Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
14 pending office actions • 6 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 55 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 4 (29%) |
| §102 only | 1 (7%) |
| §112 only | 1 (7%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 8 (57%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE | 2 | 64.5% | +31.4% |
| BROWN, EMILY GAIL | 2 | 74.7% | +16.9% |
| IGNACZEWSKI, JAMES EDWARD | 2 | 81.1% | -5.2% |
| WATSON, PETER HUCKLEBERRY | 1 | 54.9% | +38.2% |
| MUNION, JAMES E | 1 | 76.0% | +24.1% |
| HUBER, MELANIE GRACE | 1 | 74.6% | +21.5% |
| NEUBAUER, THOMAS L | 1 | 66.1% | +19.8% |
| WILLIAMS, MARK A | 1 | 77.7% | +13.1% |
| SHAFI, MUHAMMAD | 1 | 89.1% | +16.3% |
| QURESHI, MOHAMMED AHMED | 1 | 83.6% | +11.7% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18556920 | MOTOR-VEHICLE LOCK, IN PARTICULAR ELECTRIC LOCK | IGNACZEWSKI, JAMES EDWARD | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18727811 | OPENING DEVICE FOR A MOVABLE MOTOR-VEHICLE ELEMENT | SHAFI, MUHAMMAD | 31d overdue |
| 18876676 | ELECTRICAL LOCKING SYSTEM FOR MOTOR VEHICLES HAVING AN EMERGENCY SUPPLY DEVICE | MUNION, JAMES E | 48d |
| 18881916 | LOCK HOLDER FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE DOOR LOCK | BROWN, EMILY GAIL | — |
| 18876754 | MOTOR VEHICLE LOCKING DEVICE | WATSON, PETER HUCKLEBERRY | — |
| 18876674 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A MOTOR VEHICLE DOOR OR MOTOR VEHICLE FLAP | HUBER, MELANIE GRACE | — |
| 18876359 | MOTOR VEHICLE LOCKING DEVICE | NEUBAUER, THOMAS L | — |
| 18718207 | ACTUATOR FOR MOTOR VEHICLE APPLICATIONS | QURESHI, MOHAMMED AHMED | — |
| 18689228 | DRIVE UNIT FOR MOTOR-VEHICLE APPLICATIONS | IGNACZEWSKI, JAMES EDWARD | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18727811 | OPENING DEVICE FOR A MOVABLE MOTOR-VEHICLE ELEMENT | SHAFI, MUHAMMAD | 31d overdue |
| 18707646 | MOTOR VEHICLE LOCK, IN PARTICULAR MOTOR VEHICLE DOOR LOCK | MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE | 12d |
| 18876676 | ELECTRICAL LOCKING SYSTEM FOR MOTOR VEHICLES HAVING AN EMERGENCY SUPPLY DEVICE | MUNION, JAMES E | 48d |
| 18846394 | ACTUATOR FOR MOTOR VEHICLE APPLICATIONS | MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE | — |
| 18881916 | LOCK HOLDER FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE DOOR LOCK | BROWN, EMILY GAIL | — |
| 18876754 | MOTOR VEHICLE LOCKING DEVICE | WATSON, PETER HUCKLEBERRY | — |
| 18876674 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A MOTOR VEHICLE DOOR OR MOTOR VEHICLE FLAP | HUBER, MELANIE GRACE | — |
| 18876359 | MOTOR VEHICLE LOCKING DEVICE | NEUBAUER, THOMAS L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3675 | 9 |
| 2688 | 1 |
| 3668 | 1 |
| 3666 | 1 |
| 2834 | 1 |
| 2859 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18846394 | ACTUATOR FOR MOTOR VEHICLE APPLICATIONS | MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE | 3675 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 20, 2025 |
| 18881916 | LOCK HOLDER FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE DOOR LOCK | BROWN, EMILY GAIL | 3675 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 21, 2025 |
| 18876754 | MOTOR VEHICLE LOCKING DEVICE | WATSON, PETER HUCKLEBERRY | 3675 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18876676 | ELECTRICAL LOCKING SYSTEM FOR MOTOR VEHICLES HAVING AN EMERGENCY SUPPLY DEVICE | MUNION, JAMES E | 2688 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 48d | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18876674 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A MOTOR VEHICLE DOOR OR MOTOR VEHICLE FLAP | HUBER, MELANIE GRACE | 3668 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18876359 | MOTOR VEHICLE LOCKING DEVICE | NEUBAUER, THOMAS L | 3675 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 |
| 18869363 | MOTOR VEHICLE LOCKING DEVICE | WILLIAMS, MARK A | 3675 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 03, 2024 |
| 18727811 | OPENING DEVICE FOR A MOVABLE MOTOR-VEHICLE ELEMENT | SHAFI, MUHAMMAD | 3666 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 31d overdue | Pending | Jul 10, 2024 |
| 18718207 | ACTUATOR FOR MOTOR VEHICLE APPLICATIONS | QURESHI, MOHAMMED AHMED | 2834 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2024 |
| 18707646 | MOTOR VEHICLE LOCK, IN PARTICULAR MOTOR VEHICLE DOOR LOCK | MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE | 3675 | §103 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | May 06, 2024 |
| 18689228 | DRIVE UNIT FOR MOTOR-VEHICLE APPLICATIONS | IGNACZEWSKI, JAMES EDWARD | 3675 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2024 |
| 18577754 | LOCK FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE | BROWN, EMILY GAIL | 3675 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2024 |
| 18556920 | MOTOR-VEHICLE LOCK, IN PARTICULAR ELECTRIC LOCK | IGNACZEWSKI, JAMES EDWARD | 3675 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2023 |
| 18252389 | CHARGING DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE | MCDANIEL, TYNESE V | 2859 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 21d | Pending | May 10, 2023 |
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