Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
7 pending office actions • 6 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days
GENTHERM Incorporated has 7 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The matters are assigned to 7 examiners across 6 art units, showing distinct examiner assignments within a compact technical distribution.
PHAM, CLINT V is the busiest identified examiner, with 1 pending matter. The profile supports matter-specific review, with shared technology-area considerations informing but not replacing application-level analysis.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 (14%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (71%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FISHER, WESLEY LE | 1 | 82.4% | +14.1% |
| GOKHALE, PRASAD V | 1 | 85.9% | +8.4% |
| ASSANTE, KEITH BRIAN | 1 | 72.2% | +30.0% |
| PHAM, CLINT V | 1 | 44.7% | +22.7% |
| CHEN, NING | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| KERN, ASHLEIGH LAUREN | 1 | 33.3% | +7.3% |
| PAPE, ALYSSA MORGAN | 1 | 26.9% | +37.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17957867 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING LOCALIZED THERMAL THERAPY | PAPE, ALYSSA MORGAN | 38d overdue |
| 19161584 | Centrifugal Blower, Impeller for Centrifugal Blower, and Vehicle Seat Ventilation System | FISHER, WESLEY LE | — |
| 19117840 | HANDS OFF DETECTION SENSOR OF STEERING WHEEL | GOKHALE, PRASAD V | — |
| 18686935 | ELIMINATING OR MINIMIZING INTERFERENCE BETWEEN HANDS ON DETECTION SENSOR AND HEATER IN STEERING WHEELS | ASSANTE, KEITH BRIAN | — |
| 19152222 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING WHETHER TO HEAT OR COOL A SURFACE | PHAM, CLINT V | — |
| 18266893 | BATTERY COOLING SYSTEM | CHEN, NING | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17957867 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING LOCALIZED THERMAL THERAPY | PAPE, ALYSSA MORGAN | 38d overdue |
| 19161584 | Centrifugal Blower, Impeller for Centrifugal Blower, and Vehicle Seat Ventilation System | FISHER, WESLEY LE | — |
| 18686935 | ELIMINATING OR MINIMIZING INTERFERENCE BETWEEN HANDS ON DETECTION SENSOR AND HEATER IN STEERING WHEELS | ASSANTE, KEITH BRIAN | — |
| 19152222 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING WHETHER TO HEAT OR COOL A SURFACE | PHAM, CLINT V | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3794 | 2 |
| 3745 | 1 |
| 3617 | 1 |
| 3761 | 1 |
| 3663 | 1 |
| 1723 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19161584 | Centrifugal Blower, Impeller for Centrifugal Blower, and Vehicle Seat Ventilation System | FISHER, WESLEY LE | 3745 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 02, 2025 |
| 19117840 | HANDS OFF DETECTION SENSOR OF STEERING WHEEL | GOKHALE, PRASAD V | 3617 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 02, 2025 |
| 18686935 | ELIMINATING OR MINIMIZING INTERFERENCE BETWEEN HANDS ON DETECTION SENSOR AND HEATER IN STEERING WHEELS | ASSANTE, KEITH BRIAN | 3761 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2024 |
| 19152222 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING WHETHER TO HEAT OR COOL A SURFACE | PHAM, CLINT V | 3663 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2025 |
| 18266893 | BATTERY COOLING SYSTEM | CHEN, NING | 1723 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2023 |
| 17957871 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING THERMAL CONTRAST THERAPY | KERN, ASHLEIGH LAUREN | 3794 | §103DP | Final Rejection | 28d overdue | Pending | Sep 30, 2022 |
| 17957867 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING LOCALIZED THERMAL THERAPY | PAPE, ALYSSA MORGAN | 3794 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 38d overdue | Pending | Sep 30, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialGENTHERM Incorporated has 7 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 6 art units and 7 examiners.
Wesley Le Fisher has the most, with 1 of GENTHERM Incorporated's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
