Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
7 pending office actions • 3 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
CONSTELLIUM SINGEN GMBH has 7 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are handled by 7 distinct examiners, meaning every pending case is under the review of a different individual. This high ratio of examiners to actions suggests a lack of examiner-level concentration in the current prosecution phase.
The portfolio is organized across 3 distinct art units, which provides more technical focus than the examiner count might suggest. ENGLE, PATRICIA LYNN is the busiest examiner, currently managing 1 pending office action. For practitioners, this means that while the technical fields are somewhat concentrated, the prosecution strategy must account for the varied perspectives of 7 different examiners. Navigating 3 distinct art units requires a strategy that is technically consistent yet flexible enough to satisfy several different examiner preferences.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 | 1 (14%) |
| §102 only | 1 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (71%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENGLE, PATRICIA LYNN | 1 | 62.3% | +31.2% |
| LYJAK, LORI LYNN | 1 | 89.9% | +8.6% |
| PANG, ROGER L | 1 | 89.2% | +7.1% |
| GUTMAN, HILARY L | 1 | 71.8% | +11.8% |
| BAIRD, CAMERON MICHAEL | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| MORILLO, JANELL COMBS | 1 | 58.0% | +25.8% |
| CONDO, VERONICA MARIE | 1 | 82.0% | +6.9% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18996405 | CRASH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE | LYJAK, LORI LYNN | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18000994 | CRASH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH AN ADDITIONAL ELEMENT CONNECTING THE ABSORBER TO THE CROSS BEAM | CONDO, VERONICA MARIE | 30d overdue |
| 19112554 | Crash management system for a vehicle | ENGLE, PATRICIA LYNN | — |
| 18868843 | CRASH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE | PANG, ROGER L | — |
| 18577392 | BATTERY HOLDER AND MANUFACTURING PROCESS OF SAID BATTERY HOLDER | BAIRD, CAMERON MICHAEL | — |
| 18324203 | MANUFACTURING PROCESS FOR OBTAINING HIGH STRENGTH EXTRUDED PRODUCTS MADE FROM 6XXX ALUMINIUM ALLOYS | MORILLO, JANELL COMBS | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19112554 | Crash management system for a vehicle | ENGLE, PATRICIA LYNN | — |
| 18708323 | CONNECTING ELEMENT, METHOD FOR PRODUCING A CONNECTING ELEMENT AND CRASH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | GUTMAN, HILARY L | — |
| 18324203 | MANUFACTURING PROCESS FOR OBTAINING HIGH STRENGTH EXTRUDED PRODUCTS MADE FROM 6XXX ALUMINIUM ALLOYS | MORILLO, JANELL COMBS | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3612 | 2 |
| 3991 | 1 |
| 1733 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19112554 | Crash management system for a vehicle | ENGLE, PATRICIA LYNN | 3991 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 17, 2025 |
| 18996405 | CRASH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE | LYJAK, LORI LYNN | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18868843 | CRASH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE | PANG, ROGER L | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18708323 | CONNECTING ELEMENT, METHOD FOR PRODUCING A CONNECTING ELEMENT AND CRASH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | GUTMAN, HILARY L | 3612 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 08, 2024 |
| 18577392 | BATTERY HOLDER AND MANUFACTURING PROCESS OF SAID BATTERY HOLDER | BAIRD, CAMERON MICHAEL | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2024 |
| 18324203 | MANUFACTURING PROCESS FOR OBTAINING HIGH STRENGTH EXTRUDED PRODUCTS MADE FROM 6XXX ALUMINIUM ALLOYS | MORILLO, JANELL COMBS | 1733 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 26, 2023 |
| 18000994 | CRASH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH AN ADDITIONAL ELEMENT CONNECTING THE ABSORBER TO THE CROSS BEAM | CONDO, VERONICA MARIE | 3612 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 30d overdue | Pending | Dec 07, 2022 |
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