Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Continental AG

108 pending office actions • 54 art units • 101 examiners • 0 of 108 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 121 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

108
Total Pending OAs
72
Non-Final OAs
31
Final Rejections
5
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 44 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

24
Overdue
2
Due this week
11
Due this month
4
Due in next 60 days
3
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. 44 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (24)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (11)Due ≤ 60 days (4)Due later (3)

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.

2
Hard (2%)
89
Medium (82%)
4
Easy (4%)
13
Unknown (12%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (2%)
§103 only83 (77%)
§102 only6 (6%)
§112 only4 (4%)
No statute on record13 (12%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
1% of docket
14
Information Tech
13% of docket
8
Communications
7% of docket
13
Semiconductors
12% of docket
47
Mechanical / Eng
44% of docket
25
Business / Other
23% 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.

1,080 h
Manual time on pending OAs
216 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
378 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
9.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LAGUARDA, GONZALO 3 72.7% +6.7%
LEWIS, TISHA D 2 87.7% +9.5%
TAYLOR II, JAMES JOSEPH 2 83.3% +26.2%
RODRIGUEZ, PAMELA 2 88.0% +10.4%
TRAN, VI N 2 45.2% +37.0%
RODRIGUEZ, VICENTE M 2 77.5% +15.1%
MAI, THIEN T 1 59.1% +20.8%
WHALEN, MICHAEL F 1 64.1% +18.3%
DUNNE, KENNETH MICHAEL 1 77.1% +11.0%
SMITH, ISAAC G 1 72.9% +20.4%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18720231 ELECTROHYDRAULIC BRAKE CONTROL DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE, AND BRAKE SYSTEM LEWIS, TISHA D
18720130 BRAKE SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE LEWIS, TISHA D
18717537 MOTOR VEHICLE DISC BRAKE WITH BELLOWS-TYPE SLEEVE FOR SEALING A BOLT GUIDE DEVICE AND BELLOWS-TYPE SLEEVE TAYLOR II, JAMES JOSEPH

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18614950 Method for monitoring the wear of a motor vehicle tire and tire pressure monitoring module for implementing said method DO, AN H
18615027 Method for determining a compensated acceleration gradient for a motor vehicle tire, method for monitoring motor vehicle tire wear, and motor vehicle for implementing said methods GO, RICKY

Interview Candidates (12)

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
18060371 OPTICAL ELEMENT DAMAGE DETECTION INCLUDING ULTRASONIC EMTTER AND DETECTOR RODRIGUEZ, VICENTE M 67d overdue
18060403 OPTICAL ELEMENT DAMAGE DETECTION INCLUDING STRAIN GAUGE RODRIGUEZ, VICENTE M 60d overdue
18561977 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING OPTIMIZED SYSTEM PARAMETERS OF A TECHNICAL SYSTEM USING A COST FUNCTION TRAN, VI N 3d overdue
19267859 LIGHT GUIDE FOR A BACKLIGHT, BACKLIGHT AND DISPLAY DEVICE MAI, THIEN T 28d
18562290 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING OPTIMIZED SYSTEM PARAMETERS OF A TECHNICAL SYSTEM BY MEANS OF A COST FUNCTION TRAN, VI N 56d
19218297 METHOD FOR MONITORING A TRAFFIC AREA USING A TRAFFIC MONITORING SYSTEM WHALEN, MICHAEL F
19218248 METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING A VEHICLE IN A TRAFFIC AREA DUNNE, KENNETH MICHAEL
19191334 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING VEHICLE DIAGNOSTICS SMITH, ISAAC G

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3663 6
3667 5
3616 5
3747 4
2637 3
3668 3
3645 3
3666 2
3669 2
3648 2

