Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft

Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

24 pending office actions • 19 art units • 23 examiners • 0 of 24 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 189 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft has 25 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters involve 24 distinct examiners across 19 distinct art units, indicating broad distribution across both examining personnel and technical groups. Portfolio coordination is therefore important, but the examination record will generally need to be assessed matter by matter.

SACKINGER, GABRIEL RICHARD is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. The repeated assignment may support focused review of examiner treatment, while the remaining cases require separate analysis. Counsel should maintain consistent materials terminology and disclosure support across the art units, then tailor claim amendments and prior-art arguments to each application’s examination setting.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

24
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
10
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
2
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 60 days (2)

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.

19
Hard (79%)
5
Medium (21%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (4%)
§101 + other3 (12%)
§103 only5 (21%)
Multi-statute (no §101)15 (62%)

Industry Mix

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

8
Life Sciences
33% of docket
2
Information Tech
8% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
5
Semiconductors
21% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
29% of docket
2
Business / Other
8% 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.

240 h
Manual time on pending OAs
48 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
84 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SACKINGER, GABRIEL RICHARD 2 100.0% +0.0%
GREENE, MARK L 1 76.2% +19.9%
RASSOULI, LILI 1 60.0% +66.7%
AUNG, SAN M 1 77.7% +20.4%
PAN, HANG 1 74.8% +25.5%
ANDREWS, MICHAEL 1 64.5% +24.0%
HORNER, MINATO LEE 1 66.7% -6.3%
DIGNAN, MICHAEL L 1 58.1% +16.1%
ORJI, CALEB UCHECHUKWU 1 — —
ROLDAN RAMOS, CHRISTIAN 1 69.6% +15.4%

Quick Wins (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18760048 CUP HOLDER AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING THE HEIGHT OF A CUP HOLDER SACKINGER, GABRIEL RICHARD —

Hard Cases (19)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18215385 METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT OF THE PERFORMANCE OF AN ADAS/ADS SYSTEM MCPHERSON, JAMES M 341d overdue
18589451 ROTOR DEVICE FOR AN EXTERNALLY EXCITED ELECTRIC MACHINE ANDREWS, MICHAEL 33d
18213998 METHOD FOR DE-ICING A FRONT WINDOW AND/OR A REAR WINDOW OF AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE HEMMINGS, HUNTER GARRETT 46d
19381034 APPARATUS FOR OPERATING A BRAKE ASSEMBLY AND VEHICLE GREENE, MARK L —
18760118 AIR-GUIDING ELEMENT AND MOTOR VEHICLE COMPRISING AN AIR-GUIDING ELEMENT SACKINGER, GABRIEL RICHARD —
18673477 MULTI-CHAMBER AIR SPRING, METHOD FOR OPERATING THE MULTI-CHAMBER AIR SPRING AUNG, SAN M —
18636848 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TESTING DIFFERENT COMPONENTS USING DIFFERENT TEST CASES PAN, HANG —
18499316 BATTERY CELL AND LIQUID-COOLED BATTERY DIGNAN, MICHAEL L —

