Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

HL Klemove Corp.

Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

29 pending office actions • 18 art units • 27 examiners • 0 of 29 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 98 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

HL Klemove Corp. has 25 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The docket includes 23 distinct examiners across 15 distinct art units, showing multiple technical assignments with some repeated examiner coverage.

LIETHEN, KURT PHILIP is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. A coordinated portfolio approach can support consistency, while each response should address the particular examination record and art-unit context.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

29
Total Pending OAs
17
Non-Final OAs
12
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 30 days (4)Due ≤ 60 days (1)

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.

9
Hard (31%)
17
Medium (59%)
2
Easy (7%)
1
Unknown (3%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (3%)
§101 + other2 (7%)
§103 only17 (59%)
§112 only1 (3%)
Double-patenting only1 (3%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (21%)
No statute on record1 (3%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
2
Information Tech
7% of docket
3
Communications
10% of docket
1
Semiconductors
3% of docket
23
Mechanical / Eng
79% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

290 h
Manual time on pending OAs
58 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
102 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LIETHEN, KURT PHILIP 2 79.7% +9.3%
HALLORAN, THOMAS JAMES 2 50.0% +0.0%
BOYD, JONATHAN A 1 69.3% +7.1%
LE, TUNG X 1 87.0% +3.3%
VILAKAZI, SIZO BINDA 1 74.5% +11.1%
BLACK-CHILDRESS, RAJSHEED O 1 62.8% +24.3%
NGUYEN, MISA H 1 67.9% +9.3%
LEITE, PAULO ROBERTO GONZ 1 51.5% +16.8%
SCHOECH, ASHLEY TIFFANY 1 68.6% +23.5%
OSTERHOUT, SHELLEY MARIE 1 64.2% +23.5%

Hard Cases (9)

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
18816964 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING POSITION OF VEHICLE NGUYEN, JASON TOAN 31d overdue
18929721 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING DRIVING MAP LEITE, PAULO ROBERTO GONZ 17d overdue
18954499 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE DRIVING NGUYEN, MISA H 15d overdue
18885691 VEHICLE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME MORA, ANTHONY GABRIEL 10d overdue
18923067 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CREATING DYNAMIC OCCUPANCY GRID MAP SCHOECH, ASHLEY TIFFANY 14d
18230738 APPARATUS AND METHOD CONTROLLING THE SAME HUTCHENS, CHRISTOPHER D. 39d
19275295 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPERATING TURN SIGNAL BASED ON ROAD INFORMATION AHEAD BLACK-CHILDRESS, RAJSHEED O —
19064949 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE IN CASE OF REDUCTION IN RELIABILITY OF LANE INFORMATION LIETHEN, KURT PHILIP —

