Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Compagnie Générale des Établissements Michelin

63 pending office actions • 18 art units • 35 examiners • 0 of 63 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 162 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

63
Total Pending OAs
40
Non-Final OAs
18
Final Rejections
5
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 33 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

17
Overdue
0
Due this week
6
Due this month
3
Due in next 60 days
7
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. 33 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (17)Due ≤ 30 days (6)Due ≤ 60 days (3)Due later (7)

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%)
53
Medium (84%)
8
Easy (13%)
2
Unknown (3%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only47 (75%)
§102 only6 (10%)
§112 only4 (6%)
Double-patenting only4 (6%)
No statute on record2 (3%)

Industry Mix

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

49
Life Sciences
78% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
4
Semiconductors
6% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
11% of docket
3
Business / Other
5% 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.

630 h
Manual time on pending OAs
126 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
220 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
5.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
FISCHER, JUSTIN R 10 44.3% +2.2%
JOHNSTONE, ADRIENNE C 6 63.1% +34.9%
MAKI, STEVEN D 4 65.2% +24.7%
SCHWARTZ, PHILIP N 4 55.5% +17.6%
LY, KENDRA 3 58.0% +18.8%
DYE, ROBERT C 2 63.4% +11.2%
SCHNEIDER, THOMAS FRANK 2 49.5% +37.5%
HEASLEY, MEGHAN CHRISTINE 2 77.4% +32.2%
LEE, DORIS L 2 58.7% +8.5%
JOHNSTON, BRIEANN R 2 48.9% +32.8%

Interview Candidates (25)

