Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Clarion Corporation Of America

Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Clarion Corporation Of America has 2 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. Those matters are assigned to 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. The assignments indicate that each pending matter is being examined in a separate examiner and art-unit setting.

ZHU, NOAH YI MIN is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. No examiner has a larger identified pending workload than that amount in this profile. Counsel should preserve separate prosecution strategies for the matters, while reviewing both files for claim, disclosure, and amendment issues that may arise from the broader technology area.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

2
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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.

1
Hard (50%)
1
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (50%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
100% 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.

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

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ZHU, NOAH YI MIN 1 79.0% +13.9%
FURGASON, KAREN LYNELLE 1 32.5% +25.0%

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18590628 SEAT OCCUPANCY SENSOR SYSTEM FOR VEHICLES AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME ZHU, NOAH YI MIN —

Interview Candidates (2)

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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18590628 SEAT OCCUPANCY SENSOR SYSTEM FOR VEHICLES AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME ZHU, NOAH YI MIN —
18109648 DISPLAY PANEL FOR A VEHICLE FURGASON, KAREN LYNELLE —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3648 1
3665 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18590628 SEAT OCCUPANCY SENSOR SYSTEM FOR VEHICLES AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME ZHU, NOAH YI MIN 3648 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 28, 2024
18109648 DISPLAY PANEL FOR A VEHICLE FURGASON, KAREN LYNELLE 3665 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 14, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Clarion Corporation Of America have?

Clarion Corporation Of America has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Clarion Corporation Of America applications?

Noah Yi Min Zhu has the most, with 1 of Clarion Corporation Of America's pending office actions.

What technology area are Clarion Corporation Of America's patent applications in?

Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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