Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Garrett Transportation I Inc.

9 pending office actions • 9 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 37 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
4
Due this week
3
Due this month
0
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. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 7 days (4)Due ≤ 30 days (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 (11%)
6
Medium (67%)
2
Easy (22%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (11%)
§103 only5 (56%)
§102 only1 (11%)
§112 only2 (22%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
11% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
5
Semiconductors
56% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
33% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WIEHE, NATHANIEL EDWARD 1 51.5% +32.8%
BROCKMAN, ELDON T 1 85.2% +6.1%
FENG, ZHENGFU J 1 75.5% +38.7%
GANNON, LEVI 1 82.6% +6.8%
BAREFORD, KATHERINE A 1 13.5% +28.5%
SINGER, DAVID L 1 68.2% +43.1%
CHOI, JISUN 1 73.1% +58.3%
SCHLAK, DANIEL KEITH 1 69.6% +38.9%
BURGOS-GUNTIN, NELSON R 1 92.3% +4.5%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18324176 HIGH VOLTAGE CONNECTOR THERMAL CRASH AND VIBRATION SHIELD BURGOS-GUNTIN, NELSON R 7d
18441650 MANAGED FAST CHARGING FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES GANNON, LEVI 9d

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18428164 WHEELS HAVING A BI-LAYERED COATING AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME BAREFORD, KATHERINE A 45d overdue
19104222 Nozzle For Partitioned Volute BROCKMAN, ELDON T 9d overdue

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18428164 WHEELS HAVING A BI-LAYERED COATING AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME BAREFORD, KATHERINE A 45d overdue
18501686 BATTERY HEALTH AWARE THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM CHOI, JISUN 6d
18522331 LIFT OFF SPEED DETECTION SINGER, DAVID L 7d
18335190 E-MACHINE SYSTEM WITH STATOR CORE HAVING COOLING FLOW PASSAGES SCHLAK, DANIEL KEITH 7d
19290488 MOTORIZED COMPRESSOR DEVICE WITH AIR BEARING HAVING REDUCED AXIAL AND RADIAL STACK-UP WIEHE, NATHANIEL EDWARD 12d
18583258 TRANSISTOR CARRIER AND COOLING MECHANISM FENG, ZHENGFU J 23d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3745 1
3799 1
2835 1
2849 1
1718 1
2855 1
3666 1
2834 1
2831 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19290488 MOTORIZED COMPRESSOR DEVICE WITH AIR BEARING HAVING REDUCED AXIAL AND RADIAL STACK-UP WIEHE, NATHANIEL EDWARD 3745 §112 Final Rejection 12d Pending Aug 05, 2025
19104222 Nozzle For Partitioned Volute BROCKMAN, ELDON T 3799 §101 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Feb 16, 2025
18583258 TRANSISTOR CARRIER AND COOLING MECHANISM FENG, ZHENGFU J 2835 §103 Non-Final OA 23d Pending Feb 21, 2024
18441650 MANAGED FAST CHARGING FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES GANNON, LEVI 2849 §103 Final Rejection 9d Pending Feb 14, 2024
18428164 WHEELS HAVING A BI-LAYERED COATING AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME BAREFORD, KATHERINE A 1718 §103 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Jan 31, 2024
18522331 LIFT OFF SPEED DETECTION SINGER, DAVID L 2855 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Nov 29, 2023
18501686 BATTERY HEALTH AWARE THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM CHOI, JISUN 3666 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Nov 03, 2023
18335190 E-MACHINE SYSTEM WITH STATOR CORE HAVING COOLING FLOW PASSAGES SCHLAK, DANIEL KEITH 2834 §112 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Jun 15, 2023
18324176 HIGH VOLTAGE CONNECTOR THERMAL CRASH AND VIBRATION SHIELD BURGOS-GUNTIN, NELSON R 2831 §102 Non-Final OA 7d Pending May 26, 2023

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