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
17780150 ASSEMBLY COMPRISING AN ADAPTABLE SUPPORT STRUCTURE JOHNSTONE, ADRIENNE C 126d overdue
18267824 Tire Tread for a Heavy Vehicle with Improved Robustness SCHNEIDER, THOMAS FRANK 67d overdue
17630199 TIRE COMPRISING A TREAD SCHWARTZ, PHILIP N 53d overdue
17768967 TIRE WITH LOW ROLLING RESISTANCE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME SCHWARTZ, PHILIP N 49d overdue
18259924 RUBBER COMPOSITION WITH LONGER LASTING ANTIOZONATION JOHNSTON, BRIEANN R 35d overdue
17630192 TIRE COMPRISING A TREAD SCHWARTZ, PHILIP N 32d overdue
17610956 TIRE HAVING EXTERNAL SIDEWALLS SCHWARTZ, PHILIP N 8d overdue
18548366 MONOMERS CONTAINING A 4-THIAZOLIDINONE UNIT AND THEIR POLYAMIDE, POLYESTER AND POLYURETHANE POLYCONDENSATES HEASLEY, MEGHAN CHRISTINE 14d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1749 32
1764 5
3619 2
2855 2
1626 2
1767 2
1766 2
3786 2
1741 2
3667 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19136039 RUBBER COMPOSITION FISCHER, JUSTIN R 1749 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 05, 2025
19130728 Tire for a Heavy Goods Vehicle Tire with a Tread Having Improved Sturdiness MAKI, STEVEN D 1749 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 16, 2025
19118272 TIRE FISCHER, JUSTIN R 1749 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 03, 2025
19117862 TIRE COMPRISING A TREAD WITH UNIFORM WEAR AND REDUCED NOISE MAKI, STEVEN D 1749 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 02, 2025
19107308 TIRE WITH SIMPLIFIED CARCASS REINFORCEMENT JOHNSTONE, ADRIENNE C §112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 27, 2025
19099144 TIRE HAVING A RADIAL CARCASS REINFORCEMENT FISCHER, JUSTIN R 1749 §103 Final Rejection 58d overdue Pending Jan 28, 2025
18876452 A CONDUCTIVE TIRE JOHNSTONE, ADRIENNE C 1749 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 18, 2024
18876126 AUTONOMOUS FORKLIFT TRUCK FOR LIFTING AND TRANSPORTING A LOAD, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD GOODBODY, JOAN T 3667 §103 Non-Final OA 71d Pending Dec 17, 2024
18854896 TIRE SUITABLE FOR RUNNING FLAT AND COMPRISING A CORRUGATED CROWN LAYER FISCHER, JUSTIN R 1749 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Oct 07, 2024
18854890 TIRE COMPRISING A CORRUGATED CROWN LAYER AND A SIDEWALL STIFFENING INSERT FISCHER, JUSTIN R 1749 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 07, 2024
18854404 NON-PNEUMATIC TIRE FOR RUTWANDER HAVING VARIED OUTER CIRCUMFERENCE BELLINGER, JASON R §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 04, 2024
18854223 TIRE HAVING A REGROOVABLE TREAD MAKI, STEVEN D 1749 §103 Non-Final OA 69d Pending Oct 04, 2024
18722183 Tire Having a Compromise in Terms of Performance Between Grip on Snow and Running Noise DYE, ROBERT C 3619 §103 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Jun 20, 2024
18720087 Tire with Reduced Crown Heating for a Heavy-Duty Construction Plant Vehicle LY, KENDRA 1749 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 14, 2024
18720076 METHOD FOR DETERMINING A MECHANICAL PROPERTY OF AN AGRICULTURAL SOIL DAVIS-HOLLINGTON, OCTAVIA L 2855 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 14, 2024
18700462 TIRE WITH A TREAD COMPRISING REINFORCING ELEMENTS DYE, ROBERT C 3619 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 11, 2024
18681570 METHOD FOR ASCERTAINING THE DEFORMATION OF A TIRE SUBJECTED TO AN EXTERNAL STRESS WHILE ROLLING FORRISTALL, JOSHUA L 2855 DP Non-Final OA Pending Feb 06, 2024
18681555 METHOD FOR ASCERTAINING THE DEFORMATION OF A TIRE SUBJECTED TO A LOAD WHILE ROLLING BOLDUC, DAVID J 2852 §112 Non-Final OA 82d Pending Feb 06, 2024
18569855 RUBBER COMPOSITION BASED ON A COPOLYMER CONTAINING ETHYLENE UNITS AND DIENE UNITS, AND POLYETHYLENE LISTVOYB, GREGORY §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 13, 2023
18565895 Mixed-Use Heavy-Duty Vehicle Tire with Low Road Noise MAKI, STEVEN D 1749 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 30, 2023
18564765 SAIL PROPULSION ELEMENT, SAIL-PROPELLED VEHICLE STARCK, ERIC ANTHONY 3615 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Nov 28, 2023
18289621 TIRE HAVING OPTIMIZED PERFORMANCE IN TERMS OF ROLLING RESISTANCE AND ROADHOLDING SCHNEIDER, THOMAS FRANK 1749 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 06, 2023
18286508 TIRE FOR PASSENGER VEHICLE LY, KENDRA 1749 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Oct 11, 2023
18549774 RUBBER COMPOSITION FISCHER, JUSTIN R 1749 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 08, 2023
18279742 SIDEWALL INSERT FOR A MOTORCYCLE TIRE JOHNSTONE, ADRIENNE C 1749 §102 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Aug 31, 2023
18548356 (METH)ACRYLATES CONTAINING A 4-THIAZOLIDINONE UNIT AND POLYMERS THEREOF HEASLEY, MEGHAN CHRISTINE 1626 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Aug 30, 2023
18548366 MONOMERS CONTAINING A 4-THIAZOLIDINONE UNIT AND THEIR POLYAMIDE, POLYESTER AND POLYURETHANE POLYCONDENSATES HEASLEY, MEGHAN CHRISTINE 1626 §102 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Aug 30, 2023
18277787 TRANSPORTABLE COMPACT CORRECTION DEVICE IN PARTICULAR FOR POLISHING CALENDERING CYLINDERS MARKMAN, MAKENA 3723 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 18, 2023
