Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Networking & Security • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
19 pending office actions • 12 art units • 19 examiners • 0 of 19 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 63 patents granted in the last 365 days
Gentex Corporation currently has 19 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These cases are assigned to 19 distinct examiners, meaning every single pending action is being handled by a different individual. This one-to-one ratio between 19 pending office actions and 19 distinct examiners indicates a complete lack of examiner overlap.
The portfolio is distributed across 11 distinct art units, reflecting a broad technical scope within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics sector. GINGRICH, SHADAN HAGHANI, is the busiest examiner, yet they are responsible for only 1 pending office action. Because the busiest examiner pending count is 1, the workload is perfectly distributed across the 19 distinct examiners. Practitioners must be prepared to navigate 11 distinct art units and 19 different examiner styles, as there is no central point of contact for the current 19 pending office actions.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (5%) |
| §103 only | 8 (42%) |
| §102 only | 1 (5%) |
| §112 only | 1 (5%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (5%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (32%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (5%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GINGRICH, SHADAN HAGHANI | 1 | 61.4% | +17.6% |
| PATEL, TAJASH D | 1 | 80.8% | +7.3% |
| LYNCH, PATRICK JOHN | 1 | 61.1% | +41.6% |
| REED, STEPHEN T | 1 | 73.0% | +15.5% |
| CADEAU, WEDNEL | 1 | 71.8% | +19.2% |
| TRA, TUYEN Q | 1 | 85.6% | +9.2% |
| LOPEZ, ERICK I | 1 | 53.0% | +29.6% |
| LAVARIAS, ARNEL C | 1 | 79.8% | +0.3% |
| CHAUDHRI, OMAIR | 1 | 65.9% | +22.7% |
| THOMPSON, CAMIE S | 1 | 73.8% | +10.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19207059 | Hinged Attachment of Headgear to a Helmet | LYNCH, PATRICK JOHN | 5d overdue |
| 18402930 | ILLUMINATION SYSTEM FOR AN INTERIOR CABIN | PARK, SUNGHYOUN | 3d overdue |
| 18520886 | MONITORING SYSTEM | BOYLAN, JAMES T | 28d |
| 18912993 | EC DIMMING DEVICE WITH THIN CELL SPACING | TRA, TUYEN Q | — |
| 18610598 | FEATURE FOR REARVIEW ASSEMBLY HOLDING ADDITIONAL HMI | KIM, RICHARD H | — |
| 18434235 | INFRARED ADDITIVE FOR AN EPOXY USED TO MAKE AN OPTIC FOR USE WITH LIGHT SENSORS | SRIDHAR, SAMANVITHA | — |
| 18233389 | EDGE PORT CELL-SPACE REDUCTION USING A SEAL-EMBEDDED SLIDE | MERLIN, JESSICA M | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18855928 | Impact Attenuating Tensile Helmet Liner | LOPEZ, ERICK I | 38d overdue |
| 19207059 | Hinged Attachment of Headgear to a Helmet | LYNCH, PATRICK JOHN | 5d overdue |
| 18905707 | ADJUSTABLE AIR SCOOP FOR LENS CLEANING | CHAUDHRI, OMAIR | 12d |
| 19001747 | FACE SHIELD HEADS UP DISPLAY WITH RESCUE GUIDANCE | REED, STEPHEN T | 50d |
| 19220518 | FULL DISPLAY REARVIEW ASSEMBLY VIDEO MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | GINGRICH, SHADAN HAGHANI | — |
| 18916991 | MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD HAVING PERIODIC ARTIFACT REDUCTION | CADEAU, WEDNEL | — |
| 18721603 | COATING AND COMPOSITE MATERIALS FOR ENHANCING BALLISTIC PROTECTION | THOMPSON, CAMIE S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3732 | 3 |
| 2871 | 2 |
| 4100 | 1 |
| 2627 | 1 |
| 1711 | 1 |
| 1786 | 1 |
| 2872 | 1 |
| 2425 | 1 |
| 2484 | 1 |
| 2486 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19220518 | FULL DISPLAY REARVIEW ASSEMBLY VIDEO MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | GINGRICH, SHADAN HAGHANI | 4100 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 28, 2025 |
| 19208860 | Rail For Mounting Accessories to a Helmet | PATEL, TAJASH D | 3732 | — | Final Rejection | 33d | Pending | May 15, 2025 |
| 19207059 | Hinged Attachment of Headgear to a Helmet | LYNCH, PATRICK JOHN | 3732 | §101§103§112 | 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 |
| 18916991 | MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD HAVING PERIODIC ARTIFACT REDUCTION | CADEAU, WEDNEL | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 16, 2024 |
| 18912993 | EC DIMMING DEVICE WITH THIN CELL SPACING | TRA, TUYEN Q | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2024 |
| 18855928 | Impact Attenuating Tensile Helmet Liner | LOPEZ, ERICK I | 3732 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 38d overdue | Pending | Oct 10, 2024 |
| 18911492 | CONCEALMENT PANEL WITH ASYMMETRIC REFLECTANCE | LAVARIAS, ARNEL C | — | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2024 |
| 18905707 | ADJUSTABLE AIR SCOOP FOR LENS CLEANING | CHAUDHRI, OMAIR | 1711 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | 12d | Pending | Oct 03, 2024 |
| 18721603 | COATING AND COMPOSITE MATERIALS FOR ENHANCING BALLISTIC PROTECTION | THOMPSON, CAMIE S | 1786 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2024 |
| 18610598 | FEATURE FOR REARVIEW ASSEMBLY HOLDING ADDITIONAL HMI | KIM, RICHARD H | 2871 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2024 |
| 18599618 | MIRROR ASSEMBLY POWERING SYSTEM | TUMEBO, TSION M | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 08, 2024 |
| 18434235 | INFRARED ADDITIVE FOR AN EPOXY USED TO MAKE AN OPTIC FOR USE WITH LIGHT SENSORS | SRIDHAR, SAMANVITHA | 2872 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 06, 2024 |
| 18433874 | MIRROR ROTATION CALIBRATION | CATTUNGAL, ROWINA J | 2425 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 06, 2024 |
| 18402930 | ILLUMINATION SYSTEM FOR AN INTERIOR CABIN | PARK, SUNGHYOUN | 2484 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | Jan 03, 2024 |
| 18520886 | MONITORING SYSTEM | BOYLAN, JAMES T | 2486 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Nov 28, 2023 |
| 18233389 | EDGE PORT CELL-SPACE REDUCTION USING A SEAL-EMBEDDED SLIDE | MERLIN, JESSICA M | 2871 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 14, 2023 |
| 18170380 | ELECTROCHROMIC COMPOUNDS FOR MEMORY ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICES | WEINER, LAURA S | 1723 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 16, 2023 |
| 17612004 | Helmet Impact Attenuation Liner | OMORI, MARY I | 1784 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 107d overdue | Pending | Nov 17, 2021 |
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