Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Continental Automotive Systems Inc.

12 pending office actions • 10 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 21 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

12
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 12 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

10
Overdue
1
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
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. 12 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (10)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 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.

2
Hard (17%)
10
Medium (83%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (17%)
§103 only10 (83%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
8% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
2
Communications
17% of docket
3
Semiconductors
25% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
50% 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.

120 h
Manual time on pending OAs
24 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
42 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ANDERSON, FOLASHADE 2 35.2% +38.9%
GARFT, CHRISTOPHER 1 58.9% +22.9%
JIN, GEORGE C. 1 84.3% +12.7%
PUNTIER, CHRIS ALEJANDRO 1 94.1% +8.7%
SAWYER, STEVEN T 1 72.3% +30.6%
CRUM, GAGE STEPHEN 1 56.6% +29.7%
NASHER, AHMED ABDULLALIM-M 1 81.2% +32.8%
TALBERT, ERIC MICHAEL 1 20.0% +72.0%
REINBOLD, SCOTT A 1 68.1% +13.8%
PALL, CHARLES J 1 54.7% +16.1%

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
18505206 VEHICLE ANTI-ROLL-OFF BRAKING SYSTEM AND METHOD JIN, GEORGE C. 97d overdue
17936933 System and Method for Trailer and Trailer Coupler Recognition via Classification NASHER, AHMED ABDULLALIM-M 43d overdue
18275566 LOCAL DIMMING PROCESSING ALGORITHM AND CORRECTION SYSTEM PUNTIER, CHRIS ALEJANDRO 30d overdue

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17692783 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING VEHICLE PERFORMANCE USING MACHINE LEARNING ANDERSON, FOLASHADE 87d overdue
17692835 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING VEHICLE PERFORMANCE USING MACHINE LEARNING ANDERSON, FOLASHADE 67d overdue
17652925 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED VEHICLE SANITATION TALBERT, ERIC MICHAEL 9d overdue

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
18505206 VEHICLE ANTI-ROLL-OFF BRAKING SYSTEM AND METHOD JIN, GEORGE C. 97d overdue
18086759 HOUSING CAPABLE OF INGRESS PROTECTION SAWYER, STEVEN T 91d overdue
17692783 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING VEHICLE PERFORMANCE USING MACHINE LEARNING ANDERSON, FOLASHADE 87d overdue
17504404 DIFFERENTIAL BRAKING TO INCREASE EVASIVE MANEUVER LATERAL CAPABILITY REINBOLD, SCOTT A 87d overdue
18076530 FACILITATING HEAT DISSIPATION AND ELECTROMAGNETIC SHIELDING CRUM, GAGE STEPHEN 73d overdue
17692835 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING VEHICLE PERFORMANCE USING MACHINE LEARNING ANDERSON, FOLASHADE 67d overdue
17594303 Electronic Control Device For A Vehicle And Method For Reducing Intersection False-Positive Detection PALL, CHARLES J 52d overdue
17936933 System and Method for Trailer and Trailer Coupler Recognition via Classification NASHER, AHMED ABDULLALIM-M 43d overdue

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3747 2
3623 2
3632 1
2616 1
2847 1
2841 1
2675 1
1758 1
3663 1
2877 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18544797 FASTENING DEVICE FOR FIXING TWO CABLES GARFT, CHRISTOPHER 3632 §103 Final Rejection 6d Pending Dec 19, 2023
18505206 VEHICLE ANTI-ROLL-OFF BRAKING SYSTEM AND METHOD JIN, GEORGE C. 3747 §103 Final Rejection 97d overdue Pending Nov 09, 2023
18275566 LOCAL DIMMING PROCESSING ALGORITHM AND CORRECTION SYSTEM PUNTIER, CHRIS ALEJANDRO 2616 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Aug 02, 2023
18086759 HOUSING CAPABLE OF INGRESS PROTECTION SAWYER, STEVEN T 2847 §103 Non-Final OA 91d overdue Pending Dec 22, 2022
18076530 FACILITATING HEAT DISSIPATION AND ELECTROMAGNETIC SHIELDING CRUM, GAGE STEPHEN 2841 §103 Non-Final OA 73d overdue Pending Dec 07, 2022
17936933 System and Method for Trailer and Trailer Coupler Recognition via Classification NASHER, AHMED ABDULLALIM-M 2675 §103 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Sep 30, 2022
17692783 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING VEHICLE PERFORMANCE USING MACHINE LEARNING ANDERSON, FOLASHADE 3623 §101 Non-Final OA 87d overdue Pending Mar 11, 2022
17692835 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING VEHICLE PERFORMANCE USING MACHINE LEARNING ANDERSON, FOLASHADE 3623 §101 Non-Final OA 67d overdue Pending Mar 11, 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 Final Rejection 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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