Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Geotab Inc.

11 pending office actions • 9 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 55 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 30 days (1)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.

3
Hard (27%)
7
Medium (64%)
1
Easy (9%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (18%)
§103 only7 (64%)
Double-patenting only1 (9%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (9%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
9% of docket
3
Semiconductors
27% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
45% of docket
2
Business / Other
18% 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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
AHN, HYANG 1 86.7% +25.0%
JOSEPH, TONYA S 1 23.7% +19.4%
MOREAU, AUSTIN J 1 77.9% +28.4%
SANTOS, DANIEL JOSEPH 1 75.0% +28.1%
LOTTER, DAVID E 1 84.7% +9.4%
ARAQUE JR, GERARDO 1 9.5% +15.9%
BARBEE, MANUEL L 1 81.7% +14.3%
KHATIB, RAMI 1 77.1% +13.8%
KRESS, TABITHA LYNN 1 74.1% +50.0%
PARK, HYUN D 1 41.2% +22.3%

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
19407364 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING COMMERCIAL DOMICILES AHN, HYANG
18663229 DEVICE FOR CAPTURING VOLTAGE-BASED EVENTS IN MOTOR VEHICLES BARBEE, MANUEL L

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19175111 Methods for Shared Vehicle Access JOSEPH, TONYA S 23d overdue
18905435 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING VEHICLE SERVICE CENTERS ARAQUE JR, GERARDO 27d
18636836 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING VEHICLE STOP ZONES KHATIB, RAMI 53d
18913480 MULTI-BAND ANTENNA DEVICE AND TUNING TECHNIQUES LOTTER, DAVID E

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
19175111 Methods for Shared Vehicle Access JOSEPH, TONYA S 23d overdue
18905435 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING VEHICLE SERVICE CENTERS ARAQUE JR, GERARDO 27d
18636836 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING VEHICLE STOP ZONES KHATIB, RAMI 53d
18378352 DEVICE FOR POWER-EFFICIENT DETECTION OF CRANKING VOLTAGE PARK, HYUN D 60d
19407364 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING COMMERCIAL DOMICILES AHN, HYANG
19081180 SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR COMMUNICATING VEHICLE-RELATED IMAGE DATA MOREAU, AUSTIN J
18960389 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING SEGMENTED IMAGE DATA FOR VEHICLES SANTOS, DANIEL JOSEPH
18663229 DEVICE FOR CAPTURING VOLTAGE-BASED EVENTS IN MOTOR VEHICLES BARBEE, MANUEL L

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3661 1
3628 1
2685 1
2845 1
3629 1
3669 1
3667 1
2857 1
2859 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19407364 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING COMMERCIAL DOMICILES AHN, HYANG 3661 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 03, 2025
19175111 Methods for Shared Vehicle Access JOSEPH, TONYA S 3628 §103 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Apr 10, 2025
19081180 SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR COMMUNICATING VEHICLE-RELATED IMAGE DATA MOREAU, AUSTIN J 2685 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 17, 2025
18960389 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING SEGMENTED IMAGE DATA FOR VEHICLES SANTOS, DANIEL JOSEPH §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 26, 2024
18913480 MULTI-BAND ANTENNA DEVICE AND TUNING TECHNIQUES LOTTER, DAVID E 2845 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 11, 2024
18905435 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING VEHICLE SERVICE CENTERS ARAQUE JR, GERARDO 3629 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Oct 03, 2024
18663229 DEVICE FOR CAPTURING VOLTAGE-BASED EVENTS IN MOTOR VEHICLES BARBEE, MANUEL L DP Non-Final OA Pending May 14, 2024
18636836 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING VEHICLE STOP ZONES KHATIB, RAMI 3669 §101§103 Non-Final OA 53d Pending Apr 16, 2024
18537014 Methods for Action Trigger Management in a Telematics Device KRESS, TABITHA LYNN 3667 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 12, 2023
18378352 DEVICE FOR POWER-EFFICIENT DETECTION OF CRANKING VOLTAGE PARK, HYUN D 2857 §103 Final Rejection 60d Pending Oct 10, 2023
17530896 METHODS FOR CONTROLLING POWER DISTRIBUTION TO VEHICLES JEPPSON, PAMELA J 2859 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 19, 2021

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