HL Mando Corporation

Portfolio Summary

82

Total Pending OAs

59

Non-Final OAs

18

Final Rejections

5

Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 81 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

37

Overdue

4

Due this week

28

Due this month

5

Due in next 60 days

7

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. 81 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

Overdue (37)Due ≤ 7 days (4)Due ≤ 30 days (28)Due ≤ 60 days (5)Due later (7)

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.

2

Hard (2%)

72

Medium (88%)

6

Easy (7%)

2

Unknown (2%)

Rejection Statute Mix

Bucket	Cases
§101 only	2 (2%)
§103 only	66 (80%)
§102 only	6 (7%)
§112 only	6 (7%)
No statute on record	2 (2%)

Industry Mix

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

0

Life Sciences

0% of docket

1

Information Tech

1% of docket

1

Communications

1% of docket

9

Semiconductors

11% of docket

71

Mechanical / Eng

87% 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.

820 h

Manual time on pending OAs

164 h

Time saved (low, 20%)

287 h

Time saved (mid, 35%)

7.2 wks

FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

Examiner	Apps on this docket	Allow rate	Interview lift
LANE, NICHOLAS J	6	65.6%	+7.4%
RASHID, MAHBUBUR	6	67.2%	+20.8%
MORRIS, DAVID R.	4	82.0%	+14.0%
KING, BRADLEY T	4	70.8%	+24.6%
TORRES WILLIAMS, MELANIE	4	84.7%	+11.4%
CHOWDHURY, AL-BIRR RAHMAN	3	81.0%	+23.8%
DALLO, JOSEPH J	2	89.7%	+7.1%
LAGUARDA, GONZALO	2	72.7%	+7.1%
SCHWARTZ, CHRISTOPHER P	2	85.5%	+6.0%
IRVIN, SHEA WOODROW	2	50.0%	+0.0%

Quick Wins (15)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #	Title	Examiner	Due in
18209053	BRAKE SHOE HAVING CONTACT FACE WITH VARIABLE WIDTH	MORRIS, DAVID R.	111d overdue
18091696	BRAKE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A BRAKE ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE WHEEL	MORRIS, DAVID R.	105d overdue
18376140	Brake disk with an interlayer having a shape elasticity	TORRES WILLIAMS, MELANIE	18d overdue
18218767	BRAKE DISC HAVING STRUCTURAL FEATURES AT ITS CIRCUMFERENCE	SCHWARTZ, CHRISTOPHER P	15d overdue
18375903	ACTUATOR AND BRAKE SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME	TORRES WILLIAMS, MELANIE	11d overdue
18478990	VEHICLE STEERING DEVICE	CHOWDHURY, AL-BIRR RAHMAN	9d overdue
18401334	ACTUATOR UNIT AND ELECTRO-MECHANICAL DRUM BRAKE INCLUDING THE SAME	MORRIS, DAVID R.	4d overdue
18518487	BRAKE PAD CARRIER COMPRISING HOLLOW PART AND/OR PART MADE FROM A SHEET MATERIAL	SCHWARTZ, CHRISTOPHER P	6d

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #	Title	Examiner	Due in
18385077	TIRE CORNERING STIFFNESS ESTIMATION METHOD, ROAD SURFACE CONDITION DETECTION METHOD USING TIRE CORNERING STIFFNESS ESTIMATION VALUE, AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME	GO, RICKY	15d overdue
18202274	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRIC POWER OF VEHICLE BATTERY	ZHOU, ZIXUAN	28d

Interview Candidates (21)

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
18209053	BRAKE SHOE HAVING CONTACT FACE WITH VARIABLE WIDTH	MORRIS, DAVID R.	111d overdue
18091696	BRAKE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A BRAKE ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE WHEEL	MORRIS, DAVID R.	105d overdue
18376140	Brake disk with an interlayer having a shape elasticity	TORRES WILLIAMS, MELANIE	18d overdue
18212275	BRAKE PAD HAVING AN UNDERLAYER WITH AN ANISOTROPIC MATERIAL PROPERTY	RASHID, MAHBUBUR	15d overdue
18375903	ACTUATOR AND BRAKE SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME	TORRES WILLIAMS, MELANIE	11d overdue
18478990	VEHICLE STEERING DEVICE	CHOWDHURY, AL-BIRR RAHMAN	9d overdue
18373155	SELF-LEVELING DAMPER	RASHID, MAHBUBUR	9d overdue
18128216	CALIPER BRAKE	RASHID, MAHBUBUR	9d overdue

