Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Gentex Corporation

17 pending office actions • 11 art units • 17 examiners • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 62 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

17
Total Pending OAs
12
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 17 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

12
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
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. 17 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (12)Due ≤ 30 days (3)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.

0
Hard (0%)
16
Medium (94%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (6%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only16 (94%)
No statute on record1 (6%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
12% of docket
3
Information Tech
18% of docket
1
Communications
6% of docket
6
Semiconductors
35% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
29% 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.

170 h
Manual time on pending OAs
34 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
59 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PATEL, TAJASH D 1 80.7% +6.9%
LYNCH, PATRICK JOHN 1 60.4% +42.2%
REED, STEPHEN T 1 72.1% +16.1%
LOPEZ, ERICK I 1 52.7% +30.5%
MARKOFF, ALEXANDER 1 48.8% +32.1%
NAVAS JR, EDEMIO 1 71.4% +24.5%
QURESHI, MARIAM 1 74.8% +23.7%
STANFORD, CHRISTOPHER J 1 55.2% +26.1%
SAHLE, MAHIDERE S 1 79.4% +12.9%
PARK, SUNGHYOUN 1 75.1% +10.0%

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
19208860 Rail For Mounting Accessories to a Helmet PATEL, TAJASH D 33d

Interview Candidates (9)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18734381 TRAILER MONITORING SYSTEM NAVAS JR, EDEMIO 42d overdue
18855928 Impact Attenuating Tensile Helmet Liner LOPEZ, ERICK I 38d overdue
18621865 ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICE WITH BARRIER PROPERTIES STANFORD, CHRISTOPHER J 11d overdue
18613494 TRANSPARENT ELASTIC ELECTRODE STACKS WITH LOW RESISTANCE SAHLE, MAHIDERE S 8d overdue
19207059 Hinged Attachment of Headgear to a Helmet LYNCH, PATRICK JOHN 5d overdue
18402930 ILLUMINATION SYSTEM FOR AN INTERIOR CABIN PARK, SUNGHYOUN 3d overdue
18905707 ADJUSTABLE AIR SCOOP FOR LENS CLEANING MARKOFF, ALEXANDER 12d
18645861 CAPACITIVE TOUCH MIRROR INTERFACE QURESHI, MARIAM 14d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3732 4
2872 4
2627 1
1711 1
2483 1
2871 1
2484 1
2486 1
2878 1
3669 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19208860 Rail For Mounting Accessories to a Helmet PATEL, TAJASH D 3732 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending May 15, 2025
19207059 Hinged Attachment of Headgear to a Helmet LYNCH, PATRICK JOHN 3732 §103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending May 13, 2025
19001747 FACE SHIELD HEADS UP DISPLAY WITH RESCUE GUIDANCE REED, STEPHEN T 2627 §103 Non-Final OA 50d Pending Dec 26, 2024
18855928 Impact Attenuating Tensile Helmet Liner LOPEZ, ERICK I 3732 §103 Final Rejection 38d overdue Pending Oct 10, 2024
18905707 ADJUSTABLE AIR SCOOP FOR LENS CLEANING MARKOFF, ALEXANDER 1711 Other Non-Final OA 12d Pending Oct 03, 2024
18734381 TRAILER MONITORING SYSTEM NAVAS JR, EDEMIO 2483 §103 Final Rejection 42d overdue Pending Jun 05, 2024
18645861 CAPACITIVE TOUCH MIRROR INTERFACE QURESHI, MARIAM 2871 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Apr 25, 2024
18621865 ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICE WITH BARRIER PROPERTIES STANFORD, CHRISTOPHER J 2872 §103 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Mar 29, 2024
18613494 TRANSPARENT ELASTIC ELECTRODE STACKS WITH LOW RESISTANCE SAHLE, MAHIDERE S 2872 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Mar 22, 2024
18402930 ILLUMINATION SYSTEM FOR AN INTERIOR CABIN PARK, SUNGHYOUN 2484 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Jan 03, 2024
18402924 DISPLAY AND ELECTRO-OPTIC WINDOW ASSEMBLY PINKNEY, DAWAYNE 2872 §103 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Jan 03, 2024
18571638 ANTI-CONDENSATION PROTECTIVE EYEWEAR MUHAMMAD, KEY 2872 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Dec 18, 2023
18520886 MONITORING SYSTEM BOYLAN, JAMES T 2486 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Nov 28, 2023
18559487 Anti-Condensation Eyewear QUINN, RICHALE LEE 3732 §103 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Nov 07, 2023
18333072 WHEEL-MOUNTED DISINFECTION SYSTEM SMYTH, ANDREW P 2878 §103 Final Rejection 58d overdue Pending Jun 12, 2023
18136399 DOOR MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD OVALLE JR., DAVID MESQUITI 3669 §103 Non-Final OA 126d overdue Pending Apr 19, 2023
17612004 Helmet Impact Attenuation Liner OMORI, MARY I 1784 §103 Final Rejection 107d overdue Pending Nov 17, 2021

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