Technology areas: Computing & Software • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
38 pending office actions • 20 art units • 36 examiners • 0 of 38 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 167 patents granted in the last 365 days
GM Cruise Holdings LLC manages a portfolio with 38 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed across 35 distinct examiners and 20 distinct art units. This wide distribution across 20 distinct art units highlights the diverse technical components involved in the company's transportation and mechanical systems. The volume of 38 pending office actions indicates a high level of ongoing activity and a broad intellectual property strategy that covers many different technical facets.
WHITTINGTON, JESS G is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, with 2 pending office actions. Despite the total of 38 pending office actions, the workload is decentralized, as evidenced by the 35 distinct examiners involved. Most examiners are likely handling only one case, with the busiest examiner managing only 2. This suggests that practitioners must prepare for a wide variety of examiner styles and art unit standards across the 35 distinct examiners. The use of 20 distinct art units further emphasizes the complexity and breadth of the company's current patent filings.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 20 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. 20 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 only | 1 (3%) |
| §101 + other | 7 (18%) |
| §103 only | 18 (47%) |
| §102 only | 1 (3%) |
| §112 only | 1 (3%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 10 (26%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHITTINGTON, JESS G | 2 | 73.0% | +17.7% |
| HOPKINS, DAVID ANDREW | 2 | 32.1% | +37.7% |
| RAYNAL, ASHLEY BROWN | 1 | 78.8% | +20.4% |
| HENSON, BRANDON JAMES | 1 | 65.2% | +28.9% |
| NAPIER, JAMES WILBURN | 1 | 88.9% | +22.2% |
| WU, RUTAO | 1 | 39.8% | +22.9% |
| LEVEL, BARBARA HENRY | 1 | 72.0% | +28.4% |
| QI, ZHENGQING J | 1 | 68.0% | +12.2% |
| DO, TRUC M | 1 | 82.4% | +6.1% |
| WECHSELBERGER, ALFRED H. | 1 | 59.0% | +31.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18360777 | REMOTE ASSISTANCE SYSTEMS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES | WHITTINGTON, JESS G | 197d overdue |
| 17580251 | DOMAIN BATCH BALANCING FOR TRAINING A MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHM WITH DATA FROM MULTIPLE DATASETS | SACKALOSKY, COREY MATTHEW | 161d overdue |
| 18186721 | SYSTEMS AND TECHNIQUES FOR MITIGATING CROSSTALK AND INTERFERENCE FOR FLASH IMAGING LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING (LiDAR) DEVICES | RICHTER, KARA | 12d |
| 18483943 | Multi-Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) Combination Unit | DO, TRUC M | 14d |
| 18074016 | ATTRIBUTION OF REPRODUCIBILITY RESULTS OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE SUBSYSTEM | HOPKINS, DAVID ANDREW | 57d |
| 18093778 | TEST VALIDATION | GAN, CHUEN-MEEI | 61d |
| 18093666 | SIMULATION TEST VALIDATION | HOPKINS, DAVID ANDREW | 63d |
| 18150707 | ONLINE CALIBRATION OF MISALIGNMENT BETWEEN VEHICLE SENSORS | WIGGER, BENJAMIN DAVID | 70d |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18360777 | REMOTE ASSISTANCE SYSTEMS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES | WHITTINGTON, JESS G | 197d overdue |
| 18074016 | ATTRIBUTION OF REPRODUCIBILITY RESULTS OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE SUBSYSTEM | HOPKINS, DAVID ANDREW | 57d |
| 18093666 | SIMULATION TEST VALIDATION | HOPKINS, DAVID ANDREW | 63d |
| 18359598 | DYNAMIC CONTROL OF REMOTE ASSISTANCE SYSTEM DEPENDING ON CONNECTION PARAMETERS | WHITTINGTON, JESS G | 71d |
| 18405811 | ADC INTERFERENCE CANCELATION BY TEMPORAL FILTER | RAYNAL, ASHLEY BROWN | — |
| 18405769 | RADAR FREE SPACE MAPPING | HENSON, BRANDON JAMES | — |