Top Art Units

Art Unit	Apps
3616	36
3747	12
3618	4
3663	3
2834	3
3614	2
3665	2
3667	2
3611	2
3669	1

Pending Office Actions

App #	Title	Examiner	Art Unit	Statutes	Status	Due in	AI	Filed
19112233	LEAN ACTUATOR AND MOBILITY MEANS COMPRISING SAME	FRISBY, KEITH J	3614	Other	Non-Final OA	15d overdue	Pending	Mar 14, 2025
19029022	VEHICLE STATE VARIABLE ESTIMATOR OF HOST VEHICLE AND RACK TARGET POSITION DETERMINER FOR REAR WHEEL STEERING SYSTEM USING THE SAME	PICON-FELICIANO, RUBEN	3747	§102	Non-Final OA	9d overdue	Pending	Jan 17, 2025
18983217	ELECTRONIC BRAKE SYSTEM CONTROL DEVICE	DALLO, JOSEPH J	3747	§103	Non-Final OA	21d	Pending	Dec 16, 2024
18935830	MOTOR-DRIVEN POWER STEERING DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND VEHICLE HAVING THE SAME	WANG, YI-KAI	3747	§103	Non-Final OA	15d	Pending	Nov 04, 2024
18885653	NOISE REDUCTION SYSTEM AND NOISE REDUCTION METHOD FOR AUTOMOBILE SUSPENSION	BAILEY, JOHN D	3747	§103	Non-Final OA	45d overdue	Pending	Sep 14, 2024
18826110	DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING ABNORMALITY OF BRAKE MOTOR, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD	CHALHOUB, JEFFREY ROBERT	3663	§103	Non-Final OA	13d	Pending	Sep 05, 2024
18803710	DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING ABNORMALITY OF MOTOR OF COLUMN ELECTRIC POWER STEERING (EPS), AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD	GEIST, RICHARD EDWIN	3665	§103	Non-Final OA	35d overdue	Pending	Aug 13, 2024
18785508	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SETTING DRIVING MODE OF VEHICLE	MELTON, TODD M	3669	§102	Final Rejection	84d	Pending	Jul 26, 2024
18781996	STEERING CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD	LAGUARDA, GONZALO	3747	§103	Final Rejection	4d overdue	Pending	Jul 23, 2024
18777498	BRAKE APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME	BRAUCH, CHARLES JOSEPH	3747	§103	Final Rejection	34d	Pending	Jul 18, 2024
18646504	DEVICE FOR SHADING THE SUNLIGHT OF A VEHICLE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD	PINKNEY, DAWAYNE	2872	§103	Non-Final OA	5d overdue	Pending	Apr 25, 2024
18632283	BRAKING CONTROL METHOD AND BRAKING CONTROL SYSTEM OF ELECTRIC MOBILITY	CROMER, ANDREW J	3667	§103	Final Rejection	31d overdue	Pending	Apr 11, 2024
18622965	MOTOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME	JOHNSON, ERIC	2834	§103	Non-Final OA	16d	Pending	Mar 31, 2024
18421952	APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING STEERING OF HOST VEHICLE	TRAN, LONG T	3747	§102	Non-Final OA	1d overdue	Pending	Jan 24, 2024
18416912	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING QUALITY OF VEHICLE USING TEXT MINING	HASSAN, ALI MOHAMAD	2653	§103	Final Rejection	22d	Pending	Jan 19, 2024
18401701	BRAKE APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME	KIRBY, BRIAN R	3747	§103	Final Rejection	131d overdue	Pending	Jan 01, 2024
18401334	ACTUATOR UNIT AND ELECTRO-MECHANICAL DRUM BRAKE INCLUDING THE SAME	MORRIS, DAVID R.	3616	§103	Non-Final OA	4d overdue	Pending	Dec 30, 2023
