Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
13 pending office actions • 7 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 30 patents granted in the last 365 days
Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft has 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. The company's current USPTO activity is focused on this single pending application, which allows for a concentrated effort on this specific piece of intellectual property. This streamlined prosecution profile reduces the administrative complexity for the applicant.
LYNCH, CARLY W is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, handling 1 pending office action. This examiner is responsible for the entirety of the company's current pending workload. The involvement of only 1 distinct art unit indicates a specific technical review path within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems field. With 1 pending office action and 1 distinct examiner, the company's current patenting success depends on the interaction with this single point of contact at the USPTO.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 5 (38%) |
| §102 only | 1 (8%) |
| §112 only | 1 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (46%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PONCIANO, PATRICK BERNAS | 2 | 57.0% | +7.6% |
| CHEN, SHELLEY | 2 | 66.2% | +20.4% |
| GLADE, ZACHARY EDWARD FREW | 1 | 67.3% | +53.3% |
| LEVY, MERRITT E | 1 | 32.3% | +33.5% |
| ANDERSON, AMBER R | 1 | 32.6% | +34.0% |
| MENEZES, MARCUS | 1 | 70.7% | +51.0% |
| DUNNE, KENNETH MICHAEL | 1 | 77.0% | +10.9% |
| THOMPSON, JOSEPH LEIGH | 1 | 36.8% | +61.6% |
| STRIMBU, GREGORY J | 1 | 56.4% | +80.4% |
| KLEINMAN, LAIL A | 1 | 70.1% | +16.6% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18567566 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A MOTORISED FLAP ARRANGEMENT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE | THOMPSON, JOSEPH LEIGH | 89d overdue |
| 18853841 | DRIVE DEVICE FOR A CLOSURE ELEMENT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE | PONCIANO, PATRICK BERNAS | 23d overdue |
| 18572860 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM FOR AN INTERIOR OF A MOTOR VEHICLE | DUNNE, KENNETH MICHAEL | 17d overdue |
| 19008147 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A CLOSURE ELEMENT ARRANGEMENT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE | GLADE, ZACHARY EDWARD FREW | — |
| 18853997 | CONNECTION JOINT ARRANGEMENT | ANDERSON, AMBER R | — |
| 18883041 | WINDOW REGULATOR ASSEMBLY OF A MOTOR VEHICLE AND SLIDE SHOE OF A WINDOW REGULATOR ASSEMBLY | MENEZES, MARCUS | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18567566 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A MOTORISED FLAP ARRANGEMENT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE | THOMPSON, JOSEPH LEIGH | 89d overdue |
| 18688174 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A MOTORISED FLAP ARRANGEMENT | CHEN, SHELLEY | 28d overdue |
| 18688137 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A FLAP ASSEMBLY OF A MOTOR VEHICLE | CHEN, SHELLEY | 26d overdue |
| 18572860 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM FOR AN INTERIOR OF A MOTOR VEHICLE | DUNNE, KENNETH MICHAEL | 17d overdue |
| 18933059 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SWITCH CONTROL OF MOTOR VEHICLE LATCH | LEVY, MERRITT E | 9d overdue |
| 18044067 | INNENRAUMVERSTELLSYSTEM FÜR EIN FAHRZEUG | KLEINMAN, LAIL A | 30d |
| 19008147 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A CLOSURE ELEMENT ARRANGEMENT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE | GLADE, ZACHARY EDWARD FREW | — |
| 18853997 | CONNECTION JOINT ARRANGEMENT | ANDERSON, AMBER R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3634 | 4 |
| 3665 | 3 |
| 3664 | 1 |
| 3663 | 1 |
| 3669 | 1 |
| 3668 | 1 |
| 3661 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19032649 | DOOR MODULE OF A VEHICLE DOOR AND VEHICLE DOOR HAVING THE DOOR MODULE | PONCIANO, PATRICK BERNAS | 3634 | §103 | Final Rejection | 5d | Pending | Jan 21, 2025 |
| 19008147 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A CLOSURE ELEMENT ARRANGEMENT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE | GLADE, ZACHARY EDWARD FREW | 3664 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2025 |
| 18933059 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SWITCH CONTROL OF MOTOR VEHICLE LATCH | LEVY, MERRITT E | 3663 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | 9d overdue | Pending | Oct 31, 2024 |
| 18688174 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A MOTORISED FLAP ARRANGEMENT | CHEN, SHELLEY | 3665 | §103 | Final Rejection | 28d overdue | Pending | Oct 14, 2024 |
| 18688137 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A FLAP ASSEMBLY OF A MOTOR VEHICLE | CHEN, SHELLEY | 3665 | §103 | Final Rejection | 26d overdue | Pending | Oct 07, 2024 |
| 18853997 | CONNECTION JOINT ARRANGEMENT | ANDERSON, AMBER R | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2024 |
| 18853841 | DRIVE DEVICE FOR A CLOSURE ELEMENT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE | PONCIANO, PATRICK BERNAS | 3634 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 23d overdue | Pending | Oct 03, 2024 |
| 18883041 | WINDOW REGULATOR ASSEMBLY OF A MOTOR VEHICLE AND SLIDE SHOE OF A WINDOW REGULATOR ASSEMBLY | MENEZES, MARCUS | 3634 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2024 |
| 18572860 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM FOR AN INTERIOR OF A MOTOR VEHICLE | DUNNE, KENNETH MICHAEL | 3669 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 17d overdue | Pending | Aug 01, 2024 |
| 18567566 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A MOTORISED FLAP ARRANGEMENT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE | THOMPSON, JOSEPH LEIGH | 3665 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 89d overdue | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 |
| 18685530 | SPINDLE DRIVE | STRIMBU, GREGORY J | 3634 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 22, 2024 |
| 18044067 | INNENRAUMVERSTELLSYSTEM FÜR EIN FAHRZEUG | KLEINMAN, LAIL A | 3668 | §102 | Final Rejection | 30d | Pending | Jul 25, 2023 |
| 17639135 | ELECTRONICS SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING AN ADJUSTMENT PART BY MEANS OF AN ACCELERATION SENSOR | WEISFELD, MATTHIAS S | 3661 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 38d overdue | Pending | Feb 28, 2022 |
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