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19267859 LIGHT GUIDE FOR A BACKLIGHT, BACKLIGHT AND DISPLAY DEVICE MAI, THIEN T 2876 §103 Final Rejection 28d Pending Jul 14, 2025
19218297 METHOD FOR MONITORING A TRAFFIC AREA USING A TRAFFIC MONITORING SYSTEM WHALEN, MICHAEL F §102 Non-Final OA Pending May 25, 2025
19218248 METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING A VEHICLE IN A TRAFFIC AREA DUNNE, KENNETH MICHAEL Non-Final OA Pending May 24, 2025
19191334 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING VEHICLE DIAGNOSTICS SMITH, ISAAC G Non-Final OA Pending Apr 28, 2025
19192009 METHOD FOR REMOTELY DEACTIVATING AN AUTOMATIC PARKING MODE OF A VEHICLE IN A MULTI-STOREY PARKING LOT AND ASSOCIATED DEACTIVATION DEVICE LEE, BRANDON DONGPA Non-Final OA Pending Apr 28, 2025
19183023 BRAKE CONTROL UNIT HAVING REDUNDANT POWER SUPPLY BREWER, JACK ROBERT §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 18, 2025
19176368 METHOD OF MONITORING A TRAFFIC AREA WITH A TRAFFIC MONITORING SYSTEM AND TRAFFIC MONITORING SYSTEM SHUDY, ANGELINA M §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 11, 2025
19058872 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR WIRELESS RANGING WITH A VEHICLE RIOS-AGUIRRE, IZCALLI ANDRE 3666 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 20, 2025
19103369 METHOD FOR DETECTING ACOUSTIC FEEDBACK ANWAH, OLISA 2692 §103 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Feb 12, 2025
19048071 SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING AT LEAST ONE HYDRAULIC VALVE JEN, MINGJEN 3657 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 07, 2025
19040354 DISPLAY DEVICE WITH BACKLIGHT UNIT KRYUKOVA, ERIN 2875 §103 Non-Final OA 53d Pending Jan 29, 2025
19038931 VEHICLE INTERIOR MONITORING DEVICE PHAM, QUAN L 2637 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 28, 2025
18881286 NETWORK FAULT RECOVERY METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM BOUTAH, ALINA A 2458 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 04, 2025
18978889 DISPLAY WITH INTEGRATED CAMERA WANG, XI 2637 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 12, 2024
18978662 DISPLAY WITH INTEGRATED CAMERA CHEN, CHIA WEI A 2637 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 12, 2024
18871151 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF COMMUNICATION FOR SWARM MANAGEMENT AND COORDINATION WONG, YUEN H 3667 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 02, 2024
18860490 METHOD FOR SENDING VEHICLE-TO-X-MESSAGES, METHOD FOR DETERMINING A POSSIBLE COLLISION, AND VEHICLE-TO-X-COMMUNICATIONS MODULE WANG, JACK K 2686 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Oct 25, 2024
18859841 DISPLAY DEVICE JUNG, JONATHAN Y §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 24, 2024
18856825 BRAKE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A BRAKE SYSTEM LAGUARDA, GONZALO 3747 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 14, 2024
18854730 METHOD OF TRANSMITTING APERIODIC DOWNLINK SMALL DATA TRANSMISSIONS TO COMMUNICATION DEVICES CONFIGURED FOR SCHEDULED INACTIVATION OF A RECEIVER CAI, WAYNE HUU §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 07, 2024
18854787 METHOD OF TRANSMITTING DOWNLINK SMALL DATA TRANSMISSIONS TO COMMUNICATION DEVICES CONFIGURED FOR SCHEDULED INACTIVATION OF A RECEIVER TRAN, CONGVAN §102 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 07, 2024
18882581 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CAPTURING AN IMAGE OUTSIDE A MOTOR VEHICLE, AND MOTOR VEHICLE CAMMARATA, MICHAEL ROBERT §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 11, 2024
18839481 INTER-DRX ASSISTANCE METHOD FOR OPERATING A USER EQUIPMENT (UE) LOPATA, ROBERT J §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 19, 2024
