Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

Exedy Corporation

7 pending office actions • 2 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 17 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

5
Hard (71%)
2
Medium (29%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (14%)
§102 only1 (14%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (71%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
29% of docket
5
Business / Other
71% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
AIYASH, ALMUTASIM HEZAM 2 60.0% +50.0%
LORENCE, RICHARD M 1 83.1% +13.0%
BOEHLER, ANNE MARIE M 1 67.1% +13.6%
HALL, ZACHARY A 1 61.6% +49.8%
NEJAD, MAHDI H 1 73.9% +29.1%
ROBERSON, JASON R 1 74.1% +22.3%

Hard Cases (5)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18960138 CENTRIFUGAL CLUTCH DEVICE LORENCE, RICHARD M
18924147 CLAMP MECHANISM AND CARRYING VEHICLE BOEHLER, ANNE MARIE M
18921091 FRICTION DISC AND DAMPER DEVICE AIYASH, ALMUTASIM HEZAM
18920913 FRICTION DISC AND DAMPER DEVICE HALL, ZACHARY A
18920907 FRICTION DISC AND DAMPER DEVICE AIYASH, ALMUTASIM HEZAM

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
18299936 DRIVE UNIT ROBERSON, JASON R 17d overdue
18960138 CENTRIFUGAL CLUTCH DEVICE LORENCE, RICHARD M
18924147 CLAMP MECHANISM AND CARRYING VEHICLE BOEHLER, ANNE MARIE M
18921091 FRICTION DISC AND DAMPER DEVICE AIYASH, ALMUTASIM HEZAM
18920913 FRICTION DISC AND DAMPER DEVICE HALL, ZACHARY A
18920907 FRICTION DISC AND DAMPER DEVICE AIYASH, ALMUTASIM HEZAM
18596423 Drive Unit NEJAD, MAHDI H

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3723 1
3669 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18960138 CENTRIFUGAL CLUTCH DEVICE LORENCE, RICHARD M §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 26, 2024
18924147 CLAMP MECHANISM AND CARRYING VEHICLE BOEHLER, ANNE MARIE M §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 23, 2024
18921091 FRICTION DISC AND DAMPER DEVICE AIYASH, ALMUTASIM HEZAM §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 21, 2024
18920913 FRICTION DISC AND DAMPER DEVICE HALL, ZACHARY A §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 20, 2024
18920907 FRICTION DISC AND DAMPER DEVICE AIYASH, ALMUTASIM HEZAM §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 20, 2024
18596423 Drive Unit NEJAD, MAHDI H 3723 §102 Final Rejection Pending Mar 05, 2024
18299936 DRIVE UNIT ROBERSON, JASON R 3669 §103 Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Apr 13, 2023

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