Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Karma Automotive LLC

5 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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 (40%)
3
Medium (60%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (20%)
§103 only2 (40%)
§102 only1 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
20% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
80% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
GAMMON, MATTHEW CHRISTOPHER 1 67.6% +21.5%
LEVY, MERRITT E 1 32.6% +31.6%
RORIE, ALYSSA N 1 78.8% +17.4%
ANFINRUD, GABRIEL P 1 42.7% +25.8%
TSO, STANLEY 1 75.9% +33.2%

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18932572 Cover Panel for Charging Port and Telescoping Airfoil GAMMON, MATTHEW CHRISTOPHER 16d overdue
18828276 VEHICLE OPERATING SYSTEM RORIE, ALYSSA N

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
18932572 Cover Panel for Charging Port and Telescoping Airfoil GAMMON, MATTHEW CHRISTOPHER 16d overdue
18932579 Retractable Headlight Cover LEVY, MERRITT E 12d
18828276 VEHICLE OPERATING SYSTEM RORIE, ALYSSA N
18795128 Modular Zonal Controller for Vehicle ANFINRUD, GABRIEL P
18754428 Power Rail Assembly for Vehicle TSO, STANLEY

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3662 2
3657 1
3663 1
2847 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18932572 Cover Panel for Charging Port and Telescoping Airfoil GAMMON, MATTHEW CHRISTOPHER 3657 §102§103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Oct 30, 2024
18932579 Retractable Headlight Cover LEVY, MERRITT E 3663 §103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Oct 30, 2024
18828276 VEHICLE OPERATING SYSTEM RORIE, ALYSSA N 3662 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 09, 2024
18795128 Modular Zonal Controller for Vehicle ANFINRUD, GABRIEL P 3662 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 05, 2024
18754428 Power Rail Assembly for Vehicle TSO, STANLEY 2847 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 26, 2024

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