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Portfolio Summary

65

Total Pending OAs

33

Non-Final OAs

24

Final Rejections

8

Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 65 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

33

Overdue

1

Due this week

20

Due this month

8

Due in next 60 days

3

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. 65 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

Overdue (33)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (20)Due ≤ 60 days (8)Due later (3)

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.

1

Hard (2%)

56

Medium (86%)

5

Easy (8%)

3

Unknown (5%)

Rejection Statute Mix

Bucket	Cases
§101 only	1 (2%)
§103 only	53 (82%)
§102 only	3 (5%)
§112 only	5 (8%)
No statute on record	3 (5%)

Industry Mix

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

7

Life Sciences

11% of docket

3

Information Tech

5% of docket

7

Communications

11% of docket

4

Semiconductors

6% of docket

43

Mechanical / Eng

66% of docket

1

Business / Other

2% 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.

650 h

Manual time on pending OAs

130 h

Time saved (low, 20%)

227 h

Time saved (mid, 35%)

5.7 wks

FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

Examiner	Apps on this docket	Allow rate	Interview lift
COOLEY, CHASE LITTLEJOHN	2	67.0%	+19.9%
OSTWALT, ALEXIS ROSE	2	—	—
BOGUE, JESSE SAMUEL	1	79.1%	+20.7%
AFRIFA-KYEI, ANTHONY D	1	64.7%	+13.6%
THOMPSON, JOSEPH LEIGH	1	18.2%	+50.0%
ALMADHRHI, WESAM NMN	1	70.2%	+22.7%
FRENCH, CORRELL T	1	46.8%	+32.0%
PATEL, MANGLESH M	1	74.3%	+18.3%
HATCH, DAVID P	1	76.5%	+12.5%
YIM, EISEN DONGKYU	1	56.5%	+36.3%

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #	Title	Examiner	Due in
18455011	SYSTEMS FOR RECOVERY OF STOLEN VEHICLES	SIMPSON, DIONE N	110d overdue
18782543	COOLANT MONITORING SYSTEM	THOMPSON, JOSEPH LEIGH	8d

Interview Candidates (10)

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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #	Title	Examiner	Due in
18748927	SYSTEMS FOR INDIVIDUALIZED VEHICLE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR	YIM, EISEN DONGKYU	46d overdue
18647221	HYBRID POWERTRAIN CONTROL SYSTEM	COOLEY, CHASE LITTLEJOHN	32d overdue
18749842	REAL-TIME ESTIMATION OF VEHICLE ENERGY CONSUMPTION FOR CONTROL, RANGE ESTIMATION, AND TRIP PLANNING APPLICATIONS	HATCH, DAVID P	3d overdue
18782543	COOLANT MONITORING SYSTEM	THOMPSON, JOSEPH LEIGH	8d
19174052	DUAL-ACTING VALVE ENABLED CATALYST BYPASS	BOGUE, JESSE SAMUEL	12d
18758406	DYNAMIC LIGHT FOR A DRIVING SIMULATOR	FRENCH, CORRELL T	21d
18752844	AUTOMATIC BRAKE CONTROL TO SUPPORT PROPULSION SYSTEM IN ELECTRIC VEHICLE	PATEL, MANGLESH M	22d
18589782	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LUBRICATION MANAGEMENT INCLUDING OPERATING POPPET VALVE IN ELECTRIC DRIVE MODULE	COOLEY, CHASE LITTLEJOHN	26d

Top Art Units

Art Unit	Apps
3662	5
3669	4
3666	3
3663	3
3676	3
3655	3
2686	2
3665	2
3668	2
3628	2

