Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

HERE Global B.V.

33 pending office actions • 19 art units • 31 examiners • 0 of 33 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 83 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

33
Total Pending OAs
14
Non-Final OAs
15
Final Rejections
4
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

8
Overdue
1
Due this week
2
Due this month
0
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. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (8)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 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.

17
Hard (52%)
14
Medium (42%)
2
Easy (6%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (6%)
§101 + other10 (30%)
§103 only13 (39%)
§102 only1 (3%)
§112 only1 (3%)
Double-patenting only1 (3%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (15%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
3
Information Tech
9% of docket
4
Communications
12% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
23
Mechanical / Eng
70% of docket
3
Business / Other
9% 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.

330 h
Manual time on pending OAs
66 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
115 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ALSOMAIRY, IBRAHIM ABDOALATIF 2 40.7% +6.7%
LEWANDROSKI, SARA J 2 80.8% +9.6%
YANG, HAN 1 92.1% +11.6%
TESTARDI, DAVID A 1 74.6% +21.2%
SU, STEPHANIE T 1 68.2% +30.9%
ESTEVEZ, DAIRON 1 68.1% -14.2%
WALLACE, ZACHARY JOSEPH 1 71.9% +21.8%
JAIN, SWATI 1 84.1% +24.9%
TSUI, WILSON W 1 61.7% +57.2%
RHEE, ROY B 1 68.9% +24.1%

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
19088472 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED PURPOSE LIMITATION AND COMPATIBILITY VERIFICATION ON A DATA PLATFORM YANG, HAN
18824955 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A WIRELESS DATA CONNECTION TO A VEHICLE JAIN, SWATI

Hard Cases (17)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
16747963 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DYNAMICALLY DETECTING DANGEROUS MERGING SITUATIONS ABD EL LATIF, HOSSAM M 72d overdue
18394603 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING TRAFFIC DATA KNUDSON, ELLE ROSE 42d overdue
18059278 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR INTELLIGENT GAP PLACEMENT WITHIN MOBILITY DATA USING JUNCTIONS INFERRED BY FEATURES OF THE MOBILITY DATA LEWANDROSKI, SARA J 42d overdue
18561883 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING TIME VALID LOCATION BASED INFORMATION GAO, JING 36d overdue
18090082 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZATION OF LANE DATA SHECHTMAN, CHERYL MARIA 9d overdue
17858964 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING EVENTS IN WHICH VEHICLES DAMAGE ROADSIDE OBJECTS HAN, KYU HYUNG 1d overdue
18963796 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM OF MATCHING TO A DIRECTED GRAPH REPRESENTATION OF LANES OF A ROAD TOPOLOGY NETWORK IN A DIGITAL MAP SU, STEPHANIE T
18931896 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING VEHICULAR OBSERVATION DATA ESTEVEZ, DAIRON

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19088472 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED PURPOSE LIMITATION AND COMPATIBILITY VERIFICATION ON A DATA PLATFORM YANG, HAN
18989556 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING ROUTES FOR VEHICLES TESTARDI, DAVID A
18963796 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM OF MATCHING TO A DIRECTED GRAPH REPRESENTATION OF LANES OF A ROAD TOPOLOGY NETWORK IN A DIGITAL MAP SU, STEPHANIE T
18896437 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UPDATING MAP DATABASE BY PROCESSING OBSERVATIONS WALLACE, ZACHARY JOSEPH
18824955 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A WIRELESS DATA CONNECTION TO A VEHICLE JAIN, SWATI
18807597 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING SPEED PROFILE DATA GIVEN A ROAD ATTRIBUTE USING MACHINE LEARNING TSUI, WILSON W
18782236 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING AVAILABILITY DATA OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING POINTS RHEE, ROY B

