Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Cooper-Standard France is managing 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This matter involves 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. PONCIANO, PATRICK BERNAS is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, with 1 pending office action assigned. This action constitutes the entirety of the company's current prosecution activity.
Because there is 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, the interaction with the patent office is highly centralized. PONCIANO, PATRICK BERNAS is the sole examiner responsible for the 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector. This 1 distinct art unit structure suggests a very narrow technical focus for the company's current patenting efforts. The 1 busiest examiner pending action is the primary focus for the company's legal strategy.
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 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PONCIANO, PATRICK BERNAS | 1 | 56.3% | +9.4% |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3634 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18860931 | Bendable Seal For A Motor Vehicle, And Method For Manufacturing Same | PONCIANO, PATRICK BERNAS | 3634 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialCooper-Standard France has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Patrick Bernas Ponciano has the most, with 1 of Cooper-Standard France's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
