Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
8 pending office actions • 3 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 20 patents granted in the last 365 days
Faurecia Sièges D’Automobile has 1 pending office action active in its portfolio. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, KIM, SHIN H. There are 0 distinct art units recorded for this company, which may be due to the current status of the application or a delay in data reporting.
KIM, SHIN H is the busiest examiner, with 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This examiner manages the entirety of the 1 pending office action currently facing the company. With only 1 distinct examiner involved, the company's current prosecution efforts are concentrated on a single point of review at the patent office.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 1 (12%) |
| §112 only | 1 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (75%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIBBY, TROY ALAN | 2 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| BRINDLEY, TIMOTHY J | 1 | 81.8% | +7.4% |
| NELSON JR, MILTON | 1 | 84.6% | +5.7% |
| ISLAM, SYED A | 1 | 67.9% | +22.2% |
| GRABER, MARIA EILEEN | 1 | 62.2% | +32.2% |
| HERRERA, MICHAEL J | 1 | 64.8% | +29.2% |
| WAGGENSPACK, ADAM J | 1 | 45.8% | +46.9% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19189184 | DEVICE FOR ATTACHING A HEADREST TO A VEHICLE SEAT AND ASSOCIATED VEHICLE SEAT | BRINDLEY, TIMOTHY J | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18899820 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DRIVING ASSISTANCE FOR A VEHICLE | HERRERA, MICHAEL J | 19d overdue |
| 19186989 | MECHANISM FOR DISPLACING A PART OF A SEAT AND A SEAT COMPRISING SUCH A MECHANISM | NELSON JR, MILTON | — |
| 19066138 | SEAT SUPPORT ELEMENT COMPRISING EXTERNAL SHOCK ABSORBERS | GRABER, MARIA EILEEN | — |
| 18817891 | VEHICLE SEAT AND METHOD FOR USING THE SEAT | LIBBY, TROY ALAN | — |
| 18814906 | COVERING ELEMENT FOR A VEHICLE SEAT, ASSOCIATED SEAT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD | WAGGENSPACK, ADAM J | — |
| 18677000 | VEHICLE SEAT ELEMENT, IN PARTICULAR MOTOR VEHICLE SEAT | LIBBY, TROY ALAN | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18899820 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DRIVING ASSISTANCE FOR A VEHICLE | HERRERA, MICHAEL J | 19d overdue |
| 19082920 | SYSTEM FOR LOCKING A CONTINUOUSLY ADJUSTABLE SLIDE | ISLAM, SYED A | — |
| 19066138 | SEAT SUPPORT ELEMENT COMPRISING EXTERNAL SHOCK ABSORBERS | GRABER, MARIA EILEEN | — |
| 18814906 | COVERING ELEMENT FOR A VEHICLE SEAT, ASSOCIATED SEAT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD | WAGGENSPACK, ADAM J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3668 | 1 |
| 3734 | 1 |
| 3636 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19189184 | DEVICE FOR ATTACHING A HEADREST TO A VEHICLE SEAT AND ASSOCIATED VEHICLE SEAT | BRINDLEY, TIMOTHY J | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 24, 2025 |
| 19186989 | MECHANISM FOR DISPLACING A PART OF A SEAT AND A SEAT COMPRISING SUCH A MECHANISM | NELSON JR, MILTON | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 23, 2025 |
| 19082920 | SYSTEM FOR LOCKING A CONTINUOUSLY ADJUSTABLE SLIDE | ISLAM, SYED A | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2025 |
| 19066138 | SEAT SUPPORT ELEMENT COMPRISING EXTERNAL SHOCK ABSORBERS | GRABER, MARIA EILEEN | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 |
| 18899820 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DRIVING ASSISTANCE FOR A VEHICLE | HERRERA, MICHAEL J | 3668 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 19d overdue | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
| 18817891 | VEHICLE SEAT AND METHOD FOR USING THE SEAT | LIBBY, TROY ALAN | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 28, 2024 |
| 18814906 | COVERING ELEMENT FOR A VEHICLE SEAT, ASSOCIATED SEAT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD | WAGGENSPACK, ADAM J | 3734 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 26, 2024 |
| 18677000 | VEHICLE SEAT ELEMENT, IN PARTICULAR MOTOR VEHICLE SEAT | LIBBY, TROY ALAN | 3636 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 29, 2024 |
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