| 18402472 | TIME-OF-FLIGHT SENSOR CALIBRATION SYSTEM | NAPIER, JAMES WILBURN | — |
| 18401912 | COMBINED WALKING AND DRIVING ROUTES FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE RIDES | WU, RUTAO | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3645 | 7 |
| 3648 | 5 |
| 2187 | 4 |
| 2188 | 3 |
| 3666 | 2 |
| 2195 | 2 |
| 3663 | 2 |
| 3623 | 1 |
| 2142 | 1 |
| 3658 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18405811 | ADC INTERFERENCE CANCELATION BY TEMPORAL FILTER | RAYNAL, ASHLEY BROWN | 3648 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 05, 2024 |
| 18405769 | RADAR FREE SPACE MAPPING | HENSON, BRANDON JAMES | 3648 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 05, 2024 |
| 18402472 | TIME-OF-FLIGHT SENSOR CALIBRATION SYSTEM | NAPIER, JAMES WILBURN | 3645 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2024 |
| 18401912 | COMBINED WALKING AND DRIVING ROUTES FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE RIDES | WU, RUTAO | 3623 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2024 |
| 18402405 | DETERMINING SIMULATION FIDELITY USING NEURAL NETWORK EMBEDDINGS | LEVEL, BARBARA HENRY | 2142 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2024 |
| 18402456 | SYNCHRONIZING OPERATIONS OF LIDAR AND TOF SENSORS | QI, ZHENGQING J | 3645 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2024 |
| 18483943 | Multi-Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) Combination Unit | DO, TRUC M | 3658 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Oct 10, 2023 |
| 18473047 | STATISTICALLY MODELING EFFECT OF FOG ON LIDAR DATA | WECHSELBERGER, ALFRED H. | 2187 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 22, 2023 |
| 18466761 | DETECTION OF A TRANSLUCENT MATTER BASED ON SECONDARY LIDAR RETURNS | CHEN, CHIA-LING | 3645 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2023 |
| 18459088 | SIMULATING INTENSITY FROM RANGE DATA | KHAN, IFTEKHAR A | 2187 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 31, 2023 |
| 18455169 | SYNCHRONIZING OPERATIONS OF SENSORS BASED ON SENSOR STATES | HAUT, EVAN HARRISON | 3645 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 24, 2023 |
| 18361583 | RADAR RANGE RATE DISAMBIGUATION BY COHERENT RANGE TRACKING | JENKINS, KIMBERLY YVETTE | 3648 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 28, 2023 |
| 18360777 | REMOTE ASSISTANCE SYSTEMS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES | WHITTINGTON, JESS G | 3666 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 197d overdue | Pending | Jul 27, 2023 |
| 18359598 | DYNAMIC CONTROL OF REMOTE ASSISTANCE SYSTEM DEPENDING ON CONNECTION PARAMETERS | WHITTINGTON, JESS G | 3666 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 71d | Pending | Jul 26, 2023 |
| 18333378 | ADAPTIVE ASSEMBLY OF LIDAR FOR ASYMMETRIC ILLUMINATION | SLAUGHTER, ETHAN JAKOB | 3648 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 27d | Pending | Jun 12, 2023 |
| 18318918 | CONSENSUS DETERMINATION SYSTEM FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE SHARED RIDE CONDITIONS | MILLER, PRESTON JAY | 3661 | §103 | Final Rejection | 163d overdue | Pending | May 17, 2023 |
| 18306138 | PAUSE, RESUME, AND REPLAY FUNCTIONS FOR PIPELINE EXECUTION IN AN ORCHESTRATION FRAMEWORK | XU, ZUJIA | 2195 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 24, 2023 |
| 18304169 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RADAR WITH BROADBAND ANTENNAS | HAMADYK, ANNA N | 2845 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 20, 2023 |
| 18194433 | SYSTEMS AND TECHNIQUES FOR DISPATCHING AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES TO AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE MAINTENANCE FACILITIES | HALL, HANA VICTORIA | 3664 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 31, 2023 |