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18929721 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING DRIVING MAP LEITE, PAULO ROBERTO GONZ 17d overdue
18923067 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CREATING DYNAMIC OCCUPANCY GRID MAP SCHOECH, ASHLEY TIFFANY 14d
19292898 TORQUE ANGLE SENSOR AND ELECTRIC POWER STEERING INCLUDING THE SAME VILAKAZI, SIZO BINDA —
19275295 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPERATING TURN SIGNAL BASED ON ROAD INFORMATION AHEAD BLACK-CHILDRESS, RAJSHEED O —
18903355 VEHICEL CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD THROUGH CUT-IN DETERMINATION OSTERHOUT, SHELLEY MARIE —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3747 4
3648 3
3666 3
3645 3
3663 2
3646 2
2668 1
2845 1
2685 1
3669 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19448404 APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME BOYD, JONATHAN A 2668 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 14, 2026
19329481 RADAR CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD LE, TUNG X 2845 Other Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 15, 2025
19292898 TORQUE ANGLE SENSOR AND ELECTRIC POWER STEERING INCLUDING THE SAME VILAKAZI, SIZO BINDA 3747 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 06, 2025
19275295 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPERATING TURN SIGNAL BASED ON ROAD INFORMATION AHEAD BLACK-CHILDRESS, RAJSHEED O 2685 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 21, 2025
19064949 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE IN CASE OF REDUCTION IN RELIABILITY OF LANE INFORMATION LIETHEN, KURT PHILIP 3747 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 27, 2025
19015486 RADAR MODULE ASSEMBLY HALLORAN, THOMAS JAMES 3648 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 09, 2025
18954499 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE DRIVING NGUYEN, MISA H 3666 §103§112 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Nov 20, 2024
18929721 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING DRIVING MAP LEITE, PAULO ROBERTO GONZ 3663 §101§103 Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Oct 29, 2024
18923067 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CREATING DYNAMIC OCCUPANCY GRID MAP SCHOECH, ASHLEY TIFFANY 3669 §103§112 Final Rejection 14d Pending Oct 22, 2024
18903355 VEHICEL CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD THROUGH CUT-IN DETERMINATION OSTERHOUT, SHELLEY MARIE 3600 §101 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 01, 2024
18885691 VEHICLE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME MORA, ANTHONY GABRIEL 3664 §102§103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Sep 15, 2024
18816964 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING POSITION OF VEHICLE NGUYEN, JASON TOAN 3666 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Aug 27, 2024
18798830 DRIVING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, VEHICLE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM GRIFFIN, ALEX BROCK 3665 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 09, 2024
18657621 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ASSISTING IN DRIVING VEHICLE IN ENTRANCE AND EXIT LANES UNDERWOOD, BAKARI 3663 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending May 07, 2024
18628719 TARGET DETECTION DEVICE AND METHOD, AND RADAR DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME SERAYDARYAN, HELENA H 3648 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 06, 2024
18608908 ANGLE COMPENSATION DEVICE AND METHOD, AND RADAR DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME HALLORAN, THOMAS JAMES 3648 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 18, 2024
18388024 VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD MORALES, OMAR 3747 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 08, 2023
18380659 AUTONOMOUS DRIVING APPARATUS AND AUTONOMOUS DRIVING CONTROL METHOD LANGHORNE, NICHOLAS PATRICK 3666 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 17, 2023
18234448 DRIVING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE METHOD WINDRICH, MARCUS E 3646 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 16, 2023
18230738 APPARATUS AND METHOD CONTROLLING THE SAME HUTCHENS, CHRISTOPHER D. 3647 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 39d Pending Aug 07, 2023
18229852 APPARATUS FOR DRIVING ASSISTANCE, VEHICLE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR DRIVING ASSISTANCE LIETHEN, KURT PHILIP 3747 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 03, 2023
18221878 APPARATUS FOR DRIVER ASSISTANCE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME RIDDER, CLAYTON PAUL 3646 §103 Final Rejection 26d Pending Jul 14, 2023
18219209 METHOD OF DESIGNING RADOME OF RADAR DEVICE, RADOME AND RADAR DEVICE USING THE SAME KHAN, IFTEKHAR A 2187 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 07, 2023
18219560 LIDAR APPARATUS, METHOD FOR PROCESSING SIGNAL OF THE SAME AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD QI, ZHENGQING J 3645 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 07, 2023
18217932 APPARATUS FOR DRIVER ASSISTANCE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME ORANGE, DAVID BENJAMIN 2663 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 03, 2023
18202289 AROUND VIEW MONITORING SYSTEM AND THE METHOD THEREOF WERNER, DAVID N 2487 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 26, 2023
18112522 LIDAR SENSOR AND TARGET DETECTION METHOD USING THE SAME CLOUSER, BENJAMIN WADE 3645 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 22, 2023
18101470 DRIVER ASSISTANCE APPARATUS AND DRIVER ASSISTANCE METHOD ALSOMAIRY, IBRAHIM ABDOALATIF 3667 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 25, 2023
17877884 LIDAR FOR SHORT RANGE AND LONG RANGE USING SINGLE LIGHT SOURCE THATCHER, CLINT A 3645 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jul 30, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does HL Klemove Corp. have?

HL Klemove Corp. has 29 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 18 art units and 27 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most HL Klemove Corp. applications?

Kurt Philip Liethen has the most, with 2 of HL Klemove Corp.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are HL Klemove Corp.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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