Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Gentex Corporation

21 pending office actions • 14 art units • 21 examiners • 0 of 21 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 62 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

21
Total Pending OAs
10
Non-Final OAs
11
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

7
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
1
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. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (7)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (1)

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.

7
Hard (33%)
13
Medium (62%)
1
Easy (5%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (5%)
§103 only11 (52%)
§102 only1 (5%)
§112 only1 (5%)
Double-patenting + other1 (5%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (29%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
19% of docket
4
Information Tech
19% of docket
1
Communications
5% of docket
8
Semiconductors
38% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
5% of docket
3
Business / Other
14% 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.

210 h
Manual time on pending OAs
42 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
74 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LYNCH, PATRICK JOHN 1 60.9% +41.9%
REED, STEPHEN T 1 72.6% +15.8%
LAVARIAS, ARNEL C 1 79.7% +0.3%
BARR, MICHAEL E 1 33.0% +16.9%
POTTS, RYAN PATRICK 1 79.5% +38.8%
CHOI, WILLIAM C 1 92.6% +4.1%
DANG, PHILIP 1 77.6% +30.4%
THOMPSON, CAMIE S 1 73.6% +10.3%
NAVAS JR, EDEMIO 1 71.8% +24.2%
QURESHI, MARIAM 1 75.4% +22.2%

Hard Cases (7)

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 #TitleExaminerDue 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
18571638 ANTI-CONDENSATION PROTECTIVE EYEWEAR MUHAMMAD, KEY 1d overdue
18828324 IMAGING AND DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR MODIFYING COLOR VIDEO STREAM BY DETECTING OBJECTS IN IR VIDEO STREAM POTTS, RYAN PATRICK
18792995 MULTI-MATERIAL LAMINATION CHOI, WILLIAM C
18644712 DOUBLE-SIDED CONDUCTING FILMS LEUNG, CHRISTINA Y
18233389 EDGE PORT CELL-SPACE REDUCTION USING A SEAL-EMBEDDED SLIDE MERLIN, JESSICA M

Interview Candidates (8)

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
19207059 Hinged Attachment of Headgear to a Helmet LYNCH, PATRICK JOHN 5d overdue
18905707 ADJUSTABLE AIR SCOOP FOR LENS CLEANING BARR, MICHAEL E 12d
18645861 CAPACITIVE TOUCH MIRROR INTERFACE QURESHI, MARIAM 14d
19001747 FACE SHIELD HEADS UP DISPLAY WITH RESCUE GUIDANCE REED, STEPHEN T 50d
18828324 IMAGING AND DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR MODIFYING COLOR VIDEO STREAM BY DETECTING OBJECTS IN IR VIDEO STREAM POTTS, RYAN PATRICK
18767020 IN CABIN MONITORING SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES DANG, PHILIP
18721603 COATING AND COMPOSITE MATERIALS FOR ENHANCING BALLISTIC PROTECTION THOMPSON, CAMIE S

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2872 4
2871 3
3732 1
2627 1
1711 1
2488 1
1786 1
2483 1
3991 1
2425 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
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
18911492 CONCEALMENT PANEL WITH ASYMMETRIC REFLECTANCE LAVARIAS, ARNEL C §112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 10, 2024
18905707 ADJUSTABLE AIR SCOOP FOR LENS CLEANING BARR, MICHAEL E 1711 §103§112DP Final Rejection 12d Pending Oct 03, 2024
18828324 IMAGING AND DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR MODIFYING COLOR VIDEO STREAM BY DETECTING OBJECTS IN IR VIDEO STREAM POTTS, RYAN PATRICK §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 09, 2024
18792995 MULTI-MATERIAL LAMINATION CHOI, WILLIAM C 2872 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 02, 2024
18767020 IN CABIN MONITORING SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES DANG, PHILIP 2488 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 09, 2024
18721603 COATING AND COMPOSITE MATERIALS FOR ENHANCING BALLISTIC PROTECTION THOMPSON, CAMIE S 1786 §102 Final Rejection Pending Jun 18, 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 Final Rejection 14d Pending Apr 25, 2024
18644712 DOUBLE-SIDED CONDUCTING FILMS LEUNG, CHRISTINA Y 3991 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 24, 2024
18613494 TRANSPARENT ELASTIC ELECTRODE STACKS WITH LOW RESISTANCE SAHLE, MAHIDERE S 2872 §103 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Mar 22, 2024
18610598 FEATURE FOR REARVIEW ASSEMBLY HOLDING ADDITIONAL HMI KIM, RICHARD H 2871 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 20, 2024
18433874 MIRROR ROTATION CALIBRATION CATTUNGAL, ROWINA J 2425 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 06, 2024
18434235 INFRARED ADDITIVE FOR AN EPOXY USED TO MAKE AN OPTIC FOR USE WITH LIGHT SENSORS SRIDHAR, SAMANVITHA 2872 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 06, 2024
18402930 ILLUMINATION SYSTEM FOR AN INTERIOR CABIN PARK, SUNGHYOUN 2484 §102§103 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Jan 03, 2024
18571638 ANTI-CONDENSATION PROTECTIVE EYEWEAR MUHAMMAD, KEY 2872 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Dec 18, 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
18333072 WHEEL-MOUNTED DISINFECTION SYSTEM SMYTH, ANDREW P 2878 §103 Final Rejection 58d overdue Pending Jun 12, 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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