18838026 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A SATELLITE CAPABLE OF EXCHANGING DATA WITH A PLURALITY OF VEHICLES KIM, WON TAE C §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 13, 2024
18729052 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PCB FIXATION WITH BATTERY TABS IN A HOUSING SAWYER, STEVEN T 2847 Final Rejection Pending Jul 15, 2024
18728866 HYDRAULIC BRAKE SYSTEM FOR LOW TEMPERATURES AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SUCH A BRAKE SYSTEM AUNG, SAN M §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 13, 2024
18751580 Method for detecting that a vehicle is running WILSON, BRIAN P §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 24, 2024
18722193 METHOD FOR DETECTING A LOSS OF GROUND CONNECTION, CONTROLLER, AND BRAKE SYSTEM BEAN, JARED C 3669 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 20, 2024
18720231 ELECTROHYDRAULIC BRAKE CONTROL DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE, AND BRAKE SYSTEM LEWIS, TISHA D §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 14, 2024
18720287 BRAKE SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE TEKA, ABIY §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 14, 2024
18720130 BRAKE SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE LEWIS, TISHA D §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 14, 2024
18718361 A METHOD OF PROCESSING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SIGNALS FOR USE IN RADAR SENSING RAYNAL, ASHLEY BROWN 3648 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 10, 2024
18717551 METHOD FOR DRIVING A POWER SUPPLY INVERTER OF A MOTOR COMPRISING AT LEAST TWO WINDINGS UPON A SHORT-CIRCUIT TYPE FAILURE LUO, DAVID S 2846 §103 Non-Final OA 35d Pending Jun 07, 2024
18717537 MOTOR VEHICLE DISC BRAKE WITH BELLOWS-TYPE SLEEVE FOR SEALING A BOLT GUIDE DEVICE AND BELLOWS-TYPE SLEEVE TAYLOR II, JAMES JOSEPH §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 07, 2024
18715702 MOTOR VEHICLE WITH AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTION ON THE INSIDE FOR AN ELECTROMECHANICAL WHEEL BRAKE SCHWARTZ, CHRISTOPHER P §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 01, 2024
18678098 METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE POSITION OF A LEAK IN A TIRE YOUNG, MONICA S 2855 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 30, 2024
18713355 METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING VEHICLE-TO-X MESSAGES, AND VEHICLE-TO-X COMMUNICATION MODULE FUQUA, CHRISTINE DUONG 2462 Non-Final OA Pending May 24, 2024
18713124 SYSTEM AND APPARATUS SUITABLE FOR ADJUSTMENT OF ONE OR MORE SEATS, AND A PROCESSING METHOD IN ASSOCIATION THERETO SHAIKH, FARIS ASIM 3668 §103 Final Rejection 110d overdue Pending May 23, 2024
18660529 METHOD FOR GENERATING A HIGH-RESOLUTION POINT CLOUD AND METHOD FOR TRAINING AN IMAGE SYNTHESIS NEURAL NETWORK ENG, GEORGE 2699 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 10, 2024
18701520 APPARATUS FOR HEATING AND/OR COOLING FLUID, AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM NOUKETCHA, LIONEL W 3763 §103 Non-Final OA 162d overdue Pending Apr 15, 2024
18699275 METHOD FOR STARTING UP PROGRAM PACKETS IN VEHICLES RAMPURIA, SATISH 2193 §103 Final Rejection 28d Pending Apr 06, 2024
18698500 BRAKE SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE ALGARASH, KAREM AKRAM §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 04, 2024
18698223 WHEEL BRAKE DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE CONTROL RODRIGUEZ, PAMELA Non-Final OA Pending Apr 03, 2024
18614950 Method for monitoring the wear of a motor vehicle tire and tire pressure monitoring module for implementing said method DO, AN H §101 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 25, 2024
18615027 Method for determining a compensated acceleration gradient for a motor vehicle tire, method for monitoring motor vehicle tire wear, and motor vehicle for implementing said methods GO, RICKY §101 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 25, 2024