18396555	VEHICLE STEERING DEVICE	CHOWDHURY, AL-BIRR RAHMAN	3618	§103	Non-Final OA	29d	Pending	Dec 26, 2023
18393155	DRUM BRAKE	LIU, HENRY Y	3654	§103	Non-Final OA	76d	Pending	Dec 21, 2023
18544540	CALIPER BRAKE	KING, BRADLEY T	3616	§103	Non-Final OA	61d	Pending	Dec 19, 2023
18534567	APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING BRAKE SYSTEM IN CASE OF STEERING SYSTEM FAILURE	LAGUARDA, GONZALO	3747	§103	Non-Final OA	9d	Pending	Dec 09, 2023
18534145	PISTON VALVE ASSEMBLY AND SHOCK ABSORBER WITH THE SAME	TORRES WILLIAMS, MELANIE	3616	§103	Non-Final OA	76d	Pending	Dec 08, 2023
18522898	BRAKE PISTON AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF	IRVIN, THOMAS W	3616	§103	Non-Final OA	9d	Pending	Nov 29, 2023
18518487	BRAKE PAD CARRIER COMPRISING HOLLOW PART AND/OR PART MADE FROM A SHEET MATERIAL	SCHWARTZ, CHRISTOPHER P	3616	§103	Non-Final OA	6d	Pending	Nov 23, 2023
18515285	SOLENOID VALVE	TIETJEN, MARINA ANNETTE	3799	§102	Non-Final OA	26d	Pending	Nov 21, 2023
18513514	SNAP TYPE RETAINER FOR BALL RETURN OF BALL NUT	IRVIN, SHEA WOODROW	3616	§103	Non-Final OA	15d	Pending	Nov 18, 2023
18388770	POWER ASSISTED STEERING DEVICE	ENGLISH, JAMES A	3614	§103	Non-Final OA	4d overdue	Pending	Nov 10, 2023
18387589	BRAKE APPARATUS, VEHICLE HAVING THE SAME AND METHOD FOR BRAKING VEHICLE	TORRES WILLIAMS, MELANIE	3616	§102	Non-Final OA	15d	Pending	Nov 07, 2023
18386948	ELECTRIC PARKING BRAKE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF	WILLIAMS, THOMAS J	3616	§103	Non-Final OA	9d overdue	Pending	Nov 03, 2023
18385907	MOTOR	VO, ETHAN NGUYEN	2834	§103	Final Rejection	36d overdue	Pending	Nov 01, 2023
18385639	DRUM BRAKE AND NOISE PREVENTION DEVICE THEREOF	LANE, NICHOLAS J	3616	§112	Non-Final OA	25d overdue	Pending	Oct 31, 2023
18385083	BRAKE APPARATUS	RASHID, MAHBUBUR	3616	§103	Non-Final OA	13d	Pending	Oct 30, 2023
18385098	FRICTION UNIT FOR A BRAKE, BRAKE CALIPER, AND BRAKE FOR A VEHICLE	RASHID, MAHBUBUR	3616	§103	Non-Final OA	20d	Pending	Oct 30, 2023
18385077	TIRE CORNERING STIFFNESS ESTIMATION METHOD, ROAD SURFACE CONDITION DETECTION METHOD USING TIRE CORNERING STIFFNESS ESTIMATION VALUE, AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME	GO, RICKY	2857	§101	Non-Final OA	15d overdue	Pending	Oct 30, 2023
18385097	BRAKE ASSEMBLY COMPRISING DEVICE FOR GENERATING WARNING SIGNAL	RASHID, MAHBUBUR	3616	§112	Non-Final OA	34d	Pending	Oct 30, 2023
18384324	CALIPER BRAKE HAVING PAD SPRING	SAHNI, VISHAL R	3616	§103	Non-Final OA	11d overdue	Pending	Oct 26, 2023
18489865	METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE DAMPER TO REDUCE CONTACT SHOCK AND SYSTEM THEREOF	MORALES, OMAR	3747	§103	Non-Final OA	5d overdue	Pending	Oct 19, 2023
18381427	DISC BRAKE	IRVIN, SHEA WOODROW	3616	§103	Non-Final OA	8d overdue	Pending	Oct 18, 2023
18380006	DAMPER FORCE FORMING MEMBER AND DAMPER APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME	TAYLOR II, JAMES JOSEPH	3655	§112	Non-Final OA	11d overdue	Pending	Oct 13, 2023
18378437	CALIPER BRAKE	HSIAO, JAMES K	3616	§103	Non-Final OA	12d	Pending	Oct 10, 2023