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18589451 ROTOR DEVICE FOR AN EXTERNALLY EXCITED ELECTRIC MACHINE ANDREWS, MICHAEL 33d
19381034 APPARATUS FOR OPERATING A BRAKE ASSEMBLY AND VEHICLE GREENE, MARK L —
18735263 BATTERY ASSEMBLY RASSOULI, LILI —
18673477 MULTI-CHAMBER AIR SPRING, METHOD FOR OPERATING THE MULTI-CHAMBER AIR SPRING AUNG, SAN M —
18636848 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TESTING DIFFERENT COMPONENTS USING DIFFERENT TEST CASES PAN, HANG —
18499316 BATTERY CELL AND LIQUID-COOLED BATTERY DIGNAN, MICHAEL L —
18489094 TRACTION BATTERY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A TRACTION BATTERY ROLDAN RAMOS, CHRISTIAN —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
4100 2
1723 2
1752 2
3663 2
2857 2
3747 1
1728 1
3616 1
2193 1
2834 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19381034 APPARATUS FOR OPERATING A BRAKE ASSEMBLY AND VEHICLE GREENE, MARK L 3747 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 06, 2025
18760118 AIR-GUIDING ELEMENT AND MOTOR VEHICLE COMPRISING AN AIR-GUIDING ELEMENT SACKINGER, GABRIEL RICHARD 4100 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 01, 2024
18760048 CUP HOLDER AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING THE HEIGHT OF A CUP HOLDER SACKINGER, GABRIEL RICHARD 4100 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 01, 2024
18735263 BATTERY ASSEMBLY RASSOULI, LILI 1728 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 06, 2024
18673477 MULTI-CHAMBER AIR SPRING, METHOD FOR OPERATING THE MULTI-CHAMBER AIR SPRING AUNG, SAN M 3616 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending May 24, 2024
18636848 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TESTING DIFFERENT COMPONENTS USING DIFFERENT TEST CASES PAN, HANG 2193 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 16, 2024
18589451 ROTOR DEVICE FOR AN EXTERNALLY EXCITED ELECTRIC MACHINE ANDREWS, MICHAEL 2834 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Feb 28, 2024
18413561 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A PLURALITY OF COMPONENTS HAVING AN EFFECT ON AN INTERIOR OF A MOTOR VEHICLE HORNER, MINATO LEE 3665 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 16, 2024
18499316 BATTERY CELL AND LIQUID-COOLED BATTERY DIGNAN, MICHAEL L 1723 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 01, 2023
18492889 APPARATUS FOR COOLING A BATTERY ORJI, CALEB UCHECHUKWU 1748 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 24, 2023
18489094 TRACTION BATTERY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A TRACTION BATTERY ROLDAN RAMOS, CHRISTIAN 1723 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 18, 2023
18244985 BATTERY DEVICE FOR AN AT LEAST SEMI-ELECTRICALLY POWERED MOTOR VEHICLE, AND COMPRESSION PADS, AS WELL AS METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING WHITE, SADIE 1721 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 12, 2023
18280993 DIRECTLY COOLED BATTERY MODULE AND BATTERY WITH A DIRECTLY COOLED BATTERY MODULE YANCHUK, STEPHEN J 1752 §102§112 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 08, 2023
18240458 ELECTRIC-SHOCK-PROTECTED BATTERY CONNECTOR, BATTERY MODULE AND SYSTEM COMPRISING BATTERY CONNECTORS AND BATTERY MODULES MARTIN, ANGELA J 1727 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 31, 2023
18230071 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A BATTERY UNIT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE KESSIE, DANIEL 2836 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 03, 2023
18219933 INTEGRATED VEHICLE SOFTWARE AND REMOTE APPLICATION THEREFORE GONZALEZ, MARIO CARLOS 3668 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 10, 2023
18215385 METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT OF THE PERFORMANCE OF AN ADAS/ADS SYSTEM MCPHERSON, JAMES M 3663 §102§103 Non-Final OA 341d overdue Pending Jun 28, 2023
18213998 METHOD FOR DE-ICING A FRONT WINDOW AND/OR A REAR WINDOW OF AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE HEMMINGS, HUNTER GARRETT 3761 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 46d Pending Jun 26, 2023
18209547 HIGH-VOLTAGE DEVICE KOTOWSKI, LISA MICHELLE 2859 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 14, 2023
18318745 TRACTION BATTERY FOR A VEHICLE ROSENBAUM, AMANDA R 1752 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 17, 2023
18132476 METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CALIBRATING AND VALIDATING A DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM (ADAS) AND/OR AN AUTOMATED DRIVING SYSTEM (ADS) FLYNN, ABBY J 3663 §101§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 10, 2023
18020522 DEVICE FOR AND METHOD OF PREDICTING A TRAJECTORY FOR A VEHICLE BACA, MATTHEW WALTER 2857 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 09, 2023
18084199 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR ASSESSING STRUCTURE-BORNE NOISE KNIGHT, PAUL M 2148 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 19, 2022
17947284 METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN AGING STATE OF AT LEAST ONE CELL OF A BATTERY EDWARDS, ETHAN WESLEY 2857 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 19, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft have?

Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft has 24 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 19 art units and 23 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft applications?

Gabriel Richard Sackinger has the most, with 2 of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft's pending office actions.

What technology area are Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft's patent applications in?

Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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