18615079 Method for monitoring the wear of a motor vehicle tire and tire pressure monitoring module for implementing said method ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 25, 2024
18693687 METHOD OF VERIFICATION FOR MACHINE LEARNING MODELS ALGIBHAH, HAMZA N 2441 §103 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Mar 20, 2024
18688915 METHOD FOR CALIBRATING A ROAD MONITORING DEVICE, AND ROAD MONITORING SYSTEM CORDERO, LINA M Non-Final OA Pending Mar 04, 2024
18688140 FASTENING ARRANGEMENT FOR FASTENING A DEVICE HOUSING OF A DEVICE TO A VEHICLE PANEL OF A MOTOR VEHICLE, AND MOTOR VEHICLE AND DEVICE CRAWFORD, JASON 2844 §103 Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Feb 29, 2024
18686445 METHOD FOR DETERMINING OPERATING VARIABLES OF A DRUM BRAKE, ASSOCIATED DRUM BRAKE ASSEMBLY, ANALYSIS DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM RODRIGUEZ, PAMELA 3616 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 26, 2024
18682888 A MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING OBJECTS HANSELL JR., RICHARD A 2486 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 09, 2024
18294818 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING A BRAKING-READINESS POSITION FOR A MOTOR-VEHICLE PARKING BRAKE TAYLOR II, JAMES JOSEPH 3655 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 02, 2024
18294385 AUTONOMOUSLY DRIVING VEHICLE FOR TRAVELING ON AN UNPAVED TERRAIN SECTION, COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED CONTROL METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN AUTONOMOUSLY DRIVING VEHICLE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT KRESS, TABITHA LYNN 3667 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 01, 2024
18292371 METHOD FOR UE-TO-UE RELAYING RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SANTOS, FRANCESCA LIMA 2468 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jan 26, 2024
18575026 METHOD FOR MANAGING A MEMORY AREA OF A MOTOR-VEHICLE ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT SMITH, CHENECA 2192 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 28, 2023
18570308 METHOD FOR TRIGGERING OCCUPANT PROTECTION DEVICES IN A MOTOR VEHICLE LAGUARDA, GONZALO 3747 §103 Final Rejection 42d overdue Pending Dec 14, 2023
18562290 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING OPTIMIZED SYSTEM PARAMETERS OF A TECHNICAL SYSTEM BY MEANS OF A COST FUNCTION TRAN, VI N 2117 §103 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Nov 18, 2023
18561977 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING OPTIMIZED SYSTEM PARAMETERS OF A TECHNICAL SYSTEM USING A COST FUNCTION TRAN, VI N 2117 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Nov 17, 2023
18290170 METHOD FOR RELAY SELECTION BASED ON COMPOSITE MULTI-INTERFACE LOAD METRIC LING, CHHIAN 2446 §103 Non-Final OA 86d overdue Pending Nov 10, 2023
18493829 BRAKE ACTUATING DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE BRAKE SYSTEM HAVING AN ADAPTER UNIT LAGUARDA, GONZALO 3747 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 25, 2023
18556795 METHOD FOR CREATING A MAP WITH COLLISION PROBABILITIES ARTIMEZ, DANA FERREN 3667 §103 Non-Final OA 177d overdue Pending Oct 23, 2023
18287545 MIRROR FOR A HEAD-UP DISPLAY PIZIALI, JEFFREY J 2628 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 19, 2023
18479909 METHOD AND SYSTEM OF POSE ESTIMATION FELIX, BRADLEY OBAS 2671 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 03, 2023
18279968 ANTENNA ARRANGEMENT FOR AN ELECTRONIC VEHICLE KEY SINGH, GURBIR 2845 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 01, 2023
18280142 METHOD FOR DETECTING A SPECIFIED MOVEMENT PATTERN, ULTRA WIDE-BAND SENSOR DEVICE, AND VEHICLE COMPRISING AN ULTRA WIDE-BAND SENSOR DEVICE RIDDER, CLAYTON PAUL 3646 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 01, 2023