18376140	Brake disk with an interlayer having a shape elasticity	TORRES WILLIAMS, MELANIE	3616	§103	Non-Final OA	18d overdue	Pending	Oct 03, 2023
18376105	STEER-BY-WIRE STEERING DEVICE	WILHELM, TIMOTHY	3617	§103	Non-Final OA	15d	Pending	Oct 03, 2023
18375903	ACTUATOR AND BRAKE SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME	TORRES WILLIAMS, MELANIE	3616	§103	Non-Final OA	11d overdue	Pending	Oct 02, 2023
18478990	VEHICLE STEERING DEVICE	CHOWDHURY, AL-BIRR RAHMAN	3618	§103	Non-Final OA	9d overdue	Pending	Sep 30, 2023
18373155	SELF-LEVELING DAMPER	RASHID, MAHBUBUR	3616	§103	Non-Final OA	9d overdue	Pending	Sep 26, 2023
18371082	ELECTRONIC CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE AND DATA TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING METHOD THEREOF	FISHER, PAUL R	2498	§103	Non-Final OA	105d overdue	Pending	Sep 21, 2023
18241240	STEERING DEVICE OF VEHICLE	KNUTSON, JACOB D	3611	§112	Non-Final OA	22d	Pending	Sep 01, 2023
18238388	STEERING FEEDBACK ACTUATOR HAVING RESIDUAL FRICTION TORQUE	MOK, ALEX W	2834	§103	Final Rejection	5d	Pending	Aug 25, 2023
18235100	REDUCER OF ELECTRIC POWER STEERING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME	JOYCE, WILLIAM C	3618	§103	Non-Final OA	20d	Pending	Aug 17, 2023
18233158	GUIDE PIN AND CALIPER BRAKE HAVING THE SAME	LANE, NICHOLAS J	3616	§103	Non-Final OA	15d overdue	Pending	Aug 11, 2023
18350005	BODY VALVE ASSEMBLY AND FREQUENCY SENSITIVE TYPE SHOCK ABSORBER WITH THE SAME	BURCH, MELODY M	3616	§112	Non-Final OA	11d overdue	Pending	Jul 11, 2023
18219568	ELECTRONIC BRAKE SYSTEM AND SIMULATOR VALVE PROVIDED IN THE SAME	KING, BRADLEY T	3616	§103	Non-Final OA	84d	Pending	Jul 07, 2023
18218767	BRAKE DISC HAVING STRUCTURAL FEATURES AT ITS CIRCUMFERENCE	SCHWARTZ, CHRISTOPHER P	3616	§103	Final Rejection	15d overdue	Pending	Jul 06, 2023
18212275	BRAKE PAD HAVING AN UNDERLAYER WITH AN ANISOTROPIC MATERIAL PROPERTY	RASHID, MAHBUBUR	3616	§103	Non-Final OA	15d overdue	Pending	Jun 21, 2023
18210367	BRAKE PAD FOR A DISK BRAKE SYSTEM AND DISK BRAKE SYSTEM	LANE, NICHOLAS J	3616	§103	Final Rejection	40d	Pending	Jun 15, 2023
18209053	BRAKE SHOE HAVING CONTACT FACE WITH VARIABLE WIDTH	MORRIS, DAVID R.	3616	§102	Non-Final OA	111d overdue	Pending	Jun 13, 2023
18206083	INTEGRATED AUTOMATIC PARKING SYSTEM AND AUTOMATIC PARKING METHOD USING THE SAME	MARUNDA II, TORRENCE S	3663	§103	Final Rejection	13d	Pending	Jun 06, 2023
18325088	Brake assembly and method for operating a brake assembly for a vehicle wheel	LANE, NICHOLAS J	3616	§103	Final Rejection	49d overdue	Pending	May 29, 2023
18202274	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRIC POWER OF VEHICLE BATTERY	ZHOU, ZIXUAN	2859	§101	Non-Final OA	28d	Pending	May 25, 2023
18318770	RETAINER FOR SHOCK ABSORBER	HSIAO, JAMES K	3616	Other	Final Rejection	9d	Pending	May 17, 2023
18138036	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FAIL-SAFE OPERATION FOR ANGLE SENSORS IN STEER-BY-WIRE SYSTEM	DALLO, JOSEPH J	3747	§103	Non-Final OA	75d	Pending	Apr 22, 2023