| 18186721 | SYSTEMS AND TECHNIQUES FOR MITIGATING CROSSTALK AND INTERFERENCE FOR FLASH IMAGING LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING (LiDAR) DEVICES | RICHTER, KARA | 3645 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Mar 20, 2023 |
| 18167209 | ADAPTIVE SCHEDULING FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE SOFTWARE BUILDS | LI, AIMEE J | 2195 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 15d overdue | Pending | Feb 10, 2023 |
| 18105221 | SENSOR BLOCKAGE DETECTION BASED UPON RAW RADAR DATA | MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA | 3648 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 67d overdue | Pending | Feb 02, 2023 |
| 18156321 | SYSTEMS AND TECHNIQUES FOR MEASURING MODEL SENSITIVITY AND FEATURE IMPORTANCE OF MACHINE LEARNING MODELS | GONZALES, VINCENT | 2124 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 61d | Pending | Jan 18, 2023 |
| 18093778 | TEST VALIDATION | GAN, CHUEN-MEEI | 2189 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 61d | Pending | Jan 05, 2023 |
| 18150707 | ONLINE CALIBRATION OF MISALIGNMENT BETWEEN VEHICLE SENSORS | WIGGER, BENJAMIN DAVID | 3645 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 70d | Pending | Jan 05, 2023 |
| 18093666 | SIMULATION TEST VALIDATION | HOPKINS, DAVID ANDREW | 2188 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 63d | Pending | Jan 05, 2023 |
| 18149779 | PROTOCOL AND USER-INTERFACE FOR REVERSING AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE UNDER REMOTE ASSISTANCE SUPERVISION | KHALED, ABDALLA A | 3667 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 209d overdue | Pending | Jan 04, 2023 |
| 18092804 | LIGHT RANGING AND DETECTION (LIDAR) BEAM DIVERGENCE SIMULATION | TRAN, SCOTT THANH BINH | 2186 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 03, 2023 |
| 18074016 | ATTRIBUTION OF REPRODUCIBILITY RESULTS OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE SUBSYSTEM | HOPKINS, DAVID ANDREW | 2188 | §101 | Final Rejection | 57d | Pending | Dec 02, 2022 |
| 17993628 | MEASURING SIMULATION REALISM | KWON, JUN | 2127 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 3d overdue | Pending | Nov 23, 2022 |
| 18057163 | SIMULATION FIDELITY FOR END-TO-END VEHICLE BEHAVIOR | MORRIS, JOSEPH PATRICK | 2188 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2022 |
| 18055756 | SURROGATE MODEL FOR VEHICLE SIMULATION | TSENG, KYLE HWA-KAI | 2187 | §103 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Nov 15, 2022 |
| 17975943 | TIME-OF-FLIGHT MOTION MISALIGNMENT ARTIFACT CORRECTION | BAGHDASARYAN, HOVHANNES | 3645 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2022 |
| 17889605 | MAP SIMULATION SERVICES | SHALABY, AHMAD HUSSAM | 2187 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 17, 2022 |
| 17836013 | MULTISTATIC RADAR POINT CLOUD FORMATION USING A SENSOR WAVEFORM ENCODING SCHEMA | MARUNDA II, TORRENCE S | 3663 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 19d | Pending | Jun 09, 2022 |
| 17706055 | PERCEPTION ERROR IDENTIFICATION | SANTOS, AARRON EDUARDO | 3663 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 26d overdue | Pending | Mar 28, 2022 |
| 17580251 | DOMAIN BATCH BALANCING FOR TRAINING A MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHM WITH DATA FROM MULTIPLE DATASETS | SACKALOSKY, COREY MATTHEW | 2128 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | 161d overdue | Pending | Jan 20, 2022 |
| 17364817 | CONVERTING CONTROL AREA NETWORK DATA TO ROBOTIC OPERATING SYSTEM DATA | KLEINMAN, LAIL A | 3668 | §103 | Final Rejection | 120d overdue | Pending | Jun 30, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialGM Cruise Holdings LLC has 38 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 20 art units and 36 examiners.
Jess G Whittington has the most, with 2 of GM Cruise Holdings LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
