTTER, KIP T
18688760 SEALANT INJECTION ROBOT TOOLING DODDS, SCOTT
18016201 VEHICLE TIRE LOCALIZATION SYSTEM AND METHOD USING TEMPERATURE RISE DATA DEL VALLE, LUIS GERARDO

Interview Candidates (11)

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
18601401 METHODS FOR RETREADING TIRES EMPLOYING CUSHION GUM WITH STABLE DINITRILE OXIDE CURE SYSTEM BOOTH, ALEXANDER D 117d overdue
18697633 THREE-DIMENSIONAL TIRE SIPE WITH VARIABLE CROSS-SECTION DARBY, BRENDON CHARLES 105d overdue
18564325 NON-PNEUMATIC TIRE HAVING BALANCED SPOKE STIFFNESSES BELLINGER, JASON R 4d overdue
18698556 THREE-DIMENSIONAL TIRE SIPE DARBY, BRENDON CHARLES 7d
18867648 SELF-SUPPORTING SPOKE STRUCTURE FOR NON-PNEUMATIC TIRE BELLINGER, JASON R
18856238 BUTADIENE PRODUCTION FROM USED TIRES CHONG, JASON Y
18725093 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR MAINTAINING A TIRE INFLATION PRESSURE KOTTER, KIP T
18716712 NON-PNEUMATIC TIRE HAVING CURVED SPOKES AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME PAQUETTE, SEDEF ESRA AYALP

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1749 7
3615 3
2855 1
1766 1
1767 1
3666 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19057257 Tire Tread Rubber Composition And Related Methods FISCHER, JUSTIN R 1749 §103 Non-Final OA 74d overdue Pending Feb 19, 2025
18867648 SELF-SUPPORTING SPOKE STRUCTURE FOR NON-PNEUMATIC TIRE BELLINGER, JASON R §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 20, 2024
18867685 MOUNTING ARRANGEMENT OF SELF-SUPPORTING SPOKE STRUCTURE FOR NON-PNEUMATIC TIRE CHOI, TAEKWON NMN §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 20, 2024
18856238 BUTADIENE PRODUCTION FROM USED TIRES CHONG, JASON Y §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 11, 2024
18725093 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR MAINTAINING A TIRE INFLATION PRESSURE KOTTER, KIP T 3615 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 27, 2024
18716712 NON-PNEUMATIC TIRE HAVING CURVED SPOKES AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME PAQUETTE, SEDEF ESRA AYALP 1749 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 05, 2024
18656940 COMPREHENSIVE TIRE HEALTH MODELING AND SYSTEMS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION THEREOF MACCHIAROLO, PETER J 2855 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 07, 2024
18698556 THREE-DIMENSIONAL TIRE SIPE DARBY, BRENDON CHARLES 1749 §103 Final Rejection 7d Pending Apr 04, 2024
18697633 THREE-DIMENSIONAL TIRE SIPE WITH VARIABLE CROSS-SECTION DARBY, BRENDON CHARLES 1749 §102§103 Non-Final OA 105d overdue Pending Apr 01, 2024
18601401 METHODS FOR RETREADING TIRES EMPLOYING CUSHION GUM WITH STABLE DINITRILE OXIDE CURE SYSTEM BOOTH, ALEXANDER D 1749 §103 Non-Final OA 117d overdue Pending Mar 11, 2024
18688760 SEALANT INJECTION ROBOT TOOLING DODDS, SCOTT §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 02, 2024
18564325 NON-PNEUMATIC TIRE HAVING BALANCED SPOKE STIFFNESSES BELLINGER, JASON R 3615 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Nov 27, 2023
18553280 TIRE TREAD INCLUDING A DECOUPLING GROOVE MAKI, STEVEN D 1749 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Sep 29, 2023
18260934 RUBBER VULCANIZATION PROCESSES EMPLOYING A EUTECTIC MIXTURE FANG, SHANE 1766 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 10, 2023
18270110 TIRE INNERLINER COMPOSITIONS OF HALOGENATED BUTYL RUBBER, TERPENE PHENOL RESIN, CALCIUM CARBONATE FILLER, AND CURATIVE SCOTT, ANGELA C 1767 §103§112 Non-Final OA 39d Pending Jun 28, 2023
18161197 PNEUMATIC TIRE HAVING A SEALANT LAYER AND AIR BARRIER LAYER PAQUETTE, SEDEF ESRA AYALP 1749 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 30, 2023
18016201 VEHICLE TIRE LOCALIZATION SYSTEM AND METHOD USING TEMPERATURE RISE DATA DEL VALLE, LUIS GERARDO 3666 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 13, 2023
18016206 RUBBER COMPOSITION FOR NON-PNEUMATIC SUPPORT COMPONENTS PALMER, ALEX ROBERT 3615 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 13, 2023

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