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3662 5
3667 4
3664 3
3656 2
3661 2
3658 1
2686 1
3668 1
2647 1
2682 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19088472 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED PURPOSE LIMITATION AND COMPATIBILITY VERIFICATION ON A DATA PLATFORM YANG, HAN DP Non-Final OA Pending Mar 24, 2025
18989556 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING ROUTES FOR VEHICLES TESTARDI, DAVID A 3664 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 20, 2024
18963796 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM OF MATCHING TO A DIRECTED GRAPH REPRESENTATION OF LANES OF A ROAD TOPOLOGY NETWORK IN A DIGITAL MAP SU, STEPHANIE T 3662 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 29, 2024
18931896 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING VEHICULAR OBSERVATION DATA ESTEVEZ, DAIRON 3656 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Oct 30, 2024
18896437 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UPDATING MAP DATABASE BY PROCESSING OBSERVATIONS WALLACE, ZACHARY JOSEPH 3656 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 25, 2024
18824955 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A WIRELESS DATA CONNECTION TO A VEHICLE JAIN, SWATI §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 05, 2024
18807597 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING SPEED PROFILE DATA GIVEN A ROAD ATTRIBUTE USING MACHINE LEARNING TSUI, WILSON W §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 16, 2024
18782236 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING AVAILABILITY DATA OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING POINTS RHEE, ROY B 3664 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 24, 2024
18743418 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE ORGANIZATION AT ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGE POINTS PEDERSEN, DAVID RUBEN 3658 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Jun 14, 2024
18666461 REAL-TIME ASSET MAPPING USING UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES HUYNH, CHRISTINE NGUYEN 3662 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 16, 2024
18666447 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING COVERAGE OF A VEHICLE TECHNOLOGICAL FIELD EUSTAQUIO, CAL J 2686 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 16, 2024
18394603 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING TRAFFIC DATA KNUDSON, ELLE ROSE 3667 §101§103 Final Rejection 42d overdue Pending Dec 22, 2023
18392970 METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR INTELLIGENT TRAFFIC DATA PROCESSING COOLEY, CHASE LITTLEJOHN 3662 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 21, 2023
18542853 METHOD TO PREDICT "HIGH GRADIENT" WIND EFFECTS TO INCREASE SAFETY OF TWO-WHEELED VEHICLES MUSTAFA, IMRAN K 3668 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 18, 2023
18561883 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING TIME VALID LOCATION BASED INFORMATION GAO, JING 2647 §101§103 Final Rejection 36d overdue Pending Nov 17, 2023
18371398 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC DETERMINATION OF SAFETY DISTANCE BETWEEN VEHICLES ANDA, JENNIFER MARIE 3662 §101§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Sep 21, 2023
18241451 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING SPEED LIMIT DATA ZHANG, FAN 2682 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 01, 2023
18459752 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PATH ESTIMATION USING PREDICTIVE MODEL STRYKER, NICHOLAS F 3665 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 01, 2023
18196264 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING MAGNETISM DATA CHOU, SHIEN MING 3667 §103 Final Rejection 79d overdue Pending May 11, 2023
18314423 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR GENERATING SPEED PROFILES FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES IN SAFETY RISK SITUATIONS FOR A ROAD SEGMENT ALSOMAIRY, IBRAHIM ABDOALATIF 3667 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 09, 2023
18090082 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZATION OF LANE DATA SHECHTMAN, CHERYL MARIA 2164 §101 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Dec 28, 2022
18088315 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING BUILDING DATA HOANG, KEN 2168 §101§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 23, 2022
18059273 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR AT LEAST APPROXIMATE REAL-TIME INTELLIGENT GAP PLACEMENT WITHIN MOBILITY DATA USING JUNCTIONS INFERRED BY FEATURES OF THE MOBILITY DATA LEWANDROSKI, SARA J 3661 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 28, 2022
18059278 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR INTELLIGENT GAP PLACEMENT WITHIN MOBILITY DATA USING JUNCTIONS INFERRED BY FEATURES OF THE MOBILITY DATA LEWANDROSKI, SARA J 3661 §103§112 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Nov 28, 2022
17977679 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXTRACTING JOURNEYS FROM VEHICLE LOCATION TRACE DATA MARUNDA II, TORRENCE S 3663 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 31, 2022
17858964 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING EVENTS IN WHICH VEHICLES DAMAGE ROADSIDE OBJECTS HAN, KYU HYUNG 2123 §101§103 Final Rejection 1d overdue Pending Jul 06, 2022
17849318 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING ROAD OBSTRUCTION INTENSITY FOR ROUTING OR MAPPING BAAJOUR, SHAHIRA 3666 §103 Final Rejection 26d Pending Jun 24, 2022
17840117 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR MACHINE LEARNING OF VEHICULAR WAIT EVENTS USING MAP DATA AND SENSOR DATA LEE, BRANDON DONGPA 3662 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 14, 2022
17716760 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR EXTRACTING POINT-OF-INTEREST FEATURES USING LIDAR DATA CAPTURED BY MOBILE DEVICES CLOUSER, BENJAMIN WADE 3645 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 08, 2022
17698752 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING LANE WIDTH DATA ESQUINO, CALEB LOGAN 2677 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Mar 18, 2022
17491597 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DYNAMIC POPULATION ESTIMATION XIE, THEODORE L 3623 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 01, 2021
17444861 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING MAPS FROM GEOSPATIAL OBSERVATIONS ALSOMAIRY, IBRAHIM ABDOALATIF 3667 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Aug 11, 2021
16747963 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DYNAMICALLY DETECTING DANGEROUS MERGING SITUATIONS ABD EL LATIF, HOSSAM M 3664 §101 Final Rejection 72d overdue Pending Jan 21, 2020

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