18280110 METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ULTRA WIDE-BAND DEVICE, ULTRA WIDE-BAND DEVICE, AND VEHICLE COMPRISING AN ULTRA WIDE-BAND DEVICE HENSON, BRANDON JAMES 3648 §103 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Sep 01, 2023
18224417 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION AND ENTERTAINMENT IN A MOTOR VEHICLE BEDEWI, RAMI NABIH 3666 §102 Non-Final OA 72d overdue Pending Jul 20, 2023
18273135 METHOD FOR ENCRYPTING SECURITY-RELEVANT DATA IN A VEHICLE AL SAMAHI, SANAA SHAKER ABED 2463 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 19, 2023
18271717 METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING BETWEEN A PORTABLE TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND AN ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE KIDANE, MEHERET WOLDEGEBREAL 2464 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 11, 2023
18258228 VERTICAL POSITION SENSOR WITH A BEARING HAVING LATCHING MEANS BACA, MATTHEW WALTER 2857 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 19, 2023
18257989 BRAKING DEVICE HSIAO, JAMES K 3616 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 16, 2023
18255508 METHOD FOR DETERMINING COMPONENTS OF A SENSOR NETWORK WITHIN AN IN-VEHICLE ETHERNET NETWORK IN A MOTOR VEHICLE CHRISS, ANDREW W 2472 §112 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Jun 01, 2023
18254855 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A BRAKE SYSTEM AND BRAKE SYSTEM FOR MOTOR VEHICLES MORRIS, DAVID R. 3616 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending May 27, 2023
18199454 SUBASSEMBLY FOR A MEANS OF TRANSPORT, AND MEANS OF TRANSPORT CONDO, VERONICA MARIE 3612 §102 Non-Final OA 71d Pending May 19, 2023
18037197 APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A VIRTUAL IMAGE, COMPRISING AN ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM FOR ANTIREFLECTIVE LAMELLAE EDENFIELD, KUEI-JEN L 2872 §103 Final Rejection 16d Pending May 16, 2023
18034810 DISPLAY DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE TURNBAUGH, ASHLEIGH NICOLE 3667 §103 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending May 01, 2023
18307602 METHOD FOR PREDICTING TRAFFIC PARTICIPANT BEHAVIOR, DRIVING SYSTEM AND VEHICLE UNDERBAKKE, JACOB DANIEL 3662 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Apr 26, 2023
18249256 ELECTRIC DRUM BRAKE MODULE COMPRISING AN INTEGRATED OPERATING BRAKE AND AN INTEGRATED ELECTRIC PARKING BRAKE SICONOLFI, ROBERT 3616 §103 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Apr 16, 2023
18028849 METHOD FOR DETECTING AN OBJECT TO BE CHARGED AND ASSOCIATED CHARGING DEVICE MURALIDAR, RICHARD V 2859 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Mar 28, 2023
18246674 ELECTROHYDRAULIC BRAKE CONTROLLER FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE, AND BRAKE SYSTEM COMPRISING SUCH A BRAKE CONTROLLER KING, BRADLEY T 3616 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 25, 2023
18026767 APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A VIRTUAL IMAGE, COMPRISING AN ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM FOR ANTIREFLECTIVE SLATS KAUFFMAN, RUBY LUCIA 2872 §103 Final Rejection 7d Pending Mar 16, 2023
18042461 METHOD FOR EXECUTION BY A SENSOR SYSTEM FOR A TRAFFIC INFRASTRUCTURE DEVICE, AND SENSOR SYSTEM BARKER, MATTHEW M 3646 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 22, 2023
18008842 ACCESS ARRANGEMENT FOR A VEHICLE MCPHERSON, JAMES M 3663 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Dec 07, 2022
17999392 DRIVERLESS TRANSPORT VEHICLE WITH IMPROVED MAINTAINABILITY POON, DANA LEE 3723 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 18, 2022
17937628 METHODS AND DEVICES FOR BUILDING A TRAINING DATASET KNIGHT, PAUL M 2148 §112 Final Rejection 23d Pending Oct 03, 2022
17905507 BRAKING SYSTEM WITH REDUNDANT PARKING BRAKE ACTUATION FLYNN, ABBY J 3663 §103 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Sep 02, 2022
