Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
15 pending office actions • 4 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 59 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 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. 6 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 | 6 (40%) |
| §102 only | 1 (7%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 8 (53%) |
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 | 3 | 64.6% | +31.2% |
| NEUBAUER, THOMAS L | 2 | 65.9% | +20.0% |
| SIDKY, YAHYA I | 2 | 76.1% | +23.1% |
| WATSON, PETER HUCKLEBERRY | 2 | 55.1% | +39.0% |
| APENTENG, JESSICA MCMILLAN | 1 | 65.4% | +18.8% |
| LUGO, CARLOS | 1 | 74.9% | +14.0% |
| HOROWITZ, NOAH NMN | 1 | 74.0% | +27.5% |
| MUNION, JAMES E | 1 | 76.5% | +23.7% |
| IGNACZEWSKI, JAMES EDWARD | 1 | 81.4% | -5.7% |
| MCDANIEL, TYNESE V | 1 | 58.6% | +16.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18252389 | CHARGING DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE | MCDANIEL, TYNESE V | 21d |
| 18709556 | MOTOR VEHICLE DOOR ARRANGEMENT | MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE | 23d |
| 18994650 | DRIVE UNIT FOR MOTOR VEHICLE APPLICATIONS | SIDKY, YAHYA I | 41d |
| 19165643 | LIGHTING DEVICE ON A VEHICLE DOOR OF A MOTOR VEHICLE | APENTENG, JESSICA MCMILLAN | — |
| 19125805 | MOTOR VEHICLE LOCK LOCKING MECHANISM | LUGO, CARLOS | — |
| 18992224 | MOTOR VEHICLE LOCK | MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE | — |
| 18876754 | MOTOR VEHICLE LOCKING DEVICE | WATSON, PETER HUCKLEBERRY | — |
| 19131991 | LATCH FOR FRONT HOOD OF VEHICLE | WATSON, PETER HUCKLEBERRY | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18707646 | MOTOR VEHICLE LOCK, IN PARTICULAR MOTOR VEHICLE DOOR LOCK | MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE | 12d |
| 18252389 | CHARGING DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE | MCDANIEL, TYNESE V | 21d |
| 18709556 | MOTOR VEHICLE DOOR ARRANGEMENT | MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE | 23d |
| 18994650 | DRIVE UNIT FOR MOTOR VEHICLE APPLICATIONS | SIDKY, YAHYA I | 41d |
| 18876676 | ELECTRICAL LOCKING SYSTEM FOR MOTOR VEHICLES HAVING AN EMERGENCY SUPPLY DEVICE | MUNION, JAMES E | 48d |
| 18880691 | LOCK HOLDER FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE DOOR LOCK | HOROWITZ, NOAH NMN | 55d |
| 19165643 | LIGHTING DEVICE ON A VEHICLE DOOR OF A MOTOR VEHICLE | APENTENG, JESSICA MCMILLAN | — |
| 19156451 | LOCK FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE, IN PARTICULAR HOOD LOCK OR PANEL LOCK | NEUBAUER, THOMAS L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3675 | 12 |
| 2875 | 1 |
| 2688 | 1 |
| 2859 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19165643 | LIGHTING DEVICE ON A VEHICLE DOOR OF A MOTOR VEHICLE | APENTENG, JESSICA MCMILLAN | 2875 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 16, 2025 |
| 19156451 | LOCK FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE, IN PARTICULAR HOOD LOCK OR PANEL LOCK | NEUBAUER, THOMAS L | 3675 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 25, 2025 |
| 19125805 | MOTOR VEHICLE LOCK LOCKING MECHANISM | LUGO, CARLOS | 3675 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 07, 2025 |
| 18994650 | DRIVE UNIT FOR MOTOR VEHICLE APPLICATIONS | SIDKY, YAHYA I | 3675 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 41d | Pending | Jan 28, 2025 |
| 18992224 | MOTOR VEHICLE LOCK | MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE | 3675 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 21, 2025 |
| 18880691 | LOCK HOLDER FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE DOOR LOCK | HOROWITZ, NOAH NMN | 3675 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 55d | Pending | Jan 02, 2025 |
| 18876676 | ELECTRICAL LOCKING SYSTEM FOR MOTOR VEHICLES HAVING AN EMERGENCY SUPPLY DEVICE | MUNION, JAMES E | 2688 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 48d | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18876756 | MOTOR VEHICLE LOCK, IN PARTICULAR MOTOR VEHICLE DOOR LOCK | SIDKY, YAHYA I | 3675 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18876754 | MOTOR VEHICLE LOCKING DEVICE | WATSON, PETER HUCKLEBERRY | 3675 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18709556 | MOTOR VEHICLE DOOR ARRANGEMENT | MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE | 3675 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 23d | Pending | May 13, 2024 |
| 18707646 | MOTOR VEHICLE LOCK, IN PARTICULAR MOTOR VEHICLE DOOR LOCK | MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE | 3675 | §103 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | May 06, 2024 |
| 19131991 | LATCH FOR FRONT HOOD OF VEHICLE | WATSON, PETER HUCKLEBERRY | 3675 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 22, 2025 |
| 18845190 | MOTOR VEHICLE LOCK, IN PARTICULAR MOTOR VEHICLE DOOR LOCK | NEUBAUER, THOMAS L | 3675 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 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§112 | Non-Final OA | 21d | Pending | May 10, 2023 |
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