Pending Office Actions

App #	Title	Examiner	Art Unit	Statutes	Status	Due in	AI	Filed
19174052	DUAL-ACTING VALVE ENABLED CATALYST BYPASS	BOGUE, JESSE SAMUEL	3746	§103	Non-Final OA	12d	Pending	Apr 09, 2025
18812216	DRIVER GUIDANCE SYSTEM TO INITIATE VEHICLE COAST DOWN BASED ON ENVIROMENTAL INFORMATION	AFRIFA-KYEI, ANTHONY D	2686	§103	Final Rejection	85d	Pending	Aug 22, 2024
18782543	COOLANT MONITORING SYSTEM	THOMPSON, JOSEPH LEIGH	3665	§103	Final Rejection	8d	Pending	Jul 24, 2024
18758460	SYSTEM FOR OFFROAD TRAVEL PATH ANALYSIS	ALMADHRHI, WESAM NMN	3666	§103	Final Rejection	42d	Pending	Jun 28, 2024
18758406	DYNAMIC LIGHT FOR A DRIVING SIMULATOR	FRENCH, CORRELL T	3715	§103	Non-Final OA	21d	Pending	Jun 28, 2024
18752844	AUTOMATIC BRAKE CONTROL TO SUPPORT PROPULSION SYSTEM IN ELECTRIC VEHICLE	PATEL, MANGLESH M	3665	§102	Final Rejection	22d	Pending	Jun 25, 2024
18749842	REAL-TIME ESTIMATION OF VEHICLE ENERGY CONSUMPTION FOR CONTROL, RANGE ESTIMATION, AND TRIP PLANNING APPLICATIONS	HATCH, DAVID P	3668	§103	Final Rejection	3d overdue	Pending	Jun 21, 2024
18748927	SYSTEMS FOR INDIVIDUALIZED VEHICLE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR	YIM, EISEN DONGKYU	3669	§103	Non-Final OA	46d overdue	Pending	Jun 20, 2024
18679815	ACTIVE DISCHARGE SYSTEM FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE	ALHARBI, ADAM MOHAMED	3663	§103	Non-Final OA	16d overdue	Pending	May 31, 2024
18652386	SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO ENABLE CLOUD INTERACTIONS THAT ACTUATE VEHICLE ACTIONS	UNDERBAKKE, JACOB DANIEL	3662	§103	Final Rejection	17d overdue	Pending	May 01, 2024
18647221	HYBRID POWERTRAIN CONTROL SYSTEM	COOLEY, CHASE LITTLEJOHN	3662	§103	Non-Final OA	32d overdue	Pending	Apr 26, 2024
18635424	DRIVER RATING AND INTERFACE SYSTEM	HARRINGTON, MICHAEL P	3628	§103	Final Rejection	19d	Pending	Apr 15, 2024
18635384	DRIVER AGGRESSION AND ENERGY USE MONITORING DURING USE OF VEHICLE	EUSTAQUIO, CAL J	2686	§103	Non-Final OA	44d overdue	Pending	Apr 15, 2024
18619567	VEHICLE DISPLAY SYSTEM	MILLER, JOHN W	2422	§103	Non-Final OA	140d overdue	Pending	Mar 28, 2024
18619264	TECHNIQUES FOR MANAGING PROPULSION SYSTEM AND FIRMWARE OVER THE AIR FEATURES FOR ELECTRIFIED VEHICLES	BOURZIK, BRAHIM	2191	§112	Non-Final OA	40d	Pending	Mar 28, 2024
18619501	EFFICIENT TORQUE RIPPLE REDUCTION FOR SYNCHRONOUS ELECTRIC MOTORS IN ELECTRIC AND HYBRID-ELECTRIC VEHICLES	PAUL, ANTONY M	2846	§103	Non-Final OA	23d overdue	Pending	Mar 28, 2024
18619533	CONNECTED VEHICLE FACTOR AUTHENTICATION	RORIE, ALYSSA N	3662	§103	Final Rejection	55d	Pending	Mar 28, 2024
18606167	AUTOMOTIVE DOOR REINFORCEMENT AND NOISE REDUCTION	BEMKO, TARAS P	3672	§103	Non-Final OA	43d	Pending	Mar 15, 2024
18604719	SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UTILIZING A SINGLE VEHICLE IMAGE SENSOR OR CAMERA FOR BOTH HUMAN AND MACHINE VISION	SELBY, GEVELL V	2638	§103	Non-Final OA	22d	Pending	Mar 14, 2024
18589782	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LUBRICATION MANAGEMENT INCLUDING OPERATING POPPET VALVE IN ELECTRIC DRIVE MODULE	COOLEY, CHASE LITTLEJOHN	3662	§103	Non-Final OA	26d	Pending	Feb 28, 2024
18589609	TECHNIQUES FOR MANAGING FIRMWARE OVER-THE-AIR FLASHING FOR MULTI-CARE VEHICLE ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNITS	VO, TED T	2191	§103	Non-Final OA	26d overdue	Pending	Feb 28, 2024
