Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
5 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days
Karma Automotive LLC is managing 5 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector. These actions are spread across 5 distinct examiners, resulting in a one-to-one ratio of examiners to pending matters. Furthermore, these cases are distributed across 4 distinct art units, indicating a high degree of technical variety in the company's active applications. This fragmentation means that almost every one of the 5 pending actions is being evaluated in a unique technical and administrative environment.
GAMMON, MATTHEW CHRISTOPHER is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action, matching the workload of the other four examiners. Because the 5 pending actions are spread across 4 art units, the company faces a diverse set of administrative hurdles. Practitioners should be prepared for unique procedural requirements for almost every active case in this portfolio. The high count of 4 distinct art units relative to the 5 pending actions suggests that the company's automotive innovations span several different specialized fields within the USPTO. Each of the 5 pending actions must be managed as a separate strategic challenge, carefully researching the specific tendencies of the 5 distinct examiners and the rules of the 4 distinct art units.
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.
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.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (20%) |
| §103 only | 2 (40%) |
| §102 only | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (20%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
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.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| GAMMON, MATTHEW CHRISTOPHER | 1 | 68.4% | +21.0% |
| LEVY, MERRITT E | 1 | 32.3% | +33.5% |
| RORIE, ALYSSA N | 1 | 79.8% | +14.9% |
| ANFINRUD, GABRIEL P | 1 | 42.0% | +25.7% |
| TSO, STANLEY | 1 | 75.5% | +34.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18932572 | Cover Panel for Charging Port and Telescoping Airfoil | GAMMON, MATTHEW CHRISTOPHER | 16d overdue |
| 18828276 | VEHICLE OPERATING SYSTEM | RORIE, ALYSSA N | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due 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 | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3662 | 2 |
| 3657 | 1 |
| 3663 | 1 |
| 2847 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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