17904332 METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING ELECTRONIC WHEEL UNITS ON VEHICLE WHEELS OF A VEHICLE, AND USE THEREFOR SANTOS, AARRON EDUARDO 3663 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 16, 2022
17757632 HYDRAULIC BRAKE DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE BRAKE SYSTEM HAVING AN IMPROVED CONTAINER CONNECTION COLLINS, DANIEL S. 3745 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 17, 2022
19099300 PNEUMATIC VALVE CAHILL, JESSICA MARIE 3753 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 28, 2025
17594800 DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM FOR AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE MUSTAFA, IMRAN K 3668 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 29, 2021
18849715 A LEARNING-BASED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PATH PLANNING OF AN AUTONOMOUS TRACTOR-TRAILER LIANG, HONGYE 3664 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 23, 2024
18556817 VISION BASED COOPERATIVE VEHICLE LOCALIZATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GPS-DENIED ENVIRONMENTS CHENNAULT, AUSTIN ROBERT 3667 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 23, 2023
18060371 OPTICAL ELEMENT DAMAGE DETECTION INCLUDING ULTRASONIC EMTTER AND DETECTOR RODRIGUEZ, VICENTE M 3642 §103 Non-Final OA 67d overdue Pending Nov 30, 2022
18060403 OPTICAL ELEMENT DAMAGE DETECTION INCLUDING STRAIN GAUGE RODRIGUEZ, VICENTE M 3642 §103 Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Nov 30, 2022
17938436 LIDAR SYSTEM WITH REDUCED PARALLAX, DISTORTION, AND DEFOCUS ISSUES NGUYEN, RACHEL NICOLE 3645 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Oct 06, 2022
17938090 LIDAR ASSEMBLY WITH STACKED BEAM-STEERING DEVICE FRITCHMAN, JOSEPH C 3645 §103 Non-Final OA 92d overdue Pending Oct 05, 2022
17758434 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED PARKING OF A VEHICLE CHALHOUB, JEFFREY ROBERT 3663 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 06, 2022
17804745 LIDAR SENSOR INCLUDING SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATOR TO DIRECT FIELD OF ILLUMINATION CHILTON, CLARA GRACE 3645 §103 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending May 31, 2022
17656976 AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE GARAGE PARKING LEVY, MERRITT E 3663 §103 Non-Final OA 72d Pending Mar 29, 2022
17645604 MAPPING FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE PARKING LAMBERT, GABRIEL JOSEPH RENE 3669 §103 Final Rejection 65d Pending Dec 22, 2021
18579792 VEHICLE INFORMATION DISPLAY WITH SELECTIVE LOCAL DIMMING MATTA, ALEXANDER GEORGE 3668 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Jan 16, 2024
18544797 FASTENING DEVICE FOR FIXING TWO CABLES GARFT, CHRISTOPHER 3632 §103 Final Rejection 6d Pending Dec 19, 2023
18076530 FACILITATING HEAT DISSIPATION AND ELECTROMAGNETIC SHIELDING CRUM, GAGE STEPHEN 2841 §103 Final Rejection 73d overdue Pending Dec 07, 2022
17826597 DRIVER DIRECTIONAL CONTROL VIA THE STEERING WHEEL DURING DIFFERENTIAL BRAKING AS STEER-BY-WIRE FALLBACK WATKINS, NATHANIEL WILLIAM 3611 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 27, 2022
17652925 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED VEHICLE SANITATION TALBERT, ERIC MICHAEL 1758 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Feb 28, 2022
17504404 DIFFERENTIAL BRAKING TO INCREASE EVASIVE MANEUVER LATERAL CAPABILITY REINBOLD, SCOTT A 3747 §103 Non-Final OA 87d overdue Pending Oct 18, 2021
17594303 Electronic Control Device For A Vehicle And Method For Reducing Intersection False-Positive Detection PALL, CHARLES J 3663 §103 Final Rejection 52d overdue Pending Oct 09, 2021
17443088 LIDAR SYSTEM DETECTING WINDOW BLOCKAGE XING, CHRISTINA ILONA 2877 §103 Final Rejection 15d Pending Jul 20, 2021

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