18274746 RESIN-EXTENDED MODIFIED DIENE RUBBER ILLING, CAITLIN NORINE 1767 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 28, 2023
18274745 RESIN-EXTENDED MODIFIED DIENE RUBBER QIAO, HUIHONG 1763 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 28, 2023
18274122 TIRE INCORPORATING A RUBBER COMPOSITION INCLUDING A SPECIFIC HYDROCARBON RESIN LEE, DORIS L 1764 DP Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Jul 25, 2023
18259924 RUBBER COMPOSITION WITH LONGER LASTING ANTIOZONATION JOHNSTON, BRIEANN R 1766 §103 Non-Final OA 35d overdue Pending Jun 29, 2023
18259678 RUBBER COMPOSITION HAVING GRAPHENE AND LIQUID RUBBER PAK, HANNAH J 1764 Other Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Jun 28, 2023
18259349 RUBBER COMPOSITION JOHNSTON, BRIEANN R 1766 §103 Final Rejection 82d Pending Jun 26, 2023
18268821 RUBBER COMPOSITION LEE, DORIS L 1764 Other Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Jun 21, 2023
18267824 Tire Tread for a Heavy Vehicle with Improved Robustness SCHNEIDER, THOMAS FRANK 1749 §103 Non-Final OA 67d overdue Pending Jun 16, 2023
18267968 RUBBER COMPOSITION COMPRISING A CRUMB RUBBER PEPITONE, MICHAEL F 1767 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 16, 2023
18266928 Optimized Architecture of a Civil Engineering Tire JOHNSTONE, ADRIENNE C 1749 DP Final Rejection Pending Jun 13, 2023
18266969 Optimized Architecture of a Civil Engineering Tire JOHNSTONE, ADRIENNE C 1749 DP Non-Final OA Pending Jun 13, 2023
18266360 RUBBER COMPOSITION WITH IMPROVED RESISTANCE TO MECHANICAL STRESS SALAMON, PETER A 1759 §103 Final Rejection 43d overdue Pending Jun 09, 2023
18039790 METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE TEMPERATURE OF A RUBBERY MATERIAL ENTERING INTO THE COMPOSITION OF A TIRE FAYE, MAMADOU 2884 §103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Jun 01, 2023
18035651 EXTRUSION DEVICE FOR PRODUCING A PRODUCT BASED ON A RUBBER MIXTURE YE, XINWEN 1754 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 05, 2023
18031434 DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING A HUMAN BODY IN A LYING POSITION ALBERS, KEVIN S 3786 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 12, 2023
18031436 DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING A PART OF A HUMAN BODY ALBERS, KEVIN S 3786 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 12, 2023
18030670 TIRE COMPRISING A SINGLE CARCASS LAYER LY, KENDRA 1749 §112 Final Rejection 28d Pending Apr 06, 2023
18027871 Tire with Improved Grip for a Heavy Civil Engineering Vehicle DARBY, BRENDON CHARLES 1749 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 22, 2023
18024553 RUBBER COMPOSITION BASED ON A HIGHLY SATURATED DIENE ELASTOMER FISCHER, JUSTIN R 1749 §103 Final Rejection 77d Pending Mar 03, 2023
18011740 COMPOUND COMPRISING AN EPOXIDE GROUP KAUCHER, MARK S 1764 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 20, 2022
17910671 LINING ELEMENT FOR A TIRE CURING MOLD COMPRISING A SUITABLE MOLDING PART BOOTH, ALEXANDER D 1749 §103 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Sep 09, 2022
17780150 ASSEMBLY COMPRISING AN ADAPTABLE SUPPORT STRUCTURE JOHNSTONE, ADRIENNE C 1749 §103 Non-Final OA 126d overdue Pending May 26, 2022
17774947 TIRE HAVING A TREAD WEILER, NICHOLAS JOSEPH 1749 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 06, 2022
17774330 RUBBER COMPOSITION COMPRISING A SUITABLE FILLER AND A SUITABLE CROSSLINKING SYSTEM KRYLOVA, IRINA 1764 §102 Non-Final OA Pending May 04, 2022
17768967 TIRE WITH LOW ROLLING RESISTANCE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME SCHWARTZ, PHILIP N 1749 §102 Final Rejection 49d overdue Pending Apr 14, 2022
17763488 TIRE COMPRISING A RADIOFREQUENCY TRANSPONDER FISCHER, JUSTIN R 1749 §102 Non-Final OA 37d overdue Pending Mar 24, 2022
17634570 FILAMENT GUIDING AND MAINTENANCE MACHINE AND METHOD OF USE LIANG, SHIBIN 1741 §103 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Feb 11, 2022
17630199 TIRE COMPRISING A TREAD SCHWARTZ, PHILIP N 1749 §103 Non-Final OA 53d overdue Pending Jan 26, 2022
17630192 TIRE COMPRISING A TREAD SCHWARTZ, PHILIP N 1749 §103 Final Rejection 32d overdue Pending Jan 26, 2022
17610956 TIRE HAVING EXTERNAL SIDEWALLS SCHWARTZ, PHILIP N 1749 §103 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Nov 12, 2021
17436371 TWIN-SCREW MIXING AND EXTRUSION MACHINE WITH MOBILE ELEMENTS BEHRENS JR., ANDRES E 1741 §103 Non-Final OA 63d Pending Sep 03, 2021
17297835 GLASS-RESIN COMPOSITE-BASED MULTI-COMPOSITE MATERIAL DILLON, DANIEL P 1783 §103 Final Rejection 9d Pending May 27, 2021
17276024 Hooping Reinforcement for a Tire of a Heavy Duty Civil Engineering Vehicle FISCHER, JUSTIN R 1749 §103 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Mar 12, 2021
16625261 TIRE SUITABLE FOR RUNNING FLAT, PROVIDED WITH AN ELECTRONIC UNIT FISCHER, JUSTIN R 1749 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Dec 20, 2019
18206693 MATRIX FOR A TIRE MOLD, MOLD INSERT FOR A TIRE MOLD, TIRE MOLD, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MATRIX FOR A TIRE MOLD PAQUETTE, SEDEF ESRA AYALP 1749 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 07, 2023

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