18589896	HIGH PERFORMANCE THREE MOTOR ELECTRIC DRIVE AXLE	JIN, GEORGE C.	3747	§102	Non-Final OA	12d	Pending	Feb 28, 2024
18589697	AIR INDUCERS FOR LOW PRESSURE GENERATION FOR DOWNFORCE	LYJAK, LORI LYNN	3612	§112	Non-Final OA	15d	Pending	Feb 28, 2024
18588082	SYSTEM FOR SELECTIVE ROUTING OF A HEATED LIQUID TO AN AIR INTAKE DUCT	JOHNS, HILARY LYNN	3613	Other	Non-Final OA	39d	Pending	Feb 27, 2024
18442345	TAILGATE HINGE ASSEMBLY	CRAIG, DANIEL THOMAS	3676	§103	Non-Final OA	4d overdue	Pending	Feb 15, 2024
18441037	COOPERATIVE DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VEHICLES	DYER, ANDREW R	2663	§103	Non-Final OA	62d	Pending	Feb 14, 2024
18441139	PLENUM SKIRTING FOR POWERED DOWNFORCE	ALCORN III, GEORGE A	3662	§103	Final Rejection	15d	Pending	Feb 14, 2024
18428189	STABILIZATION FACTORS AND APPROACHES IN REAL-TIME VEHICLE POWERTRAIN MODE OPTIMIZATION	GONZALEZ, MARIO CARLOS	3668	§103	Final Rejection	16d overdue	Pending	Jan 31, 2024
18426651	CONSTANT ENGINE TORQUE STRATEGY FOR AN IMPROVED CATALYST HEATING PHASE	SCHOECH, ASHLEY TIFFANY	3669	§103	Final Rejection	86d overdue	Pending	Jan 30, 2024
18426409	ELECTRIC VEHICLE POWERTRAIN	YOUNG, EDWIN	3655	§103	Non-Final OA	19d	Pending	Jan 30, 2024
18417375	SYSTEM FOR MONITORING VEHICLE DYNAMIC LIMIT AND PROVIDING NOTICE TO DRIVER OF SAME	CASTRO, PAUL A	3658	§103	Non-Final OA	42d	Pending	Jan 19, 2024
18544497	VEHICLE CENTER CONSOLE PASS THROUGH SYSTEM	FULLER, ROBERT EDWARD	3676	§103	Non-Final OA	7d	Pending	Dec 19, 2023
18536786	WIND HARNESS FOR A VEHICLE	MIKAILOFF, STEFAN	2834	§112	Final Rejection	73d overdue	Pending	Dec 12, 2023
18526348	VEHICLE SEALING JUNCTION	BUTCHER, CAROLINE N	3676	§103	Non-Final OA	25d overdue	Pending	Dec 01, 2023
18524315	SIDE CRASH BEAM FOR DOOR	LYNCH, CARLY W	3643	§103	Final Rejection	26d	Pending	Nov 30, 2023
18505232	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CHARGING A LOW VOLTAGE BATTERY WITH A SOLAR PANEL IN AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE	SHAFI, MUHAMMAD	3666	§103	Final Rejection	84d overdue	Pending	Nov 09, 2023
18500704	VEHICLE ENERGY OUTPUT CONTROL	KINGSLAND, KYLE J	3663	§103	Non-Final OA	78d overdue	Pending	Nov 02, 2023
18499851	TECHNIQUES FOR MITIGATING AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE OCCUPANT INJURIES IN A THREE-WAY LONGITUDINAL COLLISION	TAN, OLIVER E	3669	§103	Final Rejection	89d overdue	Pending	Nov 01, 2023
18496959	RANGE ESTIMATION FOR VEHICLE WITH TRAILER	GENTILE, ALEXANDER VINCENT	3664	§103	Final Rejection	60d overdue	Pending	Oct 30, 2023
18495992	TWO SPEED GEAR REDUCER FOR ELECTRIC DRIVE MODULE	PERVIN, FARHANA	3655	—	Non-Final OA	175d overdue	Pending	Oct 27, 2023
18494130	POWER DISTRIBUTION CENTER THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM USING ACTIVE AIR DAM	DANG, TINH	3655	§103	Non-Final OA	28d	Pending	Oct 25, 2023
18491211	VARIABLE POSITION WINDBREAK FOR SUNROOF EQUIPPED VEHICLES	SILVA, MICHAEL THOMAS	3663	§103	Non-Final OA	1d overdue	Pending	Oct 20, 2023
18489084	TECHNIQUES FOR REDUCTION OF ELECTRIC MOTOR TORQUE PULSATION	TRUONG, THOMAS	2834	§103	Non-Final OA	72d overdue	Pending	Oct 18, 2023
18484719	METHOD FOR DESIGNING ACCELERATED BATTERY AGING TESTING PROTOCOL FROM BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLE USAGE DATA	COBB, MATTHEW	3661	§103	Final Rejection	49d overdue	Pending	Oct 11, 2023
