Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Harman Becker Automotive Systems GmbH

4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

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.

4
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
25% of docket
2
Communications
50% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
25% 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.

40 h
Manual time on pending OAs
8 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
14 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
JEBARI, MOHAMMED 1 54.9% +15.9%
RINEHART, SEAN MICHAEL 1 73.9% +42.9%
ZHU, QIN 1 87.6% +3.0%
MCPARTLIN, SARAH BURNHAM 1 69.9% +22.1%

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
18989940 INFRARED (IR) CAMERAS CONTROLLED WITHOUT MESSAGING THEREBETWEEN TO HAVE NON-OVERLAPPING ILLUMINATION JEBARI, MOHAMMED
18951426 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DRIVER ASSISTANCE AND AUDIO SYSTEM INTEGRATION RINEHART, SEAN MICHAEL
18907090 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING AN AUDIO PATH DELAY FOR AN AMPLIFIER BASED ON A CONTROL SIGNAL ZHU, QIN
18883468 SPEAKER ENCLOSURE, SPEAKER ASSEMBLY, AND SEAT ASSEMBLY MCPARTLIN, SARAH BURNHAM

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18989940 INFRARED (IR) CAMERAS CONTROLLED WITHOUT MESSAGING THEREBETWEEN TO HAVE NON-OVERLAPPING ILLUMINATION JEBARI, MOHAMMED
18951426 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DRIVER ASSISTANCE AND AUDIO SYSTEM INTEGRATION RINEHART, SEAN MICHAEL
18883468 SPEAKER ENCLOSURE, SPEAKER ASSEMBLY, AND SEAT ASSEMBLY MCPARTLIN, SARAH BURNHAM

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2482 1
2694 1
2691 1
3993 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18989940 INFRARED (IR) CAMERAS CONTROLLED WITHOUT MESSAGING THEREBETWEEN TO HAVE NON-OVERLAPPING ILLUMINATION JEBARI, MOHAMMED 2482 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 20, 2024
18951426 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DRIVER ASSISTANCE AND AUDIO SYSTEM INTEGRATION RINEHART, SEAN MICHAEL 2694 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 18, 2024
18907090 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING AN AUDIO PATH DELAY FOR AN AMPLIFIER BASED ON A CONTROL SIGNAL ZHU, QIN 2691 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 04, 2024
18883468 SPEAKER ENCLOSURE, SPEAKER ASSEMBLY, AND SEAT ASSEMBLY MCPARTLIN, SARAH BURNHAM 3993 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 12, 2024

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