18297890	APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING SENSOR SINGNAL, AND VEHICLE HAVING THE SAME	WHITTINGTON, JESS G	3666	§103	Final Rejection	91d overdue	Pending	Apr 10, 2023
18128216	CALIPER BRAKE	RASHID, MAHBUBUR	3616	§103	Final Rejection	9d overdue	Pending	Mar 29, 2023
18125643	MULTI-PART BRAKE CALIPER WITH ROTATIONAL JOINT	WILLIAMS, THOMAS J	3616	§103	Non-Final OA	120d overdue	Pending	Mar 23, 2023
18125222	ELECTRIC BRAKE SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF	KING, BRADLEY T	3616	§103	Non-Final OA	6d	Pending	Mar 23, 2023
18178542	Disc brake arrangement having brake lining at in outer circumferential face of a brake disc	KRAMER, DEVON C	3741	§103	Non-Final OA	114d overdue	Pending	Mar 06, 2023
18102701	PISTON FOR A BRAKE SYSTEM AND BRAKE SYSTEM	MORRIS, DAVID R.	3616	§103	Non-Final OA	41d	Pending	Jan 28, 2023
18099438	ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING SUBMERSION DETECTION CIRCUIT, OPERATING METHOD THEREOF, AND STEER-BY-WIRE STEERING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME	DO, ANDREW V	2852	§103	Final Rejection	22d	Pending	Jan 20, 2023
18091696	BRAKE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A BRAKE ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE WHEEL	MORRIS, DAVID R.	3616	§103	Non-Final OA	105d overdue	Pending	Dec 30, 2022
18083747	BRAKE PAD FOR A DISK BRAKE SYSTEM AND DISK BRAKE SYSTEM	RODRIGUEZ, PAMELA	3616	§103	Non-Final OA	21d	Pending	Dec 19, 2022
18075401	STEERING SYSTEM	CHOWDHURY, AL-BIRR RAHMAN	3618	§103	Final Rejection	14d	Pending	Dec 05, 2022
17925830	ELECTRONIC BRAKE SYSTEM	WEBER, TAMARA L	3667	§103	Non-Final OA	41d	Pending	Nov 17, 2022
17919521	CHECK VALVE AND BRAKE SYSTEM INCLUDING SAME	KING, BRADLEY T	3616	§112	Non-Final OA	13d	Pending	Oct 17, 2022
17902395	ELECTRONIC PARKING BRAKE SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF	LANE, NICHOLAS J	3616	§103	Non-Final OA	12d	Pending	Sep 02, 2022
17881778	ELECTRIC POWER STEERING APPARATUS	SHARMA, NABIN KUMAR	3612	§103	Non-Final OA	20d	Pending	Aug 05, 2022
17866956	DUST SHEET FOR REDUCING BRAKE NOISE AND BRAKE SYSTEM COMPRISING A DUST SHEET	LANE, NICHOLAS J	3616	§103	Non-Final OA	27d	Pending	Jul 18, 2022
17847666	STEERING CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD	ZALESKAS, JOHN M	3747	§103	Non-Final OA	7d	Pending	Jun 23, 2022
17787614	INDUCTOR DEVICE, FILTER DEVICE AND STEERING CONTROL DEVICE	NGUYEN, TUYEN T	2837	§103	Non-Final OA	44d overdue	Pending	Jun 21, 2022
17784363	ELECTRONIC PARKING BRAKE SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR	FITZHARRIS, KATHERINE MARIE	3665	§103	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Jun 10, 2022
17777961	FILTER DEVICE AND STEERING CONTROL DEVICE	IMTIAZ, ZOHEB S	2846	§103	Non-Final OA	19d overdue	Pending	May 18, 2022
17677925	STEER BY WIRE TYPE STEERING APPARATUS	WATKINS, NATHANIEL WILLIAM	3611	§103	Final Rejection	62d	Pending	Feb 22, 2022
17617281	CONTROL DEVICE OF BRAKE SYSTEM	UNDERWOOD, BAKARI	3663	§103	Non-Final OA	13d	Pending	Dec 07, 2021

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