Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Computing & Software • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
5 pending office actions • 5 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 27 patents granted in the last 365 days
Dana Italia S.r.l. is currently prosecuting 4 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are assigned to 4 distinct examiners, with SUAREZ, ERNESTO A handling 1 pending action. The portfolio is concentrated within 2 distinct art units, meaning that while the individual examiners differ, they are grouped within a small number of administrative departments.
With 4 distinct examiners for the pending office actions, the company faces a unique reviewer for every case. However, the concentration within 2 distinct art units provides some departmental consistency. Practitioners must manage separate examiner relationships while navigating the specific norms of the involved departments. This distribution suggests that the company's mechanical research is focused on a small number of related technical fields, requiring a strategy that balances individual examiner preferences with art unit standards.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUAREZ, ERNESTO A | 1 | 71.7% | -2.1% |
| CRAVEN, COLIN SCOTT | 1 | — | — |
| ROBERSON, JASON R | 1 | 74.0% | +21.9% |
| GANCI, MATTHEW JOSEPH | 1 | 93.1% | -2.2% |
| MAPAR, BIJAN | 1 | 67.7% | +28.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19179819 | INTEGRATED DIFFERENTIAL LOCK SYSTEM | SUAREZ, ERNESTO A | 5d |
| 18913810 | STEERING SENSOR ASSEMBLY AND STEERING SENSOR SYSTEM | CRAVEN, COLIN SCOTT | — |
| 18768387 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE BRAKING | ROBERSON, JASON R | — |
| 18441320 | SYSTEMS FOR A DRIVE AXLE | GANCI, MATTHEW JOSEPH | — |
| 18336667 | SPEED SENSOR EMULATOR FOR HARDWARE IN THE LOOP | MAPAR, BIJAN | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18768387 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE BRAKING | ROBERSON, JASON R | — |
| 18336667 | SPEED SENSOR EMULATOR FOR HARDWARE IN THE LOOP | MAPAR, BIJAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3655 | 1 |
| 2855 | 1 |
| 3669 | 1 |
| 3614 | 1 |
| 2189 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19179819 | INTEGRATED DIFFERENTIAL LOCK SYSTEM | SUAREZ, ERNESTO A | 3655 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 5d | Pending | Apr 15, 2025 |
| 18913810 | STEERING SENSOR ASSEMBLY AND STEERING SENSOR SYSTEM | CRAVEN, COLIN SCOTT | 2855 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2024 |
| 18768387 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE BRAKING | ROBERSON, JASON R | 3669 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 10, 2024 |
| 18441320 | SYSTEMS FOR A DRIVE AXLE | GANCI, MATTHEW JOSEPH | 3614 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2024 |
| 18336667 | SPEED SENSOR EMULATOR FOR HARDWARE IN THE LOOP | MAPAR, BIJAN | 2189 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 16, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialDana Italia S.r.l. has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 5 examiners.
Ernesto A Suarez has the most, with 1 of Dana Italia S.r.l.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.