Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Cariad SE

10 pending office actions • 9 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

6
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
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. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (6)Due ≤ 30 days (3)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.

0
Hard (0%)
9
Medium (90%)
1
Easy (10%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only8 (80%)
§102 only1 (10%)
§112 only1 (10%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
10% of docket
3
Communications
30% of docket
2
Semiconductors
20% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
40% 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.

100 h
Manual time on pending OAs
20 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
35 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
COBB, MICHAEL J 1 76.4% +37.6%
VORCE, AMELIA J.I. 1 72.7% +21.6%
GOOD, KENNETH W 1 75.5% +25.4%
CLARK, CHRISTOPHER JAY 1 75.6% +23.0%
SUMLAR, JOURNEY F 1 69.0% +10.4%
ORANGE, DAVID BENJAMIN 1 33.8% +30.8%
AQUINO, WYNUEL S 1 78.8% +20.4%
LEITE, PAULO ROBERTO GONZ 1 51.1% +18.4%
MILLER, PRESTON JAY 1 58.5% +22.3%
DARDANO, STEFANO ANTHONY 1 76.9% +32.9%

Interview Candidates (10)

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
17922325 METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DETERMINING THE POSE OF A MOBILE UNIT DARDANO, STEFANO ANTHONY 164d overdue
18363591 METHOD FOR OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE WITH AT LEAST ONE ENVIRONMENT DETECTION DEVICE ORANGE, DAVID BENJAMIN 117d overdue
18587822 METHOD FOR CREATING AN INDIVIDUAL USER PROFILE IN THE EVENT OF AN OCCURRENCE OF MOTION SICKNESS OF A USER, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND SUPPORT SYSTEM VORCE, AMELIA J.I. 93d overdue
18311132 METHOD AND MOTOR VEHICLE CONTROLLER FOR OPERATING A CONTAINER VIRTUALIZATION WITH LOGGING FUNCTION, AS WELL AS COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM AQUINO, WYNUEL S 91d overdue
18184935 PARKING ASSISTANCE METHOD FOR A DRIVE WITH A MOTOR VEHICLE, PARKING ASSISTANCE DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM, MOBILE PORTABLE TERMINAL, SERVER DEVICE AND MOTOR VEHICLE LEITE, PAULO ROBERTO GONZ 5d overdue
18292314 METHOD FOR DETERMINING A SPEED OF TRAFFIC IN A ROUTE SECTION, DETECTION DEVICE, VEHICLE AND CENTRAL COMPUTER GOOD, KENNETH W 2d overdue
18457231 METHOD FOR AUTOMATED ADAPTING OF AN ADJUSTMENT OF A MIRROR SURFACE OF AT LEAST ONE OUTSIDE MIRROR OF A MOTOR VEHICLE AND MOTOR VEHICLE HAVING AN OUTSIDE MIRROR SUMLAR, JOURNEY F 12d
18086192 INTELLIGENT SPEED CHECK MILLER, PRESTON JAY 22d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2663 2
2615 1
3666 1
3648 1
2838 1
2872 1
2199 1
3663 1
3661 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18636920 METHOD FOR GENERATING AN ENVIRONMENT REPRESENTATION COBB, MICHAEL J 2615 §112 Final Rejection 27d Pending Apr 16, 2024
18587822 METHOD FOR CREATING AN INDIVIDUAL USER PROFILE IN THE EVENT OF AN OCCURRENCE OF MOTION SICKNESS OF A USER, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND SUPPORT SYSTEM VORCE, AMELIA J.I. 3666 §103 Final Rejection 93d overdue Pending Feb 26, 2024
18292314 METHOD FOR DETERMINING A SPEED OF TRAFFIC IN A ROUTE SECTION, DETECTION DEVICE, VEHICLE AND CENTRAL COMPUTER GOOD, KENNETH W 3648 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Jan 25, 2024
18526919 METHOD AND CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR OPERATING A SWITCHING ELEMENT OF AN ELECTRICAL COMPONENT IN ORDER TO AVOID OVERHEATING BY ELECTRICAL DISSIPATED HEAT, AND AN ELECTRICAL COMPONENT HAVING THE CONTROL CIRCUIT CLARK, CHRISTOPHER JAY 2838 §103 Non-Final OA 35d Pending Dec 01, 2023
18457231 METHOD FOR AUTOMATED ADAPTING OF AN ADJUSTMENT OF A MIRROR SURFACE OF AT LEAST ONE OUTSIDE MIRROR OF A MOTOR VEHICLE AND MOTOR VEHICLE HAVING AN OUTSIDE MIRROR SUMLAR, JOURNEY F 2872 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Aug 28, 2023
18363591 METHOD FOR OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE WITH AT LEAST ONE ENVIRONMENT DETECTION DEVICE ORANGE, DAVID BENJAMIN 2663 §102 Final Rejection 117d overdue Pending Aug 01, 2023
18311132 METHOD AND MOTOR VEHICLE CONTROLLER FOR OPERATING A CONTAINER VIRTUALIZATION WITH LOGGING FUNCTION, AS WELL AS COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM AQUINO, WYNUEL S 2199 §103 Non-Final OA 91d overdue Pending May 02, 2023
18184935 PARKING ASSISTANCE METHOD FOR A DRIVE WITH A MOTOR VEHICLE, PARKING ASSISTANCE DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM, MOBILE PORTABLE TERMINAL, SERVER DEVICE AND MOTOR VEHICLE LEITE, PAULO ROBERTO GONZ 3663 §103 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Mar 16, 2023
18086192 INTELLIGENT SPEED CHECK MILLER, PRESTON JAY 3661 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Dec 21, 2022
17922325 METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DETERMINING THE POSE OF A MOBILE UNIT DARDANO, STEFANO ANTHONY 2663 §103 Final Rejection 164d overdue Pending Oct 28, 2022

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