18375301	MAGNESIUM ALLOYS FOR THIXOMOLDING APPLICATIONS	ROE, JESSEE RANDALL	1759	§102	Non-Final OA	8d overdue	Pending	Sep 29, 2023
18469834	TOW HOOK FOR A VEHICLE	ENGLISH, PETER C	3993	§112	Non-Final OA	23d	Pending	Sep 19, 2023
18459483	REGENERATIVE BRAKING CONTROL FOR IMPROVED DRIVABILITY ON ELECTRIFIED PROPULSION SYSTEMS	TESTARDI, DAVID A	3664	§112	Final Rejection	36d overdue	Pending	Sep 01, 2023
18459477	RETRIEVING LOST ITEMS IN THE VEHICLE	AZIMA, SHAGHAYEGH	2671	§103	Final Rejection	12d	Pending	Sep 01, 2023
18457615	DECORATIVE ARTICLE HAVING BIO-HYBRID NANO-PARTICLE PHOTONIC CRYSTAL STRUCTURE, AND METHOD OF MANAUFACTURE THEREOF	MOUDOU, EILEEN QI-YUN	1738	§103	Non-Final OA	40d	Pending	Aug 29, 2023
18457400	VEHICLE WITH INTERIOR/EXTERIOR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM	LAEKEMARIAM, YOSEF K	2691	§103	Non-Final OA	8d overdue	Pending	Aug 29, 2023
18455011	SYSTEMS FOR RECOVERY OF STOLEN VEHICLES	SIMPSON, DIONE N	3628	§101	Final Rejection	110d overdue	Pending	Aug 24, 2023
18446901	FLOOD DETECTION AND ALERT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FLEET OF VEHICLES	AKHTER, SHARMIN	2689	§103	Final Rejection	72d overdue	Pending	Aug 09, 2023
18345359	METHOD TO CONTROL A VEHICLE AS A FUNCTION OF DATA FROM A VEHICLE-BASED DRONE	KHAYER, SOHANA T	3657	§103	Final Rejection	80d overdue	Pending	Jun 30, 2023
18340302	BATTERY PACK HAVING STRUCTURAL SUPPORT ASSEMBLY FOR ELECTRIFIED VEHICLE	OSTWALT, ALEXIS ROSE	1789	§103	Non-Final OA	29d	Pending	Jun 23, 2023
18340452	BATTERY PACK HAVING VIBRATION RESISTANT STRUCTURAL FRAME ASSEMBLY FOR ELECTRIFIED VEHICLE	OSTWALT, ALEXIS ROSE	1789	§103	Non-Final OA	26d	Pending	Jun 23, 2023
18340333	INTERNAL FUSE FOR BATTERY CELL	KHANAL, ARTI	1746	§103	Non-Final OA	8d	Pending	Jun 23, 2023
18321907	DYNAMIC NAVIGATION CONTENT FOR VEHICLE DISPLAY	CHOI, JISUN	3666	—	Non-Final OA	175d overdue	Pending	May 23, 2023
18306561	INTEGRATION OF DIRECT CURRENT BOOST CHARGING IN A CHARGING MODULE FOR ELECTRIFIED VEHICLE HIGH VOLTAGE BATTERY SYSTEMS	BICKIYA, AIMAN AMIR	2859	§103	Non-Final OA	25d overdue	Pending	Apr 25, 2023
18192924	SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EN ROUTE PROACTIVE THERMAL CONDITIONING OF ELECTRIFIED VEHICLE BATTERIES TO REDUCE CHARGING AND STOPPAGE TIME	PALMARCHUK, BRIAN KEITH	3669	§103	Non-Final OA	46d	Pending	Mar 30, 2023
18192365	SECONDARY CONTROLLER COMMUNICATION/FUNCTION MANAGEMENT ON MULTI-CAN BUSES IN FUEL CELL ELECTRIFIED VEHICLES	CHIN, JAMES BRIAN	3656	§103	Final Rejection	71d	Pending	Mar 29, 2023
18181864	VEHICLE UNDERWATER DETECTION SYSTEM	ROBARGE, TYLER ROGER	3658	§103	Final Rejection	46d overdue	Pending	Mar 10, 2023
18178907	DIRECT HYDROSTATIC COMPRESSION SYSTEM FOR BATTERY MODULES OF AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE	GOULD, ANNA ELIZABETH	1726	§103	Non-Final OA	46d overdue	Pending	Mar 06, 2023
18178884	ACTIVE HYDRAULIC ELEMENT IN A BATTERY MODULE FOR AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE	NEDIALKOVA, LILIA V	1724	§103	Non-Final OA	27d	Pending	Mar 06, 2023
18065262	SYSTEM TO PROVIDE TEMPERATURE CONDITIONED AIR TO A BRAKE ASSEMBLY	BURCH, MELODY M	3616	§103	Non-Final OA	14d	Pending	Dec 13, 2022
17583465	VEHICLE ATTITUDE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACTION MANAGEMENT	KECK, DANIEL M	3614	§103	Non-Final OA	1035d overdue	Pending	Jan 25, 2022

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